To complement the NQT Induction, the Teaching School provides an excellent professional development opportunity for Primary NQTs. This programme is based on 6 full-day training sessions. These sessions will also provide opportunities for support, developing subject knowledge and essential reflection.

1. Maths

• Guidance and support to plan, deliver and differentiate the new maths curriculum across key stages
• Gather an increased awareness of how to incorporate problem solving into daily teaching
• Identify real life and cross curricular links in maths
• Use  questioning to develop higher order thinking

2. English

• Guidance and support to integrate all aspects of the new curriculum into daily, weekly and longer term planning
• How to differentiate writing and grammar activities throughout the whole teaching sequence
• How to effectively model writing through an integrated teaching sequence aimed to accelerate progress
• Explore common barriers to writing and how to overcome them  

3. Subject Leadership

• Develop the skills to lead a subject effectively
• Create and follow a monitoring framework that leads to continuous improvement across a subject
• Coach others to reflect on their practice
• Develop skills needs to provide effective feedback to improve teaching and learning
• Develop strategies needed to write a subject evaluation form that both reports and supports  

4. Science

• Guidance and support to plan, deliver and differentiate the new science curriculum across key stages
• Exploring how to plan and teach engaging and innovative SC1 lessons that encourage independent leaning
• Developing children’s enquiry skills through questioning and challenge
• Making cross curricular links in science teaching

5. PE

• Develop an increased understanding of how to organise lessons and resources
• Gain knowledge of what a high quality PE lesson looks like
• Learn a range of strategies and techniques for promoting good behaviour within lessons
• Develop an ability to identify, break down and teach discrete skills within lessons
• Develop dance ideas that boys and girls can enjoy 

6. Curriculum Design - Foundation Subjects

• Develop confidence in the teaching of Foundation Subjects
• Explore the design of a broad and balanced curriculum
• Develop engaging ideas for teaching Foundation Subjects
• Making cross curricular links to enhance learning

Feedback

• It is so useful to have the opportunity to discuss and brainstorm with teachers in the same year groups
• After coming to this session I feel my planning will improve, thinking carefully about short activities to carefully manage behaviour
• This session was great, allowed me to really reflect on my own teaching. I will take lots back to school with me
• I feel I have developed strategies for improved learning and behaviour, especially pace of lesson
• It was really beneficial to observe a lesson and to learn how activities I am conducting are appropriate and beneficial