During the course, we will take you through the process of planning an effective non-chronological report unit – ready to implement in the classroom.  We will provide a model plan that you can adapt to suit the needs of your children, plus appropriate teaching resources. You will be able to apply the strategies from this course to plan other non-fiction units.

We will help you to:

• Use a high-quality picture book as a stimulus for writing a non-chronological report and to provide engaging purpose and audience
• Use a high-quality non-chronological text as a model text (WAGOLL)
• Use this model text to develop understanding of the text type – purpose, audience, form, structure, language features and vocabulary
• Use this model text to develop reading skills – decoding skills comprehension (oral and written)
• Plan an effective teaching sequence with a clear outcome
• Develop planning skills by using ‘boxing up’ strategy
• Plan and teach vocabulary, grammar and punctuation in context
• Develop children’s composition skills as well as developing independent proof-reading and editing skills.

Suitable audience: Teachers in Year 4. This course is particularly suited to ECTs, teachers new to Year 4 and teachers looking for some new ideas to refresh and revitalise their teaching of non-fiction writing.

Zoom Sessions

• Number of sessions: 1 x 2 ½ hour Zoom session
• Date: 16th January 2025
• Time: 9.15am – 11.45am
• Price: £60 + VAT per delegate (Early Bird Offer)

Terms and Conditions

Account payment information and full terms and conditions will be included on the invoice. This will be emailed to the school email address after booking.

To comply with GDPR, personal data collected for administrative purposes will be destroyed after the course has taken place.