Jennifer Sutherland

Literacy Consultant (she/her), Literacy Tree

[Jennifer Sutherland @LiteracyJenS]

📢Next Monday I’ll be moving to Bluesky🦋alongside @theliteracytree as we move away from posting on X. Make sure to follow me over there for future school content, thought pieces and updates: https://t.co/ct6StP0ZwN

[Jennifer Sutherland @LiteracyJenS]

We’re loving this wonderful display of writing and artwork based around Leila and the Blue Fox from the Year 6 children at @DulwichWoodsch. Such powerful poems describing the Arctic tundra - very fitting for this week’s weather! ❄️🏔️🐻‍❄️ @theliteracytree

[Jennifer Sutherland @LiteracyJenS]

It's been such a treat to join in with English lessons at Weston Point Primary Academy this morning! In Year 1 & 2, we had great fun reading the ending of Astro Girl and writing letters in role as Astrid. 🚀🌟👩🏾‍🚀 @theliteracytree

[Jennifer Sutherland @LiteracyJenS]

The Year 1 children at @Juliansprimary have really made us smile this Friday afternoon! 🤩 Inspired by the gorgeous book Lubna and Pebble, they have created wonderful homes for their own pebbles and have written sentences to describe these. 🪨🏠🛏️ @theliteracytree

[Branfil Primary School @BranfilPrimary]

Year 3 have dived straight into their new text 'Small in the City'. We have already written poems, diary entries and setting descriptions! @theliteracytree #branfilcvaspire

[Jennifer Sutherland @LiteracyJenS]

We’re loving these extended blog posts in role as Leila from the brilliant book Leila and the Blue Fox. The Year 6 children at @DulwichWoodsch have captured Leila’s personality and experiences so thoughtfully and creatively. 🤩✏️📔@theliteracytree

[Branfil Primary School @BranfilPrimary]

Yesterday we arrived in class and found some huge footprints! An eye witness said they saw a huge green beast. We then made some wanted posters to try and find him...have you seen him?
#literacytree @theliteracytree #writingforapurpose

[Jennifer Sutherland @LiteracyJenS]

What a fab way to kick off the new half term - launching our Writing Roots with the wonderful @PrimaryPerivale team. We had such fun journeying through our resource for The Wilderness and writing creatively for a range of audiences and purposes. @theliteracytree

[Literacy Tree @theliteracytree]

Check out our latest blog over on @substack.📝
@LiteracyJenS breaks down the latest @Ofstednews report 'Strong Foundations in the First Years of School: Three Key Takeaways'. Read here 👇🔎
https://t.co/rQxG99EEbF

[New Scotland Hill @newscothill]

Great work this week Year 5! Loved seeing your stunning writing about Philippe Petit, incredible topic front covers and your planet models (which were out of this world)! Very proud learners indeed!

[Jennifer Sutherland @LiteracyJenS]

Such an end-of-term treat to return to Robertswood School today. Inspiring to see how staff have used the school environment so creatively to promote a love of literature and to support children’s writing. The library artwork is a joy to behold! 🎨🖌️🤩@theliteracytree

[Alex Francis @LiteracyAlex]

Finishing touches to our newest Writing Root for Year 1 for the gorgeous Stella and the Seagull by @GeorginaStevens ready for launching after half term! @LiteracyJenS has worked her magic and we can’t wait to share it with you! 🐚 🌊 🌎 @theliteracytree

[Jennifer Sutherland @LiteracyJenS]

We absolutely love seeing the creative ways that teachers link our Writing Roots with the wider curriculum. Just take a look at these fabulous flying machines inspired by the book Farther - incredible D&T skills from the Y4 children at @GoffsOakPrimary! 🪂🛩️🚁🚀@theliteracytree

[Jennifer Sutherland @LiteracyJenS]

We love these fabulous Egg Spotters Guides created by the Year 1 children at @lucasvaleps and @Ggibbonsps! So informative - who knew that a baby flamingo was called a flaminglet? 🪺🐣🦉🪿@theliteracytree

[Hannah Baker @LiteracyHannahB]

A writing day here working on a new Y4 Writing Root for this absolute beauty of a text. The Crown by @EmilyKapff is an utterly stunning book with a powerful message and so many writing opportunities within it ✍️💚🌱🌍 @theliteracytree #Teachthroughatext

[Branfil Primary School @BranfilPrimary]

Inspired by Oliver Jeffers' book 'The Heart and the Bottle', Year 3 have been story mapping ideas for their own dilemma narrative. @theliteracytree #branfilcvaspire

[Literacy Tree @theliteracytree]

✨We’re thrilled to introduce our latest resource for Bright Stars of Black British History by J.T. Williams. This beautiful text brings the inspiring stories of 14 Black British figures to life – from the Roman era to post-WW2. Perfect for meaningful classroom discussions on identity + contributions across history!

[Jennifer Sutherland @LiteracyJenS]

What a fantastic day working with the Year 4 teachers and children at @BranfilPrimary. We explored and wrote about the key messages and themes in the brilliant book Varmints.🌱🐝🌍🌆 So much deep thinking and discussion in the classrooms! @theliteracytree

[Branfil Primary School @BranfilPrimary]

Today year 1 were on a mission!
The police asked us to help with their investigation to find evidence of what Naughty Bus has been up to.
We discovered he has been causing chaos all over the school!
#naughtybus #branfilcvexplore #branfilcvlove @theliteracytree

[Jennifer Sutherland @LiteracyJenS]

Flipchart, pens, sentence strips, post its + scissors at the ready for an afternoon of Shared Writing training!📜✏️✂️🟨@theliteracytree can't wait to work with teachers across the country + beyond, exploring effective practice in modelling, scribing, supporting + editing writing.