AUTUMN 2023 X – An Introduction to Talk for Writing in KS2

For Primary Headteachers, English Subject Leaders, and KS2 Teachers.

What the training will cover

This training will provide a coherent system for teaching writing in KS2 using the Talk for Writing approach. Packed with practical strategies to develop children as confident writers, the four sessions will:

* explore how to help children build up a store of writing techniques and patterns

* provide teachers with a bank of imaginative ideas for developing and improving writing

* consider the link between learning model texts, quality literature and great writing

* look at how spelling and grammar can be taught in relation to writing.

Dates and Times

Wednesday 11th September 2024 – 4pm-5.15pm BST
Wednesday 18th September 2024 – 4pm-5.15pm BST
Wednesday 25th September 2024 – 4pm-5.15pm BST
Wednesday 2nd October 2024 – 4pm-5.15pm BST

Costs

Price per delegate for four sessions of training is £198+VAT (which equates to £49.50 per training session).

Discount: 10% discount on ALL places when a school books more than one person on the same course. Meaning two delegates cost £356.40 (which equates to £44.55 per person, per session).

How the online training works

Training will take place via Zoom over four sessions. Delegates will need to attend ALL four of these sessions as there will be gap tasks between each session. Each delegate will need their own desktop or laptop computer with a working camera. There are further details on this PDF.

Download key information PDF

Presented by Jamie Thomas and Dean Thompson

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Jamie Thomas

Jamie is the former Deputy Head of Warren Road School in Kent. He led and delivered whole-school change by embedding Talk for Writing and Talk for Reading across the school. The Talk for Reading and Writing approaches proved to be the most successful initiative the school has ever undertaken with progress measures soaring in reading, writing and GPS. Click here to read more about Jamie.

Dean Thompson

Dean has been working to develop Primary English and school improvement for nearly 20 years. Previous roles include: Programme Director for Primary School Improvement with the National Strategies; Local Authority School Improvement and English Advisor; and Primary School Leader. Dean is leading the development of the Talk for Writing approach across several networks and clusters of primary schools. Click here to read more about Dean.