Join Louise as she explores the connections between oral language, reading, and writing within the refreshed English Curriculum. In this webinar, you will learn:

• Te Mātaiaho - how the refreshed English Curriculum supports linking oral language, reading and writing

• Strategies for creating a rich and engaging oral language environment in your classroom

• Practical examples of how to link reading and writing to scaffold student success in writing.

Louise Dempsey is an experienced literacy consultant and a director of The Literacy Place. She has co-authored four books with Sheena Cameron that sell extensively in New Zealand, Australia and internationally. Their latest publication is The Poetry Book. Before establishing The Literacy Place with Sheena, Louise worked for 10 years in the UK and was a literacy consultant and then the Primary Strategy Manager in Hackney, London.

Louise is committed to working in classrooms with teachers and students and regularly models lessons and leads inquiry projects. She works with schools in New Zealand, Australia and internationally to raise achievement in literacy and develop consistent, researched-based best practice.