💛 Delivered by: Gill Clarke, Elklan SaLT Professional Advisor and Charlie McLachlan, Elklan Director
💛 A chance to ask the Elklan team any questions relating to our training courses and speech and language in education.
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Tag: literacy
FREE! Widgit CPD webinar: Ask the Expert with Rebecca Lynch
Use this time to ask company experts any questions that you have! Suitable for existing and new customers.
🧡 Is symbol-support just for early years?
🧡 Can symbols transform secondary learning too?
🧡 What about EAL/ELL learners?
🧡 Are we under utilising visual tools for neurotypical students?
See if you can find a question about Widgit symbols that Rebecca can’t answer!
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FREE! Nessy CPD webinar: Ask the Expert with Stuart Plumridge
💚 This 30-minute interactive session is designed to tackle the real-world literacy challenges you face every day.
Ask your questions of Stuart:
💚 Need advice on a specific student profile?
💚 Want to know how to maximise Nessy’s reporting features?
💚 Seeking strategies for managing neurodivergent learners?
The literacy specialists from Nessy are here to help.
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FREE! CPD Webinar – Finding the Gaps: Using Nessy to Screen and Target Literacy Difficulties
❓ How can educators proactively spot these hidden difficulties without adding hours of manual assessment to their workload?
💭 Often, by the time literacy gaps become obvious, the intervention required is much more intensive.
🎯 During this session, Rory File, Head of Education and Partnerships explores identifying students who are quietly falling behind in reading and spelling can be a complex challenge.
FREE! Widgit Induction Week CPD Webinar – Getting started with symbols – Practical tips on your journey to being a Symbol-Friendly School
💠 Rebecca Lynch, Global Education Specialist at Widgit, will explore Widgit’s new Dual Language Resource Pack and share practical tips for getting started with symbols in your school.
💠 The session will focus on creating whole-school consistency to support understanding and help all children thrive.
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FREE! Webinar – Nessy Parent Series – Beat the Summer Slide: Without Turning Your Home Into a Classroom
Summer is a time for rest, fun, and new experiences.
It is also a wonderful opportunity to build confidence, nurture interests, and create meaningful moments that support learning naturally.
For children with dyslexia, these experiences can help strengthen language, reading, writing, and self-confidence in ways that feel enjoyable rather than overwhelming.
Join us for a relaxed, supportive virtual workshop where we’ll explore simple ways to encourage reading, writing, language, and independence without turning summer into school.
FREE! CPD Webinar – Visual Literacy in Action: How Widgit & Mighty Writer Work Together to Transform Early Language and Writing
💠 Join Lisa from Widgit and Emma from Mighty Writer for a practical, engaging session on how visual literacy transforms learning.
💠 Discover how combining symbols, structured talk and hands‑on sentence building helps pupils develop vocabulary, speak in full sentences and write with confidence.
Picture ➡️ Symbols ➡️ Oral Sentence ➡️ Sentence Build ➡️ Writing
💠 With a strong focus on inclusion and high expectations, this webinar will share simple strategies you can implement immediately across your classrooms.
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FREE! Mighty Writer CPD webinar: Ask the Expert with Emma Ralph
💠 Mighty Writer is a unique physical resource that transforms children’s literacy almost overnight, guaranteed!
💠 It is designed for every class of EYFS, KS1 and for intervention in KS2.
💠 Join the Founder and Literacy Improvement Director from Mighty Writer to understand how the Mighty Writer tools can help your students in your classrooms.
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FREE! CPD Webinar – Visual Literacy with Widgit & Mighty Writer hosted by Louise Dawson
Join Louise as she hosts Lisa from Widgit and Emma from Mighty Writer for this powerful introductory session, where we’ll show how Widgit symbols and Mighty Writer’s sentence‑building approach work together to strengthen:
🔸 Vocabulary and oral rehearsal
🔸 Sentence structure and accuracy
🔸 Transcription foundations in Reception & KS1
🔸 Confidence for SEND, EAL and reluctant writers
🔸 Overall independence and writing success
This practical, classroom‑focused webinar walks you through the full visual‑to‑verbal learning journey:
Picture ➡️ Symbols ➡️ Oral Sentence ➡️ Sentence Build ➡️ Writing
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FREE! Webinar – UK National Writing Day: ‘Cultivating Writers’
Writing is a form of personal expression and agency. Yet, for many children, the transition from ‘learning to write’ to ‘writing for pleasure’ remains a challenge.
Join ILT Education UK this National Writing Day as we bring together some of the most influential voices in literacy to explore how we can bridge the gap between school-based writing and motivation.
This event will comprise of:
▪️A keynote sharing research into children’s writing motivation
▪️A panel discussion with:
🗣️ Rory File, ILT Education UK
🗣️ Martin Galway, National Literacy Trust
🗣️ David Jones, Literacy Pirates
🗣️ Ross Young, The Writing for Pleasure Centre
Whether you are a classroom teacher, a literacy lead, or an education researcher, this session will provide you with the insights needed to foster a generation of confident, motivated writers.