2nd October 2020

Teach Through a Text in Year 4

Location: The Literacy Tree, London

Price: £570.00 (+VAT per delegate)

Date: 2nd October 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.

Three Day Course

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
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

Schools that book three or more places on any Teach Through a Text course will receive year's subscription to the Literary Curriculum
*existing school subscribers will receive a year's extension to their subscription and 10% off any training places booked

“I already want to teach with these texts straight away as they fit in perfectly with our curriculum”
Claire Brownlie, St George's International School, Luxembourg

“I love being here! I will try the new books and ideas in my lessons straight away.”
Rose Moghimi, Barrow Hill Junior School, Westminster

“Excellent Delivery. I will use the additional strategies to scaffold learning and vary tasks”
Robert Shaw, Sacred Heart, Islington

“A fantastic course that has inspired me to bring the love of reading back into my class! What a brilliant and immersive way to introduce a wide range of resources, books and teaching techniques”
Vrooji Ahmeed, Goldfinch 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.