I offer consultancy, advice, workshops and tailor-made training. I am happy to work with individual teachers, individual schools, provide a training package for a group of schools or speak at a regional or national event. Some of the forthcoming events where I'll be a speaker include:
Language World, 4th & 5th April 2014 (cross-curricular links)
ALL Cumbria 10th May 2014 (Phonics)
The Janet Lloyd Network (JLN) conference, June 2014 (progression in phonics and literacy skills)
Here are some of the areas in which I can provide training:
✔ Getting started teaching primary languages (for 'terrified' teachers at KS2)
✔ Language refresher course in French or Spanish
✔ Getting languages into the KS2 curriculum (advice for head teachers)
✔ KS2-3 transition
✔ What does language teaching look like at KS2? (for KS3 teachers and HoDs)
✔ Phonics
✔ Cross-curricular links
✔ Literacy
✔ Assessment
✔ Story telling
✔ Advice for primary language coordinators
✔ Progression in primary languages
✔ Policy and Planning
✔ Putting on an event - such as a Languages Festival or Eurovision Song Contest
✔ Intercultural awareness and understanding
✔ Languages and Specific Learning Difficulties
✔ What to do when a child in your class is a native speaker