Although Phase 1 is the foundation on which all other phonic learning rests, it is sometimes overlooked by busy practitioners. Phase 1 concentrates on developing children’s speaking and listening skills, phonological awareness and oral blending and segmenting. The aims of the course are to develop secure phonic subject knowledge; to understand progression within Letters (more…)

Teaching reading effectively is essential for ensuring outstanding progress throughout a school. However, leading effective reading sessions can be a challenge, in terms of lesson preparation, classroom organisation and in-depth subject knowledge to ensure progression.  Maintaining the balance between decoding and developing comprehension can prove difficult.  This full day course will support qualified teachers in reviewing (more…)

The subject knowledge covered in this 1 day training session will support a teacher following any phonics programme or the National Curriculum. A systematic and consistent approach to the teaching of phonics is essential to support all pupils in making good progress in reading and writing across the Foundation Stage and KS1. For teachers new (more…)

The new English curriculum has further raised expectations for grammar teaching and learning across the primary phase. Changes to KS1 and KS2 assessment have put a greater emphasis on grammar teaching. This course will support teachers in developing excellent subject knowledge and look at how to plan and deliver outstanding grammar teaching as part of (more…)

This course is aimed at teachers and leaders in KS1 and KS2 and will explore the most challenging aspects of Literacy 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 (more…)