TARGET AUDIENCE: Upper primary and all secondary school teachers from all subjects.

DESCRIPTION: Current research and data shows that there is a strong link between standards of reading and learners’ ability to gain knowledge and deeper understanding in all subjects across the curriculum. Therefore, it is imperative that reading is seen as an important pedagogical tool to strengthen and deepen learners’ knowledge, skills and understanding across any curriculum.

The ‘Teaching Advanced Reading’ programme has been designed in collaboration with schools in Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire and Swansea to ensure a fit-for-purpose professional learning opportunity in how to explicitly teach reading skills successfully for upper primary and secondary school pupils.

The whole-day training is suited to any teacher looking to develop their approaches to classroom teaching of reading and gain further insight and practical advice on how to:

• Select challenging texts

• Incorporate and use relevant reading strategies in their classroom

•  Introduce and teach a text effectively

• How to question effectively when reading

These sessions will offer a clear balance of theory, practice and current examples from schools across the Partneriaeth region. This training will support schools in meeting the challenges of coordinating the progressive development of reading skills across different subjects and teachers.

Event Details

Y Llwyfan -  26th November 2024 – English Medium

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Y Llwyfan - 3rd December 2024 – Welsh Medium  

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Target audience: Secondary Literacy Leads 

The mandatory cross-curricular skill of literacy is essential for learners to be able to access knowledge. It enables learners to access the breadth of a school’s curriculum and the wealth of opportunities it offers, equipping them with the lifelong skills to realise the four purposes.  

Literacy is at the centre of all highly effective classrooms and plays an integral role in allowing learners to embody the four purposes and better their life chances. Therefore, Partneriaeth schools need a network that facilitates to the coordination and drive of literacy improvement across secondary schools.   

This professional learning opportunity will provide secondary literacy leads with strategies and ideas to develop literacy across the curriculum and improve the quality of teaching of literacy.  

Day one in the autumn term is offered via the regional PL offer on Teaching Advanced Reading. During the spring term practitioners will be invited to online small group meetings to collaborate and review. There will be a face-to-face meeting in the summer term as below. Practitioners will across the three events, collaborate with others, sharing good practice to ensure learners receive relevant and appropriate opportunities in literacy rich subjects.  

• All leaders will have an opportunity to share effective practice around high quality literacy initiatives. 

• All leaders will receive up to date messages around effective literacy development, which are informed by current research and practical classroom ideas. 

• All leaders will have a better understanding of their roles in driving and improving literacy in their settings.  

• All leaders will use the resources and messages from these meetings to improve the quality of teaching and learning of literacy within their settings.  

• When appropriate, all leaders will have opportunities to take part in quality assurance processes to monitor and evaluate standards of literacy and plan for improvements. 

• All leaders will have opportunities to network with other leaders of literacy across the Partneriaeth region. 

16 June 2025 – Conference Room, Y Llwyfan, College Road, Carmarthen SA31 3EQ 

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