Primary English and Literacy
Welcome to the Lancashire Primary English and Literacy page. Here you will find a great mix of expert guidance, exciting resources and interesting links that can help to impact teaching and learning in your primary classroom.
CPD and Consultancy
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English Consultancy and School-based training for schools and other agencies can be tailored to meet the needs of individual members of staff, groups of staff, or the whole school staff team. These can be delivered by members of our English team on a full-day, half-day, staff meeting or an evening twilight basis.
Advice and support can be provided across a range of topics including:
- Improving subject knowledge (eg Phonics, Spelling, Reading, Writing, Grammar) for teachers and teaching assistants
- Support for the English Subject Leader to audit, monitor and implement action plans
- Planning units of work with individual teachers
- Assessing reading and writing for every year group; moderating reading and writing with individual teachers and/or Subject Leaders
- Working with Subject Leadership teams to support action planning and monitoring
We can provide bespoke packages of support including the above, tailored to meet the needs of your school.
Contact Nicola Martin - Senior Consultant for English and Literacy
What's New
- NEW - The Lion and Albert - Year 6 Unit
- NEW - Subscription Resource - Writing Health Check 2024
- NEW - Free Resource - Updated Reading Deep Dive March 2024
- Order the Primary Sentence Toolkit!
- Key Learning Linked to TAF
- End of KS2 Standardisation Materials 22-23 – samples of WTS/EXS/GDS with commentaries
- Red Rose Letters and Sounds Resource List
- Updated - English Events Calendar 2024
- Year 1 PSC Words in Test
- Subscription Resource - Shared Writing Guidance
- Free Resource - The Reading Framework - Support Documents for School Leaders
- Free Resource: LPDS English Planning Template
- Subscription Resource - Updated Subject Leader Handbook
Red Rose Letters and Sounds
The Primary English and Literacy Team at Lancashire Professional Development Service (LPDS) have developed a new systematic, synthetic phonics planning programme using the Letters and Sounds approach titled Red Rose Letters and Sounds.
Reading and Writing Resources and Support
Publications
Evidence-based publications to aid your classroom practice. From our Award-winning English and Literacy Team.
New Publications
Assessment of Reading - Guidance
Exclusively available as part of the LPDS English and maths website subscription. Login and visit our Reading section to access this premium publication.
Three Brand New English Planning Units:
- The Highway Rat - Year 1, Year 2 or Year 1/2.
- 101 Dalmatians - Year 3, Year 4 or Year 3/4.
- Goodnight Mister Tom - Year 5, Year 6 or Year 5/6 Unit. Order Now!
Key Learning in Spoken Language
Based upon the expectations outlined in the National Curriculum, this publication will support teachers to plan spoken language opportunities in English and across the curriculum. Publication available electronically for instant download.
Updated LPDS English Planning Units
FREE Units:
- Year 1, Autumn 2 - English Unit Planning Guidance - Fire! Fire!
- Year 2, Spring 1 - English Planning Unit Guidance - Explorers
- Year 3, Autumn 2 - English Unit Planning Guidance - Healthy Humans
- Year 4, Spring 2 - English Unit Planning Guidance - Passport to Europe
- Year 5, Spring 2 - English Unit Planning Guidance - Inventors and Inventions
- Year 6, Summer 2 - English Unit Planning Guidance - Oh! I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside
More New Publications to Address your Biggest Needs and Concerns
Coming Soon!
Planning and Curriculum Content
Subject Leaders
Further Support
English EYFS
Early Years Support for English and Literacy. Annual subscription required for Premium Resource access.
VLOG
Watch the monthly VLOG episode from the Teaching and Learning Consultants for Primary English and Literacy. Covering topical areas like a Deep Dive in Reading.
Links
Contact the English and Literacy Team
Nicola Martin (Senior Teaching and Learning Consultant, Primary English and Literacy)
