17th September 2020

Teach Through a Text in Year 2

Location: London

Price: £570.00 (+VAT per delegate)

Date: 17th September 2020 at 9:30am

Please book with confidence that all our courses will run within the guidelines of any recommendations made regarding social distancing at this point in time. We are planning to run these courses in the Literacy Tree training space which is cleaned thoroughly on a daily basis. If it is not possible to run these courses in the normal manner, we will be taking them online and will ensure any training resources, including books, are available for delegates to pick up from the space at a distance before the course takes place. Where it is not possible for a delegate to pick up their books and resources we will try our best to arrange a delivery.

A three-day course where practical strategies for using text as the primary approach to the teaching of English

This course will –

Identify how the embedded approach immerses and engages children as writers
Explore in detail the progression of skills within the National Curriculum
Model how grammar, spelling and vocabulary contribute to a range of purposeful writing opportunities
Demonstrate how modelled writing is effective within a sequence of lessons

Day 1 content

Identify the 'Teach through a Text' pedagogy and the rationale for this approach
Familiarisation with end of year group objectives and key assessment foci
An in-depth look at one text and a sequence of work and a walk through three further sequences
A talk from a school leader who has successfully implemented this approach

Day 2 content

Author visit (name is yet to be confirmed)
Focus on personalisation and differentiation
An in-depth look at one text and a sequence of work and a walk through three further sequences (different to day 1)

Day 3 content

Focus on the importance of audience and purpose with a view to looking at the importance of publishing
Celebration of the course - evaluate the year and identify progress.
An in-depth look at 2 books and the planning sequences, but participants will receive 4 books to take home.

Participants will receive –

Twelve high quality children’s books (titles confirmed after booking)
Twelve detailed planning sequences that support the teaching of purposeful writing
A Literacy Tree tote bag containing all resources and books
All training resources electronically
Lunch and refreshments

“Throughly enjoyed! Very relevant and I fell now feel more confident when it comes to actual planning and delivery of English lessons"
Amanda Nichols, Gorringe Park Primary School, Merton.

“The specific examples and steers for our own shared writing were so helpful!”
Erin Maguire, Camelot Primary School.

“Thank you for the lovely ideas and resources. I particularly liked the modelled writing examples and great ideas for how to challenge greater depth children”
Melissa Van der Ree, Keyworth Primary, Southwark

“We will be using these books straight away so it was really useful to see the activities planned and the resources were great!”
Katie Hill, Woodmansterne Primary School, Lambeth.

All our courses support the Reading for Pleasure agenda and strengthen teacher’s knowledge of how to use text in the classroom

We regret that we are not able to refund bookings cancelled within 5 working days of the training date. Please see our cancellation policy for further information.