Enhancing Literacy through still and moving image in your school
After a successful career as a primary school teacher, Rob Smith has been delivering CPD in the UK and abroad since 2013. Rob works closely with schools and delivers high impact conferences in order to raise standards in reading and writing through the use of film and image. During the sessions Rob explores a wealth of still and moving images which range from short films, film trailers, and adverts to documentaries, animations and extracts from Hollywood blockbusters by demonstrating techniques which staff can take away and use in school immediately.
Exploring the benefits of film for reading and writing.
In this session, Rob will explore a range of still and moving image media, demonstrating their value to the reading and writing process through analysis and questioning. The session will look at how a director’s choice to portray something can be used by teachers to inspire discussions and hook students in.
Setting a good example.
In this session, Rob will show how film and image can be used to teach writing techniques such as portraying character emotion, building tension and creating atmosphere as well providing a wealth -of content for both fiction and non-fiction writing.
Film story scaffolds.
Films tell a story; in this session Rob will demonstrate how the stories told in films can be used as scaffolds to help students create their own narratives. Rob will explain how films can be broken down into scenes and shots and what role each of these has within the narrative.
This course can be booked as a whole day or half day. A 'lite' version is also available for twilight CPD sessions. We are also happy to adapt parts of the course to meet the needs of the school and your staff.
Prices for a single school.
Whole Day - £950
Half Day - £550
Twilight - £375
(VAT not inclusive)
(Cluster group options can be found below)
Travel outside of North West of England will be chargeable.
Versions of this course can also be booked to form conference keynotes and workshops. Contact us [email protected] for more information about this.
Email: [email protected] to book or for more more details.
Not in the Uk? No problem we are happy to travel!
Cluster Group and Multi school Options
Prices stated above are for single schools.
For two schools clustering the price drops to £750 per school and for three or more schools the cost is £500 per school.
Some schools prefer to sell out additional delegate places in order to offset costs and involve cluster school staff. We ask that schools charge no more than £100 per place. Literacy Shed Ltd charges £50 per additional place.
CLUSTER WORKSHOPS
It is also possible for cluster class workshops - literacy leaders from a range of schools gather at a host school (maximum 6 schools) and observe 3 model lessons taught by Rob.
This can be followed by a staff twilight session attended by staff from all of the schools.
For two schools clustering the price drops to £750 per school and for three or more schools the cost is £500 per school.
Some schools prefer to sell out additional delegate places in order to offset costs and involve cluster school staff. We ask that schools charge no more than £100 per place. Literacy Shed Ltd charges £50 per additional place.
CLUSTER WORKSHOPS
It is also possible for cluster class workshops - literacy leaders from a range of schools gather at a host school (maximum 6 schools) and observe 3 model lessons taught by Rob.
This can be followed by a staff twilight session attended by staff from all of the schools.
To book simply call Rob on 07841 682245 or email [email protected]
For further information please email [email protected]
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"Best hands on, creative, inspirational workshop where children learnt more in two hours than I could possible have imagined. Lots of manageable and exciting activities which had immediate impact on children's creativity and their writing process. Would highly recommend your workshops... brilliant! Brilliant! Brilliant!" Hayley Knowles, Y3 teacher at Mesne Lea School, Walkden @hayleyk
I really enjoyed the Literacy Shed Conference last week because it has put me in a place to know where to take my school next as Literacy Leader. We are focusing on improving reading having spent a long time on writing and this course has particularly opened my eyes as to how I can inspire staff to teach reading in a more diverse and wide-raging way, linking to their writing all the way through the school. The ideas were exciting and the presentations by you all were very engaging. I am in awe of all the work you do on Literacy Shed, it really is a life-changing site for teachers. Anyone who doesn't adopt this aproach is mad! - You have made it so easy to access the resources and have taken all the hard work out of it! Thank you for the inspiration.
Alice Pepper - Tyntesfield Primary- Sale, Trafford
Alice Pepper - Tyntesfield Primary- Sale, Trafford