The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education
…language, literacy, literature and learning…

http://www.clpe.co.uk
CLPE  Webber Street  London SE1 8QW
0207 401 3382/3

The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education is an independent professional development centre for teachers with a national and international reputation for its work in language, literacy, children’s literature and assessment.

Courses, conferences and in-service training
At CLPE you will find:

• tailored in-service training and consultancy for schools led by CLPE staff who are highly experienced teachers from a range of backgrounds, including early years, primary, secondary, special education, bilingual education and publishing
• high quality courses for teachers, early years practitioners, teaching assistants, LEA staff and others
• courses in all areas of literacy, including reading, writing, children’s literature, poetry, spelling, phonics, literacy across the curriculum, support for bilingual pupils, gender issues, raising achievement, ICT and digital media
• exciting conferences with national speakers for teachers and head teachers

“…I'm finding this course to be such a fantastic resource for myself, and for my future career. Not just the content but the tutors who are inspiring early years practitioners…” Effective Teaching in Early Years Course member, 2002 “…The entire course so far has been a joy and a delightful breath of fresh air. It has reminded me of why I came into teaching, has re-stimulated my own pleasure in literature and language and in exciting and inspiring children to love books and language. I have gone home each course day feeling inspired and I am starting to have real opinions about what is effective language teaching.... …”  English Coordinator Course member, 2002

“Excellent - I have gotten a lot out of each session and the assignments have made me consolidate my own learning. It has been like a great cloud lifting, to reveal something great!…” ICT course member, 2002 “…I am loathe to leave school – so much to do, but in this case it has been well worth it. Thank you.” Deputy Head, ICT course member, 2002

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Family literacy and community projects

 

Library and resources
	CLPE’s library, staffed by a specialist librarian, is an outstanding reference collection of 25,000 children’s books and books for teachers. The library includes picture books, fiction, poetry, traditional stories, plays, big books, books in community languages, alphabet books, audiotapes and videos. There is a selection of CD-ROMs and internet access.

Publications and research
CLPE is renowned for the quality of its publications, based on research in real classrooms.

The Reader in the Writer, Myra Barrs and Val Cork “…This is a book which teachers of literacy should know. It is wise and thoughtful, inspiring and committed and rooted in life and literature and learning…” Books for Keeps, January 2002 The Reader in the Writer reports on a study of the influence of good quality texts on children’s writing in Key Stage2.

Book-based Reading Games, Helen Bromley
“CLPE has produced a great deal of excellent material over the years (their ability to balance research and erudition with practical advice and support for children and teachers is nothing short of miraculous) …This book is an absolute godsend to teachers, parents and school librarians…”
School Librarian, 2001
The culmination of fourteen years' work in classrooms, Book-based Reading Games demonstrates how to make games from high quality, familiar texts and how to use them with groups of children from the nursery class to older inexperienced readers at Key Stage 2.

Understanding Spelling, Olivia O’Sullivan and Anne Thomas
“…This book should be essential reading for all NQTs, literacy co-ordinators and teachers who are concerned about the spelling attainment of children in their classrooms.”
Charles Cripps, Times Educational Supplement, 2000
Understanding Spelling is based on a three-year study of children’s spelling in different primary classrooms. The book examines the different kinds of knowledge involved in spelling and looks at the kinds of teaching and interventions which make a difference to children’s progress.


Recent publications include Book-based Reading Games, Whole-to-Part Phonics, Understanding Spelling, Choosing Texts for the National Literacy Strategy, The Core Book List, and Boys and Reading.

Where to find us
CLPE is in Central London, 5 minutes walk from Waterloo Tube and Mainline Stations and Southwark tube (Jubilee Line)

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http://www.clpe.co.uk