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TestimonialsHere you will be able to see what other teachers have thought about the training, CPD and conferences from the Literacy Shed Team.
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The training we had by Rob Smith really set a buzz of excitement amongst the staff. It was such a fantastic start to the term; so many different ideas which I know that our staff will want to try out straight away. The pupils responded enthusiastically to Rob’s lesson and it was amazing to see the progress the children made with their writing in 2 hours. I would recommend Rob and the literacy Shed to everyone!
Anna Clark,
Deputy Headteacher
Furze Platt Junior School
Maidenhead
Anna Clark,
Deputy Headteacher
Furze Platt Junior School
Maidenhead
Literacy Shed Conference - Warwick University July 11th 14
'Never been on a course where so many good ideas are packed into one day!'
'Most inspiring – bloody fab!'
'Absolutely fantastic! So many ideas to take away and use. Can’t wait to try them!'
Rob Smith
Brill, brill, brill! As a literacy shed user already I’m so pleased to have some fab new ideas on extending my use and developing literacy with my class.
Great use of writing to inspire writing.
Loved the idea of using videos for guided reading.
Superb enthusiasm and idea – awesome!
Very useful. We will be definitely be using ideas and resources to enhance our learning.
Inspiring and thought provoking
Great ideas for using Literacy Shed in the classroom.
I’ve seen the website but you’ve given me a hook to hang it on – thanks.
Brilliant – loads of ideas to try out.
Very enthusiastic and engaging, good to experience different types of poetry.
Lots of information that I know I will use when I return to school.
Lots of ideas – inspired by this session. Interesting to see how you use the ideas with your class.
General
Never been on a course where so many good ideas are packed into one day!
It was all amazing. I hope to use you all again for further training.
Fantastic conference. Brilliant to see real life school examples.
Brilliant course, I’ve got loads of ideas and looking forward to utilising these next year.
Very inspirational, thankyou!
A great course, really inspiring.
I am so inspired – thank you
Excellent Conference, I learnt so much.
The day went so fast as it was all so useful.
Very user friendly day
Absolutely fantastic! So many ideas to take away and use. Can’t wait to try them!
Fantastic ideas! Very inspiring! Looking forward to having a go!
Most inspiring – bloody fab!
Brill, brill, brill! As a literacy shed user already I’m so pleased to have some fab new ideas on extending my use and developing literacy with my class.
Great use of writing to inspire writing.
Loved the idea of using videos for guided reading.
Superb enthusiasm and idea – awesome!
Very useful. We will be definitely be using ideas and resources to enhance our learning.
Inspiring and thought provoking
Great ideas for using Literacy Shed in the classroom.
I’ve seen the website but you’ve given me a hook to hang it on – thanks.
Brilliant – loads of ideas to try out.
Very enthusiastic and engaging, good to experience different types of poetry.
Lots of information that I know I will use when I return to school.
Lots of ideas – inspired by this session. Interesting to see how you use the ideas with your class.
General
Never been on a course where so many good ideas are packed into one day!
It was all amazing. I hope to use you all again for further training.
Fantastic conference. Brilliant to see real life school examples.
Brilliant course, I’ve got loads of ideas and looking forward to utilising these next year.
Very inspirational, thankyou!
A great course, really inspiring.
I am so inspired – thank you
Excellent Conference, I learnt so much.
The day went so fast as it was all so useful.
Very user friendly day
Absolutely fantastic! So many ideas to take away and use. Can’t wait to try them!
Fantastic ideas! Very inspiring! Looking forward to having a go!
Most inspiring – bloody fab!
Literacy Shed Conference - London 4th April
@ Twickenham Rugby Stadium
- "Best course in 20+ years of teaching!"
- "The best conference I have attended – extremely useful!"
- "The best course I have been on!! Overwhelmed with ideas!"
- "A fabulous day all round. My head’s exploding! Need to get back to school and get on with it. Thank you!"
Thank you to Andrew Currie (@Ajcurr) who blogged about his thoughts on the conference - you can read it here.
To read all the feedback from the evaluation forms click here.
Literacy Shed Conference - Manchester 17th January
@ Lancashire Cricket Club.
- "Best Literacy training in 13 years of my career."
- "One of the best courses I have been on in a long time!"
- "A wonderful conference. I've been looking forward to attending since September and haven't been disappointed!"
- "Literacy is in the safe hands with the Literacy Shed Conference!"
Tweets from #litshedconf
Best course I've been on in my 10years of teaching! Feeling inspired!!! #litshedconf
— Rachel Hawkins (@rachybabes81) January 17, 2014On the most incredible training day I've ever known. #litshedconf
— Clare Barnes (@ClareLydBarnes) January 17, 2014Fantastic #litshedconf today with @ICT_MrP @InspiredMind5 @redgierob a day which made me remember why I love teaching & learning so much!
— Mrs Mc (@mac_phillips) January 17, 2014Is it a bird?Is it a plane?No it's @ICT_MrP @redgierob @InspiredMind5 #litshedconf more powerful than a locomotive at raising lit standards
— MrW (@Mr_W10) January 17, 2014Amazing amazing amazing first conference will definitely be looking in the CPD shed #litshedconf
— Hayley Knowles (@Hayleyknowles14) January 17, 2014Why can't all training be like this? Thank you @redgierob @InspiredMind5 @ICT_MrP #inspirational #litshedconf
— Sadia Shaban (@SadsSh) January 17, 2014Literacy is in safe hands with the #litshedconf
— Mr McDonald (@MrMc_ict) January 17, 2014@InspiredMind5 Never imagined using comics could be so fantastic for developing literacy! #litshedconf
— rachel doran (@doranrachel) January 17, 2014Well done to the talented @ICT_MrP, @InspiredMind5 & @redgierob on their inaugural #litshedconf today. Hugely inspiring. Top lads.
— Stephen (@Hahessy8) January 17, 2014#litshedconf should be 'live-fed' for our colleagues as this is the future, over + beyond the New National Curriculum! So enlightening!
— Steven Hales (@SPH23) January 17, 2014Best course I've been on in my 10years of teaching! Feeling inspired!!! #litshedconf
— Rachel Hawkins (@rachybabes81) January 17, 2014Tremendous day at #litshedconf in Manchester. Brilliant! Totally inspired! @InspiredMind5 @ICT_MrP @redgierob
— Mr Ctter (@johndcotter) January 17, 2014A brilliant day, delivered by a great team. Well done lads #litshedconf
— Bryn Goodman (@bryngoodman) January 17, 2014Fabulous few days in Manchester at the #litshedconf - my iPad is gonna be on fire! @ICT_MrP @InspiredMind5 @redgierob #inspired
— rachel doran (@doranrachel) January 18, 2014Amazing day at #litshedconf only just got my Internet back though! Feeling inspired :)
— Martha Russell (@martha75190) January 17, 2014When I grow up I want to teach like @ICT_MrP #litshedconf
— pip (@pipb1) January 17, 2014Inspirational ideas at #litshedconf today! Thanks to all involved!
— Natalie Bladen (@MrsB14den) January 17, 2014Really inspirational day Long journey back but more than worth it Brimming with ideas @redgierob @ICT_MrP @InspiredMind5 #litshedconf
— Rob Hobson (@robhob22) January 17, 2014Fantastic day at #litshedconf feeling inspired!
— Tanya (@Miss_T_Adams) January 17, 2014My twitter has gone quiet. Either everyone is tired after today or they were all that inspired, they are planning next week! #litshedconf
— MrB (@Bennett31) January 17, 2014An amazing, inspiring day! Looking forward to testing out these new ideas next week! @redgierob @ICT_MrP @InspiredMind5 #litshedconf
— Julie Phillips (@MrsPLovesICT) January 17, 2014@ICT_MrP Thanks for an inspiring day today, just need to get some ipads now! ! #litshedconf
— Sarah Barlow (@sarahbarlow49) January 17, 2014@redgierob @ICT_MrP @InspiredMind5 AMAZING day well worth the trip from Notts #litshedconf
— MrsHorsy (@mrshorsy) January 17, 2014@InspiredMind5 @redgierob @ICT_MrP Great day today, felt like I was part of something special just starting! A gr8future ahead #litshedconf
— MrB (@Bennett31) January 17, 2014Had a great, thought provoking and inspiring day. Thanks @redgierob @ICT_MrP @InspiredMind5 for your hard work #litshedconf
— Chris McWilliam (@mr_macmac) January 17, 2014Inspiring day at The Literacy Shed conference..I've finally made my teacher twitter!
Feedback from Evaluation Forms
Conference Overall:
A super day all round! Best of luck with the future.
Very inspiring - Can't wait to implement lots of ideas!
Fantastic day, thank you!
A wonderful conference. I've been looking forward to attending since September and haven't been disappointed.
Amazing ideas - feeling inspired about the resources and ideas shared and looking forward to using these back in class.
Great, super top day!
Fab day, very inspiring loads of great ideas to get stuck into next week. Just disappointed my student is teaching Literacy next week.
Loads of fab ideas.
Brilliant! Lots of inspiring stuff - can't wait till Monday! Thank you.
I have a lot of great resources to take back to school, thank you.
Excellent day, hope to come to the next one.
Course was brilliant! Inspired!
A wonderful day from 3 incredible practitioners. Wish I worked with you all.
Thank you for a great day. Looking forward to the next one.
Thanks for a fantastic day. Can't wait to get planning.
A fantastic day, jampacked with great ideas.
Good - one of the best courses I have been on in a long time! Really good/practical ideas that are very relevant to developing writing in my class.
It was fab! Very inspiring!
A great day from start to finish! WOW!!!
Great after lunch activities
Recap ideas in a practical way
Super ideas to use in class.
Interesting to see how to develop writing from each of your perspectives.
All in all an engaging day with lots of thought provoking ideas, techniques and content.
Excellent – great to see how it can all come together.
Lots of amazing ideas – wish you guys were my teachers (not only for today!)
Amazing day – thank you so much!
Brilliant, thank you! Would definitely come to another conference.
Really good but more discussion and/or more talking/doing activities with the group.
Little less apprehensive now though has highlighted how lacking we are in our school.
Excellent course. Thanks to all involved.
Now feeling very inspired.
Thanks for organising the event: v useful and highly enjoyable.
Lots of ideas for cross-curricular planning.
Really good, very inspiring – will join twitter.
Well done and thanks for organising such an engaging, motivating day that’s based around practical classroom ideas.
Fantastic inspirational talk with good ideas.
Great ideas! Thank you guys!
A truly inspirational day, thanks you so much! I will be on twitter by the end of the day too!
A fab day…got so many ideas to take back to school.
Great ideas for planning – would love to come to another one of your courses in the future!
Super ideas!
Great ideas will be using them.
All fab! Really inspired to go back to classroom with lots of fresh ideas.
So many really useful inspiring and effective ideas to take back to my children and staff! Thanks so much!
A lot covered in a short time. Good to see how to join the ideas together. Lee’s use of the app was really useful. A brilliant event! So many ideas to try. Really inspiring, thanks.
Good balance of ideas, consolidating morning ideas. Great day!
Fabulous, loads of ideas – inspirational.
When is the next one? I need to attend more courses like this one.
Inspiring videos - great to know how we can think to fiction and non fiction.
Inspiring - I love using the Literacy Shed and it has been great to hear how Rob has made use of it within his own lessons.
Loved the clips used and in class ideas.
Good selection of key animations and ideas.
Best part of the day. Really want an insight into the website. I got it!!
Brilliant videos and loved the way you use fiction to teach non-fiction.
Loved how it was clear how many text types could be covered by a single film. Brilliant ideas.
Rob showed how powerful visual literacy can be. I am going to try using a film instead of a book.
Good really good ideas.Lots of ideas.
Good ideas - such a wide range of genres covered in short films.
Feels easy to access, less technological but great use of media.
We’ve used the Literacy Shed videos, esp. in KS2. In Year 2, we used TITANIUM video – fab!
Very good use of videos/stories to use in class. Great.
Such an amazing resource. I used mourning dove with my Y6 class – absolutely stunning writing from different perspectives.
Rob you are inspiring – use your website – keep it going pretty please, my teaching and I’m sure many others is better for it. Would have loved more time on this – the conference needs to be longer!
Some fab ideas for EAL children.
Really liked ranking of words and DADWAVERS
Keep building the Shed up – fantastic resource.
Very helpful – clearly convinced about how good the literacy shed is.
Brill!
Some great, creative ideas to base around the videos. Easily adapted to fit current curriculum planning.
Would have been good to see things applicable to KS1
Sometimes was quite quick and couldn’t follow what vid was what at times – only sometimes! Excellent ideas!
Gave lots of ideas to use for different videos but for whole units of work.
Great – nice to see how one iPad can be useful in the classroom if you don’t have a class set.
Really liked DADWAVER and the self-assessment.
Loved seeing the videos, great to see how you use them. Planning examples were great too.
Great ideas from videos – I will do more!
Very natural and engaging presentation.
So many ideas thank you – shame we ran out of time!
Loved the explanations of how the clips can be used to cover all genres.
A super day all round! Best of luck with the future.
Very inspiring - Can't wait to implement lots of ideas!
Fantastic day, thank you!
A wonderful conference. I've been looking forward to attending since September and haven't been disappointed.
Amazing ideas - feeling inspired about the resources and ideas shared and looking forward to using these back in class.
Great, super top day!
Fab day, very inspiring loads of great ideas to get stuck into next week. Just disappointed my student is teaching Literacy next week.
Loads of fab ideas.
Brilliant! Lots of inspiring stuff - can't wait till Monday! Thank you.
I have a lot of great resources to take back to school, thank you.
Excellent day, hope to come to the next one.
Course was brilliant! Inspired!
A wonderful day from 3 incredible practitioners. Wish I worked with you all.
Thank you for a great day. Looking forward to the next one.
Thanks for a fantastic day. Can't wait to get planning.
A fantastic day, jampacked with great ideas.
Good - one of the best courses I have been on in a long time! Really good/practical ideas that are very relevant to developing writing in my class.
It was fab! Very inspiring!
A great day from start to finish! WOW!!!
Great after lunch activities
Recap ideas in a practical way
Super ideas to use in class.
Interesting to see how to develop writing from each of your perspectives.
All in all an engaging day with lots of thought provoking ideas, techniques and content.
Excellent – great to see how it can all come together.
Lots of amazing ideas – wish you guys were my teachers (not only for today!)
Amazing day – thank you so much!
Brilliant, thank you! Would definitely come to another conference.
Really good but more discussion and/or more talking/doing activities with the group.
Little less apprehensive now though has highlighted how lacking we are in our school.
Excellent course. Thanks to all involved.
Now feeling very inspired.
Thanks for organising the event: v useful and highly enjoyable.
Lots of ideas for cross-curricular planning.
Really good, very inspiring – will join twitter.
Well done and thanks for organising such an engaging, motivating day that’s based around practical classroom ideas.
Fantastic inspirational talk with good ideas.
Great ideas! Thank you guys!
A truly inspirational day, thanks you so much! I will be on twitter by the end of the day too!
A fab day…got so many ideas to take back to school.
Great ideas for planning – would love to come to another one of your courses in the future!
Super ideas!
Great ideas will be using them.
All fab! Really inspired to go back to classroom with lots of fresh ideas.
So many really useful inspiring and effective ideas to take back to my children and staff! Thanks so much!
A lot covered in a short time. Good to see how to join the ideas together. Lee’s use of the app was really useful. A brilliant event! So many ideas to try. Really inspiring, thanks.
Good balance of ideas, consolidating morning ideas. Great day!
Fabulous, loads of ideas – inspirational.
When is the next one? I need to attend more courses like this one.
Inspiring videos - great to know how we can think to fiction and non fiction.
Inspiring - I love using the Literacy Shed and it has been great to hear how Rob has made use of it within his own lessons.
Loved the clips used and in class ideas.
Good selection of key animations and ideas.
Best part of the day. Really want an insight into the website. I got it!!
Brilliant videos and loved the way you use fiction to teach non-fiction.
Loved how it was clear how many text types could be covered by a single film. Brilliant ideas.
Rob showed how powerful visual literacy can be. I am going to try using a film instead of a book.
Good really good ideas.Lots of ideas.
Good ideas - such a wide range of genres covered in short films.
Feels easy to access, less technological but great use of media.
We’ve used the Literacy Shed videos, esp. in KS2. In Year 2, we used TITANIUM video – fab!
Very good use of videos/stories to use in class. Great.
Such an amazing resource. I used mourning dove with my Y6 class – absolutely stunning writing from different perspectives.
Rob you are inspiring – use your website – keep it going pretty please, my teaching and I’m sure many others is better for it. Would have loved more time on this – the conference needs to be longer!
Some fab ideas for EAL children.
Really liked ranking of words and DADWAVERS
Keep building the Shed up – fantastic resource.
Very helpful – clearly convinced about how good the literacy shed is.
Brill!
Some great, creative ideas to base around the videos. Easily adapted to fit current curriculum planning.
Would have been good to see things applicable to KS1
Sometimes was quite quick and couldn’t follow what vid was what at times – only sometimes! Excellent ideas!
Gave lots of ideas to use for different videos but for whole units of work.
Great – nice to see how one iPad can be useful in the classroom if you don’t have a class set.
Really liked DADWAVER and the self-assessment.
Loved seeing the videos, great to see how you use them. Planning examples were great too.
Great ideas from videos – I will do more!
Very natural and engaging presentation.
So many ideas thank you – shame we ran out of time!
Loved the explanations of how the clips can be used to cover all genres.