This course will support teachers with developing their pedagogy in order to teach reading effectively. We will critically analyse what makes effective group reading as well as exploring the broader context of developing reading opportunities and creating a literate environment in their setting. We will also explore what makes a reader; considering pre-reading experiences, the (more…)

This course will offer an opportunity to explore and discuss what makes effective independent provision in the Foundation stage and how we can support children to become enthusiastic and inquisitive mathematicians.  Practitioners will spend time thinking about their environments and how to develop mathematical language and problem solving through the classroom provision, lesson structure and (more…)

This course offers an exciting opportunity for teachers and maths subject leaders to develop their understanding of how to use the bar model to support mathematical learning in both KS1 and KS2.   This practical course will focus on how to promote conceptual understanding of number objectives using the bar model.    There will be the (more…)

This course will support classroom teachers and subject leaders in developing the knowledge and understanding of how to maximise vocabulary development across the curriculum.    It will share best practice in the explicit teaching of vocabulary applicable across a range of subjects and will provide opportunities to observe and analyse lessons. The course will include: (more…)

This course will be an opportunity for English, Reading and Writing subject leads and senior leaders to explore curriculum intent and implementation in relation to the English Curriculum, with an in-depth focus on the elements which relate to Reading and Writing. The discussion will be framed around both the content of the Ofsted inspection framework (more…)

Spelling is a key component of the KS2 English curriculum, but also an area that teachers often lack subject knowledge and confidence. This course will explore the role of spelling in the English Curriculum and what is involved in becoming a successful speller. The course will develop teacher subject knowledge of spelling rules and pedagogical (more…)

The English curriculum has high expectations for grammar teaching and learning across the primary phase. This course will support teachers in developing excellent subject knowledge. It will look at how to plan and deliver outstanding grammar teaching as part of English lessons, as well as through discrete grammar sessions. Practitioners will explore progression across the (more…)

This course is aimed at teachers and leaders in KS1 and KS2 and will explore the most challenging aspects of English teaching: how to plan successful units of work, how to excel at shared writing and how to teach the editing process. Planning successful fiction and non-fiction writing units can be challenging; this course will (more…)

Have you heard about the vocabulary development resource that was awarded a rare ‘highly commended’ accolade at the 2018 Education Resource Awards in the Collaboration Between School and Supplier category? Here at the Fox Federation, we have been teaching Mrs Wordsmith as part of the curriculum for the past 4 years and we are so (more…)

This course is aimed at teachers and leaders in upper KS2 who are teaching and targeting pupils to achieve at the highest level in Writing and Grammar. Teachers will further develop their subject knowledge, as the course will review, in depth, what it means to write at the highest levels in Primary: excellent text structure (more…)