NATENEWS

Jonathan Morgan Director of NATE

Firstly, congratulations to your GCSE and A-level students - I hope all the hard work was rewarded, with many continuing to study English beyond GCSE and A-level. Fears about the decline in students studying English has been at the centre of a key debate over the summer and we have expressed NATE’s view in The Guardian, TES, and The I newspaper, working collaboratively with colleagues in the English teaching community to dispel some of the myths surrounding the take-up of English and how it is perceived by students, teachers and employers. Professor Robert Eaglestone’s article from our June edition of Teaching English sets out to show – in the light of the decline in numbers for English at A-level and in HE – that the ‘soft’ skills English develops are precisely what employers are looking for today. I have recently joined colleagues within the Common English Forum to discuss these concerns and other issues, including NATE’s proposals on how to reinvigorate KS3 so that it is not taken over with GCSE preparation. We are delighted with the informed and perceptive responses to NATE’s annual survey; if you haven’t yet had time to complete, please do so before October 31st - a deadline which may have some national significance too by all accounts. It’s not quite ‘do or die’ though we would like to have a broad, collective voice on the important debates affecting teachers at all key stages. Many of the issues we are exploring were identified almost a century ago by Sir Henry Newbolt. English in Education editor, John Hodgson, has written an introduction to the 1921 Newbolt report in his latest blog post and will be marking the centenary with a special English in Education issue to be published later in October. If you missed out on attending NATE’s magnificent annual conference in June, you can read the conference report on page 11 and still watch our highlights video. In celebrating National Poetry Day, we are delighted to announce plans for NATE’s Poetry conference which will be held in Manchester on Friday 3rd July, 2020, supported by Poetry by Heart who have relaunched their fantastic competition and resources for schools - including primary. I have had the privilege of introducing NATE to PGCE and PGDE students this term and explaining how we can support teachers new to the profession. ITE Committee Chair, Dr. Rachel Roberts, is running another ITE conference for tutors at The English & Media Centre on November 21st. The theme is Righting Writing: the pedagogy and practice of teaching writing. Tickets available here. If you are involved with teacher education and would like your students to hear about what NATE has to offer, please get in touch. NATE continues to work regionally through the development of Teachmeets - we will keep you updated with confirmed meetings very soon. We are delighted that so many NATE members across the country have agreed to organise these local meeting to share good practice. Remember that NATE members have a range of opportunities to have their work published through our newsletters and the CPD we offer. Please contact myself and NATE’s Teaching English editor, Gary Snapper, for further details.

Welcome to the latest edition of NATENEWS - we have a range of important updates, features, opportunities, resources and news items to support the English teaching community. Remember to keep in touch via NATE’s facebook, twitter and web pages.

NATE’s Annual Survey Deadline: October 31st

Connect with NATE via twitter, www.nate.org.uk and facebook.

2 NATE in the News 3-4 What’s on? 5-6 Conference updates 7 Publications 8 Research 9-10 Poetry by Heart 11-12 Conference 2019 13 Teachmeets 14 Consultancy 15 NATE’s Team 16-18 Membership

Get involved with Poetry By HeartDownload the full 2019-20 competition guide from the website www.poetrybyheart.org.uk from 3rd October 2019

Schools can register for the competition now at mailchi.mp/poetrybyheart/pre-register

Talk to us: info@poetrybyheart or 0117 905 5338

The competition

The 2019-20 Poetry By Heart school competition will be from 1st November 2019 through to Valentine’s Day on 14th February 2020.

It only takes 3 pupils to have a school competition – but schools can, of course, make it as large as they like!

School competitions are organised by school staff, with opportunities to involve poets and poetry lovers as competition co-organisers, poetry coaches and judges. Pupils can compete in individual and group recitation categories for their age group.

School winners can then be entered for the national school poetry recitation competition. We’re looking to find 50 very special county winner performances in each age group.

10 county winners in each age group will be invited to the prestigious Poetry By Heart national finals event in March 2020 organised by The Poetry Society and judged by poets.

OCTOBER 2019

NATE IN THE NEWSIt’s been a busy summer for NATE as we celebrate and defend the importance of English and Literacy. Select the images to read the full articles.

NATE collaborates with the English teaching community in defending the employability of English graduates.

We’d like to assure teachers, students and Laura McInerney The misguided obsession with STEM subjects is to blame for the decline in English A-levels that the organisations that support the discipline of English have been addressing this issue head-on since 2017. For example, we have collaborated to produce material to counter myths and misinformation about the subject (available at the English and Media Centre website); we have held discussions with the Depart-ment for Education; and we have canvassed across the sector (the most recent annual survey is on the National Association for the Teaching of English website).

WHAT’S ON? CPD, FREE RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES.

LATE are hosting their next conference at The British Film Institute, London Southbank on Saturday 7th December, 2019 10am - 1.30pm. Details to follow.

Arvon have a range of creative writing opportunities for teachers, including a 3 day residential for primary school teachers in the scenic Calder Valley in West Yorkshire on the following dates: Friday 1st - Sunday 3rd November 2019. Friday 15th - Sunday 17th November 2019. Find our more.

Oxfam have produced an excellent free resource for teachers that is packed with advice, cross-curricular activity ideas and case studies to help learners engage with the the Sustainable Development Goals, aimed at changing the world for the better. You can find out more here.

Two wonderful new free resources have recently been published on the British Library’s Discovering Literature website. The resources have been designed to encourage teachers to use their digital resource in more practical and dynamic ways with students. These have been produced in collobaration with Lucy Webster at the EMC. There’s one general Teacher’s Toolkit with all sorts of ideas that can be applied to any text; the other one focuses specifically on Macbeth, its critics and contexts.

The Children’s Poetry Archive has recently been relaunched. It’s a place where you can listen to poems read out loud, choose your favourites and share them with your friends.

N AT E M U LT I C U LT U R A L &D I V E RS I T Y CO M M I T T E E

The Nate M/C Diversity committee has a long history of sharing good practice on interactive learning through talk and discussion of literature and promoting pupil engagement that is friendly to all pupils but particularly those who are new to English. If you wish to join their network please contact: Valerie Coultas valerieharry@aol.com or Stuart Scott stuart.scott@collaborativelearning.org

NAWE Conference 2019You can book now for this year’s NAWE conference in York from 8-10 November 2019. The conference brings together writers and educators from across the UK and beyond to explore the best in teaching creative writing practice.

Audiopi provides audio tutorials and educational podcasts which have been designed to inspire learning. They cover a wide range of texts for GCSE English. Further details are available here. A range of stimulating (and free) oracy

resources are available here.

NATE NEEDS YOU!

Do you have a great teaching idea or strategy which you’d be willing to share across the NATE community?

Would you like the opportunity to have your work published and contribute to NATE’s e-publication, IllumiNATE?

Proposals are welcome from teachers of English and literacy at all key stages.

Find out more: IllumiNATE Proposal form

S H A R E YO U R V I E W S O N T H E D EC L I N E O F A-L E V E L.

The Post-16 & HE Committee are planning a series of articles on the decline of A-level English. They want to look at English Language and Literature - and their assessment - from KS3 to higher education.

If you have experience or evidence you’d like to share, please get in touch with John Hodgson at john.hodgson@uwe.ac.uk

WHAT’S ON? COMPETITIONS FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS

Lorna Robinson, Director of the Rumble Museum, writes: ‘Over the next year, our ‘Future Season’ explores how the world is changing through technology, evironmental change and new ideas about how society should evolve. Science fiction authors have always challenged our perspectives on politics, gender, environment, technology and ethics, and we are lookig for a new generation to bring their ideas to the table.’

An awards ceremony will be held at the Iris Festival of the Future at the Museum, a large section of which will be devoted to Science Fiction.

Further details available here

The Rumble Museum, based at Cheney School in Oxford, has launched a national sci-fi competition in association with the Arthur C Clarke Award - aimed at young people who would like to see their ideas turned into a short story by a professional sci-fi writer. Anyone living in the UK under the age of 16 can enter, and the closing date is October 31st 2019. Details are available here.

Pearson are running an interantional writing competition for 4-16 year-olds that sees fairy tales and folk stories reimagined through a modern twist. The stories should aim to celebrate a diverse and modern-day Britain. Deadline is 17:00 on Friday, 29th November, 2019. Further details are available here.

WRITING OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEACHERS

4Stories, the new-talent scheme from Channel 4, is aimed at finding genuinely diverse voices, explor-ing contemporary stories of and by communities that are rarely seen on mainstream television. They encourage applications from talent currently under-represented in TV Drama – including women, disabled talent, BAME talent, and those from disad-vantaged backgrounds. Find our more.

Explore new writing opportunities and events from the BBC and across the industry.

English Shared Futures 2020 is an exciting international and cross-phase conference organsised by The English Association and supported by NATE. Spanning the different strands of ‘English’ (including literature, language, linguistics and creative writing), the 2020 conference will be an amazing event for teachers and lecturers of the English discipline. This will include a day focused on the school teaching of English. Further details are available here.

The conference theme, If… will focus on the potentials of English. There will be an international strand throughout the three days of the conference, 7th – 9th July, and masterclasses will be available on the 6th. The masterclasses are in addition to the main conference and will be administered separately. The Papers, presentations and workshops are invited on all topics relevant to the teaching of English and Literacy. Potential presenters may contact the selection panel informally for advice on the suitability of their proposal. All papers will be peer reviewed before acceptance. Please submit your proposal before the end of November. Further details are available here.

NATE Poetry conference.

In partnership with Poetry by Heart, we are pleased to announce NATE will be hosting a one-day Poetry conference in Manchester on Friday 3rd July, 2020 as part of the National Teaching Learning Day initiative. More details will follow via our website and the NTLD booking site. Tickets range from £35-39.

CONFERENCE UPDATES

Initial Teacher EducationRachel Roberts ITE Committee Chair

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Thursday 21st November 2019 (9.30 - 3.20pm) English & Media Centre (London)

Ideal for all those involved in the training and professional development of English teachers, NATE’s ITE one-day conference will focus on the pedagogy of writing: what it is, how we do it and why. The day will include talks from a wide range of speakers including professional writers, experts in the teaching of writing and an extended panel discussion to generate discussion and debate. You can book your tickets here:

Prices:£35 (NATE members)£39 (non-NATE members)

Venue English and Media Centre18 Compton Terrace, London, N1 2UN.

Confirmed speakers and draft outline: (further details to follow)

Righting Writing: the pedagogy and practice of teaching writing

Dr Doug Cowieis the author, most recently, of a novel, Noon in Paris, Eight in Chicago. He teaches Creative Writing and American Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London.

Joelle Taylor is an award-winning poet, playwright, author and performer. She has published three collections of poetry, including Songs My Enemy Taught Me.

930-10 Registration

10-10.55 Presentation 1

11-11.55 Presentation 2

11.55-12.10 Break

12.10 -1pm Panel discussion

1-2pm Lunch & poster presentations

2-3pm Presentation 3

3.05-320pm Final thoughts and thanks

Book your tickets here:

Only £35 for NATE members. Not a NATE member? Join here.

Directions to the EMC

If you have any questions about this event, please contact NATE’s ITE Chair, Dr. Rachel Roberts

Publications updateGary Snapper Teaching English editor

Some highlights from last term’s Teaching English magazine:

• James Durran demonstrates how to inject challenge at Key Stages 3 and 4, using Key Stage 2 knowledge about grammar

• Trevor Millum and Chris Warren remind us how to use ICT effectively in English lessons, and also continue their series on how to get kids responding creatively to poetry

• Barbara Bleiman of the English and Media Centre discusses how to teach a novel in ways that encourage students to respond, discuss and explore with enthusiasm

• Andy Goodwyn gives a beginner’s guide to classroom research, and there’s a series of articles focusing on what teachers found out when they did research in their own classrooms

• Beth Andrews Dawson reflects on what happened to her class’s reading scores when she encouraged group reading of whole novels

• … and much more!

The next edition of Teaching English, based on the theme of ‘Creative Reading’ is in production and will be available late October.

Remember that IllumiNATE emails come to your inbox twice a month featuring strategies, activities and inspiration for your classroom. We are currently featuring NATE Chair Peter Thomas’s superb series ’ 12 Ways To ….’.

The last instalments were:

• 12 ways ... with paragraphs• 12 Ways to Teach 19th

Century Novels• 12 Ways of Making Speaking

and Listening Matter

NATE NEEDS YOU! Do you have a great teaching strategy that you would be willing to share with the NATE community? Would you like to have your work published in an upcoming edition of IllumiNATE? We would love to hear from you and look forward to finding out about your excellent classroom-based work. Further details are available here on how to send your proposal.

Research updates John Hodgson English in Education editor

English in Education is NATE’s journal for sharing good practice with English educators worldwide. The journal has recently been redesigned and is now published by Routledge, who produce our series of professional books on English teaching. Particular attention has been paid to the design of the journal, which now has larger pages and a more attractive visual layout.

Global downloads of articles from the website http://bit.ly/EIE-current have increased by 75% over the last year. To keep pace, from next year (2020) we shall publish the journal four times a year, with more special issues on current and emerging topics.

Members of NATE will have received an email from the publishers with an access code. If you have any queries, go to the members’ area on the website or email the Editor at john.hodgson@uwe.ac.uk.

If you’re not currently a member of NATE, joining will give you access to English in Education in print and online. In the meantime, you might like to sample the following articles that are available open-access:• How do librarians in school support struggling readers? by Margaret Merga. http://bit.ly/Mergalibrarians • Reading as enactment: transforming Beowulf through drama, film and computer game by Jane Coles & Theo Bryer. http://bit.ly/Coles-Beowulf• The Politics of Testing by Bethan Marshall. http://bit.ly/Marshall-Testing• Marking A level scripts in relation to others by Victoria Elliott. http://bit.ly/Elliott-goodone

The Editors always welcome your ideas for topics, articles and creative pieces (particularly poems) on English teaching. Please see http://bit.ly/EiEaims-scope for author guidelines. We are currently running a survey to discover what you think are the key topics for research over the next decade. Please let us know your views at http://bit.ly/EIE-research-agenda . The password is set-agenda.

To mark the centenary of the first UK government report on the teaching of English, the autumn 2019 issue will focus on Newbolt and the Construction of Subject English. 2020 will bring two special issues, on Multilingualism and English Education and on Expertise in English Education. 2021 will include special issues on Literacy in a Post-Industrial City Region and on Social Media and English.

The photographs below come from the spring 2019 special issue on Writing.

Advertisement: Poetry competition for KS2 - 4 students

It’s fun, it’s free, it’s a national poetry recitation competition for pupils in England “It isn’t possible to understand poetry, which is a musical skill, without hearing and internalising some of its tunes. Poetry By Heart is a practical way to encourage this in schools and I think it could remove some of the confusion (and anger) people feel when confronted with poetry. Poems, unlike prose, are memory-efficient. That doesn’t just mean they go easily into the memory and stay there. It means the memory goes easily into a poem and grows there, perhaps infinitely.”Alice Oswald, Poet and Oxford Professor of Poetry

As many poets have suggested, learning a poem by heart offers a special way of developing appreciation of it. Listening to a poem read or recited is a way of engaging with the musicality of poetry, which is one of its distinctive pleasures.

By taking part in Poetry By Heart, pupils explore poetry widely, find poems they like and share them by learning them by heart and performing them to others.

Poetry By Heart was established in 2012 by Andrew Motion and Julie Blake as a unique collaboration between the poetry and education worlds. Initially developed by The Poetry Archive, there have since been five national school poetry recitation competitions for secondary school pupils, with poem selections and judging by leading poets and poetry educators.

With renewed funding from the Department for Education for up to three years, and now organised in association with The Poetry Society, The Poetry Archive and The English Association,

Poetry By Heart is relaunching this term and welcoming younger pupils into the competition.

Judith Palmer, Director of The Poetry Society said, ‘The Poetry Society has always spoken up for the enjoyment of poetry as something to listen to as well as to read and we are delighted to join the Poetry by Heart community in introducing a new generation of children and young people to what Robert Frost called, the sound of sense.’

Poets, poetry lovers and poetry teachers can get involved in encouraging schools to take part, supporting teachers in organising competitions, helping pupils to rehearse their poems and by being competition judges.

Turn the page to find out how it works.

Julie BlakeCo-founder and Co-DirectorPoetry By HeartOctober 2019 competition announcement

Get involved with Poetry By HeartDownload the full 2019-20 competition guide from the website www.poetrybyheart.org.uk from 3rd October 2019

Schools can register for the competition now at mailchi.mp/poetrybyheart/pre-register

Talk to us: info@poetrybyheart or 0117 905 5338

The competition

The 2019-20 Poetry By Heart school competition will be from 1st November 2019 through to Valentine’s Day on 14th February 2020.

It only takes 3 pupils to have a school competition – but schools can, of course, make it as large as they like!

School competitions are organised by school staff, with opportunities to involve poets and poetry lovers as competition co-organisers, poetry coaches and judges. Pupils can compete in individual and group recitation categories for their age group.

School winners can then be entered for the national school poetry recitation competition. We’re looking to find 50 very special county winner performances in each age group.

10 county winners in each age group will be invited to the prestigious Poetry By Heart national finals event in March 2020 organised by The Poetry Society and judged by poets.

Click on the link below to read a Teaching English article about the benefits of the competition:

NATE Conference 2019NATE’s annual conference in June was an outstanding success. Thank you to our wonderful line-up of speakers, workshop leaders, exhibitors, sponsors and delegates. Just some of the highlights included memorable contributions from Professor of Shakespeare Studies - Emma Smith, best selling author - Frank Cottrell-Boyce and performance poet - Luke Wright. They provided insight, inspiration and entertainment in equal measure. We have had exceptional feedback from delegates. You can download some of the conference materials from the NATE members’ area and watch the conference video here

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Feedback from delegates:

I have taken lots of resources and potential teaching methods which will influence my future classroom practice.

It’s such a great platform for networking with others who are equally passionate about English in education.

All four of the sessions I attended were brilliant.

Very valuable, given me many different approaches to narrative writing that I did not have before.

I have walked away full of ideas for my department to make great adaptations to our teaching of writing. Highly valuable.

I have been enthused by the general atmosphere and by networking with teachers and academic with a range of experiences.

The conference has given me a strengthened sense of purpose.

Have already started pulling ideas together to use this term and beyond.

It was a moment of calm and an opportunity for reflection - thank you.

It was my first time and I found the conference to be hugely beneficial and inspiring.

NATE Conference 2020 - we are curently exploring options for next year. We hope to be able to provide details soon.

Conference news

NATE would like to congratulate this year’s award winners who have been deservedly recognised for their contributions to NATE and the wider English teaching community.

Trevor MillumOutstanding contribution

to NATE

Barbara BleimanOutstanding contribution to

English teaching

Marcello Giovanelli The Terry FurlongResearch award

Rachel RobertsThe NATE

Research award.

NATE Awards2019

The Harold Rosen lecture One of the many highlights from NATE’s 2019 conference was the outstanding lecture delivered by Barbara Bleiman who provided many insights and a range of practical and inspiring ideas that can be used with students of all abilities. This is a must-see for all new and experienced teachers of English. You can watch the lecture here and read the transcript and powerpoint on the EMC website.

Teachmeets are being arranged around the country - we will update you soon with confirmed meetings and details of how you can book on these free CPD events.

NATE Teachmeets

NATE can support you to provide networking and CPD for English teachers (KS1-5) within your region.

How to organise a NATE Teachmeet: • use a local school as a venue for a meeting space and refreshments

• ask for contributions from attendees—providing excellent CPD

• invite a keynote speaker—NATE may be able to provide one too

• set up the meeting, using Eventbrite (NATE can support this)

• provide a carousel of activities

• include practical resources

• make it a joint ventures with others

You can help by: • becoming a Regional Coordinator

• offering your school as a venue

• delivering a session at one of the meetings

We look forward to hearing about how we can promote, share and support the fantastic work within English & Literacy at all key stages.

Contact our Regional Activities Officer, Christine Thomas, at regions@nate.org.uk for further information and advice.

Providing opportunities for English teachers to network, share resources and support each other to develop teaching & learning within English & Literacy. (KS1-5)

NATE Consultancy

NATE has a dedicated team of consultants, all of whom are NATE members, who are some of the leading practitioners in English education today, with a wealth of experience in English teaching, leadership, senior examining, coaching, teacher training and published writing. NATE can supply a quality-assured consultant at all key stages to help you in developing the expertise of English & Literacy teachers, whilst working directly with your students to raise attainment and achievement. Below are some examples of the type of consultancy NATE can offer though these can be tailored to support your needs:

Improving the expertise and subject knowledge of teachers could include:

• whole school and departmental training on key aspects of English & Literacy, including planning, assessment and OFSTED support

• writing schemes of work to meet curriculum needs• subject Leadership support• coaching for individual teachers, including mentors, mentees and

experienced teachers• leadership support for SLT who are reviewing the English curriculum.• primary English support on spelling, vocabulary, reading, writing and talk for

learning• post-16 support for Literature, Language and Media

Improving achievement and attainment of students could include:

• GCSE Booster sessions • SAT Preparation • enrichment days to develop oracy, reading and writing for pleasure. • intervention • specialised A Level English sessions to develop subject knowledge, academic

writing whilst supporting transition to further education.

If you would like to discuss our consultancy packages, please email Jonathan Morgan (NATE Director) director@nate.org.uk

NATE’s Management team & Committee members

Following NATE’s AGM, we are delighted to have retained the high level of expertise within our managment and wider team and look forward to developing committees over the coming months too.

NATE’s Managment Team

Director Jonathan MorganChair (and Trustee) Peter Thomas Vice Chair (and Trustee) Raina Parker Treasurer (and Trustee) Barbara Conridge Secretary (and Trustee) Mick ConnellResearch Officer (and Trustee) Andy Goodwyn Regional Activities Officer Christine ThomasPublications Officer Gary Snapper

NATE Committee members

Initial Teacher Education • Rachel Roberts (Chair)

• Lorna Smith • Francis Gilbert• Fiona Darby• John Perry• Bethan Marshall• Mari Cruice.

Post 16/Higher Education • John Hodgson (Chair)

• Gary Snapper • Ann Harris• Carol Atherton • Marcello

Giovanelli • Ian Cushing• Yvonne Williams• Susan Cockcroft

Primary • David Gibbons (Chair)

• Joanne RobinsonMulti-cultural & Diversity • Stuart Scott

(Joint Chair)• Valerie Coultas (Joint Chair)

NATEPublications:

Teaching English & illumiNATE:

Gary Snapper

English in Education: John Hodgson

Primary Matters: Janet Gough

NATENEWS: Jonathan Morgan

NATENET: Raina Parker

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