Primary English for Trainee Teachers

David Waugh is a former deputy headteacher who worked in ITT from 1990 at the University of Hull, where he led the PGCE course and became Head of Department. In 2008 he was appointed as one of two (the other being Wendy) National Strategies Regional Advisers for ITT. He is currently lectures at Durham University. He has published extensively in primary English, as well as developing e-learning resources for National Strategies for English, mathematics and mentoring and coaching. David also writes children’s stories, including The Wishroom, which was written with 45 children from 15 East Durham primary schools and published in 2017. Wendy Jolliffe is Professor of Education and worked in Initial Teacher Education (ITE) for 14 years; latterly as Head of Teacher Education at the University of Hull. She worked previously as a Regional Adviser for the National Strategies and advised ITT providers on effective provision for literacy.  She has published extensively in Primary English and Cooperative Learning. Kate Allott is Senior Lecturer in Education at York St John University. Kate worked as a literacy consultant in a local authority from the inception of the National Literacy Strategy. More recently she spent two years as a regional adviser with the Primary National Strategy, working on the Communication, Language and Literacy Development initiative.

The National Curriculum - David Waugh
Oracy: Speaking and listening - Wendy Jolliffe
Vocabulary development - Jane Carter
Reading - Ruth Harrison-Palmer
Phonics for reading and writing - Wendy Jolliffe
Spelling - Kate Allott
Grammar and punctuation - David Waugh
Fiction - Debbie Myers
Poetry - Holly Dyer
Non-fiction - Kirsty Anderson
Writing - Claire Warner
Multimodal and digital texts - Claire Norcott
Drama - Eve English
Planning children′s learning - Kate Allott
Assessment: an invaluable classroom resource - Kirsty Anderson
Mastery in English - Kate Allott
Inclusion in English: challenges and barriers - Kulwinder Maude