This is the last of a series of three sessions aiming to support Year 1 and Year 2 teachers to develop their understanding and application of the statutory Teacher Assessment Framework for Writing through termly opportunities to meet and moderate with colleagues.

Teachers may attend all three sessions or select individual sessions from the series.

Pupils’ progress to end of Key Stage assessments spans across the Key Stage and it is therefore essential that all teachers are aware of expectations and involved in the journey towards these. To this end, this series of sessions is suitable for both Year 1 and Year 2 teachers, either as colleagues from the same school, or working independently. English subject leaders are also welcome to attend in order for them to gain an overview of progress towards end of KS1 writing expectations.

Session 3 – Cross-school moderation

In the final session, teachers will have an opportunity to moderate and discuss pupils’ writing from across the standards, agreeing or refining judgements with colleagues from other schools and discussing next steps to secure standards by the end of the teacher assessment period.

Participants will:

• Unpick the criteria of the end of KS1 Teacher Assessment Framework for Writing

• Explore creative teaching approaches to develop and secure pupils’ writing skills towards the ‘Pupil can’ statements

• Participate in moderation of pupils’ writing in order to discuss, refine and secure judgements and next steps

Details of the trainer:

As an experienced English consultant, Susie Spolander works with schools, partnerships and trusts to develop and improve all aspects of English across the primary age range. Using her knowledge of the curriculum, assessment and effective teaching and learning practices, she successfully supports many schools and teachers to improve outcomes for their pupils. During her 20+ year career in Education, Susie has enjoyed classroom teaching, as well as holding a range of senior leadership posts. Prior to establishing her own consultancy business, she worked as an English Consultant for Oxfordshire County Council’s School Improvement Service. Susie has written, developed and led a wide variety of training events, programmes and projects to address current local and national educational priorities. She is also an accredited trainer for several reading intervention programmes. In recognition of her work, Susie has been awarded the Gold Quality Mark for Professional Development by the London Institute of Education.

Susie is passionate about finding innovative ways to inspire teachers and engage learners. Her training is of high quality: rooted in the curriculum, with evidence-based practice alongside creative teaching and learning approaches. Susie believes in a bespoke approach to school support, working alongside school leaders, class teachers and support staff to develop practice through a range of leadership and classroom-based strategies, always precisely tailored to the identified needs of the school.

Susie provides training, resources and school support in partnership with local and national organisations, such as Quest for Learning, Oxfordshire County Council, Oxfordshire Teaching Schools Alliance and Oxford University Press.