Primary KS1/2 NQT CPD Programme 2017-18 LBHF, RBKC, WCC
Getting started KS1/2: This is an introduction to the NQT year, taking a look at the preparation needed for the first few days, terms and year. It looks in depth at school routines, where to find information and who to ask for support. Classroom organisation, behaviour management and expectations for the NQT year are clearly laid out.
The session will focus on NQT observations, how to collect evidence, regular meetings you will have with your NQT mentor/tutor, establishing effective classroom routines and expectations, and making a good early impression on children, parents and colleagues. You will leave this session feeling confident about the right questions to ask, getting good routines in place and how you might best use your dedicated NQT non-contact time.
Thursday, 7 September 1.30-4.30pm
Welcome event Primary NQTs: A briefing on the induction year, procedures, the respective roles, rights and responsibilities of the NQT, Induction tutor, School and the LA as the Appropriate Body. Guidance on the entitlements, expectations and range of support available for beginning teachers and signposting to CPD and other sources of information to support induction.
Tuesday, 19 September 4.00-6.00pm
Behaviour for learning KS1/2: Developing an understanding of the pupils in their classes and how to create an inclusive environment is crucial for NQTs. The aim of this session is to help you develop strategies to create optimum conditions for learning, and to promote quality teaching.
The purpose of the session is to provide you with:
· A framework for making sense of behaviour and understanding why it occurs
· Proactive strategies to promote positive behaviour
· Reactive strategies to manage unwanted behaviour more effectively when it occurs
· A structure for applying the information on B4L to their individual class and setting
Wednesday 27 or Thursday 28 September 1.30-4.30pm
Managing relationships - working effectively with colleagues and parents EYFS/KS1/KS2: High standards of personal and professional conduct is fundamental to being a good teacher, and being able to deal with people at all levels is essential. This session will explore how you can develop positive working relationships with parents, explore how you might manage support staff and work with other professional colleagues effectively.
Wednesday 4 or Thursday 5 October 1.30-4.30pm
English as an additional language KS1/2: A high proportion of the children attending our schools have a home language other than English. Our schools serve a rich, culturally diverse community and some of the children you will teach may be new arrivals to the UK, or have limited English when they join the school. This session will help you understand the issues and barriers to learning that may exist for children in this group. It will help you develop strategies and practical ideas for addressing these, and signpost you to further resources and sources of support.
Wednesday 11 or Thursday 12 October 1.30-4.30pm
Building personal resilience KS1/2:
This twilight session will focus on developing your resilience at the start of your teaching career. Using a Resilience framework, we will explore the resources available to support you in your schools and in the wider community. Starting with personal values, we will explore what factors make us resilient in the face of challenges. We will then consider what external factors in our working environment support us: culture/ethos, a sense of team, methods of communication. The Resilience model used will also have relevance for our classroom practice.
Aims:
· To develop our understanding of Resilience in a work context.
· To reflect on our personal resilience.
· To identify supportive and risk factors in our current work environment.
· To share ideas and resources for developing resilience.
· To consider how we can incorporate a Resilience framework into our teaching practice.
Tuesday 17 October 4.00-6.00pm
Child protection/health and safety/e-safety KS1/2: This session has 3 individual parts. The first part will be on child protection, and led by the Tri-borough safeguarding lead for schools and education. The next will be Health and Safety, focusing on expectations within the classroom and health and safety outside the classroom. It will also look at school visits and risk assessments. The final part will focus on E Safety. This will look at keeping children safe and what to do in cases of cyber bullying.
Please note: All NQTs should attend this training if they have not had training on CP in school by the beginning of November. This session is free of charge.
Thursday 19 October 1.30-4.30pm
Assessment for learning Part 1 – effective teaching and learning KS1/2:
Formative Assessment/Assessment for Learning is the most effective means of maximising pupil achievement to meet the current assessment arrangements and equips children to be assessment literate in all their learning. This course will explore the fundamental principles for effective learning. You will have the opportunity to explore strategies to create a culture which promotes a positive learning culture; effective strategies for feedback; you will be able to think about effective teacher/pupil talk and high quality questioning, and explore how to plan a learning journey.
Video clips from Reception to year 6 will be shared as well resources and opportunities for questions. The principles of formative assessment are fundamental to effective learning, therefore not fixed to one subject and can be used across the curriculum for all subjects. The breadth of the curriculum will be considered with specific examples in Literacy and numeracy.
Wednesday 1 or Thursday 2 November 1.30-4.30pm
Reading for comprehension KS1/2:
In this session, we will explore a range of active reading strategies to improve and develop pupils’ reading comprehension, with a particular focus on inference skills. We will also consider ways of expanding pupils’ vocabulary and ability to work out the meaning of words from context. We will discuss the importance of ‘shared reading’ as a way of modelling the reading process to pupils. NQTs will have the opportunity to discuss ideas and explore resources for reading fiction, non-fiction and poetry, for use in shared, guided and independent reading.
Aims:
• Understand the complexities of reading comprehension
• Consider strategies to support reading comprehension (developing inference and working out meaning from context)
• Develop our questioning skills to probe pupils’ understanding and extend their thinking
Wednesday 7 or Thursday 9 November 1.30-4.30pm
Special Educational Needs Disability (SEND) and inclusion KS1/2: This session will introduce you to your responsibilities for pupils with SEND. There will be an outline of the main high incidence SEND you are likely to come across in your teaching: Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN), dyslexia, autism and dyscalculia. You will be introduced to the main features of each SEND to support you with identification and be given strategies to include in your quality first teaching to support identified pupils’ learning and progress.
Aims:
· To ensure that you are aware of your responsibilities for pupils with SEND and how this fits in with equality law and the SEND Code of Practice 0-25
· You are able to identify pupils who have SEND and differentiate between SEND and low achieving pupils
· You are aware of a range of strategies you can include in your whole class teaching to support pupils with SEND
Wednesday 15 or Thursday 16 November 1.30-4.30pm
Guided reading – Learning to read KS1: Leading effective guided reading can be a challenge, in terms of lesson preparation and classroom organisation, as well as maintaining the balance between applying phonic knowledge and developing comprehension. In this session, we will consider progression in reading to help us plan effective guided reading sessions as part of our class routine. We will also consider classroom organisation and explore meaningful activities for pupils working in the independent groups. This session will focus very much on learning to read.
Wednesday 22 1.30-4.30pm
Guided reading - Reading to learn KS2: Leading effective guided reading can be a challenge, in terms of lesson preparation and classroom organisation. In this session, we will consider progression in reading to help us plan effective guided reading sessions as part of our class routine. We will explore a wide range of active reading strategies and discuss how to develop our questioning skills to extend pupils’ thinking about a text. We will also consider classroom organisation and explore meaningful activities for pupils working in the independent groups. This session will have more of a focus on reading to learn.
Thursday 23 November 1.30-4.30pm
Assessment for learning Part 2 – effective teaching and learning KS1/2:
This session, the second in the series, will follow on from the first, building on the fundamental principles for effective learning. You will have the opportunity to further develop strategies to create a culture which promotes a positive learning culture; effective strategies for feedback; you will be able to plan for effective teacher/pupil talk and high quality questioning, and give further consideration to planning a learning journey.
Wednesday 29 or Thursday 30 November 1.30-4.30pm
Communication friendly classrooms KS1/2: This session will look at the environment and how it can support language and communication skills through classroom organisation; developing the use of a wide range of visuals in the classroom to support listening, speaking, understanding and self-reflection. Developing an understanding of how this can support children and students to be more independent and reflective in their learning. It will explore the use of visuals to support lesson content. It will consider understanding and knowledge about how all these factors can support the inclusion of all children at the universal and targeted levels; language development in children; the areas of communication and the role of the SLT in school.
Thursday 7 December 1.30-4.30pm
Progression in mathematics and planning for maths in KS1/2 Parts 1&2: A clear and consistent approach to the teaching of written calculation is key to a child’s mathematical development. For new teachers, the process of becoming confident in teaching calculations can be a challenge. This course and the second one in the series (Part 2), aim to address this, providing participants with a robust foundation in numeracy in Primary school
You are strongly encouraged to attend both sessions in order to gain maximum benefit and impact with learners. You should bring some examples of children’s work to each session.
Part 1 Wednesday 3 or Thursday 4 January 1.30-4.30pm
Part 2 Wednesday 24 or Thursday 25 January 1.30-4.30pm
More able pupils and inclusion KS1/2:
This session will support you with identification of more able pupils, and the development of strategies to include in your quality first teaching to support identified pupils’ learning and progress.
Aims:
· To ensure that you are aware of your responsibilities for this group, including those who qualify for the pupil premium
· You are able to identify pupils who are more able and consider the ways in which their individual needs can be supported
· You are aware of a range of strategies you can include in your whole class teaching to support these pupils
Wednesday 10 or Thursday 11 January 1.30-4.30pm
Grammar parts 1&2: In these two sessions, we will explore how to teach and facilitate the learning of grammar in interactive, inclusive and engaging ways to develop and inspire children’s writing, as well as prepare them for the end-of-key stage tests. We will explore and experience a range of teaching strategies and resources to teach grammar in meaningful contexts with direct application in pupils’ writing. You will develop your subject knowledge and be confident to teach the various aspects of grammar pupils need to know in both KS1 and 2.
Part 1 - Wednesday 17 or Thursday 18 January 1.30-4.30pm
Part 2 - Wednesday 31 January or Thursday 1 February 1.30-4.30pm
Science part 1 KS1/2:
Working scientifically & practical work in science - KS1 and KS2: This course offers a hands-on approach to developing your confidence and skills in delivering ‘Working Scientifically’. This aspect of science is a key aspect of the curriculum and it underpins much of the pupils' understanding. You will be able to practice and become familiar with real-life, exciting and important activities which will significantly enhance your teaching, planning and confidence.
Aims:
· Explore the new National Curriculum ‘Working Scientifically’ in terms of what it means and how progression can be assessed
· Carry out a number of investigations to explore progression, planning and scientific content
· Learn how to effectively incorporate ideas for exciting and challenging investigations and ideas
· Evaluate and plan for even better pedagogy and practice
Part 1 Wednesday 7 or Thursday 8 February 1.30-4.30pm
Moderation and assessing pupil progress – English KS1/2: In this session, you will have the opportunity to develop a shared understanding of the progress and attainment expectations in English across Key Stages 1 and 2.
You will also be given the opportunity to share and discuss the range and quality of assessment evidence in English and apply this to making reliable judgements of pupil progress and attainment against age related expectations (ARE).
Aims:
· You can explain and give examples of what is meant by each statement in the relevant assessment framework (e.g. selecting verb forms for meaning and effect).
· You can describe how to design lessons and teaching to best enable pupils to achieve objectives (e.g. managing shifts between levels of formality).
· You can confidently and accurately assess pupils against the relevant framework to determine whether pupils are working towards ARE/meeting ARE/exceeding ARE for their year group.
· You can use understanding of End of Key stage requirements to inform practice in any year group.
Thursday 22 February 1.30-4.30pm
Science part 2 KS1/2:
Developing your subject knowledge for effective science teaching & learning - how to confidently deliver the underlying principles and trickier ideas in the curriculum KS1 & 2
The second of two hands-on courses for effective science development, this course aims to provide you with the science knowledge that will greatly enhance your ability to meet your learners' needs. You will develop your subject knowledge in some of the key areas of the new curriculum through a mixture of practical and theory. This will enhance the standard of teaching & learning in your classroom whist allowing you also to become even more confident in science and to plan for more challenge.
Aims:
· Develop expertise and confidence in of some of the important areas of biology, physics and chemistry
· Know how to teach some of the trickier and newly added ideas in the curriculum