Developing excellence in reading at Key Stage 2: effective approaches to developing reading comprehension Event
For more information regarding this event, please telephone mslc@soton.ac.uk on 023 8059 8810 or email mslc@soton.ac.uk .
Event details
We start with an overview of the model of comprehension which underpins the National Curriculum at Key Stage 2. We will then draw on insights from recent research, as well as school based and local authority wide projects to demonstrate what works. We make a clear distinction between the teaching approaches needed for developing reading comprehension and those needed for assessment. Test preparation is addressed and considered in this context.
The course content will draw on the two-year research project managed by Just Imagine Director, Nikki Gamble for the London School Excellence Fund and on work undertaken for Guiding Readers: Developing Effective Approaches to Reading Comprehension (UCL 2016).Session fee £50 including refreshments.
Session fee £50 including refreshments. Attendees are also welcome to a free place at the Read to Inspire event the same afternoon (see downloadable flyer)
Speaker information
Nikki Gamble,Just Imagine consultancy ,Nikki Gamble has worked in education for over 30 years, as a former teacher and university lecturer. She is founder and Director of Just Imagine consultancy which seeks to promote literacy and literature in education. Most recently she has been managing The Developing Excellence in Reading 7 – 14 project for the GLA. Nikki also provides consultancy for several publishers: she is series adviser for Oxford University Press In Fact and Story Sparks and for Egmont’s Banana Books. She is the author of Exploring Children’s Literature (Sage, 2013)