Venue:
Lyons Hall Primary School (CM7 9FH)
Facilitators:
Rachel Pritchard and Emma Bradshaw
Programme dates:
Day 1: Wednesday 4th October 2023
Day 2: Wednesday 29th November 2023
Day 3: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Each day will begin at 9am with coffee from 8:30am. Please sign in at the main office and you will be directed to the training room. Parking is available beyond the school in front of the training rooms (demountable on the playground). If the car park is full then there are few parking restrictions apart from in the immediate road outside the school, where there are double yellow lines.
Comments from previous delegates:
“Great examples to share with staff which will raise the profile of spelling in each class.”
“Thank you! A fabulous course. It has made me think more deeply about teaching spelling. The game ideas were very useful.”
“Really useful course with lots of fun activities to develop confident and able spellers.”
“A great course with lots of practical approaches to delivering and improving the teaching of spelling.”
Details of the programme:
- 3 whole-day training sessions (1 per half term) from 9:00am to 4:oopm
- Gap tasks between days 1/2 and days 2/3 and opportunities for delegates to share progress with these
- Opportunities to observe teaching of spelling with pupils
- Opportunity for action planning
- Collaborative learning
- Flexible content to meet the requirements of the group
Day 1:
- Characteristics of a confident speller
- National Curriculum expectations with regard to spelling and what will be assessed
- Principles underpinning spelling
- Strategies to support the teaching and learning of spelling
- Time to plan and share ideas to develop back in school
Day 2:
- Strategies to support the learning of spellings
- Identifying key knowledge needed to spell with confidence
- Opportunity to observe the teaching of spelling
- Sharing of practice and learning from what has been tried back in school
- Time to plan ideas to develop back in school
Day 3:
- Strategies to support the teaching and learning of spellings
- Use of spelling investigations to deepen learning
- How to structure the spelling teaching sequence
- The importance of developing proof-reading skills
- Assessment and marking of spelling
- Time to plan and share ideas to develop back in school
- Sharing of practice and learning from what has been tried back in school
Cost:
£150 per person for three day programme (lunch and refreshments included)
For further information or to make a booking please contact:
Caroline Duncombe, Administrator Professional Learning Network
E: cduncombe@lyonshall.org.uk
T: 01376 552393
