Years 4-8 Ministry of Education Funded — Waikato
Our three-day MOE-funded Year 4-8 Structured Literacy workshop with Liz Kane Literacy Facilitators will give your teachers an understanding of the Science of Learning, Science of Reading and Structured Literacy which underpin this pedagogy.
Time & Location
04 Aug 2025, 8:30 am – 06 Aug 2025, 2:30 pm
Goodwood School, 517 Fencourt Road, Fencourt 3493, New Zealand
About the Event
What's Covered:
The Science of Learning – Cognitive Load Theory and Explicit Teaching
Principles and Elements of Structured Literacy
Teaching spelling with The Code, including accelerating students with Catch-Up Lists
Whole class reading integrated with teaching vocabulary and knowledge
Teaching older struggling readers with a scope and sequence and decodable stories as a bridge to reading with their peers
Practising fluency
Teachers are taught a new Oral Reading
Fluency assessment
Teaching Writing with a Scope and Sequence – demonstrations with The Writing Revolution and Syntax Project
Finally, teachers experience a Literacy Block for an hour and a half of literacy teaching
Morning Tea is provided each day.
Currently, our website can only accept a maximum of 10 additional guests per registration. If you'd like to add more teachers for your school, you will need to make another registration. Any issues, please contact liz@lizkaneliteracy.co.nz
