Gender differences can start appearing very early in children’s attitudes to learning, and an age-old problem is that of getting boys to engage in English.

This short course will take you through some exciting but easy-to-apply ideas for increasing boys’ enthusiasm for this core subject, and strategies to expand that renewed interest into the foundation subjects too.

• Reading for pleasure
• Adding purpose to writing, grammar and spelling
• Practical games and activities

Audience:

This course is appropriate for primary schools.

• Headteachers and Senior Leaders
• Class Teachers and TAs
• EYFS / KS1 / KS2