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Opening Doors to
Ambitious English
PRIMARY

A new bespoke CPD programme for primary schools beginning in September 2024, consisting of 5 events throughout the year.

To ensure as many schools can join as possible and maximise the benefit of networking and discussion amongst the delegate group, we have moved the first event to September, meaning the whole programme will now take place within the 2024/25 academic year.

Run by Bob Cox, author of the Opening Doors series, this programme is designed to:

  • support principles and strategies for ambitious English for every pupil.
  • enable schools to adapt high pitch approaches to whatever curriculum route or package they may be using.
  • enable a range of quality text to quality writing routes to make an ongoing classroom impact.
  • explore how advanced learners can be constantly nurtured and challenged in terms of English provision.

NACE members
Non-members
£300 for full programme
£600 for full programme

Register now Bob Cox is an independent educational consultant, writer and teacher coach who works nationally and internationally to support outstanding learning. Bob has been working with clusters of schools and local authorities to apply 'opening doors' strategies to raise standards in English and to make links between quality texts and quality writing. Before that, Bob taught English for 23 years.

Programme overview

NB This programme is available for International schools, as there will be remote access to sessions one and five if required.

SESSION ONE: Opening Doors to Ambitious Primary English
25th September 2024
10.00 – 14.30;
NACE office, Oxfordshire. Refreshments & lunch provided.
  • Modelling case studies from the opening doors network
  • Exploring key principles for ambitious English
  • Exploring key strategies to unlock new knowledge and understanding
  • Emphasising quality text to quality writing routes
  • Demonstrating excellence in writing via pupils’ work

SESSION TWO: Opening Doors to Improving Writing: ‘Taster Drafts’
27th November 2024
15:45 to 17:00; online
  • How can writing for reading become a vehicle for creative English?
  • How can writing standards improve for all pupils but always pitched ambitiously?
  • How can short burst tasters be used to imitate the styles of great writers and as a foundation for sustained writing?

SESSION THREE: Opening Doors to Poetry
29th January 2025
15:45 to 17:00; online
  • How can poetry take a central place in the English curriculum?
  • Exploration of case studies in how to teach poetry in ambitious ways
  • Building knowledge on poets from past to present and across the globe

SESSION FOUR: Opening Doors to Linked in Whole Text Reading
5th March 2025
15:45 to 17:00; online
  • How can using concepts inspire more whole text quality reading?
  • How can you develop a system for ensuring advanced pupils have their reading needs diversified and encouraged?
  • How can link reading give independent choices new coherence?

SESSION FIVE
4th June 2025
10:00 to 14:30;
NACE office, Oxfordshire. Refreshments & lunch provided.
  • Share and discuss pupils’ work, presentations and explorations by the delegate group throughout this programme.



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