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BRIDGES FOR LEARNING: LITERATURE AND LITERACY ACROSS THE CURRICULUM Download flier and booking form Friday 24th October 2008 9.30 – 4.30 (Registration from 9.00) Venue: The Hilton Hotel, Neville Street, Leeds, LS11 5, situated next to Leeds Central station. Tel: 0113 244 2000 Conference outline and aims Recent initiatives, including the new literacy framework, stress the importance of making cross-curricular links, and advocate innovative approaches to learning and teaching within a creative curriculum. We are told that ‘The essence of creativity is in making new connections, and cross curricular learning encourages this process’. This conference asks what are the advantages of cross-curricular approaches? And how can we best use good quality literature to build the bridges between key aspects of literacy learning across the curriculum, to expand young minds and enable real learning? Keynote speakers will draw on their expertise to offer a range of thought-provoking approaches to learning, exemplifying cross-curricular models and providing literary stimuli. Exciting, innovative practice will be showcased by leading practitioners in a wide range of workshops, and the Huddersfield Children’s Bookshop will be on-site so that you can get started straight away! Programme 9.00 Registration Tea and coffee on arrival 9.30 Welcome and introduction: Nikki Gamble 9.45 Keynote 1: Jonathan Barnes: Cross-curricular learning 10.15 Keynote 2 Sara Stanley: An exploration of philosophical thinking through picture books. 10.45 Break 11.05 Workshop Choices 12.15 Lunch and Bookshop 1.15 Workshop Choices 2. 30 Keynote 3 Greg Wallace: Literature at the Heart of the Creative Curriculum 3.15 John Mole - Poet 3.45 Tea, bookshop and book signing 4.30 Close Workshops will address the following themes Bringing the past to life: History through fiction Bringing the Outside In: writing and the outdoor classroom Our Planet, our Future Learning from Photographs Philosophy for Children Cross-curricular learning Literature and the Arts: refining response through drama, art and music
BOOKING INFORMATION Costs including lunch and refreshments To book, complete the booking form and send to Linda Rider, Write Away UK Ltd., 9 Notley Green, Great Notley, Braintree, Essex CM77 7US Cheques payable to Write Away Secure online booking using Paypal. Major credit and debit cards accepted.
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