Spring term 2010
LUNCH INCLUDED
FOR ALL FULL DAY COURSES
Writing in Key
Stage 1
Jane Bunting CLPE
Examine ways to
create an effective writing
classroom which will enthuse and
support young writers in Key
Stage 1.
This course will
explore important aspects of the
classroom literacy environment
and key routines for writing
including approaches to
spelling. We will consider the
contribution to children’s
writing development made by
quality texts and the use of
creative approaches including
talk, drama, drawing and
bookmaking.
Date: Thursday 4
February 2010
Course fee £120 subscribing/£135
non-subscribing schools and LAs
KS1
teachers
Course application
form
BEING CREATIVE
WITH POETRY in the NEW PRIMARY
CURRICULUM
Jenny Vernon CLPE
Poetry is an
integral part of the creative
curriculum. Discover and enjoy
poetry through exploring
creative approaches in the
classroom at the same time as
fulfilling the requirements of
the Revised National Curriculum.
Date: Tuesday 9
February 2010
Course fee £120 subscribing/£135
non-subscribing schools and LAs
KS1 & KS2
teachers, Eng. Subject Leaders
Course application
form
BOYS
AND LITERACY
Sue McGonigle and
Olivia O’Sullivan, CLPE
Boys’ achievement in literacy is
a national issue. This course
will explore the issues and look
at a range of effective and
creative ways to motivate boys
and support their progress in
reading and writing, drawing
closely on the centre’s research
and experience in this area.
Date: Wednesday
24 February 2010
Course fee £120 subscribing/£135
non-subscribing schools and LAs
KS1 & KS2 teachers, Eng.Subject
Leaders
Course application
form
Practical ideas for supporting
the Literacy Of Children Who
Have EAL
Ann Ross, CLPE
This course will
consider issues related to the
literacy development of pupils
new to English as an Additional
Language and those more advanced
EAL learners. We will explore
effective and inclusive
approaches and supportive texts
suitable for developing reading
and writing.
Date: Thursday 4 March 2010
Course fee £120 subscribing/£135
non-subscribing schools and LAs
Teachers
and Teaching Assistants
Course application
form
Introduction to
ICT to support mathematics for
teaching assistants
Lauren Price,
CLPE
This practical
one day course for teaching
assistants in Key Stages 1 and 2
will give an introduction to
ways of using ICT to support
teaching and learning in
mathematics. Participants will
use Word and Excel to produce
resources to take away and use
in school, to support learning
and for professional uses such
as record-keeping.
Date: Friday 5
March 2010
Course fee £140 subscribing/£155
non-subscribing schools and LAs
Teaching
Assistants
Course application
form
DEVELOPING
SPELLING IN THE CLASSROOM AND
SCHOOL
Olivia
O’Sullivan, CLPE
Olivia
O’Sullivan, co-author of
Understanding Spelling (Routledge,
2007, will look at children’s
spelling development, introduce
practical approaches for Key
Stages 1 and 2, offer a
framework for a school policy on
spelling, and introduce course
members to an assessment
framework to support children
with difficulties. Course
members will receive a copy of
Understanding Spelling as part
of the course.
Date: Wednesday
17 March 2010
Course fee £138 subscribing/£153
non-subscribing schools and LAs
(INCLUDING BOOK)
KS1 and KS2 teachers, English
Subject Leaders
Course application
form
Introduction
to using ICT to support literacy
for teaching assistants
Lauren Price, CLPE
This practical
one day course for teaching
assistants in Key Stage 1 and 2
will give an introduction to
using ICT to support teaching
and learning in literacy.
Participants will have an
opportunity to explore the
internet, use Word in creative
ways as well as making an
electronic book in PowerPoint.
Date: Friday 19
March 2010
Course fee £140 subscribing/£155
non-subscribing schools
and LAs
Teaching
Assistants
Course application
form
Practical ideas
for working with parents
Clio Whittaker,
CLPE
From 2010 all schools are
expected to be extended schools,
providing access to a range of
support for parents. This half
day workshop will help you to
make an assessment of where
your school is at the moment and
then consider practical ways to
build the relationship with
parents.
Date: Monday 22nd
March 2010 1.30 –
4.30pm
Course fee £60 subscribing/£65
non-subscribing schools and LAs
Teachers, TAs,
Liaison workers
Course application
form
SUMMER
TERM 2010
introduction to
teaching reading for teaching
assistants
Lauren Price CLPE
This one day
course is for teaching
assistants in Key Stages 1 and
2. Explore the processes
children go through in learning
to read. Develop the knowledge,
skills and practical ideas you
need to support children as
developing readers.
Date:
Friday 23 April 2010
Course fee £120
subscribing/£135 non-subscribing
schools
and LAs
Teaching
Assistants
Course application
form
introduction to
Teaching writing for teaching
assistants
Jane Bunting CLPE
This one day
course is for teaching
assistants in Key Stages 1 and
2. Explore what’s involved for
children in learning to write.
Develop a range of practical
strategies to support children
successfully as they clarify,
organise and develop their ideas
throughout all stages of the
writing process.
Date: Wednesday 5
May 2010
Course fee £120 subscribing/£135
non-subscribing schools and LAs
Teaching
Assistants
Course application
form
CREATIVE APPROACHES TO WRITING
THROUGH BOOKMAKING
Anne Forsyth, CLPE
This practical
half day course is an ideal tool
for enlivening children’s
motivation for writing.
Participants will consider how
having a real purpose, audience
and motivation raises the
quality and creativity of
children’s writing. Participants
will make a variety of books,
including pop-ups and secret
doors, suitable for children to
create from reception to year 6.
Date: Thursday 27th
May 2010 1.30pm – 4pm
Course fee £60 subscribing/£70
non-subscribing schools and LAs
Teachers and
Teaching Assistants
Course application
form
PLANNING
CREATIVELY AROUND TEXTS IN YEARS
3 AND 4
Jenny Vernon, CLPE
Explore ways to
develop a literature-based
literacy curriculum in years 3
and 4, working with powerful
texts to plan units of work
drawing on creative learning and
teaching approaches. This course
will draw on recent projects led
by CLPE which have shown that
focusing on a whole text over a
longer period of time supports
children’s engagement with books
and reading and is also
reflected in the quality of
their writing.
Date: Wednesday 9
June 2010
Course fee £120 subscribing/£135
non-subscribing schools and LAs
Y3
and Y4 teachers, English Subject
Leaders
Course application
form
Creative uses of
the Interactive Whiteboard and
digital resources
Lauren Price,
CLPE
Explore ways to
use your interactive whiteboard
(Smartboard) and other digital
resources such as cameras and
‘digiblues’ (Digital Movie
Creators) to engage and motivate
children. This practical course
will facilitate your literacy
teaching with lots of exciting
ideas that can be used across
the curriculum.
Date:
Friday 11 June 2010
Course fee £140
subscribing/£155 non-subscribing
schools and LAs
All teachers
Course application
form
PLANNING
CREATIVELY AROUND TEXTS IN YEARS
1 AND 2
Jane Bunting, CLPE
Explore ways to create a rich
extended literacy curriculum in
years 1 and 2 and plan blocks of
work around a strong well chosen
book. We will consider how
drawing on a range of creative
approaches such as play,
role-play, drama, storytelling
and talk can develop children’s
confidence and success as
readers, writers and learners.
Date:
Tuesday15June 2010
Course fee £120
subscribing/£135 non-subscribing
schools and LAs
Y1 and Y2
teachers, English Subject
Leaders
Course application
form
PLANNING
CREATIVELY AROUND TEXTS IN YEARS
5 AND 6
Sue McGonigle CLPE
Explore ways to
develop a literature-based
literacy curriculum in years 5
and 6, working with powerful
texts to plan units of work
drawing on creative learning and
teaching approaches. This course
will draw on recent projects led
by CLPE which have shown that
focusing on a whole text over a
longer period of time supports
children’s engagement with books
and reading and is also
reflected in the quality of
their writing.
Date: Wednesday
16 June 2010
Course fee £120 subscribing/£135
non-subscribing schools and LAs
Year 5 and 6
teachers, Eng. Subject Leaders
Course application
form
