Noctua School Alliance

Member Area

English

CourseDeveloping Writing In Your School
Led byMarie Byrne
DetailsOur programme covers three half day sessions and will be delivered by Marie Byrne.

One of the best models of early writing development is the ‘simple view of writing’, but what does this involve? Is it that simple? How can we create a culture and community of writers in our schools?

The ‘Developing Writing in Your School’ sessions build on the simple view of writing model and delves deeper into the writing process. It will increase your confidence in knowing that you are delivering a writing curriculum that provides the knowledge and skills for children to succeed.

Session 1 - Tuesday 28th November 2023
• Unpicking the simple view of writing model, specifically looking at the importance of embedding transcription skills (handwriting and spelling) in line with current thinking on the working memory.
• Looking at the latest evidence based research to support why this is important and offering ways to support his in the classroom.

Session 2 - Tuesday 16th January 2024
• Delve into the writing process and how we can ensure that children develop the essential skills necessary to become confident, independent writers who write for a purpose and audience.
From oracy through to the finished piece, writing is a complex process that needs careful planning and guided support to ensure all children succeed.
• Provide practical support and ideas to take back into the classroom.

Remaining session:

Session 3 - Tuesday 23rd April 2024
• The assessment of writing and writing assessment opportunities.
• The process involved in the moderation of writing.
• What a GDS writer looks like at the end of KS2.

Venue: Pudsey Primrose Hill Primary School
TimingsTuesday 23rd April 20241.15pm - 3.15pm£70.00 per session
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CourseModeration Of Writing Assessments - Year 6
Led byDelivered by Beth Tidey - Senior Deputy Headteacher & Lead Writing Moderator
DetailsSession overview

This half day session gives year 6 teachers, and subject leaders responsible for assuring the accuracy of school assessments and the opportunity to moderate together their assessment judgements of their pupils’ writing attainment.

Aims

• End of KS2 Writing Assessment Criteria
• The process involved in moderating writing
• Opportunities to moderate writing with colleagues from other schools

Suitable for
Year 6 Teachers, Primary English Subject and Assessment Leads

Venue: Pudsey Primrose Hill Primary School
TimingsThursday 2nd May 20241pm-3pm£75.00
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CourseDeveloping Reading In Your School
Led byKirsten Finley
DetailsDeveloping a Whole School Approach to Teaching Reading in your School beyond Phonics

Our programme covers three half day sessions and will be delivered by Kirsten Finley.

Many schools have now reviewed the approach to developing Early Reading and Phonics within their settings - but the role of the Reading Leader in schools should focus on more than just implementing an approach to Phonics and teaching pupils to decode texts.

Reading Leaders should set out a whole school approach to the teaching of reading in their school from Early Years to Year 6 - beginning with Early Reading and Phonics and leading on to developing pupils’ reading skills by ensuring that pupils who have learnt to decode become fluent readers - not just focusing on decoding and word recognition but able to comprehend texts and develop language and vocabulary.

This programme will support English and Reading Leaders to develop a whole school approach to reading throughout their school.

Session 1 - Wednesday 22nd November 2023
• Supporting Reading Leaders to develop a school strategy for the development of reading beyond phonics which allows pupils to become truly fluent readers, supporting comprehension by moving pupils on from decoding and word recognition and directing cognitive resources towards understanding and the development of pupils’ language and vocabulary.

Session 2 - Wednesday 21st February 2024
• Supporting Reading Leaders to support colleagues to develop pupils’ reading comprehension across their school by promoting the importance of contextual knowledge and the role of foundation subjects in supporting reading by planning to include subject specific texts and related reading, writing and talk across the wider curriculum, emphasising the key role of disciplinary literacy in developing reading fluency.

Remaining session:

Session 3 - Wednesday 5th June 2024
• Supporting Reading Leaders to champion reading throughout their school – pupil motivation and engagement with reading is the most important aspect for progress in literacy – creating a culture which puts reading at the heart of your curriculum can develop persistence and positive attitude towards reading.

Remote Learning Sessions
TimingsWednesday 5th June 20241.30pm - 3.30pm£70 per session
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