Inset is never theoretical. I am trying new ideas out all thetime and share the ones that work. It tends to be very interactive with lots of laughter, talking and teachers actually trying ideas out. It is suitable for both KS1 and KS2. 

I can sometimes add a staff training session on the end of a day, or spend a whole/half day (if I don't have to travel too far from Amersham). 

I am happy to work with individual schools or networking communities to work out a day that is right for your own situation.

RECENT INSET TITLES HAVE INCLUDED

     BOYS AND THEIR WRITING - before  I wrote Literacy in Action: Football (published by Routledge, 2010) I read anything I could find about boys' writing. The inset reflects the journey I made and the insights gained to deliver lessons that boys interact with.

     CREATIVE OPTIONS AND DIFFERENTIATED SCAFFOLDS - this, too, came out of researching the football book. It is about kinaesthetic ways to generate ideas to write about - poetry and non-ficiton as well as fiction. 

     RE – IT CAN BE BOTH INTERACTIVE AND INTERESTING - for the resource book REactive Learning (published by Education Printing Services 2007)  I integrated thinking that had taken place for literacy material in to ways to make RE intereactive and kinaesthetic. This inset session is the result.