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Planning Writing Workshops Y3&Y4

Summary

Overview:

These sessions will support teachers' understanding of planning progressive teaching sequences using their own curriculum and texts and will:

Secure teachers' understanding of the teaching sequence using 'reverse' planning principles

Ensure outcomes and expectations are appropriately pitched for the class

Provide an input on year group relevant subject knowledge for foundational writing skills

Give opportunity to write examples of appropriately pitched text to use for modelling and demonstration

The focus of the planning workshops is sequencing of lessons to ensure progression within a unit of work and will support teachers' unit planning.

Group size is small to ensure maximum support from the course leader. Teachers can attend individually, or with year group teams and subject leads to plan collaboratively. There will be a focus each session followed by an opportunity to plan own units of work with support from colleagues in the room and the course leader.

Course Content:

Session 1: Teaching sequence overview

Session 2: Foundational writing skills

Session 3: Children's planning for writing

When completing this booking form, you will be booked onto all three training dates as below. (The booking confirmation will only show the date for session 1)

Session Dates:

Session 1: Friday 2nd October 2026, 9am - 12pm, NSPCC

Session 2: Thursday 10th December 2026, 9am - 12pm, NSPCC

Session 3: Thursday 4th March 2027, 9am - 12pm, NSPCC

Recommended for

Y3&Y4 teachers (ECT2 and above) who have not attended this training before, looking to develop sequencing of lessons to ensure progression within a unit of work, alongside support for effective unit planning.

Please note: Colleagues who would benefit from this course are encouraged to complete it before enrolling onto the Teaching Strong Foundations in Writing programme.

Venue

NSPCC National Training Centre, 3 Gilmour Close, Leicester LE4 1EZ

Cost

No extra charge for Leicester City maintained schools.
£270 for first delegate from non-maintained city school and all Leicestershire schools. Additional delegates from the same school: 50% off the advertised rate.

Further Information

Each school is initially allocated two spaces, to ensure that as many schools as possible who wish to attend the training are able to. Once bookings have closed, any remaining spaces will be allocated to those on the waiting list. If we are unable to offer a school an additional place(s), they will have the option to change which members of staff attend the training. For further information on this course, visit the PDL website, or contact beth.dixon@sdsa.net

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Your school's commitment to this booking

Involvement in this booking requires a commitment. By signing up, you and your school agree to:

Release named staff to attend date/s as detailed in the booking information.
Support staff with school-based activities, gap tasks and improvement work.
Engage fully with all booking opportunities, including any school-based support.
Provide at least 48 hours’ notice for cancellations. Late cancellations or non-attendance will incur a full charge.
- Maintained Leicester City primary schools (accessing the session/s free of charge) will be charged the non-maintained fee.
- Non-maintained and all Leicestershire schools will pay the advertised session fee / will not receive a refund when payment is taken upfront.
Non-maintained and all Leicestershire schools: Please note that invoices will be raised in accordance with the booking details provided. Where your organisation requires a Purchase Order, this should be requested and then supplied to finance@sdsa.net within 2 weeks of making the booking.

I can confirm that my school and I are in agreement with the terms outlined above.