Talk Reception is a year-long CPD programme designed to improve outcomes for children in Reception

The cost of this programme is £650 for one member of staff attending each session and includes five days of CPD.

The programme includes five days of CPD with a focus on the following areas:
- Vocabulary development and practical strategies for closing the word gap
- Good practice for the teaching and learning of phonics
- Early reading with specific application of phonics and comprehension development
- Storytelling approaches for language development with linked to oral and written outcomes
- Reading for pleasure alongside strategies to engage children’s love of books
- Approaches to engage parents
- Early writing with a focus on application of phonics, physical development and composition
- Creating units of work using quality texts following a teaching sequence
- Updates regarding early literacy linked to the OFSTED Framework, EYFS Framework and national developments
Following each session, participants will be provided with a comprehensive toolkit of materials which can be utilised in school.