Course Aims:
- To thoroughly examine the core knowledge components of the Key Stage 2 English National Curriculum: grammar, spelling, vocabulary, reading, writing, oracy
- To understand Key Stage 2 assessment of writing, reading, and grammar, spelling and punctuation
- To understand the subject-specific pedagogy that underpins effective delivery of the Key Stage 2 English National Curriculum
- To carefully examine how Year 7 curriculum design might be meaningfully informed by Key Stage 2 English to support a smooth and effective academic transition
- To consider in what way secondary English teachers might echo aspects of pedagogy that are most successful in Year 6

As students experience a curriculum shift from Key Stage 2 English to Key Stage 3 English, it is vitally important that we create an appropriate curriculum bridge for incoming Year 7 students in our secondary English departments. This is to ensure that an academic dip is avoided.

In the morning, a member of the LPDS Primary English Consultant team will outline the essential foundations of the Key Stage 2 English National Curriculum and the pedagogical approaches that drive successful reading and writing in primary classrooms. In the afternoon, the focus will switch to how Year 7 English curricula can be subtly reshaped to provide robust curriculum continuity for our students from Year 6 to 7 – from the specific knowledge taught to the instructional approaches used. This is to support secondary English leaders and teachers in offering the most challenging, ambitious and enriching English curriculum possible to all Year 7 learners.