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Preparing children for excellence in learning literacy in the Early Years
academic
workshop
Date & Time
Fri, 20 Mar 2026
09:00 - 13:30
Venue
Department of Education, University of Oxford
Seminar Room E, Department of Education, Oxford
Tickets
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Attend a workshop focused on early years literacy with Iram Siraj.
Why you should come
AI-powered• Hear Prof Iram Siraj OBE clarify emergent literacy's role in early reading.
• Learn key reading/writing stages & how to develop children's enthusiasm.
• Discover how oracy, play, and narrative build writing skills.
Event Highlights
- •Half-day learning event focused on early literacy.
- •Led by Prof Iram Siraj OBE at the Oxford Department of Education.
- •Includes lunch and refreshments.
- •Explores the role of oral language in early literacy.
Speaker
Iram Siraj
Professor of Child Development and Education
Programme
09:00-09:30
Registration and coffee
09:30–10:30
Oral language and how it underpins early literacy
10:30–11:30
Emergent literacy – what children need learn before they have been taught
11:30–11:45
Coffee break
11:45–12:45
Reading books – developing firm foundations in reading and writing
12:45–13:30
Lunch and networking
Organized by: Oxford Education Deanery
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