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Professional Development Opportunities 2017 – 2018 www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/primaryteam

Teaching and Learning Team

At The Primary Team we know that improving subject knowledge is the key to successful teaching. Research tells us that CPD is most effective for improving practice when it is evidence-based and provides expert challenge. With this in mind we have developed our central training programme to target key areas of subject knowledge in English and mathematics. In response to feedback we have added courses tailored for practitioners in Lower Key Stage 2 as well as enhancing our Year 2 & Year 6 programme with three half days of subject-specific CPD, and developing our training for teaching assistants. Course Name and Brief Description

Suitable for

Subject knowledge development in English and mathematics Teaching Reading in Year 2 Exploring effective teaching for securing the more complex elements of the alphabetic code, moving from reading accuracy to fluency, and developing comprehension skills through vocabulary and knowledge building.

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Date

Time

Venue

Cost: £85 per delegate per session Y2 teachers and teaching assistants

Jason Wade

Thu 21 Sep 2017

DoubleTree 1pm-4pm by Hilton Nottingham

Teaching Writing in Year 2 Practical ways to enable children to meet the writing criteria for end of KS1 SATs, including key grammatical subject knowledge, and how best to teach children to write with increasing technical accuracy and variety.

Y2 teachers and teaching assistants

Jason Wade

Thu 5 Oct 2017


Teaching Mathematics in Year 2 Exploring effective teaching strategies to ensure children demonstrate their full potential in mathematics for end of KS1 assessment with a focus on the reasoning skills required to achieve ‘greater depth’.

Y2 teachers and teaching assistants

Jane Gill

Tue 31 Oct 2017


Teaching Reading in Years 3 and 4 Exploring the teaching of reading in Lower KS2, focusing on moving children towards becoming fluent decoders of text, investigating vocabulary and knowledge to aid text comprehension and inferencing.

Y3/4 teachers & teaching assistants

Jason Wade

Tue 26 Sep 2017


Teaching Writing in Years 3 and 4 Y3/4 teachers A practical look at teaching writing in Lower KS2 to ensure that children develop & teaching key grammatical concepts and can apply them to writing with increasing assistants confidence and creativity.

Jason Wade

Tue 10 Oct 2017


Tue 3 Oct 2017

1pm-4pm

DoubleTree by Hilton Nottingham

Key Stage 2 Mathematics Subject Knowledge teaching A practical confidence-building workshop focusing on some of the difficult-to-teach KS2 assistants aspects of KS2 mathematics including division, number properties and statistics.

Jane Gill

Tue 17 Oct 2017

1pm-4pm


Jason Wade

Thu 30 Nov 2017

1pm-4pm


Suzanne Scrivens

Tue 13 Feb & Tue 6 Mar 2018

1pm-4pm


English Grammar Subject Knowledge Developing key word and sentence level grammar subject knowledge in order to support children’s grammatical understanding and improve the accuracy and variety of children’s written sentences.

KS2 teaching assistants & teachers

The Teaching Assistant’s Role in Assessment and Feedback Two half-day sessions for delegates to explore strategies for effective feedback on learning including crafting questions that delve and deepen children’s understanding.

Primary teaching assistants

Teaching Assistant Annual Conference 2018 with Michael Rosen

Cost: £180 per delegate

This popular annual event will offer a range of exciting opportunities to explore children’s literature and effective strategies for supporting children’s learning. The Primary Team is delighted to announce this year’s guest speaker as Michael Rosen, internationally renowned children’s author, performer and broadcaster.

Primary teaching assistants & support staff

Newly Qualified Teacher Programme

The Primary Team and Thu 8 special Feb 2018 guests

Cost: £160 per delegate / £600 for all 5 courses

Wed 1 Nov 2017

9am-3pm

Nottingham Conference Centre

Calculation & Fluency

KS1 & KS2 newly qualified teachers

Jane Gill

Wed 15 Nov 2017

9am-3pm


Teaching Writing


Jason Wade

Wed 10 Jan 2018

9am-3pm


Mathematics Problem Solving


Jane Gill

Wed 7 Feb 2018

9am-3pm


Thu 16 Nov 2017


Tue 28 Nov 2017


Wed 22 Nov 2017


Mathematics Networks (offering the latest initiatives and developments)

Cost: £80 per delegate per session

Mathematics Autumn Network

Mathematics subject leaders

Jane Gill

Wed 8 Nov 2017

1:15pm3:45pm


Mathematics Spring Network


Jane Gill

Wed 7 Mar 2018

1:15pm3:45pm


Mathematics Summer Network


Jane Gill

Wed 13 Jun 2018

1:15pm3:45pm


Teaching Assistant Networks (sharing effective practice and latest research)

Jane Gill

Thu 18 Jan 2018

Crowne Plaza Nottingham

Jason Wade

Jason Wade

Jane Gill

Full day event (Timings TBC)


Y6 teachers & teaching assistants

KS2 teachers & teaching assistants

Jane Gill

Teaching Reading

Teaching Writing in Year 6 Practical ways to enable children to meet the end of KS2 assessment criteria, including key grammar and punctuation subject knowledge, and how best to teach it so that children can write with understanding, technical skill and flair.

Developing Heuristics in Key Stage 2 Mathematics Strategies for equipping children to think flexibly in order to make sense of complex problems, focusing on key heuristics for logical thinking: representing a problem and making a calculated guess.

Key Stage 1 Mathematics Subject Knowledge teaching A practical workshop with strategies for helping children to improve their calculation & KS1 assistants reasoning skills and to develop a deeper understanding of mathematics in real life.

DoubleTree 1pm-4pm by Hilton Nottingham DoubleTree 1pm-4pm by Hilton Nottingham

KS1 teachers & teaching assistants



Thu 2 Nov 2017

Developing Heuristics in Key Stage 1 Mathematics An exploration of the key heuristics (problem-solving strategies) children can use to solve puzzles and problems independently including ‘guess-checkimprove’, ‘act it out’ and ‘make a list’.

Venue

9am-3pm

Jason Wade

Jane Gill

Time

Wed 11 Oct 2017



Date

Jane Gill Suzanne Scrivens

Teaching Reading in Year 6 An opportunity (in light of KS2 SATs) to focus on investigating vocabulary and knowledge to aid text comprehension & inferencing, and scaffolding children’s understanding of complex text with thinking, speaking and writing frames.

Teaching Mathematics in Year 6 Exploring effective teaching strategies for equipping children to make connections across all areas of mathematics, preparing them for unfamiliar reasoning situations they may face in real-life (and in KS2 SATs).

Teaching Assistants and Support Staff

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Y3/4 teachers & teaching assistants

Thu 9 Nov 2017

Suitable for

Introduction to Teaching

Teaching Mathematics in Years 3 and 4 A focus on the subject knowledge needed to ensure children secure the Lower KS2 ‘big ideas’ in mathematics with strategies for ‘thinking deeper’ and making connections.

Jane Gill

Course Name and Brief Description



Teaching Assistant Autumn Network

Senior teaching assistants & support staff team leaders

Suzanne Scrivens

Tue 14 Nov 2017

1:15pm3:45pm


Teaching Assistant Spring Network


Suzanne Scrivens

Thu 1 Mar 2018

1:15pm3:45pm


Teaching Assistant Summer Network


Suzanne Scrivens

Tue 19 Jun 2018

1:15pm3:45pm


English Networks (offering the latest updates and innovations)


Tailored Professional Development

English Autumn Network

English subject leaders

Jason Wade

Tue 21 Nov 2017

9:15am11:45am


As well as our courses and in-school training: INSET and staff meetings, The Primary Team continues to offer CPD tailored to your school needs. This can include lesson study, coaching, teaching, planning, pupil conferencing, work analysis, advice for assessment & moderation and support for senior leaders. Further details can be found on our website: www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/primaryteam Please contact us to discuss your requirements.

English Spring Network


Jason Wade

Tue 13 Mar 2018

9:15am11:45am


English Summer Network


Jason Wade

Tue 26 Jun 2018

9:15am11:45am


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