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Past webinars
Making grammar work
Speaker: Debra Myhill, University of Exeter
Due to technical difficulties this webinar had to be cut short. A video recording of Debra's presentation will be available soon, but in the meantime you can download her PowerPointReading for enjoyment: practical strategies for building a whole-school reading culture
Speakers: Peter Ratcliffe and Martin MacDonald from Longdean School, Hertfordshire
Peter and Martin shared the strategies they have used to achieve this a whole-school reading culture.
Using high quality books to support phonics teaching
Speaker: Jacqueline Harris, Education Consultant with phonics speciality
Jacqueline discussed real life application of phonics and provided recommendations for high quality "real" books that support the teaching of phonics.
Which bits of grammar matter?
Speaker: Geoff Barton, writer and Headteacher at King Edward VI School, Bury St Edmunds
Geoff discussed the way grammar needs to be taught in order to impact on pupils’ reading and writing skills and what this looks like across a whole school.
Success with boys in English
Speaker: Emily Tudor, Assistant Principal and Subject Leader for English, St Paul's Academy
St Paul's Academy is a secondary school in South East London that has been showcased by Ofsted as excelling when it comes to boys’ literacy. Emily presented their approach and took questions from network members.
Using technology to inspire boys
Speaker: Bev Humphrey, literacy, school libraries and technology consultant
Bev helped attendees navigate their way through the world of web 2.0 and showcased some exciting sites, apps, resources and authors that have been shown to get boys excited about reading.
The power of blogging
Speaker: David Mitchell, Deputy Headteacher at Heathfield Primary School
Heathfield Primary School in Bolton has seen its writing standards soar in recent years and this success has been attributed to the introduction of blogging to the classroom. Deputy Headteacher and blogging-expert, David Mitchell explained all.
Talk for Writing in the secondary sector
Speaker: Julia Strong, Literacy and Talk for Writing Expert
Julia explored how the Talk for Writing approach can be applied in secondary schools. This proven pedagogy focusses on getting teachers to think about the language requirements of their subject so that when they are planning lessons, they focus on enabling students to become confident users of the language patterns required before they are expected to write them down.
The role of students in building a literacy community (secondary schools)
Speaker: Graham Tyrer, Headteacher at Chenderit School, BanburyGraham told of how his school has become an effective literacy community, with a particular focus on how the school involve their students in their literacy developments – including Year 12 literacy tutors, a student literacy steering group and a training programme which sees students deliver literacy lesson starters for other classes.
Storytelling into writing (primary schools)
Speaker: Catherine Thorp, St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary School, Salford
The "Most Outstanding Primary School" of 2010 (TES awards) brought to life an approach which they have embedded within the school based on Pie Corbett’s Talk for Writing methodology. Catherine described how this project has been effective for raising writing standards across the school, particularly for EAL learners.
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What is reading to me? What is reading to us? (Primary schools)
Speaker: Judy Clark, Literacy Consultant
With the emphasis on reading in the new primary Ofsted inspection framework, this webinar and discussion explored the importance of developing a whole-school, consistent philosophy and approach towards the teaching of reading in school.
"Mind the gap" - boosting literacy attainment at primary/secondary transition
Speaker: Jonathan Douglas, Director, National Literacy Trust
The Director of the National Literacy Trust explored the issue of primary-secondary transition and how literacy can be used as a lever to ease the challenges which present themselves during this phase of a child’s life.
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