KS2 Courses
Excellence in English: Inspiring Reading and Writing in Year 3
This course is designed to support effective transition from Year 2 to Year 3. You will be given a clear overview of end of KS1 expectations. We will use these to inform teaching and learning towards end of Year 3 expectations. Using a range of strategies, we will help you to inspire your children to become more confident, creative and independent readers and writers.
The course will provide guidance on how to:
- plan an effective teaching sequence within an exciting narrative unit
- use high-quality children’s books to inspire reading and writing
- ‘hook’ children into purposeful and exciting reading and writing tasks
- plan and teach grammar and punctuation in context – improving basic skills and final writing outcomes
- improve the teaching of decoding and comprehension skills
- develop modelled writing
- teach independent proof-reading and editing skills
- develop effective marking and feedback.
- Suitable audience: Teachers in Year 3
- Date: 18 October 2018
- Time: 9.30 – 4.00pm (Registration at 9.10am)
- Venue: Rosehill Training Centre
- Price: £170
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Grammar for All: Improving subject knowledge
This course will support you to develop the skills required for pupils to reach age-related expectations throughout KS1 and KS2.
The course will develop:
- teachers’ subject knowledge, including expectations and terminology
- a range of strategies to teach vocabulary, grammar and punctuation knowledge and skills in context
- ways to embed knowledge through a range of reading and writing activities
- Suitable audience: Teachers and TAs in KS1 and KS2
- Date: 24 October 2018
- Time: 9.30 – 4.00pm (Registration at 9.10am)
- Venue: Rosehill Training Centre
- Price: £170
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Excellence in English: Inspiring Reading and Writing in Year 4
This course is designed to support good progress across LKS2. It will support you on understanding the end of LKS2 expectations to ensure children will be on track to achieving success at the end of KS2. Using a range of strategies, we will help you to inspire your children to become more confident, creative and independent readers and writers.
The course will provide guidance on how to:
- plan an effective teaching sequence within an exciting narrative unit
- use high-quality children’s books to inspire reading and writing
- ‘hook’ children into purposeful and exciting reading and writing tasks
- plan and teach grammar and punctuation in context – improving basic skills and final writing outcomes
- improve the teaching of decoding and comprehension skills
- develop modelled writing
- teach independent proof-reading and editing skills
- develop effective marking and feedback.
- Suitable audience: Teachers in Year 4
- Date: 14 November 2018
- Time: 9.30 – 4.00pm (Registration at 9.10am)
- Venue: Rosehill Training Centre
- Price: £170
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Excellence in English: Inspiring Reading and Writing in Year 5
This course is designed to support good progress across KS2. It will support you on understanding the end of Y5 expectations to ensure children will be on track to achieving success at the end of KS2. Using a range of strategies, we will help you to inspire your children to become more confident, creative and independent readers and writers.
The course will provide guidance on how to:
- plan an effective teaching sequence within an exciting narrative unit
- use high-quality children’s books to inspire reading and writing
- ‘hook’ children into purposeful and exciting reading and writing tasks
- plan and teach grammar and punctuation in context – improving basic skills and final writing outcomes
- improve the teaching of decoding and comprehension skills
- develop modelled writing
- teach independent proof-reading and editing skills
- develop effective marking and feedback.
- Suitable audience: Teachers in Year 5
- Date: 21 November 2018
- Time: 9.30 – 4.00pm (Registration at 9.10am)
- Venue: Rosehill Training Centre
- Price: £170
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Success in the Year 6 Grammar Test
This course will support you to develop the skills required to ensure that your pupils succeed in the KS2 grammar test.
The course will provide:
- subject knowledge including terminology
- a detailed overview of the KS2 test including Content Domain Areas
- activities to explore question stems, format and layout
- ways to embed knowledge through a range of reading and writing activities
- effective and creative teaching strategies that will develop confidence for tackling the test
- the use of quality texts to teach vocabulary, grammar and punctuation skills and knowledge in context
- Suitable audience: Teachers and TAs in Year 6
- Date: 28 November 2018
- Time: 9.30 – 4.00pm (Registration at 9.10am)
- Venue: Rosehill Training Centre
- Price: £170
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Outstanding Reading in KS2
This course will support you to plan and teach outstanding Whole Class/Guided Reading sessions in KS2.
The course will provide:
- a comprehensive overview of all relevant documents for the teaching of reading in KS2
- a structured approach to planning, teaching and assessing reading to ensure progression
- advice on how to improve written comprehension skills
- advice on how to improve decoding skills at KS2 including ‘tackling’ unfamiliar words
- guidance on how to use quality texts to develop understanding of new vocabulary
- support to develop the full range of comprehension skills
- practical activities to develop understanding of ‘question stems’ linked to the Content Domain Areas
- an exploration of a wide variety of appropriate
- texts that will ensure success in reading and will engage reluctant readers, especially boys
- Suitable audience: Teachers and TAs in KS2
- Date: 4 December 2018
- Time: 9.30 – 4.00pm (Registration at 9.10am)
- Venue: Rosehill Training Centre
- Price: £170
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Reading in Year 6: Achieving Success in the Reading Test
This course will support you to develop an in-depth understanding of how to plan, teach and assess reading in Year 6 through whole class comprehension work and guided reading sessions.
The course will provide:
- a comprehensive overview of the reading test
- practical techniques for teaching the key areas of comprehension linked to the Content Domain Areas
- practical activities to develop understanding of question stems, format and layout
- advice on how to improve written comprehension skills
- advice on how to improve decoding skills in Y6 – ‘tackling’ unfamiliar words ‘on the run’
- guidance on how to use quality texts to develop understanding of new vocabulary
- ideas for systems for on-going assessment which inform next steps for teaching
- an exploration of a wide variety of age-appropriate texts that will develop interest and understanding and will engage reluctant readers, especially boys
- Suitable audience: Teachers in Year 6
- Date: 6 December 2018
- Time: 9.30 – 4.00pm (Registration at 9.10am)
- Venue: Rosehill Training Centre
- Price: £170
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Writing in Year 6 - ‘Expected’ at the end of KS2
You will receive expert advice on how to teach a range of writing skills to raise attainment and to ensure your children achieve the ‘Expected’ standard.
The course will provide:
- a comprehensive overview of all relevant documents for end of KS2 assessment including ‘unpicking’ the standard and advice on making accurate judgements
- guidance on effective teaching of spelling and handwriting skills
- support to develop the key skills in vocabulary, grammar and punctuation needed to meet the ‘Expected’ standard
- a variety of ideas on how to motivate writers including the use of quality texts, film, ‘real-life’ experiences and cross-curricular contexts
- guidance on teaching independent proof-reading and editing skills
- advice on internal/external moderation including developing an effective plan for collecting evidence
- Suitable audience: Teachers in Year 6
- Date: 9 January 2019
- Time: 9.30 – 4.00pm (Registration at 9.10am)
- Venue: Rosehill Training Centre
- Price: £170
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Writing in Year 6 - ‘Greater Depth’ at the end of KS2
You will receive expert advice on how to teach a range of writing skills to ensure your HA children achieve the ‘Greater Depth’ standard.
The course will provide guidance on how to:
- use all relevant documents for end of KS2 assessment to impact on teaching to the ‘Greater Depth’ standard
- unpick each statement in the ‘Greater Depth’ standard to fully understand the expectations
- use the Exemplification materials to support understanding of the standard
- develop the key skills in vocabulary, grammar and punctuation needed to meet the requirements of the standard
- develop the key skills required to improve composition including effective planning
- provide a variety of writing opportunities through the use of invented/real audiences and purposes
- use a range of quality texts, film, ‘real-life’ experiences and cross-curricular contexts
- teach independent proof-reading and editing skills
- develop internal/external moderation including effective plans for collecting evidence
- Suitable audience: Teachers in Year 6
- Date: 23 January 2019
- Time: 9.30 – 4.00pm (Registration at 9.10am)
- Venue: Rosehill Training Centre
- Price: £170
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Well led and informative. A chance to think and do! Lots to think about and try. I ended up with a planned unit of work.
James StansfieldThis has given me a clearer focus for my lessons and made me re-evaluate current practice. Always so much information and lots of prompts to question our current practice.
Mel GarlickGreat step-by-step guide on a narrative unit with great grammar and reading advice included.
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