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 

Course  Resource Page

Feedback from previous course

‘… knowledgeable, funny, realistic and supportive.’

‘Fantastic ideas and resources. Amazing books. Ideas can be used now and are adaptable.’

‘I have lots of ideas about how to implement this straight away-especially with poetry and whole class guided reading.’

‘Practical ideas that consider teacher workload.’

‘Lots of practical ideas for teaching poetry and non-fiction.’

This is an online course delivered via Zoom. The two free books will be be delivered to delegates before the course.

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 mentioned above by the DfE and Ofsted over the last two or three years. The focus remains very much on developing transcription skills in the Early Years and Y1 and the use of quality texts to encourage oral composition and the internalisation of story and book language through immersion in texts. 

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

 Dates

Day 1 –  12 November 2025 – 9.30 am –  3.00 pm – Online

Day 2 –  10 December  2025 – 9.30 am –  3.00 pm – Online

Please email philipgwebb@me.com to book

Please copy, edit as necessary and paste and complete the following information:

School

Postal Address of school – so that the free book can be sent to the delegate before the meeting subject to enough notice being given

Name of Delegate(s)

Delegate(s) email addresses for the invitation to join the Zoom meeting

I would like to book for… (full course or day 1 or day 2)

Email address for invoice

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.

Outcomes: Participants will be introduced to a range of engaging teaching techniques to help them to enable their children to reach Age Related Expectations and beyond. All delegates will receive free access to online resources including teaching sequences for the featured texts.

Target audience: Year 1 teachers who are new to teaching the year group, or experienced teachers who are looking for new ideas and a structured approach to teaching that is easy to adapt. Key Stage 1 phase leaders are also welcome to attend alone or along with their Year 1 colleagues.

Day 1 

• Planning an effective teaching sequence for the early part of Year 1 using Little Red by Bethan Woollvin – free copy of the book and teaching sequence for every delegate
• Planning fiction teaching sequences for the later part of Year 1 using Emily Brown and the Elephant Emergency by Cressida Cowell
• Using and applying phonics in context
• Spelling in Year 1 – pre-made spelling games are available to download for all Y1 statutory requirements except /v/ sound at the end of words (not enough examples)

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During these days, we will work through  teaching sequences for fiction, non-fiction and poetry that are customised to meet the specific needs of this year group, will help them to meet Age Related Expectations and to be prepared for transition into Year 2. Time will also be spent looking at what is required to be working at Greater Depth. Using quality texts, we will identify precisely what to teach and practise in reading, spelling, punctuation, and grammar for writing.

There will be free copies of quality fiction texts – Little Red and Emily Brown and the Elephant Emergency for all attendees of the full course. These will be posted to delegates in advance of day 1.

Course fee  –  £150 for the full course