Since adopting NNP and PI we have seen a significant increase in our children’s phonic scores, moving from 50% passing the PSC in 2019 to now having 89% on track to pass this year. national curriculum age-related structures (text and grammatical) that can be replicated to inspire pupils' original compositions. The Babcock LDP literacy team is a well-established and experienced group of English advisers, who work extensively in schools in Devon and beyond. Please advise us on booking if you have already purchased a pack: if that is the case, you will only be charged the course fee.

Each of the nine No Nonsense Phonics Skills Pupil Books has a parallel Teacher Book to provide additional guidance and explanations for the teacher (who could be a class teacher, teaching assistant, special needs teacher or assistant, tutor, home-educating parent or carer. Dependent on the stage of learning and need of the learner or learners (the books are not age-specific although you can start Book 1 with four to five year olds – no younger! The fact that it’s easy to follow and quick to resource makes this scheme both useable and great value for money. The NO NONSENSE SPELLING programme was devised to offer teachers a comprehensive yet accessible progression in the teaching of spelling.If you wish to book on this course after the course deadline please contact us on 01629 536546 and ask to speak to Samantha Jennings.

In all cases, teachers need to make text choices based on the individual needs of their classes: almost all of these texts have been used successfully across two year groups in different contexts. The writing has been annotated, much like an exemplification file, to show how the judgements have been made. If you did not opt-in to your subscription moving to Devon County Council then you will not be able to access any of the No Nonsense Literacy material. Written by the Babcock LDP Primary Literacy team, No Nonsense Grammar provides sufficient guidance to implement an effective grammar teaching programme from Year 1 to Year 6. After almost forty years as a professional educator, I can truly regard the information and techniques on teaching literacy in No Nonsense Literacy Strategies For Test Taking, The Classroom, And Beyond to be tried and true and render results, even from the lowest achievers.

In most schools guided reading is based on the reading level that arises from the benchmarking assessment done by the teacher and focuses largely on comprehension and learning to use a variety of ‘strategies’ to decode words. Internationally renowned for her knowledge and expertise in the field of foundational literacy, Debbie has crafted yet more magic with the No Nonsense Phonics programme. This course provides an introduction to No Nonsense Spelling and includes activities to help delegates become familiar with the lesson plans, the teaching sequence and the supporting resources. It’s very clear on the rules and patterns you have to follow, but then also makes clear activities you can use to help teach that spelling pattern.

Visit our assessment page to see the Y3 example of EXS and to see our range of assessment tools for reading and writing. The team, made up of experienced KS1-2 teachers and advisers, saw great results in Devon and collaborated with Raintree Publishers to offer the programme to the whole country.The learner applies and extends phonics code knowledge, handwriting and new vocabulary, whilst developing language comprehension, via 12 Mini Story pages.