New to phonics: Phonics for those moving into Early Years or Key Stage 1 teaching - Session 1 Event
For more information regarding this event, please telephone Mathematics and Science Learning Centre on 023 8059 8810 or email mslc@soton.ac.uk .
Event details
Suitable for: teachers and teaching assistants moving into EYFS or KS1. This course will look at subject knowledge, progression and assessment of phonics. We will explore a range of different tasks to help children’s phonics development and consider how phonics needs to link to reading and the rest of the curriculum to ensure good progress. Dr Miranda Dodd, University of Southampton, will lead each session. Miranda has a wealth of teaching experience and is currently teaching on the Primary PGCE, focusing principally on Early Literacy (including Systematic Synthetic Phonics) and leads the Early Years Module on the BSc in Education Studies. She is interested in research and is a member of the National Teacher Research Panel.
Participants will be able to:
- Review their subject knowledge and understanding of progression and assessment in the teaching of phonics.
- Identify tasks to help children’s phonic development.
Consider the links between phonics, reading and other curriculum areas, ensuring children are making good progress.
Session two: Monday 6th November 2017 – 16:15 – 17:45.
Course cost: £15 per session
Speaker information
Dr Miranda Dodd ,Programme Director for the MA (Ed) Flex within Southampton Education School at the University of Southampton.