Tag: Literacy and English

2021-2022 Literacy Professional Learning – What’s on when?

The Falkirk Literacy Team would like to welcome you to this new school session. We are delighted to have scheduled the courses and professional learning opportunities below for this term and will continually update this page during the school year. We have also included courses from the universal professional learning offer provided by our regional collaborative literacy team. These courses can all be booked in the usual way via CPD Manager. Please leave your comments below or email one of us directly at: yvonne.mcblain@falkirk.gov.uk or yvonne.manning@falkirk.gov.uk

April 2022:

26/4/22 – Froebel S – Froebelian approaches to Literacy : Songs, Rhymes and Movement

27/4/22 – ASN 010 – Supporting Bilingual Learners, Drop-in Session (on Microsoft Teams)

May 2022:

25/5/22 – RICFP 05 – Futureproofing Pedagogy: 5- Literacy across learning

16/5/22 – Teaching Reading Comprehension National Webinar – 4 – 5pm Eventbrite sign up Teaching Reading Comprehension Tickets, Mon 16 May 2022 at 16:00 | Eventbrite

June 2022:

Creating a Reading Culture – Inspiring Classrooms

Bring reading to life in the classroom

Inspiring Classrooms is a project created by the First Minister’s Reading Challenge to help schools build and sustain a reading culture.

Schools can apply to Inspiring Classrooms to receive a small grant for a project of their choice which includes an author visit and books for Primary 1 – 7 children taking part in the First Minister’s Reading Challenge.

The 2nd round of funding is now open for applications:

  • 16 February 2018 – Application deadline
  • 9 March 2018 – Notification of outcome
  • March 2018 – Funding distributed
  • March – June 2018 – Events held
  • June 2018 – Evaluation feedback deadline

Find out more about Inspiring Classrooms here.