Academic Year
2013 – 2014
The courses in this booklet are available for
all Newly Qualified Teachers and teachers in
their second year.
For all courses offered by the Oxfordshire Partners in
Learning Team please use the application form at the end
of the booklet. All other courses can be booked using the
Oxfordshire County Council online booking system:
http://learning.myoxfordshire.gov.uk
Tel: 01865 797488
NQT Induction Team
3rd Floor, County Hall
New Road
Oxford
OX1 1NA
Tel: 01865 323318
Email: nqt@oxfordshire.gov.uk
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Training Courses for NQTs and 2nd Year Teachers 2013-2014
3 October 2013
4.00 for 4.30-6.00 pm
Refreshments
provided
Making the
most of the
induction
year – for
NQTs and
Mentors
Developing
14 October 2013
Effective
9.30 am-3.30 pm
Assessment
Lunch provided
for Learning
(KS1/2 teachers)
A training session to help NQTs and their
mentors understand the NQT Induction
process in Oxfordshire; learn about
opportunities for professional
development; meet the NQT Induction
Manager and Team for Oxfordshire; meet
Training Room,
Unipart House,
Garsington
Road, Oxford
Free but
please
book
NQT Team
your
place
NQT/mentor colleagues.
Assessment for Learning ensures that
teaching is targeting children’s needs
and empowers them to take ownership
of their learning. This course explores
the elements of good AfL and gives ideas
for implementing AfL in maths and
The Annexe, SS
Mary & John
Primary School,
£150
OPL
£60
NQT Team
Oxford
English lessons.
Part 1 of 2 half day workshops to
Planning &
Teaching
15 October 2013
9.30 am-12.30 pm
Literacy
(Part 1)
(FS, KS1/2
teachers)
familiarise teachers with the principles of
learning and teaching of literacy. The
workshop will cover Planning – using the
sequences of teaching; Using Talk for
Writing techniques to support reading,
comprehension and writing; and,
Elements of Assessment for Learning.
Part 1 will focus on reading and ‘book
talk’. (Participants are expected to attend
Part 2 on 13 November.)
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Training Courses for NQTs and 2nd Year Teachers 2013-2014
Training Room 4,
3 Floor West,
rd
Unipart House
Oxford
Teaching
Phonics &
15 October 2013
1.30 pm – 4.30 pm
Spelling
(FS, KS1/2
teachers)
A half day workshop exploring effective
teaching of Phonics and Spelling. The
workshop will cover: subject knowledge
and terminology; an overview of Letters
and Sounds; Support for Spelling; and
strategies and activities to support
Training Room 4,
3 Floor West,
rd
Unipart House
£60
NQT Team
£60
NQT Team
Oxford
learning, teaching and assessment.
This is a subject knowledge course for
recently qualified teachers who wish to
review their personal subject knowledge
of grammar, in the light of the
Brush up
16 October 2013
9.30 am – 12.30 pm
your
grammar!
All key stages
requirements of the new national
curriculum. Through practical activities,
the course aims to refresh subject
knowledge of:

word classes (both lexical and
grammatical functions words);

sentence types (statements,
questions, commands and
exclamations);

sentence construction (simple,
compound and complex).
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Training Courses for NQTs and 2nd Year Teachers 2013-2014
Training Room 4,
3 Floor West,
rd
Unipart House
Oxford
11 November 2013
1.30 pm–4.00 pm
12 November 2013
1.30 pm – 4.00 pm
Mental
Calculation
(KS1/2 teachers)
Children who have good mental
The Annexe, SS
calculation strategies are more flexible in
Mary & John
their thinking and better problem solvers.
Primary School
This course will explore how we can
ensure a consistent approach across the
school and strengthen understanding of
different mental calculations.
£85
OPL
£85
OPL
£60
NQT Team
£60
NQT Team
The Annexe, SS
Mary & John
Primary School
Part 2 of 2 half day workshops to
Planning &
Teaching
13 November 2013
9.30 am-12.30 pm
Literacy
(Part 2)
familiarise teachers with the principle of
learning and teaching of literacy. The
workshop will cover Planning – using the
Training Room 4,
sequences of teaching; Using Talk for
3 Floor West,
Writing techniques to support reading,
Unipart House
comprehension and writing; and,
Oxford
(FS, KS1/2
Elements of Assessment for Learning.
teachers)
Part 2 will focus on writing and ‘writer-
rd
talk’.
A half day workshop to familiarise
Guided
Reading &
13 November 2013
1.30 pm-4.30 pm
Writing
(FS, KS1& 2
teachers)
teachers with the principles and
processes of targeted teaching to narrow
gaps in learning and to support effective
Training Room 4,
implementation. Training will cover the
3 Floor West,
features of effective guided teaching; the
Unipart House
use of assessment information to identify
Oxford
gaps and next steps in learning; and, the
use of effective teaching sequences to
support implementation.
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Training Courses for NQTs and 2nd Year Teachers 2013-2014
rd
Using photographs, paintings and short
films within the literacy curriculum can
Visual
20 November 2013
9.30 am – 12.30 pm
Literacy –
making
meaning from
be an interesting and engaging way to
develop reading comprehension and to
inspire writing. This course considers:

children’s skills in inference and
still and
moving images
the use of visual texts to support
deduction

Training Room 4,
3 Floor West,
rd
Unipart House,
£60
NQT Team
Oxford
the use of images and film to
inspire writing in a range of text
types.
This full day workshop is for NQTs and
teachers who would like to develop their
skills; teachers who have identified
behaviour management as part of their
21 November 2013
9.30 am-4.30 pm
Bring your own
lunch
Teaching &
Managing
Behaviours
for Learning
CPD, Cover Supervisors and HLTAs.
Objectives will include: strategies for
developing confidence and assertiveness
in the classroom; understanding how
effective classroom teaching and
learning can promote positive behaviour
and regular attendance; developing a
range of interventions to support
teaching and learning.
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Training Courses for NQTs and 2nd Year Teachers 2013-2014
Stratfield Brake,
Frieze Way,
Kidlington, OX5
1UP
Behaviour
£90
Support
Service
To enable teachers to develop speaking
Developing
Speaking &
21 November 2013
9.30 am-12.30 pm
Listening
Skills
(FS, KS1/2
teachers)
and listening skills across the curriculum.
The workshop will cover the need for an
explicit focus on the development of
speaking and listening skills together
with strategies and techniques, including:
(i) practical activities for addressing the
Training Room 4,
3 Floor West,
rd
Unipart House,
£60
NQT Team
£150
OPL
£150
OPL
£150
OPL
Oxford
teaching of specific skills;
(ii) storytelling and drama;
(iii) questioning and group discussion.
November 2013
(date tbc)
9.30 am-4.00 pm
Lunch provided
January 2014 (date
tbc)
9.30 am-4.00 pm
Lunch provided
To develop and extend teachers’
The Annexe, SS
understanding of teacher assessment,
Mary & John
ensure that teachers are aware of the
Primary School,
at end of KS1
available resources and equipment. To
Oxford
develop a wide range of assessment
The Annexe, SS
(for teachers
strategies based on a practical and
Mary & John
interactive approach. To support
Primary School,
teachers in the end of KS assessment.
Oxford
Teacher
Assessment
new to year 2)
Moving from
10 January 2014
Level 5 to
This course will cover: What strategies do
The Annexe, SS
9.30 am-3.30 pm
Level 6
children who are working securely within
Mary & John
Level 5 need to enable them to access
Primary School,
Level 6 mathematics?
Oxford
Lunch provided
Mathematics
(KS2 teachers)
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Training Courses for NQTs and 2nd Year Teachers 2013-2014
Teaching
Phonics &
14 January 2014
9.30 am-12.30 pm
Spelling
(FS, KS1/2
teachers)
A half day workshop exploring effective
teaching of Phonics and Spelling. The
workshop will cover: subject knowledge
and terminology; an overview of Letters and
Sounds; Support for Spelling; and strategies
and activities to support learning, teaching
and assessment.
Training
Room 4, 3
rd
Floor West,
Unipart
£60
NQT Team
£60
NQT Team
£60
NQT Team
House,
Oxford
Part 1 of 2 half day workshops to familiarise
Planning &
teaching of literacy. The workshop will
Training
cover Planning – using the sequences of
Room 4, 3
teaching; Using Talk for Writing techniques
Floor West,
to support reading, comprehension and
Unipart
writing; and, Elements of Assessment for
House
(FS, KS1/2
Learning. Part 1 will focus on reading and
Oxford
teachers)
‘book talk’. (Participants are expected to
Teaching
14 January 2014
1.30 pm-4.30pm
teachers with the principle of learning and
Literacy
(Part 1)
rd
attend Part 2 on 21 January.)
Planning &
Teaching
21 January 2014
1.30 pm-4.30 pm
Literacy
(Part 2)
(FS, KS1/2
teachers)
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Part 2 of 2 half day workshops to familiarise
teachers with the principle of learning and
teaching of literacy. The workshop will
cover Planning – using the sequences of
teaching; Using Talk for Writing techniques
to support reading, comprehension and
writing; and, Elements of Assessment for
Learning. Part 2 will focus on writing and
‘writer-talk’.
Training Courses for NQTs and 2nd Year Teachers 2013-2014
Training
Room 4, 3
rd
Floor West,
Unipart
House,
Oxford
21 January 2014
1.30 pm-4.00 pm
21 January 2014
1.30 pm-4.00 pm
An outstanding lesson is like a good hip
The Annexe, SS
hop. It is packed with samples of great
Mary & John
teaching mixed with apparent ease and
Primary School,
Outstanding
sustains a driving, enthusiastic and
Oxford
(KS1/2
course explores what outstanding
Moving from
Good to
teachers)
relentless bass line (Dix Paul, 2013). This
teaching looks like and how teachers
can develop their own practice in maths
and literacy.
Making
30 January 2014
9.30 am-12.30 pm
Learning
1.30 pm–4.30 pm
to create a vibrant learning classroom
Unipart House,
(FS & KS1/2
community which supports pupils in
Oxford
Dialogue
OPL
£60
NQT Team
£60
NQT Team
This session will explore strategies and
3 Floor West,
Learning
£85
Banbury
learners. Teachers will also explore how
(All Key Stages)
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Bodicote,
Irresistible
Skills &
5 February 2014
Primary School,
Training Room 4,
Thinking
OPL
Bishop Loveday
activities which engage and motivate all
teachers)
£85
rd
learning how to learn.
This half day training session will show
teachers how to support all pupils in
developing the key learning skills of
Training Room 4,
thinking and reasoned dialogue; explore
3 Floor West,
the teacher / TA role in the learning
Unipart House,
conversation and explore a range of
Oxford
strategies and activities to support the
above.
Training Courses for NQTs and 2nd Year Teachers 2013-2014
rd
Structured
6 February 2014
1.30 pm-4.00 pm
Apparatus in
9.30 am-12.30 pm
quickly. This course explores how
structured apparatus can help KS2
KS2
children develop a deep understanding
(KS2 teachers)
develop written methods and develop
Thinking
This half day training session will show
Skills &
11 March 2014
Maths can become very abstract very
Learning
Dialogue
(All Key Stages)
of key maths concepts, as well as
The Annexe, SS
Mary & John
Primary School,
£85
OPL
£60
NQT Team
£60
NQT Team
Oxford
their skills as problem solvers.
teachers how to support all pupils in
developing the key learning skills of
Training Room 4,
thinking and reasoned dialogue; explore
3 Floor West,
rd
the teacher / TA role in the learning
Unipart House,
conversation and explore a range of
Oxford
strategies and activities to support the
above.
A half day workshop to familiarise
teachers with the principles and
Guided
Reading &
13 March 2014
9.30 am – 12.30 pm
Writing
(FS, KS1& 2
teachers)
processes of targeted teaching to
narrow gaps in learning and to support
effective implementation. Training will
cover the features of effective guided
teaching; the use of assessment
information to identify gaps and next
steps in learning; and, the use of
effective teaching sequences to support
implementation.
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Training Courses for NQTs and 2nd Year Teachers 2013-2014
Training Room 4,
3 Floor West,
rd
Unipart House,
Oxford
To enable teachers to develop speaking
Developing
Speaking &
13 March 2014
1.30 pm-4.30 pm
Listening
Skills
and listening skills across the curriculum.
The workshop will cover the need for an
explicit focus on the development of
Training Room 4,
speaking and listening skills together
3 Floor West,
with strategies and techniques, including
Unipart House,
(i) practical activities for addressing the
Oxford
(FS, KS1/2
teaching of specific skills; (ii) storytelling
teachers)
and drama; (iii) questioning and group
rd
£60
NQT Team
discussion.
Making
20 March 2014
1.30 pm-4.30 pm
Learning
Irresistible
(FS & KS1/2
teachers)
July 2014
Date TBC
9.30 am–3.30 pm
Lunch included
NQT
Conference
(All NQTs
/2 year
This session will explore strategies and
activities which engage and motivate all
learners. Teachers will also explore how
to create a vibrant learning classroom
community which supports pupils in
learning how to learn.
Training Room 4,
Unipart House,
Oxford
An opportunity to meet other Oxfordshire
Conference
NQTs and, for those NQTs who started
Training Room,
their induction period in September
Unipart House,
2013, to celebrate the final term.
Garsington
nd
teachers)
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NQT Team
Garsington Road,
Road, Oxford
£100
NQT Team
Look out for the following courses taking place in the Spring Term 2014 – some dates yet to be confirmed
TBC – Spring term
1.30 pm-4.00pm
Preparing
for the New
National
TBC – Spring term
1.30 pm-4.00pm
Curriculum –
Key changes in
English
The Annexe, SS
The new National Curriculum is statutory
Mary & John
for maintained schools from September
Primary School,
2014. This course aims to disseminate
Oxford
key changes that schools need to be
The Annexe, SS
aware of. We will unpick the curriculum
Mary & John
ethos and practicalities.
Primary School,
£85
OPL
£85
OPL
TBC
£550
OPL
TBC
£550
OPL
Oxford
Developing
Maths in
3/10/17 & 24 March 2014
9.30 am-3.30 pm
Lunch provided
Years 1, 2 &
3
(Teachers in
Years 1, 2
In light of the proposed changes to the
new National Curriculum, this 4 day
course aims at strengthening subject
knowledge pedagogies in maths for
Years 1, 2 and 3.
and/or 3)
4/11/18 & 25 March 2014
9.30 am-3.30 pm
Lunch provided
Developing
Maths in
Years 4, 5 &
6
(KS2 teachers)
In light of the proposed changes to the
new National Curriculum, this 4 day
course aims at strengthening subject
knowledge pedagogies in maths for
Years 4, 5 & 6
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19/11/13; 03/12/13;
20/1/14; 13/12/14
9.30 am-3.30 pm
Lunch provided
21/11/13; 05/12/13;
23/01/14; 11/02/14
9.30 am-3.30 pm
Lunch provided
January 2014
Date TBC
3.45 pm -5.30 pm
January 2014
Date TBC
3.45-5.30pm
Developing
English in Years
1, 2 & 3
(Teachers in Years
1, 2 and/or 3)
Developing
English in Years
4, 5 & 6
(KS2 teachers)
SATS at end of
Key Stage 2
Briefing
(Year 6 teachers
/subject leaders)
In light of the proposed changes to the new
National Curriculum, this 4 day course aims at
strengthening subject knowledge pedagogies
TBC
£550
OPL
TBC
£550
OPL
£70
OPL
£70
OPL
in English for Years 1, 2 and 3.
In light of the proposed changes to the new
National Curriculum, this 4 day course aims at
strengthening subject knowledge pedagogies
in English for Years 4, 5 & 6
The briefing is to update teachers to any
relevant changes to the Assessment process
2014. Develop and extend teachers’
understanding of end of KS2 statutory
The Annexe,
SS Mary &
John Primary
School, Oxford
assessment 2014 and to ensure teachers’
Orchard Fields
understand the use of the access
Community
arrangements.
School, Oxford
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Teacher
Assessment of
March 2014
Date TBC
1.30 pm-4.30 pm
Writing at End of
KS2 (new to Year
2)
(Year 6 teachers
/subject leaders)
To develop and extend teachers;
understanding of teacher assessment, and
ensure that teachers are aware of the available
The Annexe,
resources and equipment. To develop a wide
SS Mary &
range of assessment strategies based on a
John Primary
practical and interactive approach. To support
School, Oxford
£110
OPL
teachers in assessment of writing at the end of
KS2.
For courses organised by the NQT Team – please use the online booking system via http://learning.myoxfordshire.gov.uk .
For courses organised by OPL = Oxfordshire Partners in Learning – please use the application form at the end of this booklet.
NQT Courses
The venue for all courses is Unipart House, Garsington Road, Oxford, OX4 2GQ. (Sat nav postcode is OX4 6LN)
There is free car parking on site for visitors. The visitors' bays are situated nearest the building. Disabled spaces are available.
There is a limited bus service direct to the site from Oxford City Centre. Stagecoach Service 12B leaves from St Aldates (bus
stop G1) between 06.15-08.40 and picks up at Unipart House between 16.32-17.57. Thames Travel Services 101 leaves from
High Street (bus stop L1) between 08.25-09.13 and picks up at Unipart House between 16.40-17.40.
Please report to the Reception Desk to obtain a Visitor’s Badge and from there you will be directed to the training room and met
by the trainer.
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Oxfordshire Partners
in Learning (OPL)
COURSE / TRAINING APPLICATION
FOR PLACE(S)
School Name:
Course Code and Date:
Course Title:
Cost:
Name 1:
Position in School:
Name 2:
Position in School:
Any Special requirements:
Please note that once places are booked the charge is non-refundable.
Authorisation for internal recharge / invoice
I authorise for an internal recharge / invoice to be raised for the cost of the
course.
Headteacher’s Signature:
Confirmations of place will be emailed to Headteacher & School Office
TO BOOK
Please complete the booking form and send your details by:
Email: primarysupportteam@oxfordshire.gov.uk
Fax: 0845 641 6433
Address: County Hall, New Road, Oxford, OX1 1ND
For further help call on: 01865 724745 / 897770
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