We know the importance of increasing the amount children read and, as Pie Corbett would say, ‘helping children to catch the pleasurable habit of reading.’ Many of the training centres have shared their experience and success in building reading for pleasure into the school culture. Here are our top tips.
Winds in the North West – a Mary Poppins inspired unit of work
Following Talk for Writing training, Headteacher Sue Jackson invited an enthusiastic staff to plan a unit of work based on a creative hook and quality texts. This unit of work in Year 4 is based on Mary Poppins and exemplifies some key aspects of the Talk for Writing teaching sequence in action.