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

This course is specifically aimed at increasing the confidence of teachers to grow more GDS writers within their class. The practical nature will give plenty of ideas, approaches, activities, and techniques that can be immediately implemented in their classroom.   

Search and book on the Learning Zone using keyword search: Greater Writers

Price: Sub £310 / SLA £180 / Full £372 

Leave all your inhibitions behind and join us for a practical and fun exploration of drama games and activities to support children in immersing themselves into the world of the text. This will be a lively, hands-on workshop, where you will participate in a range of activities to encourage listening, engagement with and comprehension of the text, and exploration of the characters. You will leave with a bank of resources, activities, and ideas to incorporate into your learning journeys.  

Search and book on the Learning Zone using keyword search: Drama English

Price: Sub £120 / SLA £75 / Full £144 

You can book now for all sessions in 2024-25.

Autumn date: 8 October 2024
Search and book on the Learning Zone using keyword search: Autumn English
Price: Sub £120 / SLA £65 / Full £144

Spring date: 26 February 2025
Search and book on the Learning Zone using keyword search: Spring English
Price: Sub £120 / SLA £65 / Full £144

Summer date: 19 June 2025
Search and book on the Learning Zone using keyword search: Summer English
Price: Sub £120 / SLA £65 / Full £144

Please see here for more information about our secondary subject networks for 2024-25.

This multi-session course is specifically aimed at increasing the confidence of teachers to grow more GDS writers within their class. The practical nature will give plenty of ideas, approaches, activities, and techniques that can be immediately implemented in their classroom.

Teachers will grow in confidence to:

• Choose texts and writing outcomes that grow in challenge over the year, building on foundations to be on track for GDS
• Explore oracy skills needed to develop ‘voice’ in writing
• Have a repertoire of tasks that challenge ‘what next?’ writers – securing quality over quantity
• Understand the interplay between purpose, audience, viewpoint, and form
• Understand word level and sentence level to a GDS standard
• Understand the grammatical choices and techniques that enable children to write in a range of registers
• Drill down on pieces of children’s writing, identify gaps in need and plan for tasks and outcomes that will enable them to grow into GDS writers.

Search and book on the Learning Zone using keyword search: Greater Writers

Price: Sub £310 / SLA £180 / Full £372