Developing an Approach to the Effective Teaching and Learning of Vocabulary in Early Years and Year One

This programme is delivered by Kelly Ashley and forms a piece of small-scale research using Kelly’s highly regarded ‘Word Power’ book. Kelly has worked both nationally and internationally in teaching, leadership and advisory roles. She currently works with schools and organisations across the UK, offering bespoke training and consultancy support in relation to all aspects of the primary English curriculum. Kelly’s keen interest in vocabulary and language development has led to the publication of her first book, ‘Word Power: Amplifying vocabulary’.

• The focus of Word Power training is aimed at FS/Y1 and how to ‘Power-Up’ the language environment, interactions and explicit instruction.

• Practical classroom resource that could be used to support this process with the schools as part of the research.

• Each day will be spaced with about 5-6 weeks in between to give teachers time to go away and trial ideas in their classroom. 

This programme can be extended to KS2 on request. 

Please visit the link below to purchase Kelly Ashley's Word Power book. The book will be central to the training. 

https://kellyashleyconsultancy.wordpress.com/word-power-amplifying-vocabulary-instruction-order-your-copy-here/ 

Session 1:  23rd February                   

Introduce the key concepts of word gap, language-rich environment & to begin to introduce the Power-Up strategies                   

Gap task: to go away and trial ideas in classrooms                   

Session 2: 25th March                    

Refine understanding of Power-Up strategies and to look at ‘Teaching Through Text’                     

Gap task: to go away and to consider how to choose and use   new vocabulary in the context of high-quality texts 

Session 3: 28th April                    

Exploration of talk across all three tiers - building in Tier 3 language & concepts when learning across domains 

COST: £350 for all 3 sessions

Time: 09:30-16:00