Over the two online 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
• support independent planning skills by boxing up the story or using a story map
• plan and teach vocabulary, grammar and punctuation in context
• develop use of modelled writing and focused group work
• develop independent proof-reading and editing skills

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 3
• Price: £80
• Number of sessions: 2 x 1 ½ hour sessions
• Dates: 8 November 2021 / 15 November 2021
• Time of each session: 10.30am-12.00pm

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Over the two online 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
• support independent planning skills by boxing up the story
• plan and teach vocabulary, grammar and punctuation in context
• develop use of modelled writing and focused group work
• develop independent proof-reading, editing and improving skills

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 4
• Price: £80
• Number of sessions: 2 x 1 ½ hour sessions
• Dates: 9 November 2021 / 16 November 2021
• Time of each session: 10.30am – 12.00pm

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Over the two online 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
• support independent planning skills by boxing up the story
• plan and teach vocabulary, grammar and punctuation in the context of the story
• develop use of modelled writing and focused group work
• develop independent proof-reading, editing and improving skills

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 5
• Price: £80
• Number of sessions: 2 x 1 ½ hour sessions
• Dates: 10 November 2021 / 17 November 2021
• Time of each session: 10.30am – 12 noon

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Over the two online 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
• support independent planning skills by boxing up the story
• plan and teach vocabulary, grammar and punctuation in the context of the story
• develop use of modelled writing and focused group work
• develop independent proof-reading, editing and improving skills

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 6
• Price: £80
• Number of sessions: 2 x 1 ½ hour sessions
• Dates: 29 November 2021 / 7 December 2021
• Time of each session: 10.30am – 12noon

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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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This online course will support you to plan and teach effective reading sessions that will help your KS2 children meet age-related expectations.

Over the three sessions, we will help you to

• plan high-quality whole class/group reading sessions that will improve reading stamina, fluency, engagement and reading for pleasure
• identify gaps in learning, including how to improve decoding skills in KS2 and how to choose appropriate books to match phonic skills
• develop the full range of comprehension skills including retrieval skills, deduction, inference and understanding vocabulary in context
• plan a systematic approach to teaching reading comprehension, including how to read and respond to a range of question types, ‘stems’ and answer formats
• activities to improve oral and written comprehension skills
• use on-going planning and assessment to inform next steps for teaching and summative judgements
• develop your awareness of a range of age-appropriate fiction and non-fiction texts to develop interest, understanding and vocabulary

• Suitable audience: Teachers in KS2
• Price: £140
• Number of sessions: 3 x 2 hour sessions
• Dates: 9 March 2022 / 16 March 2022 / 23 March 2022
• Time of each session: 1.00pm – 3.00pm

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Over the two online 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, decoding skills and comprehension
• support independent planning skills by boxing up the WAGOLL or using a text map
• plan and teach vocabulary, grammar and punctuation in the context of the unit
• develop your use of modelled writing and focused group work
• develop independent proof-reading and editing skills

• Suitable audience: Teachers in Year 3
• Price: £80
• Number of sessions: 2 x 1 ½ hour sessions
• Dates: 7 February 2022 / 14 February 2022
• Time of each session: 10.30am – 12noon

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Over the two online 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, decoding skills and comprehension
• support independent planning skills by boxing up the WAGOLL
• plan and teach vocabulary, grammar and punctuation in the context of the unit
• develop your use of modelled writing and focused group work
• develop independent proof-reading and editing skills

• Suitable audience: Teachers in Year 4
• Price: £80
• Number of sessions: 2 x 1 ½ hour sessions
• Dates: 8 February 2022 / 15 February 2022
• Time of each session: 10.30am – 12.00pm

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Over the two online 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, decoding skills and comprehension
• support independent planning skills by boxing up the WAGOLL
• plan and teach vocabulary, grammar and punctuation in context
• develop your use of modelled writing and focused group work
• develop independent proof-reading, editing and improving skills

• Suitable audience: Teachers in Year 5
• Price: £80
• Number of sessions: 2 x 1 ½ hour sessions
• Dates: 10 February 2022 / 17 February 2022
• Time of each session: 10.30am – 12noon

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26 January 2022 / 9 February 2022 / 1 March 2022

This online course will help you to plan and teach effective reading sessions that will support your children to meet age-related expectations at the end of KS2 – to achieve success in the Year Six reading test and to be ready for KS3.

Over the three sessions, we will help you to:

• develop your understanding of the reading test
• identify gaps in learning – including how to identify priorities for ‘Catch-up’ after Covid-19
• plan high-quality whole class reading sessions that will improve reading stamina, fluency, engagement and reading for pleasure
• plan effective small group sessions to improve decoding skills so that lower ability readers can access Y6 texts
• develop the full range of comprehension skills including retrieval skills, deduction, inference and understanding vocabulary in context
• plan a systematic approach to teaching reading comprehension, including how to read and respond to a range of question types, ‘stems’ and answer formats
• challenge more-able readers through questioning and choice of text
• develop activities to improve both oral and written comprehension skills
• using on-going planning and assessment to inform next steps for teaching
• develop your awareness of a range of age-appropriate fiction and non-fiction texts to develop reading enjoyment, understanding and vocabulary

• Suitable audience: Teachers in Year 6
• Price: £140
• Number of sessions: 3 x 2 hour sessions
• Dates: 26 January 2022 / 9 February 2022 / 1 March 2022
• Time of each session: 1.00pm – 3.00pm

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This on-line course will help you to plan and teach effective writing sessions that will support your children to achieve the ‘Expected’ standard at the end of KS2 – and help them to be ready for KS3. 

We will help you to:

• ‘unpick’ the standard and use all available materials to fully understand the expectations, to inform teaching and to make accurate judgements
• identify gaps in learning – including how to identify priorities for ‘Catch-up’ after Covid-19
• plan and teach exciting and motivating extended units designed to develop skills and provide a range of independent writing evidence covering fiction and non-fiction
• teach the key skills in vocabulary, grammar and punctuation needed to meet the ‘Expected’ standard
• develop your use of modelled writing to improve composition skills, including planning, drafting and editing
• identify and overcome barriers – spelling and handwriting
• motivate even the most reluctant writers, through the use of invented/real audiences and purposes, quality texts, film and ‘real-life’ experiences
• develop children’s independent proof-reading and editing for improvement
• develop an effective plan to collect writing evidence for internal/external moderation

• Suitable audience: Teachers in Year 6
• Price: £140
• Number of sessions: 3 x2 hour sessions
• Dates: 12 January 2022 / 16 February 2022 / 5 April 2022
• Time of each session: 1.00pm – 3.00pm

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