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1 CPD for all Featuring over 200 hours of research- based professional development modules from leading practitioners, including Sue Cowley, Jon Hutchinson and Susie Spolander, BlueSky Learning offers flexible CPD for teachers and school staff. Designed to enhance current knowledge, develop new skills and improve strategies to support classroom teaching, the library covers literacy, behaviour management, metacognition, supporting SEND, safeguarding, instructional coaching, staff wellbeing and much more. Each evidence- based module includes interactive supporting activities to embed learning. An annual subscription to BlueSky Learning starts at just £375, providing unlimited access for your entire school workforce. You can also get a sense of what to expect by streaming the first two episodes of the BlueSky Learning Literacy podcast through Spotify, via bit.ly/ts135-BSLP ; For more information, visit blueskylearning.co.uk On a literacymission Lexonik’s mission to ensure ‘ Nobody should be limited because they can’t read ’ continues at pace in 2024. The literacy intervention provider has seen the fastest growth rate yet in school take-up of its literacy programmes over the first half of the year, and is also evolving innovative new strands of delivery. Alongside its work with mainstream schools, Lexonik is now increasingly delivering to young people in secure care centres. The firm has also embarked on a partnership with Teesside University, through which trainee teachers are receiving instruction in vocabulary and reading strategies via the DfE’s Independent Test Assessment Programme initiative. Find out more at lexonik.co.uk Read all about it Help your students get the literacy assistance they need with these supporting resources, publications and interventions... Oracy essentials The English-Speaking Union believes every child should be able to make their voice heard.We work with teachers to improve oracy skills and cross-cultural understanding so that all young people – regardless of background – can thrive. Our resources, programmes and competitions help young people to better engage with the world, speak more confidently, listen attentively and understand different points of view. Acquiring these skills will improve young people’s standards of attainment, emotional intelligence and social skills, helping them live their lives to the fullest. To find out more, visit ESU.org or email education@esu.org Well read Reading regularly and by choice can produce profound and wide-ranging benefits that leave lifelong positive impacts on children’s lives. BookTrust’s Bookbuzz reading programme for Y7 and Y8 offers schools a curated package of books and resources that will help to embed a ‘reading for pleasure’ culture, from the primary-secondary transition onward. To find out more about Bookbuzz, and to receive a free copy of BookTrust’s ‘Reading for Pleasure at Key Stage 3’ guide, visit bit.ly/24rfpbt Pen and paper power An English education subject report produced by Ofsted in March 2024 highlighted both significant gaps in pupils’ written and spoken language, and the pressing need to build basic skills (see bit.ly/ts135-LS1 ) . The necessity of balancing writing and reading has been well-documented. To enhance motricity and cognitive ability in the digital age, it’s encouraged that pupils focus on cursive handwriting, and practice connecting movement with visual responses. Adoption of traditional pen and exercise books fosters precisely the kind of skills identified in the aforementioned report, which will in turn lead to further development and improvements. To find out more about how YPO can help with curriculum resources for teachers and pupils, visit ypo.co.uk 3 2 5 4 34 teachwire.net/secondary