FREE ONLINE TRANSITION EVENT WITH AUTHOR MATT GOODFELLOW

 7th June 2024

10:00 am to 10:45am

For pupils aged 9 to 11 years  (Year 5 and Year 6)

The National Literacy Trust is hosting a free, virtual classroom event with the author of The Final Year, Matt Goodfellow.

Matt will start the event by reading an extract from his book, The Final Year.  Following this, there will be a discussion around the transition into secondary school, a theme navigated closely by the characters in the book, and children will have an opportunity to have their questions answered live via the chat box.

The event will be hosted via Zoom webinar. Attendees should not need to download any special software to join the event. After registering, you will receive an email with your Zoom joining link, which can be accessed in a web browser. You can also watch live or follow the recording on YouTube.

For further information and to register online, click here.

 About the Author

Former primary school teacher Matt Goodfellow is now a full-time poet who visits schools across the country to give high-energy performances and workshops. His first poetry collection for Otter-Barry Books, Chicken on the Roof, received wide acclaim. He is also the author of Caterpillar Cake, illustrated by Krina Patel-Sage and shortlisted for the CLiPPA award, Shu-Lin’s Grandpa, illustrated by Yu Rong and shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal, and a contributor to CLiPPA-shortlisted poetry collection Being Me: Poems about Thoughts, Worries and Feelings, all published by Otter-Barry Books. Matt lives in Stockport, Greater Manchester in the UK.

FREE VIRTUAL CLASSROOM VISIT FOR

REFUGEE WEEK WITH MICHAEL ROSEN

“ON THE MOVE”

(with BSL interpreter)

17th June 2024

10:00 am to 10:45am

For pupils aged 9 to 14 years

The National Literacy Trust is offering this free opportunity to join author and poet Michael Rosen on Monday 17 June at 10am, where your class, together with pupils from across the UK, will have the chance to hear from Michael himself about his On the Move poetry collection. Michael will be reading and discussing his poems, exploring what home means to him, as well as guiding pupils as to how they might use his poems as inspiration for their own creative writing for Refugee Week 2024.

At the end of the event, pupils will be given the opportunity to ask Michael questions via the chatbox.

This event will have a live BSL interpreter.

To supplement the session, and to help you mark Refugee Week after the live event, the National Literacy Trust, has created follow-up classroom resources. These free resources will support teachers in guiding their pupils to write their own creative piece marking Refugee Week 2024.

In addition to the event with Michael, pupils will have the chance to explore a piece of writing from various creatives in the industry including Nikita Gill and RAMZEE.

These resources will be available to download for free on the National Literacy Trust’s main Refugee Week page from 20th May.

For further information and to sign up, just follow this link.  After you have completed the form, the National Literacy Trust will send you an email with your link to join the event.  If you cannot access Zoom, or are unable to attend live, don’t worry.  In your confirmation email, they will also share a link to a YouTube page, where you can either watch the event stream in live time, or watch the event recording until Monday 24th June.

FREE VIRTUAL CLASSROOM VISIT FOR

REFUGEE WEEK WITH ADNAN

 20th June 2024

10:00 am to 10:30 am

For pupils aged 6-9 years

The National Literacy Trust is providing the opportunity for classes across the UK to join writers Mark Arrigo and Steven Chatterton on Thursday 20 June at 10am, to listen to their telling of the story of Adnan: The Boy Who Helped His Mummy Remember. Children will be given the opportunity to reflect on the theme of home whilst exploring the beautiful illustrations used throughout the book.

To help you mark Refugee Week after the event, the National Literacy Trust has created a follow up classroom lesson which supports teachers in further exploring the book and reflecting on Refugee Week's 2024 theme of Our Home.

These resources will be available to download for free on the National Literacy Trust’s main Refugee Week page from 20th May.

For further information and to sign up, follow this link.  You will then receive an email with your link to join the event. If you cannot access Zoom, or are unable to attend live, don't worry.  In your confirmation email they will send a link to a YouTube page, where you can either watch the event stream in live time, or watch the event recording until Thursday 27th June.