Getting to Grips with Phonics and the Screening Check is 2012′s most crucial national phonics conference, giving delegates the very latest phonics guidance from a range of influential speakers including Phil Elks from the Department for Education, Angela Westington, HMI, and inspirational phonics author Dr Marlynne Grant.

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Benefits of attending

• Hear the DfE explain what the Screening Check means for you and your staff
• See how the best schools teach synthetic phonics
• Leadership advice on how to review, revise and revolutionise reading at your school
• Up-to-date advice on phonics catch-up for struggling readers
• Get tips on creating fun, snappy phonics lessons

Audience

Headteachers, Literacy Coordinators and Class Teachers in primary schools concerned about the phonics screening check and who want the most up-to-date guidance from trusted phonics experts on how best to prepare pupils and staff with a truly fresh, systematic approach to phonics teaching.

2012 Dates

March 28th, 2012 – Birmingham, Maple House
July 2012 (date TBA) – London
November 2012 (date TBA) – Manchester

Agenda and Topics

9.30 – 10.30 Keynote from Phil Elks -

The Year 1 Phonics Screening Check: What it Means for Your School

10.30 – 11.00 Coffee and morning refreshments
11.00 – 12.00 Breakout 1, Choose from EITHER:

Pauline Woods – Lead to Read: How to review, revise and revolutionize the way reading is taught in your school.
OR
Jackie Day – Snappy phonics: Learn how to deliver snappy, effective phonics lessons that children will love.

12.00 – 1.00 Lunch
1.00 – 2.00 Afternoon Keynote from Angela Westington HMI

Reading by Six: How the best schools improved literacy with systematic synthetic phonics

2.00 – 2.30 Afternoon refreshments
2.30 – 3.30 Breakout 2, Choose from EITHER:

Pauline Woods – Lead to Read: How to review, revise and revolutionize the way reading is taught in your school
OR
Jackie Day – Snappy phonics: Learn how to deliver snappy, effective phonics lessons that children will love.

3.30 – 4.00 Closing address from Dr Marlynne Grant

Our speakers

Phil Elks works for the School Standards Group at the Department for Education. He is a regular keynote speaker at national phonics events, including Pearson’s own phonics conference – Reading by Six – in June 2011.

Dr Marlynne Grant is one of the UK’s foremost educational psychologists and creator of the proven Sound Discovery programme for teaching phonics. She is also author of Rapid Phonics – a proven phonics catch-up programme that launches in 2012.

Angela Westington, HMI has years of experience as a school inspector and undertook research for Ofsted into how the best schools improved phonics teaching and literacy.