Noctua School Alliance - Dedicated to providing support for Leeds primary schools

English

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Nikki Gamble is the founder and Director of Just Imagine Story Centre. Formerly a teacher and lecturer in education, Nikki has been involved in reading promotion and development for over 30 years. She in an Honorary Fellow at the University of Winchester and is serving on the national committee of UKLA. Nikki is passionate about the teaching of reading and writing, with a particular focus on developing children's skills as they progress through the junior years. She is a consultant on the independent reading series, Treetops, and has advised on the Oxford University Press Bookmatch website.

Course	English: Raising Achievement in Junior Reading: Developing Comprehension to meet the demands of the new English curriculum
Detail	The programme focuses on the teaching of comprehension at KS2, and will illustrate the importance of interpreting the National Curriculum requirements in the context of a pedagogy that provides challenge and develops independence and responsibility. Session 1: Junior Reading: The Context Session 2: Developing Reading Comprehension : A 6 Step Process Session 3: What does it look like in your classroom and implications for your school
Timings	Wednesday 7 March 2018	9am - 3pm	Pudsey Primrose Hill	*There will be a non profit charge of £25 made by the organiser to cover the cost of the venue and refreshments
Course	Improving Speech and Language in the Primary school
Led by	*The Leeds East Primary Partnership Trust*
Detail	School teachers and school leaders who want to improve the development of speech and language in their school.
Timings	TBC 2018	1.30pm – 4pm	Pudsey Primrose Hill	£90 partners £100 non-partners

Ruth Miskin OBE. has been an adviser to the government on many aspects of literacy teaching since 1997, from the early stages of the National Literacy Strategy’s Rose Review into the teaching of reading, the National Curriculum Review Committee and Lord Bew’s SATs Review Committee. One of the UK’s leading authorities on teaching reading and creator of the Read, Write, Inc. programmes, Ruth has many years’ experience as a Headteacher, teacher trainer and consultant in phonics and literacy, working with primary and secondary schools throughout the UK.

Course	English: Raising Achievement: Get them reading. Keep them reading. Change everything
Detail	This practical and inspiring event provides you with advice and support to create systems and structures to ensure you keep every child from failure. Ruth will show how reading depends on: • making the most of children’s working memories • establishing crucial habits from the very beginning • working as a dynamic team
Timings	Wednesday 6 June 2018	1pm – 4.15pm	TBC	*There will be a non profit charge of £25 made by the organiser to cover the cost of the venue and refreshments

As a teacher for over 27 years, Gary Wilson has led award-winning campaigns, written several books and delivered training in hundreds of schools on the issue of raising boys’ achievement. Gary is a freelance consultant who talks about tracing under-achievement from pre-school to 16, and what we can do to prevent it. He explains how to interact with boys to optimise learning and overcoming barriers to achievement. Gary endorses the power of the whole-school approach to motivate boys to achieve their full potential.

Course	English: Raising Achievement: Raising Boys’ Achievement: Closing the Gap
Detail	Session 1: Achievement: Setting the Context Session 2: Breaking Through the Barriers to Boys’ Achievement in Literacy Session 3: Effective Strategies for Breaking Through Other Barriers to Boys’ Achievement
Timings	Wednesday 26 September 2018	9am – 3pm	TBC	*There will be a non profit charge of £25 made by the organiser to cover the cost of the venue and refreshments