Network Events

Network Events 2024-25

10 Oct,2024 15:00:00 - 03 Jul,2025 16:30:00

Date

Time

Session

Location

08/10/2024
15:30 - 16:30
Breaking Down the Blending Barrier
Dive into the world of phonics with our ‘Breaking Down the Blending Barrier’ network session. This meeting is designed to empower you with effective strategies to overcome challenges in teaching phonics blending. Exchange insights, learn from others’ success stories, and return to your classroom equipped with practical tools to help every student navigate the path to reading fluency.
Online
28/11/2024
15:30 - 16:30
Phonics Assessments: The Roadmap to Reading Mastery
The transition from key stage 1 to key stage 2 can often be challenging for learners – including in the realm of reading. Finding texts which meet both their interests and challenge point isn’t a simple task. In this network session we’ll discuss strategies we use to make sure every reader’s journey is a fulfilling one and one which helps them to move forward meaningfully.
Online
10/12/2024
15:30 - 16:30
Bringing Stories to Life: Transformative Author Visits
This network meeting is a celebration of storytelling: offering educators the chance to learn how to host impactful author visits that captivate and inspire our learners. Discuss approaches to creating memorable experiences that not only encourage a love for reading but also enhance students’ literary understanding and creativity.
Online
14/01/2025
15:30 - 16:30
Navigating speech and language needs in Phonics
Join this network session where we delve into the nuances of supporting students with diverse speech and language requirements. This session is an opportunity for educators to exchange best practices, innovative approaches, and resources that facilitate phonics instruction for learners facing speech and language challenges. Enhance your teaching strategies to ensure all students have the foundation for reading success through a phonics approach which makes a difference to all.
Online
13/02/2025
15:30 - 16:30
Speaking Volumes: Infusing Oracy into the Curriculum
Explore the art of oracy with our ‘Speaking Volumes: Infusing Oracy into the Curriculum’ network session. This time, we’ll be seeking to integrate oracy skills into our teaching practices across the curriculum to develop this crucial life skill with our children. Engage with fellow professionals to share insights, techniques, and activities that foster students’ speaking abilities, ensuring they can express themselves confidently and effectively across all areas of the curriculum.
Online
04/03/2025
15:30 - 16:30
Partners in Progress: Engaging Parents for Educational Success
In this meeting, we’ll be discussing how to strengthen the collaboration between schools and parents. This important relationship can often be challenging to maintain, but makes a significant difference to children’s learning. This session provides a forum to discuss strategies and share resources that empower parents to become active participants in their children’s education, fostering a supportive home environment that complements classroom culture.
Online
01/04/2025
15:30 - 16:30
Preparing for the Phonics Screening Check
Come together with colleagues to consider our readiness for the phonics screening check. In this session, we’ll run through some ‘top tips’ in the runup to the screener and explore key practices to reinforce as we approach the assessment date. Let’s collaborate with our diverse insights and experience to set up every learner for success in these final weeks.
Online
20/05/2025
15:30 - 16:30
Write On: Crafting Excellence in Every Word
Embark on a literary journey with ‘Write On: Crafting Excellence in Every Word’, a network session tailored for teachers who are passionate about nurturing exceptional writing skills. This session is a collaborative space to share and discover creative strategies, tools, and practices that inspire students to excel in writing, enabling them to articulate their thoughts with clarity and creativity in every word.
Online
03/06/2025
15:30 - 16:30
Spelling and Grammar - making it engaging
Sign up to this network meeting to transform the essential yet often challenging task of teaching spelling and grammar into an engaging experience. Discover innovative approaches and innovative activities that capture students’ interest, making the mastery of spelling and grammar not just educational, but also enjoyable.
Online
03/07/2025
15:30 - 16:30
Success: Laying the Groundwork for a Great Year
The first few weeks of September are critically important in setting the scene for your classroom or school – establishing the norm for pace, expectation and learning culture. Let’s make sure we’ve laid the foundations for success this side of Summer by exploring how we can best approach those early stages of the school year in our teaching of phonics, early reading and English more broadly.
Online

Free Event |

Breaking down the blending barrier

08 Oct,2024 15:30:00 - 16:30:00

Dive into the world of phonics with our ‘Breaking Down the Blending Barrier’ network session. This meeting is designed to empower you with effective strategies to overcome challenges in teaching phonics blending. Exchange insights, learn from others’ success stories, and return to your classroom equipped with practical tools to help every student navigate the path to reading fluency.

Literacy Specialist Drop-In Clinics ( Session 3)

04 Jun,2025 15:45:00 - 16:45:00

Literacy Specialist Drop-In Clinics

An informal opportunity for you to meet one of our team online and ask questions about phonics/early reading. These are not structured delivery sessions.

Free Event |

The next step for readers - moving into key stage 2

28 Nov,2024 15:00:00 - 16:30:00

The call will be live from 15:00 for the first 30 minutes which will be an opportunity for informal advice and discussions with one of the Cornerstone literacy specialists. The main input for the event will begin at 15:30.

The transition from key stage 1 to key stage 2 can often be challenging for learners – including in the realm of reading. Finding texts which meet both their interests and challenge point isn’t a simple task. In this network session we’ll discuss strategies we use to make sure every reader’s journey is a fulfilling one and one which helps them to move forward meaningfully.

Free Event |

Bringing Stories to Life: Transformative Author Visits

10 Dec,2024 15:30:00 - 16:30:00

This network meeting is a celebration of storytelling: offering educators the chance to learn how to host impactful author visits that captivate and inspire our learners. Discuss approaches to creating memorable experiences that not only encourage a love for reading but also enhance students’ literary understanding and creativity.

Free Event |

Navigating speech and language needs in Phonics

14 Jan,2025 15:30:00 - 16:30:00

Join this network session where we delve into the nuances of supporting students with diverse speech and language requirements. This session is an opportunity for educators to exchange best practices, innovative approaches, and resources that facilitate phonics instruction for learners facing speech and language challenges. Enhance your teaching strategies to ensure all students have the foundation for reading success through a phonics approach which makes a difference to all.

Free Event |

Speaking Volumes: Infusing Oracy into the Curriculum

13 Feb,2025 15:30:00 - 16:30:00

Explore the art of oracy with our ‘Speaking Volumes: Infusing Oracy into the Curriculum’ network session. This time, we’ll be seeking to integrate oracy skills into our teaching practices across the curriculum to develop this crucial life skill with our children. Engage with fellow professionals to share insights, techniques, and activities that foster students’ speaking abilities, ensuring they can express themselves confidently and effectively across all areas of the curriculum.

Free Event |

Literacy Specialist Drop-In Clinics (Session 2)

05 Mar,2025 15:45:00 - 16:45:00

Literacy Specialist Drop-In Clinics

An informal opportunity for you to meet one of our team online and ask questions about phonics/early reading. These are not structured delivery sessions.

Free Event |

Partners in Progress: Engaging Parents for Educational Success

04 Mar,2025 15:30:00 - 16:30:00

In this meeting, we’ll be discussing how to strengthen the collaboration between schools and parents. This important relationship can often be challenging to maintain, but makes a significant difference to children’s learning. This session provides a forum to discuss strategies and share resources that empower parents to become active participants in their children’s education, fostering a supportive home environment that complements classroom culture.

Free Event |

Preparing for the Phonics Screening Check

01 Apr,2025 15:30:00 - 16:30:00

Come together with colleagues to consider our readiness for the phonics screening check. In this session, we’ll run through some ‘top tips’ in the runup to the screener and explore key practices to reinforce as we approach the assessment date. Let’s collaborate with our diverse insights and experience to set up every learner for success in these final weeks.

Free Event |