Bedrock Learning is a digital literacy curriculum encompassing vocabulary, grammar, disciplinary literacy and GCSE English content. It was designed by teachers to give primary and secondary students of all abilities a personalised, interactive and cross-curricular experience. 

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Key Stage 2 is a crucial period for literacy development. Pupils learn many foundational skills for reading and writing in KS1, but must build on these foundations in KS2 to become skilled readers and writers, equipped to take on the challenges of secondary school learning.

But what should you do if your learners struggle with new literacy content and fall behind set targets?

Following her previous webinar on [targeted teaching and support](https://app.getcontrast.io/webinars/bedrock-learning-t-l-webinar-assessing-pupil-needs-to-target-support/overview), Senior English Specialist Ellie Ashton explores how structured interventions can support struggling learners with their literacy through the following questions:

1.  What do high-quality structured interventions look like in the classroom?
2.  How can you implement structured interventions to help learners who struggle with their literacy?
3.  So what practical steps can you take to ensure struggling learners are well supported?

This research-driven, evidence-based webinar is bound to be a lively discussion, suitable for you no matter where you are in your literacy journey.


[T&L Webinar] High quality interventions for struggling pupils

To target teaching and support for every learner, teachers must be able to assess their individual needs accurately.

But how can teachers gain an accurate picture of what each learner needs? How can assessing learners’ needs help to tailor support in the classroom?

Join Senior English Specialist Ellie Ashton as she deep dives into this topic through the following questions:

1.  What is targeted teaching and support?
2.  How can you accurately assess the needs of each pupil at your school?
3.  So what practical actions can you take to ensure targeted teaching, hence improving literacy across the whole school?

This research-driven, evidence-based webinar is bound to be a lively discussion, suitable for you no matter where you are in your literacy journey.


[T&L Webinar] Assessing pupil needs to target support

Transcription and sentence construction skills are essential building blocks for learners’ mastery of writing. As learners progress through school, ensuring that they master these skills when working on increasingly complex writing tasks is crucial.

In this webinar, join Senior English Specialist Ellie Ashton in discussing this important topic through the following questions:

1.  What do fluent transcription and writing composition look like?
2.  How can you promote learners’ writing accuracy and fluency?
3.  So what practical steps can you take to support learners’ writing skills and improve literacy at your school?

This research-driven, evidence-based webinar is bound to be a lively discussion, suitable for you no matter where you are in your literacy journey.


[T&L Webinar] Developing pupils' transcription and sentence construction skills

The third recommendation in the [Education Endowment Foundation’s guidance (2021)](https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/education-evidence/guidance-reports/literacy-ks2) addresses the importance of reading comprehension strategies in improving learners’ literacy.

[Following her previous webinar on fluent reading](https://app.getcontrast.io/webinars/bedrock-learning-t-l-support-pupils-to-develop-fluent-reading-capabilities/overview), Senior English Specialist Ellie Ashton focuses on how to teach reading comprehension strategies by discussing the following:

1.  Which barriers do learners encounter when reading a text?
2.  How can you use modelling and supported practice to address these barriers?
3.  So what practical actions can you take to boost learners’ literacy across the curriculum?

This research-driven, evidence-based webinar is bound to be a lively discussion, suitable for you no matter where you are in your literacy journey.


[T&L Webinar] Teaching reading comprehension strategies

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