Teach Through a Text Using Writing Roots: Year 3 [EEF Cohort]

2nd October 2025

Day 1: Teach Through a Text

• Book choices - selecting high-quality and diverse children's literature
• Curriculum maps - how they support subject knowledge and coverage
  
  

"I am new to Literacy Tree so was really great to have someone talk over and verify how to use many of the things that appear in each Writing Root."

Rachael, Flamstead End School, Spring 2025

Half-day Online Course, 1 - 4 PM

A half-day year-specific course, led by Tash, covering practical strategies for using high-quality children's literature as the primary approach to the teaching of English.

Exemplification Text

The course covers the pedagogy and the approach but one section of the day exemplifies this using a focus text and goes through each aspect. The book we will be exemplifying with is The Barnabus Project by The Fan Brothers. We will be looking at this online but if you prefer to have a physical copy, please purchase in advance.  

Participants will receive –

• A detailed planning sequence that supports the teaching of purposeful writing
• A Zoom link to join on the day
• All training resources electronically
  
  

"I found the working wall discussions very useful for managing workload. Equally the grammar splats and the zones of relevance were an interesting point."

Lucy, Beal Vale Primary School, Autumn 2024

"It gave us ideas to apply to all of our literacy planning and teaching."

Thomas, Dulwich Wood Primary School, Autumn 2024