Some children struggle to give a well-ordered or coherent account of information they have heard, or imaginative themes they want to share. This can leaving them at a disadvantage as they move through school and in developing literacy skills.
This training course is for key stage 1 and 2 teachers and other staff who want to know how to support oral narrative in a structured way through day-to-day interactions and activities in school. The approaches we consider are suitable for all children.
The session is delivered by an experienced speech and language therapist and covers:
- Stages of narrative development to allow you to identify difficulties and target support
- How you can give children the best chance to learn narrative structures
- Frameworks to support narrative development relating to typical class activities
What is the course for?
This session will give primary school teaching staff information on best practise for developing oracy in all children, and an opportunity to plan how they will implement this in their classroom.
This training is not about children who have developmental language disorders or English as an additional language. It is intended as an adjunct to classroom practices to support children and identify if further specialist support is needed.
How long is this course?
One session, lasting three hours.
Who should attend?
Teachers and teaching assistants in key stage 1, but some information will be relevant
for KS2.
All staff attending the session will learn strategies they can use to support oracy, but the training will be most effective if the staff who attend have the authority to implement the approach within their classroom setting.
Which children will it help?
The approach we take is appropriate for all children in primary school, and covers development of narrative skills to facilitate consideration of levels of support required for children’s needs.
This is not, however, a replacement for specialist assessment of children who have language difficulties or advice on specific therapies for individual children.
Can we offer it as INSET?
Yes, this course works well as a whole team session. For the approach to be implemented successfully, we recommend that teachers and senior leaders attend the training alongside other members of the staff team.
Please contact us if you are interested in having the training delivered in your school.
How to book
Please book your place by Wednesday 12 February.
This course costs £40 per person.
It is essential to book onto our courses by completing our booking form and awaiting a confirmation email to confirm your place. Unfortunately, we cannot accept attendees who have not booked a place prior to the course closing date.
You can book your place on our training courses by:
- booking form – fill in our online booking form or request a digital form by email
- by phone – contact Leanne McCluskey on 07827 954333 or at [email protected]
