This Professional Development course is intended for Reception teachers through to KS1 teachers.

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 cover:

• Identifying what strong foundations are for oracy; reading and writing
• Exploring what progression is from reception through to KS1 in oracy; reading and writing
• Discussing how to support pupils in EYFS to keep up rather than catch up
• Explicit discussions around high-quality interactions between adults and their pupils
• Networking with other teachers to support and challenge all pupils.