Spelling, Grammar & Vocabulary Consultancy
Taking place at your school or another setting of your choice, our experienced consultants can provide a bespoke professional development (CPD) day focused on the curriculum, Below, you will find a list of our most enquired about and booked CPD days based on the curriculum in primary schools. To view other areas our consultants have run CPD days on or to learn more about our general INSET/ consultancy options, please click here.
Mastering Spelling
This half-day training is for primary teachers and teaching assistants. It focuses on subject knowledge and strategies to enable all children to progress in and master the spelling requirements of the 2014 curriculum.
The training addresses:
- understanding the spelling requirements of the curriculum
- understanding the development and progression in spelling
- understanding the role of spelling strategies that support the mastery of spelling
- consideration of a range of practical approaches and ideas to engage children and ensure progress
The benefits of this training include improved and secure subject knowledge of the content of the spelling curriculum and the progression within it and an understanding of how to teach spelling effectively.
Teaching Grammar Effectively
This one-day training is for primary school teachers and teaching assistants. It focuses on raising the confidence of all staff in relation to teaching grammar in an engaging, purposeful and effective way and improving pupils’ standards in grammar, reading and writing. It offers an opportunity to secure subject knowledge.
The training addresses:
- the grammar learning for each year group and how to plan the teaching and application of it in appropriate and purposeful writing activities
- how to embed and contextualise grammar and vocabulary teaching in a rich literature-based curriculum to improve children’s spoken and written language
- effective and creative teaching strategies to embed grammar within the curriculum linked to high-quality texts
- the role of reading in the teaching of grammar
The benefits of this training are:
- improved and secure grammar subject knowledge
- an understanding of how grammar can be effectively taught to raise standards and secure progress in reading and writing
- an understanding of how grammar can be effectively taught to engage and enable children to become enthusiastic and confident writers
Teaching Vocabulary to Raise Standards in Reading and Writing
The aim of this training is to explore the issues around children’s vocabulary development and how to address them through its explicit teaching in an engaging and effective way.
The training will address:
- barriers to vocabulary development
- EAL learners and vocabulary issues
- pedagogy and research into best practice in teaching vocabulary
- how this translates into classroom practice
- consideration of a range of practical approaches and ideas to ensure progress
How to book
Contact our Consultancy department by email or fill in the form here. If you would like more information, look at our consultancy page, which will explain what we can offer.