English
Think reading for pleasure, imaginative writing and super spelling.

Developing a Whole School Approach to Spelling
(Online Zoom)
21st May 2025 09:15-11:45
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Online (Zoom)
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This online course will support English Subject Leaders to develop the teaching of spelling in their school.
The training will help you to audit current practice and how to support staff to plan links between spelling, handwriting, grammar and English units.
£70 per delegate

Teaching Early Writing in EYFS
(Online Zoom)
Part One: 30th September 2025 09:15-11:45
Part Two: 14th October 2025
09:15-11:45
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Online (Zoom)
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This two-part online course will help you to plan and provide activities and resources which support the journey from mark making to accurate letter formation and understand how Physical Development contributes to children being ‘ready to write’.
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£120 per delegate

Effective Transition from Reception to
Year 1
(Online Zoom)
18th June 2025 13:00-15:00
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Online (Zoom)
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This online course will provide you with a fully planned 3-week unit for Reception and a fully planned 3- week unit for Year One. The planning comes with lots of great ideas to develop communication and language and literacy at the end of EYFS and the beginning of Year One. It is designed to build on submitted profiles so that children continue to make progress in July and also have an appropriate starting point for Year One in September.
£70 per delegate

Developing Oracy, Reading and Writing in the Outdoor Area
(Online Zoom)
27th November 2025 09:15-11:45
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Online (Zoom)
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This online course will help you to use your outdoor area in EYFS to develop independent oracy, reading and writing skills. The training will provide support on how to collect and organise resources which motivate children to use their reading and writing skills in the outside environment.
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£70 per delegate

Developing a Whole School Approach
to Oracy
(Online Zoom)
Part One: 29th September 2025 09:15-11:45
Part Two: 15th October 2025
09:15-11:45
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Online (Zoom)
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During this two-part online course, we will look at recent research on the impact of oracy-rich curriculums. We will explore why oracy is so important and the impact it has on success in education and future life chances.
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£120 per delegate

Achieving Greater Depth in Writing at the end of KS2
(Online Zoom)
Part One: 28th January 2026
13:00-15:00
Part Two: 11th February 2026
13:00-15:00
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Online (Zoom)
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This two-part online course will help you to teach the higher order writing skills required to achieve the ‘Greater Depth’ standard.
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£120 per delegate