Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome to the course

  • 2

    Module 1: Progression in Grammar

  • 3

    Module 1: Subject Knowledge - Word Classes

    • Word class challenge

    • Terminology - Word Classes

    • Application of grammar skills in poetry

    • Word class quiz
  • 4

    Module 1: Subject Knowledge - Verb Tenses

    • Progressive verb forms and application to poetry

    • Present perfect verb form and application to poetry

    • Passive and subjunctive verb forms and application to poetry

    • Verb tense quiz
  • 5

    Module 1: Subject Knowledge - Sentence Structure

    • Introduction to clauses and conjunctions

    • Application of a range of sentences structures to narrative writing
  • 6

    Module 1: Next steps

    • Next steps
  • 7

    Module 1: Summary and Evaluation

    • Before you go...

    • Module evaluation
  • 8

    Welcome to Module 2

    • Introduction

    • Reflection
  • 9

    Module 2: The reading curriculum

    • Looking at progression

    • Groupings
  • 10

    Module 2: An introduction to phonics

    • What is phonics?
  • 11

    Module 2: The structure of a phonics session

    • Lesson structure

    • Revisit and review

    • Teach

    • Blend

    • Segment and practise

    • Apply

    • Activities

    • Application through early reading
  • 12

    Module 2: Applying phonics

    • Application through reading

    • Grouped reading

    • Structure of a grouped reading session

    • Examining a text

    • Review
  • 13

    Module 2: Conclusion

    • Summary

    • Module evaluation
  • 14

    Welcome to Module 3

    • Introduction

    • Self-evaluation

    • Engaging with literature

    • Resources
  • 15

    Module 3: Shared and grouped reading

    • Grouping your children

    • Considering the approaches
  • 16

    Module 3: The key skills

    • The content domains

    • Prediction and vocabulary

    • Predicting a text

    • Questioning, retrieval, inference, visualising and summarising
  • 17

    Module 3: Planning a shared session

    • The structure

    • The lesson
  • 18

    Module 3: Planning a grouped session

    • Structure and activities

    • Mastery question - language choice

  • 19

    Module 3: Follow on task

    • Independent tasks
  • 20

    Module 3: Conclusion

    • Reflect and review

    • Module evaluation
  • 21

    Welcome to Module 4

    • Module 4 Welcome

    • Resources
  • 22

    Module 4: The mastery approach to writing

    • The mastery approach to writing

    • True or false?
  • 23

    Module 4: The shared writing approach

    • The shared writing approach
  • 24

    Module 4: Modelled writing

    • Modelled writing
  • 25

    Module 4: Guided writing

    • Guided writing
  • 26

    Module 4: Summary and evaluation

    • Summary and evaluation

    • Module evaluation
  • 27

    Welcome to Module 5

    • Introduction

    • Resources
  • 28

    Module 5: Spelling stages

    • Spelling skills across year groups

    • Steps in the learning of spelling
  • 29

    Module 5: Progression in spelling across the year groups

    • Year 1

    • Year 2

    • Year 3 and Year 4

    • Year 5 and Year 6
  • 30

    Module 5: The teaching programme

    • What could it look like?

    • Application of spelling in writing

    • Progression in sentence structure and punctuation
  • 31

    Module 5: Conclusion

    • Reflect and review

    • Module evaluation
  • 32

    Welcome to Module 6: Assessment

    • Introduction

    • Handwriting Progression

    • Resources
  • 33

    Module 6: Reading assessment

    • The reading curriculum

    • Strategy checks

    • Word reading at EYFS and KS1

    • Reference to video links

    • Evidence gathering at KS1

    • Evidence gathering at KS2

    • Links: Teacher assessment exemplifications for reading
  • 34

    Module 6: Writing assessment

    • The writing assessment framework

    • Coherence

    • Other areas to assess
  • 35

    Module 6: Conclusion

    • Reflect and review

    • Module evaluation