EMC CPD Webinar: Teaching Diverse Literature for AQA GCSE – The New Set Texts
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Availability -
Places available
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Price - £45 per place
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Location - Online
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Duration - 2-3.30pm
There has been a very welcome focus in recent years on introducing more diversity into the curriculum. In response, AQA introduced new texts by writers of colour to their English Literature GCSE specification: My Name Is Leon, Princess & The Hustler and Leave Taking. While there was initial enthusiasm, concerns have since emerged about how best to teach these texts, particularly given the limited resources available, and there has been a call for CPD to support teachers in using them. The three practitioners delivering this course bring a wealth of expertise to this conversation. In this webinar, they will offer thought-provoking points for discussion around how to approach these texts and practical suggestions and resources for the classroom.
This course will be recorded but attendees will not be audible or visible.
See Booking Details for how to take advantage of our 2 for 1 offer.
EMC's Webinar Packages
This webinar is included in EMC's Webinar Packages. For details of the package and to order for your department, click the links below:
- EMC Webinar Package Autumn 2025
- EMC Annual Webinar Package.
See 'Further Details' for how to join this webinar if your department has bought a package.
Online, via Zoom. Details of how to join will be sent before the session.
- If relevant, course materials will be sent the day before the course in the email with your joining instructions. Please either print these out or have them available on screen during the session.
- After the session you will receive the PowerPoint presentation and any resources used on the course.
- After the session you will receive a link to register to watch a recording of this session on-demand until 31st December 2025.
How to join this course if your department has bought the webinar package
- To join the live session, register using the registration link sent to the departmental key contact. You can register to join the live session right up to the start of the webinar. Use the unique link sent by [email protected] to join the webinar on the day.
- To watch the recording on-demand, register using the on-demand registration link sent to the departmental key contact the day after the live session. This email will also include the PowerPoint presentation and any additional resources. On-demand access expires 31st December 2025.
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Thought provoking, complex and challenging ideas which will affect real change in our school. Nicola Tully, Cayman Prep High School, Cultivating an Inclusive Reading Culture and Community, Autumn 2022
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Samantha Wharton
Samantha Wharton is an experienced teacher with nearly two decades of experience in education. She completed her PGCE in English and Drama at the IOE and holds an MA in Black British Literature from Goldsmiths University. Currently teaching at St Angela's School, Samantha has taught English, Drama, and Media Studies. She has also served as a drama consultant, written content, and delivered talks for AQA and OCR exam boards, and has been a drama examiner for Edexcel. Samantha co-authored the official study guide for Winsome Pinnock's Leave Taking under NHB publishing and currently writes educational content for Lit in Colour. Her mission is to ensure that the students she serves experience diverse literature that reflects them.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthahannah/?originalSubdomain=uk
Amy Saleh
Amy Saleh is a Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of West England. She has taught English across multiple contexts in the secondary phase before joining the UWE. Amy studied for an MA in English Education at the Institute of Education. Her research interests include the study and impacts of Black British literature in schools, racial and critical literacies, anti-racist pedagogies, and Black Studies in Education. In 2023, Amy established the ‘Lit. Legacies’ project with a small group of English teachers, aiming to reduce barriers to studying Black British literature in secondary schools.
Lynette Armstrong
Lynette Carr Armstrong has been an English, drama and media teacher and adviser for nearly 30 years. She has taught in a variety of London schools and worked in local authorities and nationally, focusing on school improvement, leadership, wider curriculum development and assessment. Lynette works as an independent consultant and has most recently collaborated with Samantha Wharton to write the Nick Hern Books study guide for Winsome Pinnock’s Leave Taking.
EMC's Webinar Packages
This webinar is included in EMC's Webinar Packages. For details of the package and to order for your department, click the links below:
See 'Further Details' for how to join this webinar if your department has bought a package.
Booking this course as a 'one-off' purchase.
- Bookings for this course will close at 8am (London, UK) on Monday 20th October, or when capacity is reached, whichever is the sooner.
- This course is part of our 2 for 1 offer
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Cancellation and amendments
- Afternoon and twilight webinars must be paid for by card at the time of booking.
- The fee is non-refundable.
- However, the webinars are recorded. Anyone who books a place on the course will be sent a link to register to access the recording of the webinar until 31st December 2025, regardless of whether they attended live.