High quality, impactful training for all aspects of Primary English learning and teaching
My extensive experience in teaching, training and event facilitation enables me to offer training across a range of Primary English curriculum aspects, pedagogical approaches and subject leadership foci. In order to gain maximum impact from your CPD, I will work with you to select and tailor a training package suited to the needs of your school or partnership.
“Susie is clear, has great subject knowledge and speaks with passion and enthusiasm. The project gave practical ideas that can be implemented straight away.”
"I would like to thank you for the brilliant UKS2 Greater Depth writing course. It really made me want to get back and make some changes and there were so many fab ideas!"
I am also pleased to work in association with organisations such as the Oxfordshire Teaching Schools Alliance and Quest for Learning to offer professional development opportunities for teachers, NQTs, subject leaders and teaching assistants.
Thursday, 14 November 2024
3:30 pm
A practical workshop focused on the teaching and development of early sentence work across EYFS and KS1
The Ofsted guidance, Telling the story: the English education subject report, recommends that we teach sentence construction explicitly throughout the school and provide sufficient practice for pupils to become confident in sentence composition, so as to minimise reliance on scaffolds and editing when writing.
Join this online workshop to unpick the progression for sentence work in EYFS and KS1 and explore strategies and approaches for teaching and developing sentence work, from oral composition to writing.
Suitable for English Subject Leaders, Class Teachers and Teaching Assistants.
Staff working with KS2 pupils who find difficulty in early sentence work may also find this session helpful in providing strategies and approaches to scaffold their learning.
Wednesday, 20 November 2024
1:00 pm
An interactive workshop to explore accelerating progress through 1:1 reading approaches
Many adults in school - teachers, teaching assistants and volunteer readers - spend time hearing pupils read. But how can we use this precious 1:1 reading time most effectively to achieve maximum impact on pupils' progress and confidence in reading?
In this practical, online session, we will consider: the aims and purposes of 1:1 reading time; the optimum conditions for 1:1 reading; strategies and approaches to achieve progress.
Suitable for English Subject Leaders, Reading Leads, Teaching Assistants, Volunteer Readers
Tuesday, 26 November 2024
3:30 pm
An interactive workshop focused on the teaching and development of sentence work across KS2
The Ofsted guidance, Telling the story: the English education subject report, recommends that we teach sentence construction explicitly throughout the school and provide sufficient practice for pupils to become confident in sentence composition, so as to minimise reliance on scaffolds and editing when writing.
Join this online workshop to unpick the progression for sentence work from EYFS to KS2 and explore strategies and approaches for teaching and developing sentence work, from oral composition to writing.
Suitable for English Subject Leaders, Class Teachers and Teaching Assistants
Staff working with KS2 pupils who find difficulty in early sentence work may find it helpful to attend the Securing Sentence Composition in EYFS and KS1 session on Tuesday 14th November.
Wednesday, 11 December 2024
3:30 pm
An interactive workshop to explore best practice in the teaching and development of reading fluency
The recently published Ofsted guidance, Telling the story: the English education subject report, recommends that we consider how to explicitly develop children's reading fluency and provide sufficient practice for pupils to become fluent readers, so as to unlock comprehension and enjoyment of reading.
Join this online workshop to explore the elements of reading fluency and research-based approaches and strategies to support pupils in developing automaticity and fluency in reading.
Suitable for English Subject Leaders, Class Teachers and Teaching Assistants