There's plenty you can do during these exceptional times to keep your interest in literacy alive! How about entering a competition, watching some live theatre or engaging in a workshop. Details are given below of some of the options available -
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Closing date
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11th June |
Create a piece or writing taking any form with the title 'The Future We Want'. |
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22nd June |
The challenge is to create a positive, short online safety film (or a storyboard with a script) in response to this prompt: We want an internet where we’re free to… |
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30th June |
Write a poem or story to help create a world free from prejudice. |
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17th July |
Compose a piece of personal writing about life in lockdown: a poem, or a creative story? |
Events
Hay Player – Secondary Schools programme is where to look if you want to catch up on YA author talks from this year's virtual Hay Festival (and also the last four years)
24th June National Writing Day – A myriad of resources to build up to and support this event can be found here.
The Globe's family workshops aimed at years 5-12. The Globe are asking people to donate to attend:
https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/whats-on/macbeth-online-workshop-9-12-years-2020/
https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/whats-on/macbeth-online-storytelling-5-12-years-2020/
Audio reading
David Didau reads Kidnapped https://learningspy.co.uk/featured/a-reading-of-robert-louis-stephensons-kidnapped/
Reading of the Ancient Mariner by the University of Plymouth: https://www.ancientmarinerbigread.com/complete
Theatre (all for a week only)
- BBC4 9pm Sunday 7th June RSC 2018 production of Romeo and Juliet
- From June 5th A Monster Calls (Bristol Old Vic): https://bristololdvic.org.uk/whats-on/a-monster-calls-at-home .
- Mushy: Lyrically Speaking (https://vimeo.com/404543319) A musical about Musharaf Asghar, a British-Pakistani pupil on Educating Yorkshire, propelled to fame when his teacher, Mr Burton, helped him to overcome his lifelong stammer with a method he had seen in a film about King George V.
And also, did you..?
Read this article about the language used to describe healthcare workers: https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/27/healthcare-workers-heros-language-heroism
Watch this clip about why Literature is a great subject to study: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEEYcULlV8A
Books to read about Diversity
Below is a list of books that parents can read with their children to understand Diversity and the challenges surrounding it.
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