Getting writing right through inclusive practice – years 4-6
This Professional Development course is intended for year 4 teachers; year 5 teachers; year 6 teachers; KS2 phase leaders and English Subject Leads
Presented by: Maddy Barnes
Maddy Barnes, is an English Consultant and provides training for schools and alliances. She is passionate about ‘getting it right’ for children.
Until summer 2018, Maddy worked as a successful assistant head teacher in Manchester. She is a very experienced year 6 teacher and has spent most of her teaching career in Salford. Maddy has also taught in India, China and Poland where she has observed a range of teaching styles.
Maddy has worked with the DfE in English test development for reading and GaPS. She is an experienced English marker and team leader for KS2 GPS (she has been involved with trial papers for the future suite of tests). Maddy is a KS2 writing moderator for Manchester.
Maddy is a published author (writing New Primary English, Achieve level 6 and Skills Builders) and series editor (Optional Tests for years 3-5, Spelling tests and the new Achieve series for 2016) with Rising Stars. She has also edited the Moderation Toolkit for Writing with Prim Ed.
The day will be informed by the recently published DfE Writing Framework and will cover:
- Identifying how writing is complex for years 4; 5 and 6 and exploring ways to resolve these barriers
- Exploring progression in teaching sentence structure in years 4-6 including content that is new and content that is reviewed. Sharing effective and efficient ways to ensure that transcription skills are taught consistently in these year groups.
- Discussing the relationships between reading and talk as vehicles to teach writing with a specific focus on what ‘oral composition’ means for pupils in this phase.
- Exploring strategies to identify pupils who need support in writing and what that support might look like.
- Identifying what the writing culture looks like for staff and pupils in your school.
- Time to discuss handwriting; spelling and proof reading & editing expectations and appropriate activities.
