Supporting Pupils with Dyslexia in Reading, Writing and Spelling (Webinar) – 15 May, 22 May, and 6 June 2024 

This course will provide delegates with a secure understanding of dyslexia and how we can support pupils with dyslexia in their learning and within the classroom environment. The training is remote and consists of three sessions.

Session 1: An introduction to dyslexia.  

Session 2: Supporting pupils with dyslexia in spelling and writing.  

Session 3: Supporting pupils with dyslexia in reading.

The delegate will have:

• A secure understanding of dyslexia and a range of approaches to support pupils.
• Knowledge of progression in learning to read and spell.
• Practical strategies for teaching pupils with dyslexia to accelerate progress and build confidence. 

Search and book on the Learning Zone using keyword search: Supporting Dyslexia

Price: Sub £195 / SLA £155 / Full £234

Improving Spelling in the Primary School (Webinar) – 20 May and 10 June 2024 

This is a course for English leaders wishing to improve spelling in their school and class teachers who wish to improve their approaches to the teaching of spelling. 

This course takes the form of two virtual two-hour sessions and aims to provide practical approaches to developing spelling in the primary school.

The following areas will be covered:

• Developing a whole school spelling approach, beginning with phonics. 
• Moving beyond phonics to explore morphology and etymology. 
• Effectively raising the profile of spelling across the school. 
• Building a culture of error analysis and response. 
• Approaches to self-correction and the effective editing and refining of written work. 

Search and book on the Learning Zone using keyword search: Improving Spelling

Price: Sub £105 / SLA £65 / Full £126

The ever popular ‘Get It Write’ training is guaranteed to inspire teachers and pupils alike! This course will focus on the HIAS phased learning journey model that develops readers as writers, providing delegates with a treasure-trove of practical ideas and resources to support successful planning and teaching of writing. This course is ideal for teachers who are new to the model, new to teaching, or teachers who just need a little extra support with planning. Teachers in KS1 and KS2 welcomed. 

Search and book on the Learning Zone using keyword search: Text-led

Price: Sub £300 / SLA £205 / Full £360 

Recruitment of high quality teaching staff presents a significant challenge for schools in Hampshire, as it does nationally. Our new subject knowledge enhancement course is for non-specialists, across all core and EBacc subjects, as well as RE.  

This training will: 

• Support those recently in post, as well as provide preparation support for those who may be taking up a new post in September 2024. 
• Equip teachers with the knowledge and skills required to effectively deliver high quality lessons in the chosen subject. 
• Focus on Key Stage 3 teaching principally, whilst offering the requisite level of skill and knowledge to facilitate further development towards the teaching of Key Stage 4 over time. 

Participants will need some prior knowledge of the chosen subject. 

Dates:

Session 1 – 2 May 2024
Session 2 – 7 June 2024
Session 3 – 9 July 2024
Session 4 – 9 September 2024
Session 5 – 1 November 2024
Session 6 – 14 January 2025

Search and book on the Learning Zone using keyword search: non-specialists

Price: Sub £780 / SLA £730 / Full £936

Subject knowledge enhancement for non-specialists 2024 (Key Stage 3 focus) flyer

A series of live virtual professional development meetings focused on key aspects of writing.

Session 1 – Developing talk and vocabulary for writing

Session 2 – Sentence structure

Session 3 – Modelling writing

Session 4 – Editing and training

Schools will receive links to all four meetings and can choose to attend as a school, a phase or send individual teachers. (These sessions are running in real time with delegate participation and will not be recorded, so the expectation is that schools will log in on the dates advertised. They are designed to fall after school hours in line with staff meeting timings.) 

Search and book on the Learning Zone using keyword search: Meeting Menu

Price: Sub £130 / SLA £95 / Full £156 

This is a course for English leaders wishing to improve spelling in their school and class teachers who wish to improve their approaches to the teaching of spelling.  

This course takes the form of two virtual two-hour sessions and aims to provide practical approaches to developing spelling in the primary school.

The following areas will be covered: 

• Developing a whole school spelling approach, beginning with phonics. 
• Moving beyond phonics to explore morphology and etymology. 
• Effectively raising the profile of spelling across the school. 
• Building a culture of error analysis and response. 
• Approaches to self-correction and the effective editing and refining of written work.

Search and book on the Learning Zone using keyword search: Improving Spelling

Price: Sub £105 / SLA £65 / Full £126