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FREE Warrington Symposium on

'Read, Write, Excite'

Attendance is FREE.

Limited spaces available.

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disappointment by clicking here

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The Fir Grove Hotel

Knutsford Old Road,

Warrington

WA4 2LD

Thursday 24th June 2010

Sample Agenda, with full agenda to follow.
Time    

8.30 - 9.15

Coffee and Registration

9.15 - 9.30

Introduction and Welcome

Dirk Foch, Managing Director, Renaissance Learning

9.30 - 10.30

Author Presentation

Tommy Donbavand

HOT to PLOT

Read Tommy's full biography by clicking here.

Tommy Donbavand is the best selling author of the ‘Scream Street Series’ and the ‘Too Ghoul For School Series’. He also writes for a number of magazines, such as the Times Educational Supplement (TES) and Junior Education.

Tommy will show how by helping students create a plan for a story before writing the first word you can remove the fear that can be easily induced by a blank sheet of paper or empty computer screen.

10.30-11.00

SSAT

Kathy Heaps is a former Head Teacher and has spent the last year gathering together good examples of excellent 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.

Kathy Heaps
11.00 - 11.15 Coffee Break & Book Signing
11.15 - 12.00

School Presentation

TBA

12.00 - 1.00

Lunch and Book Signing
1.00 - 2.00

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

2.00 - 2.30

School Presentation

TBA

2.30 - 2.45 Coffee Break & Book Signing

 
2.45 - 3.30

School Presentation

TBA

TBA

 

 

 

3.30 - 4.00

Book Signing


 

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