New (or not) to… courses are now half price when both days are booked so the full course is now £150 for two days rather than £300.

18th Anniversary edition!

Protected: New to Y5/6 Resources

‘Practical ideas to be able to use back in school immediately.’

‘I really enjoyed working with a (Y5) colleague as it helped us to form a joint plan of what we need to do.’

‘Clear, effective, pertinent and practical ideas which can be used in my class and presented to other members of staff’

Venue:  Both days online

26 November 2025 and 15 January 2026

Update: The Writing Framework – DfE – July 2025

There is little that is actually new within the framework. The content echoes the recommendations from the reports published  by the DfE and Ofsted over the last two or three years.  For Y2 and the KS2 courses there will continue to be an emphasis on the role of sentence level work as a route to composition as recommended by the DfE in their summary.

For a detailed look at the headlines from the Writing Framework and links with New (or not) to Y… courses please click here.

Content from The Reading Framework (2023) is well established within the courses.

Day 1 will be an online course delivered via Zoom. The free books will be be delivered to delegates before the course.

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Terms and Conditions

Free cancellation is allowed if five working days notice is given before the first day of the course otherwise the full cost will be charged. If delegates are unable to attend then it is usually possible for them to access a recording of the day and all other course resources.

Cancellations will be allowed if five working days notice is given.

Outcomes: Participants will be introduced to a range of engaging teaching and revision techniques to help them to prepare for the end of KS2 assessments.

Target audience: Teachers who are new to Year 5 and Year 6 or those who would like a ‘refresher’. Year 5 teachers are encouraged to attend with (or without) Y6 colleagues so that in depth revision and preparation can spread over two years.

Course outline (further details below)

This is a modular course and participants can sign up for all, or part, of the course. The Modules are:

Day 1 – Module 1  – Planning an effective teaching sequence for fiction in Year 5 and Year 6 and statutory assessment overview

Free book: there will be a free copy of a quality children’s book for participants to take away at the end of day 1

Day 2 – Module 2  – Teaching poetry, non-fiction and reading and writing across the curriculum.

Spelling in Year 5 and Year 6

Course Fees:

Full, two day course  – £150

Further details

 

Day 1 – Module 1 – Planning an effective teaching sequence for fiction in Year 5 and Year 6 

The first day will feature a five phase teaching sequence with a quality text at the heart. It will cover engaging prediction and shared reading activities. It will show, in context, how texts can be used to support the teaching of text structure and punctuation and grammar to prepare for the SPaG/GPS test. We will also examine the planning, drafting, editing and publishing of writing with a clear focus upon the most recent assessment framework.

There will be a free copy of a quality text for all attendees to take away with them. If colleagues from Year 5 and Year 6 attend, there will be an alternative book for Year 5 teachers.

Day 2 – Module 2 – Teaching poetry, non-fiction and reading and writing across the curriculum 

This module will examine similar teaching sequences for poetry and non-fiction (including reading and writing across the curriculum) and again demonstrate how engaging techniques can support comprehension, SpaG and writing. A large percentage of marks in the Year 6 reading test can be gained from non-fiction texts and this module will help teachers to prepare for this. The tests have rarely featured a poem to date, but we need to prepare for this eventuality and the poetry section will help to do this.

Day 2 – Module 2 .1 – Spelling in Year 5 and Year 6 

This module will provide an analysis of previous spelling tests, games and strategies for the teaching of spelling in Year 5 and 6 and the revision of the content from Year 3 and Year 4.