Webinars
“We listened to the webinar together as a whole staff…this is a great way to access good quality CPD."
Geoff Goodchild, Upton Primary School, network member
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Success with boys in English
Date: Wednesday 30 May 2012, 15.45-16.30
Speaker: Emily Tudor, Head of English and Deputy Headteacher at St Paul's Academy, London
This secondary school in South East London has been showcased by Ofsted as excelling when it comes to boys’ literacy (see the 2011 Excellence in English report). Head of English and Deputy Head, Emily Tudor will present their approach and take questions from network members.
Past webinars
Using technology to inspire boys
Speaker: Bev Humprhey, 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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