INSET

CPD at the Eden Project

September 27 - The Eden Project, St Austell, Cornwall

Winter Greens - making the most of your edible school garden all year
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TES Education Show 2010

October 1 - October 2 2010 - National Hall, Olympia, London

The capital’s ultimate childcare and education show for anyone from early years to FE. Practical workshops and a CPD seminar programme as well as resources and services from hundreds of suppliers and organisations.

CLPE: A New Look at Bookmaking, London

October 11 - London

Anne Forsyth | For teachers and TAs : 1.30 – 4.30pm
Bookmaking is an ideal tool for enlivening children’s motivation for writing. This practical half‐day course will demonstrate how having a real purpose and audience raises the quality and creativity of children’s writing. Participants will make a variety of folded books suitable for children from reception to year 6. £75.

CLPE: Planning Creatively Around Texts in Years 3 and 4

October 13 - London

Jenny Vernon | For Year 3 and 4 teachers, English Subject Leaders
Explore ways to develop a creative approach to teaching and learning with literature at the core. Participants will be introduced to effective ways of developing units of literacy work based on powerful texts using a range of creative teaching and learning approaches. Opportunities to extend learning across the curriculum will also be considered. This course will draw on recent projects led by CLPE which have shown that focusing on a whole text for an extended period supports children’s achievement as readers and is also reflected in the quality of their writing. £135.

Evaluating Youth Arts Projects one day course

October 18

Theatre Royal Plymouth: This one-day training course run by Artsplan explores the benefits of meaningful evaluation of youth arts projects. Informative and practical, this course will help you develop your own individual approach to creative evaluation and the confidence you need to engage with evaluating youth arts projects. For more information or to book a place, please contact the Artsplan Team via or call 02380 682 535. 

CLPE: Planning Creatively Around Texts in Years 5 and 6, London

November 5 - London

Sue McGonigle | For Year 5 and 6 teachers, English Subject Leaders
Explore ways to develop a creative approach to teaching and learning with literature at the core. Participants will be introduced to effective ways of developing units of literacy work based on powerful texts using a range of creative teaching and learning approaches. Opportunities to extend learning across the curriculum will also be considered. This course will draw on recent projects led by CLPE which have shown that focusing on a whole text for an extended period supports children’s achievement as readers and is also reflected in the quality of their writing. £135.

CLPE: Planning Creatively Around Texts in Years 1 and 2

November 10 - London

Jane Bunting | For Year 1 and 2 teachers, English Subject Leaders
Explore ways to create a rich extended literacy curriculum in years 1 and 2. Participants will be introduced to effective ways to develop units of work around quality texts. Opportunities to extend learning across the curriculum will also be considered. We will consider how drawing on a range of creative approaches such as play, role‐play, drama, storytelling and talk can develop children’s confidence and success as readers, writers and learners. £135

The NAWE Conference 2010

November 12 - November 14 2010 - Cheltenham Park Hotel

The NAWE Annual Conference is the essential UK event for all those involved in the teaching of writing, enabling members and their colleagues to share their experience of teaching writing at all levels and to address current issues. The emphasis is on workshop style sessions or discussions where everyone has a contribution to make. The Conference will run from Friday lunchtime through to Sunday midday. There will be special events on both evenings. Booking & payment deadline: 15 October.

Talking for Learning and Life

November 24

Developing ‘Talk for Writing’ to fulfil potential across the curriculum: A National Literacy Trust conference for primary school professionals with Pie Corbett, Julia Strong and Judy Clarke

National Railway Museum, York.

This conference again builds on the very successful Primary National Strategy (PNS) Talk for Writing materials developed by Pie Corbett supported by Julia Strong. The PNS materials focused on fiction but Pie, Julia and Judy have been working with a number of authorities to adapt the approach to suit the needs of communication across the curriculum. Pie will exemplify how to use fiction text to help children internalise the patterns of language of a range of non-fiction text types, and then show how to adapt the approach across the curriculum so that children become confident communicators in all non-fiction areas. All material presented will be different from last year and will include an emphasis on talking and writing recount, persuasion and discussion text.

Talking for Learning and Life

November 25

Developing ‘Talk for Writing’ to fulfil potential across the curriculum: A National Literacy Trust conference for primary school professionals with Pie Corbett, Julia Strong and Judy Clarke

Botanical Gardens, Birmingham.

This conference again builds on the very successful Primary National Strategy (PNS) Talk for Writing materials developed by Pie Corbett supported by Julia Strong. The PNS materials focused on fiction but Pie, Julia and Judy have been working with a number of authorities to adapt the approach to suit the needs of communication across the curriculum. Pie will exemplify how to use fiction text to help children internalise the patterns of language of a range of non-fiction text types, and then show how to adapt the approach across the curriculum so that children become confident communicators in all non-fiction areas. All material presented will be different from last year and will include an emphasis on talking and writing recount, persuasion and discussion text.