Sessions for Teachers     2010

Workshops with David Hornsby and Debbie Sukarna
at Darebin Arts & Entertainment Centre (Cnr Bell St & St George's Rd, Preston)

For more information, contact Paula Welham:

Thur 28 Jan Comprehension: developing thoughtful literacy P-8 David
Fri 29 Jan Spelling P-8 David
Sat 13 Feb Writer's Workshop P-6: an introduction Debbie
Sat 20 Feb Planning an integrated unit P-6 Debbie
Sat 13 Mar Organising a Reader's Workshop (P-2 and 3-6) David and Debbie
Sat 1 May Strategies for Success with Non-fiction texts (P-2 & 3-6) David and Debbie
Sat 15 May Phonics and Spelling, P-2;  Spelling Years 3-6 David and Debbie
Sat 31 July Assessment of Reading (P-2 and 3-6) David and Debbie
Sat 14 Aug Assessment of Writing and Spelling (P-2 and 3-6) David and Debbie
Sat 28 Aug Strategies for Reading Fiction Texts (P-2 and 3-6) David and Debbie
Sat 4 Sept An Effective Writing Program & Writer's Notebook (P-2)
Revisiting Writer's Notebook (3-6)
David (P-2)
Debbie (3-6)
Sat 16 Oct Writer's Workshop P-6: an introduction (repeat) Debbie
Sat 30 Oct Readers' Workshop Years 2 - 6 Debbie

Regional Centres: (venues to be advised)

Fri 30 Apr Bendigo Comprehension: developing thoughtful literacy P-8 David
Fri 16 July Traralgon Phonics and Spelling P-4 David
Fri 6 Aug Bendigo Phonics and Spelling P-4 David

Note: If you would like to arrange a full-day seminar with David in a regional centre, please contact him (david.hornsby@mac.com).

For more information, contact Paula Welham:

Early Years LiteracyEarly Years Literacy

  • Using Real Books to teach literacy skills
  • The importance of the literature strand
  • Developing phonemic awareness
  • Teaching phonics and spelling in context
  • Rediscovering the Language-experience approach
  • Getting the most out of shared reading
  • Guided reading at the different developmental stages
  • Developing an effective writing program
  • Writers' Notebooks
  • Developing an awareness of language structures and features
  • Classroom organisation to support literacy learning

Middle Years LiteracyMiddle Years Literacy

  • Developing comprehension and thoughtful literacy
  • Developing critical literacy
  • Encouraging wide reading
  • Engaging students through powerful literature
  • Extending response to literature
  • Using different texts for different purposes
  • Shared and guided reading for older students
  • Teaching with non-fiction texts
  • Developing thoughtful literacy
  • Developing an effective writing program
  • Extending spelling strategies
  • Developing language awareness (grammar)
  • Making grammar 'accessible'
  • Classroom organisation to support literacy learningLearning and Teaching

Learning and Teaching

  • Understanding curriculum (a model that makes sense!)
  • Conditions for learning
  • Learning 'from the inside' (learning as an apprentice)
  • Teaching: a gradual release of responsibility
  • The need for explicit teaching
  • Teaching with a focus on strategies
  • Questioning (expanding your repertoire)

National Curriculum

  • Early messages from the Framing Paper for English-literacy