1. Better English Ofsted Conference Jonathan Lewis Service Director – Education

2. The Peterborough English Challenge

3. Starter Activity Put the strips of text in order so that they make sense Discuss the strategies, skills and knowledge you use to do it

4. Reading the Next Steps https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/409409/R eading_the_next_steps.pdf Overview of recent research on phonics and reading; case- studies from primary and secondary.

5. The DfE’s plan, ‘Reading: the next steps, supporting higher standards in schools’, sets out four strategies: the Phonics Partnership Grant Programme (a £10,000 grant for good schools to support other schools with phonics teaching); a government funded programme to support schools to set up KS2 book clubs; library membership for all Y3 pupils; and continuing government support for the recitation competition ‘Poetry by Heart’. Solving the Challenge

6. Reading the Next Steps https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/4094 09/Reading_the_next_steps.pdf Which of these did you use: reading for meaning knowledge of sentence structure knowledge of punctuation a combination? So what are the four key strategies within ‘Reading: the next steps’ and which are of particular interest to you?

7. Workshops: 1.45 - 2.30pm 1.Transitions: LAKE 2.Governor and Senior Leadership Monitoring: CARMICHAEL 3.Improving Writing: WESLEY 4.Leading from the Front: LUTHER 5.Leadership and Monitoring of Phonics: CAREY 6.Effective marking and Feedback: LEWIS 7.Engaging Readers: SPURGEON

8. Improving Literacy Jonathan Douglas Director – National Literacy Trust