Creative Contexts course: The Spelling Bank . . . and more

Developing creative contexts for language, literacy and learning across the curriculum

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The Spelling Bank . . . and more
This practical workshop, based around the KS2 Spelling Bank developed by the National Literacy Strategy in England, provides teachers with a range of investigative strategies and consolidation activities that allow spelling to be taught in meaningful ways to pupils aged 7-12. Teachers attending this course should be able to go on to deliver spelling programmes for their pupils which are creative and interactive as well as rigorous, systematic and thorough in their coverage, and which will help children to develop both independence and curiosity about spelling. Recently run in South Lanarkshire and Inverclyde.

This half day course can combine with Ways With Words to make a whole day of word-related CPD.

Aims

To develop teacher understandings of spelling rules and conventions
To explore creative, interactive and investigative approaches to the teaching of spelling which encourage curiosity and personal responsibility and facilitate secure, transferable learning
To introduce the Spelling Bank materials

Content

Why worry about spelling?
Developing individual responsibility for spelling
Exploring interactive and investigative approaches to spelling for class, group and individual activities
Familiarisation with the Spelling Bank resource

Additional information
Delegates will receive a CD ROM containing the Spelling Bank materials and related resources from the course.