Helen Haraldsen is a children’s author, English teacher at Keswick School and former school librarian. Her mission in life is to inspire young people to love reading and writing so that they have the literacy skills they need to access life’s opportunities: being Lit Fit for Life!
Helen offers in-person or virtual author visits.
Untrodden Ways: Poetry Club meet fortnightly to read, discuss and write poetry with contemporary poet Katie Hale. Katie guides the young people through a range of writing exercises which will focus on creativity, expression and developing a love of language.
The National Literacy Trust has created a series of resources to help pupils explore the future of the planet and social action, whilst developing key literacy skills through a sequence of freewriting and poetry exercises.
The Premier League Primary Stars programme uses the appeal of the football Premier League to inspire children to learn, be active and develop important life skills.
Vocabulary Ninja was created to offer exciting, time saving and evidence-based learning resources that have impact, particularly focusing on developing, deepening and widening a pupil’s vocabulary.
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Take Wimpy Kid into your classroom with these specially created resources for teachers, designed to help you lead fun, focused and curriculum-linked lessons.
The Poetry Society was founded in 1909 to promote “a more general recognition and appreciation of poetry”. They have produced several lesson plans to help inspire children’s interest in poetry.
Marinka dreams of a normal life, where her house stays in one place long enough for her to make friends. But her house has chicken legs and moves on without warning.
A competition for primary school children across Cumbria which aims to engage children with leadership and entrepreneurship at a very young age in an accessible and fun way whilst inspiring and helping to develop, nurture and preserve their own creative confidence.
Lakes College want to involve their level 2 and 3 students in industry projects involving designing activities/workshops for topic support in their local primary schools.
