This online course will support you to develop the skills, knowledge and understanding to deliver high quality phonics lessons.

Across the three sessions, we will include the following:

• subject knowledge and terminology
• progression in phonics from Phase 2 to Phase 5
• advice on how to ensure success at the end of EYFS
• advice on how to ensure success in the Year One Phonics Screening Check
• planning and teaching – including how to make lessons more engaging and multi-sensory
• assessment strategies that will support pace and progression
• suggestions for a range of activities which promote an interactive approach to teaching and learning phonics

We are running two courses concurrently to facilitate attendance for both teachers and Teaching Assistants in Year One and Reception. Please book onto one of the two options – it is not possible to attend some dates from one course, and some from the other.

• Suitable audience: Teachers and Teaching Assistants in Reception and Year One
• Price:  £160 / or FREE to Tameside Schools (please use code Tamefree when booking)
• Number of sessions:  4 x 1 ½ hour sessions

Dates:

• Dates for OPTION ONE: 4 November 2021 / 18 November 2021 / 2 December 2021 / 20 January 2022

• Dates for OPTION TWO: 5 November 2021 / 26 November 2021 / 7 December 2021 / 25 January 2022

• Time for all options: 1.15pm – 2.45pm

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This online course will support you to plan and teach outstanding Small Group Reading sessions in Reception and Year One.

The two sessions will provide:

• a comprehensive overview of all relevant documents for the teaching of reading in the EYFS
• a structured approach to planning, teaching and assessing reading to ensure progression towards the new ELGs
• advice on matching phonic knowledge to decodable reading schemes
• support on ensuring effective transition from Reception to Y1
• advice on how to improve decoding skills as well as developing reading for meaning and comprehension
• opportunities to discuss how to choose appropriate texts which will lead to success in reading

• Suitable audience: Teachers and Teaching Assistants in Reception and Year One
• Price: £80
• Number of sessions: 2 x 1 ½ hour sessions
• Dates: 10 January 2022 / 17 January 2022
• Time of each session: 1.15pm – 2.45pm

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Due to demand, we are running this course again. The new dates are 7th March and 14th March.

his online course will support you to develop an understanding of how to achieve success in the 2022 Year One Phonics Screening Check.

The course will provide an understanding of:

• how to carry out the check – practicalities and common questions
• the key areas of learning assessed in the Screening Check
• how to identify gaps in learning and prioritise next steps for teaching
• how to plan and teach for success in the Check – Catch-up for Y1
• how to analyse practice checks to inform teaching

• Suitable audience: Teachers and teaching assistants in Year One
• Price: FREE to Tameside Schools (please use code Tamefree when booking) / £120 (for schools outside of Tameside LA)
• Number of sessions: 2 x 2 hour sessions
• Dates and times:
  • 7 March 2022: 1.00pm – 3.00pm
  • 14 March 2022: 1.00pm – 3.00pm

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Over the two Zoom sessions, we will take you through the process of planning an effective narrative unit – ready to implement in the classroom. 

We will help you to:

• use a high-quality children’s book to engage and motivate children to read and write
• discuss how to set appropriate objectives for the unit
• plan an effective teaching sequence
• use the reading week to teach decoding skills and comprehension
• plan a Talk for Writing version – story map
• plan and teach basic skills and grammar in the context of the story
• develop use of modelled writing and focused group work
• introduce independent proof-reading

Delegates will be told the title of the core text in advance of the session so that it can be obtained for use during the course.

• Suitable audience: Teachers in Year 1
• Price: £80
• Number of sessions: 2 x 1 ½ hour session
• Dates: 8 November 2021 / 15 November 2021
• Time of each session: 10.30am – 12pm

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Over the two Zoom sessions, we will take you through the process of planning an effective narrative unit – ready to implement in the classroom. 

We will help you to:

• use a high-quality children’s book to engage and motivate children to read and write
• discuss how to set appropriate objectives for the unit
• plan an effective teaching sequence
• use the reading week to teach decoding skills and comprehension
• plan a Talk for Writing version – story map
• plan and teach basic skills and grammar in the context of the story
• develop use of modelled writing and focused group work
• develop independent proof-reading and editing

Delegates will be told the title of the core text in advance of the session so that it can be obtained for use during the course.

• Suitable audience: Teachers in Year 2
• Price: £80
• Number of sessions: 2 x 1 ½ hour sessions
• Dates: 29 November 2021 / 6 December 2021
• Time of each session: 1.15pm-2.45pm

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Over the two Zoom sessions, we will take you through the process of planning an effective non-fiction unit – ready to implement in the classroom.

We will help you to:

• use a high-quality picture book as a stimulus for non-fiction writing and to provide purpose and audience
• discuss how to set appropriate objectives for the unit
• plan an effective teaching sequence
• use a quality WAGOLL to teach text type knowledge
• use the reading week to teach decoding skills and comprehension
• plan a Talk for Writing version – text map
• plan and teach basic skills and grammar in the context of the unit
• develop your use of modelled writing and focused group work
• introduce independent proof-reading

Delegates will be told the title of the core text in advance of the session so that it can be obtained for use during the course.

• Suitable audience: Teachers in Year 1
• Price: £80
• Number of sessions: 2 x 1 ½ hour sessions
• Dates: 10 February 2022 / 15 February 2022
• Time of each session: 1.15pm – 2.45pm

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This online course will provide you with a structured and supported approach to teaching the knowledge and skills that Year 2 children need to achieve the ‘Expected’ standard in reading and writing at the end of KS1. 
We will help you to:

• ‘unpick’ the reading and writing ‘Expected’ standards and identify key priorities for ‘Catch-up’
• develop strategies which improve decoding skills – the journey to fluency
• plan a systematic approach to teaching reading comprehension, including how to read and respond to a range of question types, ‘stems’ and answer formats
• select strategies and resources to narrow the ‘Covid gap’ and engage reluctant readers and writers
• identify and overcome writing ‘barriers’ as a result of Covid-19 disruptions e.g. spelling and handwriting
• plan activities which are proven to have impact on vocabulary, grammar and punctuation
• develop exciting opportunities for children to apply skills into a range of independent fiction and non-fiction reading and writing tasks
• develop an effective plan for collecting evidence for internal/external moderation

• Suitable audience: Teachers in Year 2
• Price: £140
• Number of sessions: 3 x 2 hour sessions
• Dates: 26 January 2022 / 9 February 2022 / 9 March 2022
• Time of each session: 1.00pm – 3.00pm

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This online course will support you to develop the skills required for pupils to reach age-related expectations throughout KS1 and KS2. This course is perfect for anyone new to teaching or new to a year group in September.

The course will develop:

• teachers’ subject knowledge, including terminology
• an understanding of age-related expectations and progression
• a range of strategies to teach vocabulary, grammar and punctuation knowledge and skills
• ways to embed knowledge through a range of reading and writing activities
• how to use quality texts to teach grammar in context

• Suitable audience: Teachers and Teaching Assistants in in KS1 and KS2
• Price: £120
• Number of sessions: 3 x 1 ½ hour sessions
• Dates: 21 June 2022 / 27 June 2022 / 5 July 2022
• Time of each session: 1.15pm – 2.45pm

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