CPD: Unlock Children’s Creative Writing in the Classroom
Join us for a day of inspirational talks and practical workshops.
This June, we will be running a full day of training focusing on creative approaches to writing and oracy in the primary classroom. We’ll take you through a range of practical activities which explore techniques to engage, inspire and motivate all children to write.
We’ll also be joined by award winning children’s author Piers Torday, as he shares tips and ideas to support children’s creative writing in the classroom and reads from his latest novel, Tree Thing.
This CPD is free for schools in Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Islington.
To find out more, or to book your free place, email:
Full programme
Friday 19 June 2026 | 9.30am – 3pm
Ministry of Stories, 159 Hoxton Street, N1 6PJ
- 09:30 – 09:45 Registration and refreshments
- 09:45 – 09:50 Welcome from Rob Smith, Director of Ministry of Stories
- 09:50 – 10:30 Session 1: Once, in a faraway land, a green thing squeezed out of the earth…. Award-winning children’s author Piers Torday shares tips and ideas to support children’s creative writing in the classroom.
- 10:30 – 11:15 Session 2: Unlocking creativity in the Writing Framework High-quality creative writing doesn’t happen by accident; it happens by design. This session will reflect on the writing framework and how we can continue to develop creativity and build writers who imagine and enjoy.
- 11:15 – 11:30 Short break and refreshments
- 11:30 – 12:45 Session 3: In my own words – practical workshop 1 How can we encourage children’s self-expression and personal identity as writers? Theatre writer, director, actor and writing facilitator, Michelle McMahon will share playful approaches which build creative confidence and develop authorial voice; finding inspiration in our connection to every-day things.
- 12:45 – 13:30 Lunch break
- 13:30 – 14:45 Session 4: Collaborative story writing – practical workshop 2 Using drama and talk for group story making, led by poet and writing facilitator Autumn Sharkey and drama in education specialist, Cath Greenwood
- 14:45 – 15:00 Concluding comments
To find out more or to book your free place email schools@ministryofstories.org
