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Agenda

Time
8.30 - 9.15	Coffee and Registration
9.15 - 9.30	Introduction and Welcome	Christine Brooks, Implementation Supervisor Renaissance Learning
9.30 - 10.30	Author Presentation Mark Robson Read more about Mark here.	'Where's the fun in Creative Writing?' In this interactive workshop Mark Robson, Children’s Author, will cover fun and innovative ways of injecting enthusiasm into creative writing.
10.30-11.00	SSAT	Kathy Heaps is a former Head Teacher and has spent the last year gathering together examples of effective literacy projects from across English Secondary Schools. Her independent report has just been published by the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust and in this presentation she will share some of these best practices.
11.00 - 11.15	Coffee Break & Book Signing
11.15 - 12.15	Author Presentation Ali Sparkes	Since the first book in her Shapeshifters series - Finding the Fox - was published in 2006, Ali has been a regular visitor to UK schools. A dozen books later she believes she's gained some invaluable insights, such as 'everybody likes funny things in boxes' and 'you can't lose with large pants', which she will share in this unique session. Above all, Ali promises this: "I can show you fear in a handful of tellytubby!"
12.15 - 1.15	Lunch and Book Signing
1.15 - 2.00	School Presentation Suzanne Whittaker The Westlands School	“Accelerated Reader – driving it on” This session will be about how our school maximised the impact of AR across the school, based on our experience of using it with nearly 900 pupils.
2.00 - 2.30	Inspirational Writing Ideas Richard Hubbard	This hands-on session will introduce the NEO 2 and show how inspirational writing techniques can be developed using simple technology.
2.30 - 2.45	Coffee Break & Book Signing
2.45 - 3.30	Bev Humphrey Literacy Consultant	Technology is evolving all the time and many young people use it with ease. Web 2.0 applications are usually free and can be used in all subjects so that I.T. is truly cross curricular. In addition it's fun for both adults and pupils! This session will hopefully help you discover at least one or two easy to use school apps. that will help you look very I.T. proficient. You will be introduced to Wallwisher and Diigo among others as well as learning about the power of a PLN on twitter. Degree in technology definitely not required!.
3.30	Finish