This new one-day course offers practical guidance and examples for secondary English practitioners seeking to improve provision for more able learners at KS3. Delegates will gain a range of practical approaches to inform their own practice, and to support department-wide development. You will be one of a small group of attendees working with NACE Associate Tracy Goodyear in her school location, benefitting from one-to-one guidance and the opportunity to observe high-quality provision for more able learners in practice through a learning walk.

This workshop is aimed at:

• Heads of department
• KS3 English teachers

9.00am

• Coffee and registration

9.30am

Session 1: Defining a vision

• Introduction and context
• Metacognition in the more able – how can this help us in supporting all learners to achieve?
• Defining a departmental and personal vision for high attainment in the KS3 classroom

11.00am

• Break

11.20am

Session 2: Classroom provision

• High-level conversation and oracy in the classroom
• What can a 14-year-old do?
• How to create confident speakers and thinkers
• Planning habitual debate

12.45pm

• Lunch

1.30pm

Session 3: Practical strategies and module ideas for reading and writing

• What do we mean by perception? Can I teach it?
• Activities and lesson ideas to encourage perceptive and original thought at KS3
• How might I adapt my current practice?

3.00pm

• Close