KS2 Courses
How to use a quality text to plan and teach an effective narrative unit in Year 3
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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How to use a quality text to plan and teach effective narrative unit in Year 4
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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How to use a quality text to plan and teach effective narrative unit in Year 5
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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How to use a quality text to plan and teach effective narrative unit in Year 6
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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Grammar for All: Improving subject knowledge
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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Developing Outstanding Teaching of Reading in KS2
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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How to plan and teach an effective non-fiction unit in Year Three
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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How to plan and teach an effective non-fiction unit in Year Four
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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How to plan and teach an effective non-fiction unit in Year Five
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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Achieving Success in Reading in Year 6
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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Writing in Year 6 - ‘Expected’ at the end of KS2
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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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.
This 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.
Great step-by-step guide on a narrative unit with great grammar and reading advice included.
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