Teach Through a Text Using Writing Roots: Year 4 [EEF Cohort]

26th September 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 really enojoyed the practical demonstrations of how to use the planning, for example; sentence strips, grammar splats. There was clear advice and examples of how to use the planning in terms of adapting the teaching to your class."

Charlie, Buxted Primary School, Autumn 2024

Half-day Online Course, 1 - 4 PM

A half-day year-specific course, led by Alex, 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 Frindleswylde by Natalia O'Hara and Lauren O'Hara. 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 really enjoyed being able to discuss how different schools have implemented this planning whilst also understanding the process from the start of of a topic to the extended write."
Thomas, Wellington Community Primary School, Autumn 2024