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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World Book Day Workshops
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During our storytelling workshops your students will learn new skills for being a captivating storyteller. Your students will learn how we can use a wide vocabularly to make our stories...
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Quidditch for Muggles
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If you're studying about Harry Potter or the Wizarding World during your English lessons we can give a hands on, immersive experience to really bring the story to life. Take part in our Quidditch...
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Virtual Reality 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 using VR! Not only will we provide your class...
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Roald Dahl
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Our Roald Dahl days are available in two formats and are a great way for the children to explore the author and his works Format one: LEARN AND PRESENT One class of children work together all...
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Introducing Shakespeare- Engage and Inspire
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During this workshop, led by our professional actor, we will explore how we can use our voice and aim to encourage the children to free inhibitions whilst discovering their inner confidence to perform...
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Fairytales
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This Literacy workshop for EYFS/KS1 introduces young pupils to the joys of storytelling. Using well-known, classroom-appropriate fairytales, we'll use drama activities and team work to examine the key...
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Shakespeare
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Children will learn about: - Up to 8 of Shakespeare's plays. - Shakespeare's language and its relevance to the vocabulary we currently use. - Shakespeare's life. - Key Shakespearean characters...
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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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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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World Book Day
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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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Superhero Workshop & Wow Day
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Dan Tastic Education uses a wide array of props, historical items, videos, group discussion and teacher in role style student participation to cover the following topics during a Superhero Wow Day:...
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World Book Day Dance Workshops
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Our World Book Day workshop will add a layer of learning, and really brings books to life. Unlocking English, Drama and Dance to it's full potential.
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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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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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Creative Writing Superheroes
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In this workshop we will explore what tools we need to use, in order to create a great story, including how a story can be structured, characterisation and onomatopoeia. We aim to be able to inspire...
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Fairy Tales Workshop & Wow Day
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Dan Tastic Education uses a wide array of props, historical items, videos, group discussion and teacher in role style student participation to cover the following topics during a Fairy Tale Wow Day:...
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
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This Literacy workshop for KS1 and KS2 introduces young pupils to the magical tale of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Led by a professional drama facilitator, children will explore the...
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Vikings 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 back in time to see the Vikings! Not only...
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Immersive Storytelling
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These workshops help children develop basic skills and a love for creative expression. We also provide INSET courses for teachers who want to develop their own skills for engaging students across the curriculum from science to religion, as these skills are universal and extremely effective!
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North America 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 Americas! Not only will we provide...
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From Reluctant Writers to Confident Storytellers: The Power of Drama in the Classroom
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With such a strong national focus on raising literacy standards, many primary schools are asking the same question: how do we truly engage children in reading and writing? Recent data from the Department for Education suggests that over a quarter of pupils are still leaving primary school without...

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Reading for Pleasure Teacher Training Resources that are Enthralling, Effective and Free
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Your school is busy, budgets stretched, and demands high. But reading and writing for pleasure is not an 'extra' ' it's the foundation for developing confident, curious, and lifelong learners in all subjects. In association with BookTrust and English Hub, this article shares some of the ways...

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Storytelling Makes Learning EPIC!
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Epic's programmes are designed to raise reading and writing standards in schools, but also help schools deliver knowledge-rich lessons

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