Talk Six is a year-long CPD programme designed to improve outcomes for children in Y6.

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

This CPD programme is also suitable for Year 7 teachers to engage with CPD using a wide range of effective strategies for teaching spoken language, reading and writing skills when designing English units of work. In addition, it is useful for working alongside Year 6 colleagues when assessing and moderating writing across the year.

This programme includes:

English Publication Bridging Unit - The Nowhere Emporium - a full unit of work to be delivered in autumn 1 (prior to the start of Talk Programme training).

- CPD Day 1 an exemplified biography unit of work (4-5 weeks), to be delivered in the the autumn term, with a comprehensive resource pack.

- CPD Day 2 an exemplified classic fiction integrated unit of work with non-fiction and poetry (5-6 weeks), to be delivered in the spring term, with a comprehensive resource pack.

- CPD Day 3 an exemplified Shakespeare unit of work using Romeo and Juliet (up to 6 weeks), to be delivered in the second half of the spring term or summer term, with a comprehensive resource pack.

- Half-day Shakespeare workshop delivered by the Shakespeare Schools Foundation.

- Two half-day update sessions with a focus on key skills alongside moderation training and workshops in the autumn and spring terms.

- Models of moderation will be explored which can be utilised back in school.

- Half-day ‘Last Push Pack for Writing’ training and two units of work provided: Wonder and The 1000 Year Old Boy.

- Half-day final moderation led by KS2 Moderators for Writing, prior to end of year data submission.