"I enjoyed the opportunity to take the time to work through a text and share ideas with colleagues. Pippa was fab!"

Emma, Bentham CP School, Spring 2025

Half-day Online Course, 9 AM - 12 PM

A half-day year-specific course, led by Jess, covering practical strategies for using high-quality children's literature as the primary approach to the teaching of English. This course is ideal for people who are new to Literacy Tree or changing to another year group. 

This course will –

• Identify how the Teach through a Text approach engages children as writers and immerses them in a literary world
• Share examples of quality texts and well planned sequences used successfully in primary schools
• Explore the progression of skills within the National Curriculum
• Model how grammar, spelling and vocabulary contribute to a range of purposeful writing opportunities
• Demonstrate how modelled writing is effective within a sequence of lessons

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 We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom. 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 Writing Root for Y2
• All training resources electronically

"Discussing misconceptions we have experienced/pre-empted in breakout groups - it was great to converse and share with other teachers. "

Jess, Noremarsh Junior School, Autumn 2024

"The whole session was very well planned out. Understanding the process of planning, how the resources can be used and the shared writing ideas were all extremely helpful."

Nadia, Vaughan Primary School, Autumn 2024

"The whole session was very well planned out. Understanding the process of planning, how the resources can be used and the shared writing ideas were all extremely helpful."

Sarah, Buxted Primary School, Autumn 2024