Primary Arts Masterclass: Planning Creatively Around Quality Texts

This Masterclass will be delivered by an expert advisory teacher from CLPE in partnership with children’s author, Nicola Davies, and will provide teachers and school leaders with knowledge of a range of creative teaching approaches that have been proven to enhance higher order thinking, reading, writing and spoken language across the primary years.

We will explore how to develop and draw upon an extended unit of work inspired by a high quality text that will support improved attainment in literacy and support thinking skills and creativity across the curriculum.

Quality Freebies: Participants will receive a high quality children’s books for each primary phase. They will also receive planning notes to help put strategies from the masterclass into practice in the classroom.

Key areas of focus

• What we mean by creativity
• Why creative learning is important in supporting children's literacy development
• Choosing and using quality texts that support development in reading and writing, as well as meaningful cross-curricular learning
• Exploring contexts and creative teaching approaches proven to enhance literacy engagement and extend learning across the curriculum
• A range of strategies and approaches that develop reading engagement, comprehension skills, fluency and stamina.
• Practices that shape a community of writers in which children are curious, engaged and motivated to write collaboratively, individually and independently;
• Creative approaches that best support an authentic writing process, including language and vocabulary acquisition, building of imaginative ideas, drafting, editing and publication;
• How to plan for literacy learning across the curriculum, as exemplified through a teaching sequence

Please note:

Places will be limited to two participants per school.

This is an all day event and refreshments and lunch catering will be provided.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Centre for Literacy in Primary Education - CLPE, 44 Webber Street, London, United Kingdom