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Talking Partners

Recent Education Endowment Foundation-funded evaluations indicate raising the quality and rigour of classroom talk has a range of positive academic, personal and social outcomes.

Recent Education Endowment Foundation-funded evaluations indicate raising the quality and rigour of classroom talk has a range of positive academic, personal and social outcomes, in particular for children eligible for free school meals (Gorard et al., 2015); (Hanley P et al., 2015), and in terms of teachers’ confidence (Jay et al., 2017).

Talking Partners@Primary is designed to improve the way children communicate across the curriculum, enabling them to become independent and skilful speakers and listeners and accelerate progress with writing. It is designed to improve the delivery of speech, language and communication in the classroom on a day to day basis by practitioners.

TalkingPartners@Primary a targeted, time-limited (10 weeks) intervention can be used with small groups or the whole class. The evaluations indicate that typically pupils will make over 18 months progress in their productive oral language though the delivery of Talking Partners@Primary. It is particularly beneficial for pupils with low literacy skills and children who have English as an additional language.

The Inclusion Support Service Kent is an accredited trainer for Talkingpartner@Primary. ISSK will be delivering the National 2-day Course in Kent on Thursday 20 June and Thursday 27 June through CPD Online. Spaces are limited to 20 delegates so please register soon.

If you would like more information please see the Talking Partners flyer (PDF, 155.3 KB) or contact Bhupinder Gill by emailing bhpinder.gill@theeducationpeople.org or calling 07880 784510

Contact Details

Bhupinder Gill
Email: bhpinder.gill@theeducationpeople.org
Telephone: 07880 784510