• PRACTICAL POETRY (KS 1 or 2)
• CREATIVE WRITING (KS 1 or 2)
• THE SKILLS OF STORYTELLING (KS 1 or 2)
• NON-FICTION WRITING (KS 2)

Class Act Cluster Workshops offer schools the opportunity for relevant, budget friendly twilight workshops, full of practical ideas relating to the Primary Framework for Literacy.

Class Act send a professional writer/storyteller/poet to your school to shower your staff with practical ideas for teaching poetry, narrative and non-fiction in the classroom.<

Each twilight workshop lasts for approx. 2 hours.

Workshops can be attended by all members of staff from your school and start from as little as £15 per person.

As these are cluster workshops teachers from other local schools are also invited to attend the workshop.

The majority of your teaching staff get training at the same time which creates energy and enthusiasm for the subject.

Very low fee, good for the budget!

An opportunity for your school to share good practice and network with other schools in your cluster group.

Workshops are packed with practical ideas that can be used immediately in the classroom.

Short sessions after school so no supply cover needed (could replace a timetabled staff meeting).

Workshops led by professional writers with lots of experience with working with children in schools.

The Primary Framework clusters Literacy objectives into three major themes – Narrative, Non–fiction and Poetry.

The workshops we offer link in to some or all of the following objectives in the Literacy strands:

Strand 8 – Engaging with and responding to texts

• Evaluate writers' purposes and viewpoints, and the overall effect of the text on the reader.

Strand 9 – Creating and shaping texts

• Use and adapt a range of forms, suited to different purposes and readers
• Make stylistic choices, including vocabulary, literary features and viewpoints or voice
• Use structural and presentational features for meaning and impact.

Strand 10 – text structure and organisation

• Organise ideas into a coherent structure including layout, sections and paragraphs

Strand 11 – sentence structure and punctuation

• Vary and adapt sentence structure for meaning and effect
• Use a range of punctuation correctly to support meaning and emphasis