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Penn Wood Primary and Nursery School, Penn Road, Slough, SL2 1PH
Penn Wood Primary
and Nursery School
Just Imagine Webinars - a series of webinars exploring elements of teaching reading and oracy. Recordings of webinars that have already taken place are here:
Mrs P Teach has published two videos on reading instruction to support professional learning.
Grammar in Context - online course
Jane Oakhill podcast - reading comprehension
Tim Shanahan podcast - The Science of Reading
Jane Considine has produced a series of films which support writing professional development.
Pie Corbett's daily radio blogging show is a great professional development tool for writing.
James Clements' virtual classroom consists of a series of 5 webinars which explore key aspects of English teaching. Each session will introduce some big ideas based on research, will consider the practical implications for teachers and schools and will then share links to free resources and further reading.
View the first webinar recording (decoding, comprehension and fluency) here and the second (building a reading culture) here.
An OUP course on encouraging book talk in the school library - great for all support staff and teachers.
An OUP course on exploring books for children: words and pictures
An Introduction to Teaching Phonics
Seneca's online course all about early language development
Voice 21 have released a variety of professional learning opportunities:
For future events, keep an eye on this page.
Herts for Learning English blogs
Teaching Mathematics Open University course
A series of videos on using manipulatives in maths
An Open University course on primary science
Explorify has free online CPD with STEM learning all about teaching primary science. They are packed with practical ideas to inspire curiosity and support scientific enquiry.
Primary Science Trust CPD units
National Curriculum subject knowledge
Mary Myatt podcast on the curriculum
Professor Michael Young's podcast - Powerful Knowledge
Michael Chiles - The CRAFT of Assessment
The Historical Association has released a module about using archives in the Primary classroom.
National Geographic's free online courses equip teachers with powerful tools to transform their classrooms.
Penn Wood Primary and Nursery School, Penn Road, Slough, SL2 1PH