English CPD Programme
spring/summer term2015-16
Course Title & Trainer
Date / Venue
Price / Audience
Teacher Assistant Training
Thursday 14th
January 2016
£70.00 per delegate
Subject Knowledge Enhancement
9:30am – 12:30pm
Securing and developing
grammar/punctuation skills in relation to
NC raised expectations.
Venue:
Maddy Barnes
Broad Oak Primary
School, St Helens,
WA9 2JE
Teaching Poetry KS2
Teaching poetry – reading and writing,
classics and contemporary. Progression and
skill development.
Thursday 14th
January 2016
1:00pm – 3:30pm
Teaching Assistants from
all phases
£70.00 per delegate
Teaching Assistants from
all phases
Venue:
Maddy Barnes
Broad Oak Primary
School, St Helens,
WA9 2JE
KS1- Teaching Grammar in Context
Demands of new tests requires pupils to
apply knowledge in a context. Posing a
question and allowing the children to
investigate through song lyrics
Friday 15th January
2016
9.30am-12.30pm
Broad Oak Primary
School, St Helens,
WA9 2JE
KS2- Teaching Grammar in Context
Friday 15th January
2016
1.00pm-3.30pm
Venue:
Broad Oak Primary
Lisa Bradshaw - Director of Teaching Schools
lisa.bradshaw@sthelens.org.uk
Bleak Hill: 01744 678190 St Marys/Thomas’: 01744 678010
Sarah Makin – Senior Administrator
Sarah.makin@sthelens.org.uk
KS1 teachers/support
staff/ Literacy subject
leaders
Venue:
Maddy Barnes
Demands of new tests requires pupils to
apply knowledge in a context. Posing a
question and allowing the children to
investigate through song lyrics
£70.00 per delegate
£70.00 per delegate
KS2 teachers/support
staff/Literacy subject
leaders
School, St Helens,
WA9 2JE
Maddy Barnes
Head teacher briefing
An update on how schools will need to
prepare for the 2016-17 KS1/2 English testswhat does the future hold?
Friday 26th February
2016
Free to alliance
members
1.00pm-3.30pm
£70.00 to non-alliance
members
Venue:
The World of Glass,
St Helens.
Teaching children test technique through
high quality texts
All sessions will take
place at:
These sessions will assist children in
Broad Oak Primary
becoming ‘test ready’. Teachers will have the
School, St Helens,
WA9 2JE
chance to unpick the appendix and choose
appropriate high quality text to prepare
Year 1- Friday 11th
children effectively for the appropriate year
March, 9.30group expectations in terms of
12.30pm
GPS/Reading.
Head teachers/SLT
members
£70.00 per delegate
All sessions are half day
workshops
Suitable for Teachers of
all phases/TAs and
English Subject Leaders
Lower KS2 (Y3 and
4)- Friday 11th
March, 1.00-3.30pm
Upper KS2 (Y5 and
6)- Tuesday 22nd
March, 9.3012.30pm
Writing Assessment without levels
A framework of progression- documents to
support teacher assessment of writing
Teachers will receive and have the chance
to develop:

Exemplar materials to include:
fiction/non-fiction/range of genres
including specific grammar to be
taught across each text type
Lisa Bradshaw - Director of Teaching Schools
lisa.bradshaw@sthelens.org.uk
Bleak Hill: 01744 678190 St Marys/Thomas’: 01744 678010
Sarah Makin – Senior Administrator
Sarah.makin@sthelens.org.uk
All sessions will take
place at:
Broad Oak Primary
School, St Helens,
WA9 2JE
Year 1- Friday 29th
April, 9.30-12.30pm
£70.00 per delegate
All sessions are half day
workshops
Suitable for Teachers of
all phases/TAs and
English Subject Leaders

Progression tracking documents to
support teachers in making a
judgement against ARE and identify
next steps/gaps in learning.
Year 2- Friday 29th
April, 1.00-3.30pm
Year 3- Friday 22nd
April, 9.30-12.30pm
Year 4- Friday 22nd
April, 1.00-3.30pm
Year 5- Thursday
21st April, 9.3012.30pm
Year 6- Thursday
21st April, 1.003.30pm
A 25% discount will be given to alliance members.
Full day sessions: £150.00 (+VAT) include: Tea/coffee/biscuits/light lunch and all course
resources.
Half day sessions: £70.00 (+VAT) include: Tea/coffee/biscuits and all course resources.
If you wish to book on any of the following sessions please email or call:
Sarah Makin (Senior Administrator): sarah.makin@sthelens.org.uk
For additional information regarding any of the training offers don’t hesitate in contactingLisa Bradshaw (Director of The St Helens Teaching Schools Alliance)
Lisa.bradshaw@sthelens.org.uk or 01744 678010 / 01744 678190
IMPORTANT NOTE:
The cancellation policy is as follows:
14-30 days: charged at 25%
7 days: charged at 50%
Less than 1 day: Charged at full training rate
Please note all cancellations must be in writing via email to sarah.makin@sthelens.org.uk. A
confirmation of your booking will be sent to you once received. Should you be in a position to supply a
substitute delegate there will be no charges.
Lisa Bradshaw - Director of Teaching Schools
lisa.bradshaw@sthelens.org.uk
Bleak Hill: 01744 678190 St Marys/Thomas’: 01744 678010
Sarah Makin – Senior Administrator
Sarah.makin@sthelens.org.uk
Trainers Pen Portrait
Maddy Barnes
Maddy Barnes is an experienced teacher and Assistant Head in a school in Manchester.
She is an English SATs Marker and is a local authority moderator for Key Stage 2 writing.
Maddy is a published author at Rising Stars (New Primary English, Progress tests, Achieve
Series and Skills Builders Grammar and Punctuation). Maddy is currently working with the
DFE test development team for English tests for 2016. Maddy has worked with the St Helens
TSA since becoming a Teaching school in April 2013 providing high quality training for
teaching and non-teaching staff.
Teachers have commented:

Very engaging- lots of ideas and excellent resources to implement throughout
school.

Good insight into the requirements of future testing arrangements and how we
can support our teachers to get the children ‘secondary ready’. I feel much
more prepared!

Extremely helpful, Maddy is excellent!

Very practical advice and resources given. It was great to see how these can
be used across the curriculum and for all age ranges.
Lisa Bradshaw - Director of Teaching Schools
lisa.bradshaw@sthelens.org.uk
Bleak Hill: 01744 678190 St Marys/Thomas’: 01744 678010
Sarah Makin – Senior Administrator
Sarah.makin@sthelens.org.uk
Lisa Bradshaw - Director of Teaching Schools
lisa.bradshaw@sthelens.org.uk
Bleak Hill: 01744 678190 St Marys/Thomas’: 01744 678010
Sarah Makin – Senior Administrator
Sarah.makin@sthelens.org.uk