Taught in collaboration with established children’s author, Tony Bradman, this half-day course explores how to use historical fiction to develop a cross-curricular unit of work. Inspired by Bali Ray’s, Now or Never: A Dunkirk Story and the associated historical era, this course will offer creative teaching approaches to support improved attainment in literacy and to teach history and other subject areas, effectively.

This 2 day training offers clear guidance for the provision of a systematic phonics programme supporting children to become independent readers. All teachers will receive a resource pack designed to help put the ideas from the course into practice across EYFS and KS1.

Join us at CLPE on 14th June when we will share our research about the importance of picture books and illustration in developing children's literacy skills. We are delighted that one of our keynote speakers will be Children's Laureate, Lauren Child.

Develop effective classroom routines that enthuse, inspire and support children in KS2 to raise their achievement in writing. All teachers will receive a high quality children's text and associated teaching sequence of detailed planning ideas.

This training offers KS2 teachers practical ideas to promote reading and writing across the curriculum. It will introduce effective ways to develop units of work around quality texts using a range of creative teaching approaches to enhance literacy. All participants receive a copy of the key text and a teaching sequence to take away to inspire creative cross-curricular learning in their own classrooms.

This training provides practical strategies that raise children's achievement in writing. All teachers will receive a high quality children's text and associated teaching sequence of detailed planning ideas.

Explore how to inspire children’s writing through book making with pioneering book artist, Paul Johnson. In this hands-on and enjoyable workshop, participants will learn practical book making techniques that can be used in the classroom.

This training offers KS1 teachers practical ideas to promote reading and writing across the curriculum. All teachers will receive a copy of the key text and a teaching sequence to take away to inspire creative cross-curricular learning in their own classrooms.

Explore how poetry can be used in cross curricular ways to develop effective writing and increase children's comprehension of language with award winning poet Joseph Coelho

Join us at CLPE for our final Chartered College Network event of the year in which we will be sharing how teachers can bring reading and writing together effectively in the teaching of literacy. This session foccusses on the role reading plays in developing writers and the value of being immersed in quality literature. The evening will draw on classroom-based learning from teachers involved in CLPE’s world-renowned Power of Reading programme as well as 15 years’ worth of insights garnered from delivering this programme.