Are you sure that the phonics teaching of all your practitioners is as good as it ought to be?

Do you have anyone new to supporting or teaching phonics, whether teaching assistant or class teacher?

Do some of your practitioners lack the subject knowledge required to teach phonics well?

This comprehensive and thorough E-learning module will be indispensable to your training needs, regardless of which systematic, synthetic phonics programme your school is using. Step by step, delegates will learn a wide range of phonics knowledge, terminology, skills and understanding which are necessary to ensure sound, confident teaching for all children across the school.

This E-learning course is accredited by CPD UK.

Priced at £37 +VAT per person.

Please click on this link to take this E-learning course: Basic Phonics Skills for Teaching Assistants (accredited course by CPDUK)

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An introduction, understanding, practical guide to support TAs in working with challenging behaviours by developing positive relationships and strategies.

Priced at £30 +VAT per person.

Please click on this link to take this E-learning course: Behaviour Training for Teaching Assistants

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"Pupils from Gypsy or Roma backgrounds and those from a Traveller or Irish heritage background had the lowest attainment of all ethnic groups throughout their school years…were also most likely to be excluded …to be absent [and] were also far less likely to stay in education after the age of 16 than pupils in any other ethnic group.” Race Disparity Audit October 2017

“Schools have a duty to ensure that no group is discriminated against and that they are challenging any inequality and stereotypes that students encounter. They have a duty to ensure that no one is bullied on the basis of their ethnicity while ensuring that children of all genders are enabled to thrive throughout their education.” Women and Equalities Committee 2018

This E-learning module will support schools to ensure that Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupils will have equality of opportunity in regard to accessing education by developing an awareness of Gypsy, Roma, Traveller culture, possible barriers to inclusion and how overcome these.

Priced at £30 +VAT per person

Please click on this link to take this E-learning course: Raising awareness of Gypsy, Roma and Irish Traveller Communities

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All staff in school need to have an understanding of English as an additional language (EAL) pedagogy if they are to meet the needs of children and young people who are learning English as an additional language.

This E-learning module provides guidance to both Teachers and Teaching Assistants on how to support and engage EAL pupils in their learning and explores a range of effective EAL intervention strategies that will accelerate progress and raise the achievement of both newly arrived EAL learners and more advanced bilingual pupils.

Priced at £30 +VAT per person.

Please click on this link to take this E-learning course: Supporting Children with English as an Additional Language

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For many adults working in schools, maths is not their favourite subject or the one they feel most confident in, largely due to their own experiences of maths education as a child. Luckily, things have changed and the research points to much better methods of teaching and learning mathematics. Whether you love or loath maths, this course will help you to understand ways you can support the learners you are working with to achieve success and confidence in mathematics.

Priced at £30 +VAT per person.

Please click on this link to take this E-learning course: Manipulative for Teaching Assistants

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Questioning is one of the most important skills that those working with students need to develop. Far more than just an ability to ask questions, effective questioning is about understanding what type of question to ask at a given time for maximum impact.

This session develops an understanding of the importance of questioning, examines some theoretical ideas around the topic, and looks at a wide range of different questioning exercises that can be employed with students.

This E-learning course is accredited by CPD UK.

Priced at £37 +VAT per person.

Please click on this link to take this E-learning course: Effective Questioning for Teaching Assistants (accredited course by CPDUK) 

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This teaching assistant course will consolidate and upskill TAs in their roles as practitioners. You may have new teaching assistants or TAs that would benefit from consolidating their knowledge or upskilling them by undertaking this comprehensive e-learning module. This course will increase confidence for TAs working in any year group/s across the school. Find out what you didn’t know and be the best practitioner you can possibly be. Topics are covered in bite size sections which include SMART objectives, pedagogy and how pupils learn and more, so there are opportunities to reflect on your own practice.

Priced at £37 +VAT per person

Please click on this link to take this E-learning course: Module 1 – An introduction to Teaching and Learning for Teaching Assistants

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This course focuses on understanding the challenges faced by new arrivals and looks at the principles of good practice in supporting children with English as an Additional language. Good practice teaching strategies in listening, speaking, reading and writing are outlined.

What will delegates gain from taking this course?

• To welcome and settle newly arrived children who are new to English to the school
• To explain the school new arrival induction process
• To share good practice EAL classroom strategies

Priced at £30 +VAT per person.

Please click on this link to take this E-learning course: Welcoming, Inducting and Supporting New Arrivals with English as an Additional Language

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The content will explore the key terminology for this area and some important considerations for the planning stages, whilst also sharing some strategies that can be used every day in the classroom.

Objectives:

• Understand the key terminology for speech, language and communication development
• Consider the importance of recognising when a child may need additional support
• Develop classroom practice with key strategies to support learners

Priced at £30 +VAT per person.

Please click on this link to take this E-learning course: Introduction to Speech and Language

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This module focuses on key techniques and approaches to enhance classroom practice to ensure that whilst resources are adapted for SEND learners, they continue to be ambitious and aspirational. The content will explore classroom challenges you may encounter and planning to overcome these to support all learners in your care.

Objectives:

• Understand the SEND classroom context and key areas of need
• Consider the challenges children with SEND may face when learning
• Develop a range of classroom strategies to engage all learners, particularly those with an additional need

Priced at £30 +VAT per person.

Please click on this link to take this E-learning course: Supporting SEND learners

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Robust EAL assessments and an understanding of EAL pedagogy are essential if schools are to understand how to accurately measure EAL pupils' proficiency in English of both beginners in English and more advanced EAL Learners. This E-Learning will enable staff to understand how to asses their EAL children and to set appropriate targets and plan next steps in order to accelerate the progress of those EAL learners.

Priced at £30 +VAT per person.

Please click on this link to take this E-learning course: Assessing EAL Pupils for English language acquisition 

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A comprehensive suite of E-learning courses, carefully designed to cover the broad range of skills which a teaching assistant (TA) requires to support learning confidently and effectively. The seven courses range from an introduction to basic pedagogy and behaviour management strategies, to more focused learning in specific curriculum areas, for example building the subject knowledge required to teach phonics well and support learners in mathematics. There are also several modules to raise awareness when supporting pupils with specific needs (such as those with English as an Additional Language) and explore effective intervention approaches.

Suitable for both teaching assistants at the start of their career and also for those wishing to consolidate learning or gain additional skills, they come highly recommended by schools.

Priced at £120+VAT per person.

Please click on this link to take this E-learning course: Teaching Assistant Training Package

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