Mr Amos at Harrow Gate Primary School Shares his thoughts on Power of Reading

The Power of Reading supports primary schools to evolve a high-quality literacy curriculum to develop reading comprehension and writing composition, and fosters a whole school love of reading and writing.
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The comprehensive programme of professional development puts quality children’s literature at the heart of the curriculum for English, and is built on nearly 20 years of research and practice. The training days effectively develop teacher subject knowledge and support schools to raise engagement and attainment in language, vocabulary, reading and writing, meeting all the requirements of the National Curriculum. Text recommendations, planning and teaching resources are provided through a CLPE School Membership.
Schools have been working with the Power of Reading over the last 17 years. Our evaluations have consistently proven that the programme:
• Develops staff subject knowledge in how to improve engagement and attainment in reading across the primary years;
• Provides rich and context-based opportunities to develop phonics, spelling and grammar in the context of reading and writing;
• Supports schools to develop authentic processes for writing, developing pupils’ engagement and
independence in a range of writing for different purposes and audiences and in a range of forms;
• Provides text recommendations and quality planning, via the membership resources, to support schools to deliver an engaging Literacy Curriculum, improving standards in reading and writing and developing a culture of reading for pleasure.
This training is available as a 4 day face-to-face programme delivered at our Literacy Library across the academic year, and as an online distance learning programme delivered in 8 live and interactive webinars.
We can also deliver the programme regionally for MATs, Hubs and networks of schools.
The Power of Reading training meets all requirements of the National Curriculum.