English Literacy Workshops for schools

Drama and theatre, Shakespeare, poetry, theme-based writing, superheros, pirates, or a virtual reality trip that will take them far beyond the classroom. Take a look at the best English workshops available for school groups.

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Can you suggest English and literacy workshops for UK schools that boost reading, writing, and storytelling skills?

English workshops come to your classroom with author-inspired sessions, creative writing prompts, drama around books, poetry slams, and Shakespeare intros. Ignite a love for language and helping pupils craft better stories while supporting literacy goals across year groups.

Organizing literacy workshops for school groups can be a fantastic way to foster a love of reading and writing among young students. This, together with excellent conversational skills is central to the aims of the English National Curriculum. To compliment your classroom English topics we can offer a range of themed workshops to help spark imaginations and develop written and spoken language. The workshops featured below can help schools from EYFS through to KS5.

Potential workshop ideas below include activities like storybook readings where students learn to analyze character motivations and plot developments, creative writing exercises that encourage imaginative storytelling, and even poetry challenges that encourage students to write and perform their own verse.

English workshops focusing on writing skills can develop literacy through creative writing, conversational writing, job applications and CVs, as well as more specific examples of the usual SPAG topics; from nouns and pronouns to fronted adverbials and subordinate clauses.

English workshops focusing on conversation skills help equip students with strong oral communication and spoken language skills, building their vocabulary and enabling them to articulate arguments and express opinions.

View our full list of workshops that visit your school and workshops designed to celebrate World Book Day.

Looking for Shakespeare workshops, find more on this page.

Find a workshop to visit your school to learn about following English topics: Charles Dickens, Composition, Comprehension, Creative writing, Fairy tales Myths and Legends, Heroes and villains, Journalism, Persuasive writing, Pirates, Poetry, Reading for pleasure, Roald Dahl, Shakespeare, Story writing, Storytelling, Superheroes, Vocabulary grammar and punctuation, Wild West Cowboys, World Book Day, and more.

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Creative Writing-Engage and Inspire' - Fairy tales
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During this workshop, we will discuss some of our favourite stories of all time and explore what we think makes a good story. We will learn tools to help us structure a story of our own, create...
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Early Engineers Express
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Thinking and planning out a story is a key part of this workshop. Its important that the children bring their English skills to the session to make sure they can plan out and understand the story that they create.
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The Ancient Greeks
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Through out the workshop there is reference to Archaeology and what as a society we can gain and learn from it.
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WW2 VR Workshop
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At PrimeVR, we understand how difficult it can be to inspire children with their writing. We aim to create excitement by virtually transporting pupils to the time of WW2! Not only will we provide your...
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Portals To The Past
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Portals to the Past provide high quality history workshops in schools for KS2, led by experienced historical re-enactors and historians. Available across most of England. From the Stone Age through to WW2 our workshops come to your school.
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A Victorian Christmas
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During this workshop, our professional actor will take on the role of Flora Hopkins, a Victorian carol singer sharing her tales and experiences of the infamous Ebenezer Scrooge from the classic and...
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Chocolate Collective
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Primary level Charlie & the Chocolate Factory. The children to make their own chocolates either at the end of their learning or in parallel. The children will get given lots of interesting facts about chocolate including where it comes from and how sustainable it is.
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Around the World VR Workshop
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At PrimeVR, we understand how difficult it can be to inspire children with their writing. We aim to create excitement by virtually transporting your class around the world (in a quiz style format)....
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Wonders of the World: A VR Adventure
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The experiences gained from our Ancient Greece workshop can help significantly with creative writing, story telling and story writing. The imagery generates conversation between the pupils and helps them record their thoughts in more specific descriptive detail.
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Preparing for Panto!
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All our workshops are devised with enhancing primary curriculum learning in mind. Our professional actors deliver interactive, fun, educational sessions using improvisation, role play, song, script and movement helping to bring topic to life and cement learning.
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Polar Regions VR Workshop
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At PrimeVR, we understand how difficult it can be to inspire children with their writing. We aim to create excitement by virtually transporting your class to the Polar Regions! Not only will we...
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Magic, Witches & Wizards Workshop & Wow Day
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Dan Tastic Education brings magic to life with an in school Magic, Witches & Wizards Workshop experience that works as the perfect topic hook for your pupils! Forget dry lists of numbers and facts...
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Volcanoes VR Workshop
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At PrimeVR, we understand how difficult it can be to inspire children with their writing. We aim to create excitement by virtually transporting pupils to see different volcanoes around the world. Not...
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Ancient Egypt VR Workshop
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At PrimeVR, we understand how difficult it can be to inspire children with their writing. We aim to create excitement by virtually transporting pupils to Ancient Egypt! Not only will we provide your...
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Underwater VR Workshop
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At PrimeVR, we understand how difficult it can be to inspire children with their writing. We aim to create excitement by virtually transporting pupils underwater! Not only will we provide your class...
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Roald Dahl- 12 days of Christmas
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All our workshops are devised with enhancing primary curriculum learning in mind. Our professional actors deliver interactive, fun, educational sessions using improvisation, role play, song, script and movement helping to bring topic to life and cement learning.
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Science VR Day
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At PrimeVR, we understand how difficult it can be to inspire children with their writing. We aim to create excitement by using VR to help children learn all about science. Not only will we provide...
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History VR Day
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At PrimeVR, we understand how difficult it can be to inspire children with their writing. We aim to create excitement by virtually transporting pupils through different periods of history! Not only...
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Emotional Literacy Workshop
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We are developing an Emotional Literacy workshop aimed at KS1 and 2, and SEN, with the aim of understanding our feelings and how to behave when we feel different ways.
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Creative Writing-Engage and Inspire Roald Dahl
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The Drama Hut's Creative Writing workshop offers an opportunity for children to learn through improvisation, role play, song and script work creating a unique learning experience for your class or...
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From Reluctant Writers to Confident Storytellers: The Power of Drama in the Classroom

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