Sprinkling the magic: online greater depth writing workshops 2026

‘I used to hate writing but now I love sprinkling the magic.’ Y2 boy

Previously: The best part of the day was

Having the children with us because they were amazing. The work they produced was truly stunning.

I loved all of it because it was well paced and built up to a final piece.

Practical  – excellent with the children actually being here to do the tasks – very good ideas.

Each year group receives four online teaching sessions planned and delivered by myself.

Dates
Year 2Year 3 and Year 4 CombinedYear 5Year 6Year 1
21 January 2026 – am4 March 2026 – am26 February 2026  – am15 April 2026 – am23 April 2026 – am
28 January 2026 – am12 March 2026 – am19 March 2026 – am22 April 2026 – am30 April 2026 – am
4 February 2026 – am18 March 2026 – am26 March 2026  – am29 April 2026 – am7 May 2026 – am
11 February 2026 – am25 March 2026 – am16 April 2026 – am6 May 2026 – am21 May 2026 – am

These usually run from 9:15 am until 12:00 noon with an appropriate break.

This is a dual opportunity; CPD for teachers and a chance for your children to shine!

Cost: £250 per year group, per school for all four session. The cost for the combined Year 3 and Year 4 sessions will be £250 in total. To be invoiced after the first session.

How it works

Before each session: teachers will identify a space where they will have access to a Zoom enabled computer, screen and speakers. They will Identify the children who will be in the group. I will send a Zoom link and an activity pack to print via email to the named teacher. It is important that a teacher is with the children and not support staff as it is teachers who stand to gain the most professionally from the sessions.

During: Live teaching and input from PW with time for teachers and children to work together 

on the tasks and share outcomes as appropriate.

After: work can be sent to me to provide feedbackall resources including a video summary is made available online for teachers.

Each year group has a key text to focus upon and this is used as basis for the four sessions which will cover a variety of written fiction and non-fiction tasks. The texts are:

Y1 Leaf – Y2 Orion and the Dark – Y3/4 The Wild Robot – Y5 The Highwayman – Y6 The Lady of Shalott

To book – please email philipgwebb@me.com with the following information:

School:

Year group workshop(s):

Contact name of teacher(s) and email address for pre-course communication:

Email address for invoice:

Applications are welcome from mixed age classes. Please just state which workshop you would like to attend.