INSET

Ros Wilson’s Writing Approach

November 24

Ros Wilson’s methodology aims to raise standards in writing rapidly and effectively through the ‘fast, fun and lively teaching of the ‘writing voice’ through oracy.’ It gives pupils confidence and the understanding to develop control of a higher level writing voice..’. Visit the website for more information

Developing creativity and independence through literacy: Rethinking approaches to reading & writing

January 23

Institute of Education, London, £130. For more details please contact

Story Shorts Cinema Session for teachers & pupils

January 29 - January 29 2009

NFT3, BFI Southbank. £5 per pupil; £1 for accompanying adults; £30 for teachers attending without students.

This entertaining, interactive session is an introduction to studying film for Key Stage 2 pupils. Children view short films taken from the Story Shorts and the new Story Shorts 2 resources and use these to discuss key themes such as story and character. The session will provides pupils with a framework for looking at film which can be applied to all moving image and will encourage them to become more active viewers.

Anne Frank, a Story For All Times

January 30 - January 30 2009

NFT3, BFI Southbank, £8 per student; £1 for accompanying adults; £30 for teachers attending without students.
This event is designed to coincide with Holocaust Memorial Day and for Anne Frank Day to remember the extraordinary story of Anne Frank and to introduce it to a new generation. There will be extracts from filmic and TV adaptations of the story and other short films made on a similar theme will be screened and discussed. We hope to have a speaker from the Anne Frank Trust talking about their work, and a screenwriter from the latest BBC adaptation to talk about the process of adapting a famous diary for the screen. Suitable for KS3 English, PHSE and Citizenship curricular areas.

MADD for literacy: Developing a creative approach to literacy through Music, Art, Dance and Drama

February 2

Institute of Education, London, £130. For more details please contact

Assessment for learning: Writing (Primary)

February 11

Institute of Education, London, £130. For more details please contact

Planning and progression in literacy (Primary)

February 24

Institute of Education, London, £130. For more details please contact

Approaches to non-fiction reading and writing: Moving on (Primary)

February 27

Institute of Education, London, £130. For more details please contact

Using ICT and English in the Foundation Stage and KS1 (Primary)

March 4

Institute of Education, London, £130. For more details please contact

Film and Shakespeare for SATs: Star Cross’d Lovers on the Silver Screen

March 5 - March 5 2009

NFT3, BFI Southbank, £8 per student; £1 for accompanying adults; £40 for teachers attending without students.

This event for Key Stage 3 English students is designed to familiarise them with filmic adaptations of the Shakespeare set text for SATs : Romeo & Juliet. The morning will comprise a presentation with clips giving an overview of Shakespeare on film and focusing in particular on filmic adaptations of Romeo and Juliet, with interactive student activities. In the afternoon there will an introduced screening of Franco Zeffirelli’s classic Romeo and Juliet (1968). This is an ideal opportunity for students to develop their understanding of the play through a different medium and to appreciate Shakespeare in a different context.