• The role of phonological awareness in learning to read (210426)

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    Learn how phonological awareness skills develop, the importance of phonological awareness, how it enhances phonics learning as part of learning to read and strategies to support phonological awareness within the classroom.   

    Free
  • Helicopter Stories (220426)

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    Helicopter Stories is a powerful, evidence-based technique for developing children’s confidence, curiosity, creativity, and communication skills.
    This workshop will introduce this technique in which children dictate their stories to an adult and later the same session or day the children act out their stories from their place round the circle, with no props. In the session you will learn how to run effective Helicopter Stories sessions which have been proven by the Open University to develop confidence and communication skills in children aged 2-5. ?

    Free
  • Talking Tables (220426)

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    This workshop will introduce a technique for following a child’s lead within a small group structure and for developing practitioners’ skills in talking with children. The approach allows practitioners to interact in a playful way using a variety of media (actions, objects, pens, and paper) which can develop a range of communication and PSE skills.

    Free
  • Transition to secondary school groups (220426)

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    These groups will support you run groups for year 6 children who have SLCN and are moving to secondary school. Topics include: differences between primary & secondary, reading school timetables, homework, navigating to the school and organising your school bag

    Free
  • Understanding spoken language – Primary (230426)

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    This workshop provides in-class strategies to support you to make your information, instructions and questions as accessible, inclusive and easy to understand and follow as possible.

    Free
  • Sentence Building Teaching Strategies (230426)

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    Attendees will learn how to use colour-coded sentence building strategies as a Universal approach in the classroom, as well as how to set up a Targeted Sentence Building intervention.

    Free
  • Understanding spoken language – Secondary (230426)

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    This workshop provides in-class strategies to support you to make your information, instructions and questions as accessible, inclusive and easy to understand and follow as possible.

    Free
  • Word Aware and vocabulary teaching strategies (300426)

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    This workshop provides guidance on Universal ‘whole-class’ strategies for teaching vocabulary. You will also learn how to set up a Targeted Intervention for pre-teaching vocabulary.

    Free
  • Understanding Selective Mutism (060526)

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    n this workshop you will learn how to recognise features of Selective Mutism,  risk factors, triggers and maintaining factors,   and how to support students within the classroom.

    Free