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Our Subject Days for newly qualified and trainee teachers are an effective way to condense a lifetime’s teaching experience into just four Saturday sessions. Designed to provide a wealth of resources, the course is delivered by experienced teacher leaders in conjunction with leading academics and is designed to improve confidence and bolster ability.
- Reasons to attend:
- Deepens subject knowledge
- Broadens teaching strategy and ideas
- Brings the latest academic thinking into classrooms
- Introduces teachers to a supportive peer network
- Runs on four Saturdays
- Provides unique teaching resources
Eligibility
Courses are recommended for school-based teacher trainees (e.g. School Direct, Teach First) and those in their first few years of teaching.
The programme is designed for subject specialists. Those teaching outside their specialism are encouraged to contact us to discuss suitability.
English
Gain confidence and enhance your subject knowledge
Build your network of experienced teachers and peers in other schools
- Topics covered:
- Gothic
- Romantics
- Shakespeare's Comedies
- Modern poetry
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Past speakers
CPD Coordinator; NTSD Course Leader - English
Gareth Davies
Gareth Davies has recently started teaching at Coloma Convent Girls’ School. Prior to that he taught at Harris Academy Greenwich, and was Lead Teacher for the Gifted and Talented at...
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Schools Programme Coordinator; NTSD Manchester Centre Leader - English
Helen Cleary
Helen Cleary is Head of English at Altrincham Girls’ Grammar School. Before this, she taught English and Drama at Walkden High School in Salford (five years) and at Great Sankey...
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Geography
Gain confidence and enhance your subject knowledge
Build your network of experienced teachers and peers in other schools
- Topics covered:
- Development and BRICS
- Ecosystems under threat
- Migration and urban change
- Global resource pressure
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Past speakers
Residential and NTSD Course Leader - Geography
Graham Goldup
Graham Goldup is Senior Assistant Headteacher at Cardinal Newman Catholic School, Hove. He is an active member of the Geographical Association and the Royal Geographical Society and is both a...
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History
Gain confidence and enhance your subject knowledge
Build your network of experienced teachers and peers in other schools
- Topics covered:
- Rise of extremism: Europe after WW1
- The world turned upside down: Tudor and Stuart upheaval
- Empire and WW1
- A world divided: The Cold War and Vietnam
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Past speakers
New Teacher Subject Days Subject Coordinator - History
Catherine McCrory
Catherine McCrory began her teaching career in an international school in New York City where she worked for five years gaining senior leadership experience as director of studies taught in...
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Mathematics
Enhance your subject knowledge and share best practice
Build your network of experienced teachers and peers in other schools
- Topics covered:
- Ratio and proportion
- Algebraic manipulation
- Fractions, decimals and percentages
- Statistics
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Past speakers
NTSD Birmingham Centre Leader - Mathematics
Alan Bannister
Alan Bannister was born and grew up in Zimbabwe. He moved to England in 1999 to study A Levels and stayed to read Maths at university. Alan now lives in Birmingham...
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Modern Languages
Gain confidence and enhance your subject knowledge
Build your network of experienced teachers and peers in other schools
- Specialist courses are run for French and Spanish teachers. Example topics are:
- Spanish: La lengua meta; El arte surrealista
- El cine de Guillermo del Toro; Cuba
- La guerra civil española; Cuentos latinoamericanos
- El rap español
- French: Le cinéma
- La musique
- L’histoire et les actualités
- Une région et l’art
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Dr Francisco Romero Salvadó (Spanish)
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"La Guerra Civil Española: Crepúsculo de una era"
Past speakers
CPD Coordinator; NTSD Course Leader - Spanish
Lucy Meyer
Lucy Meyer is Head of Modern Foreign Languages at Bexley Grammar School. She studied French and Spanish at Nottingham University, followed by a PGCE gained at the Institute of Education....
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NTSD Course Leader - French
Paul Haywood
Paul Haywood is Subject Leader for Modern Languages at The Henrietta Barnett School. He joined the school as an NQT in 1999 following three years living in Nice, France. He teaches...
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Science
Gain confidence and enhance your subject knowledge
Build your network of experienced teachers and peers in other schools
- Specialist courses are run for Biology, Chemistry and Physics teachers. Example topics are:
- Chemistry: Atoms and bonding
- Thermodynamics
- Trends in the periodic table
- Organic chemistry reactions
- Biology: Membranes, transport and the kidneys
- Nerves and hormones
- Genetics, evolution and biotechnology
- Immune system and immunity
- Physics: Electricity
- Forces
- Waves
- Energy
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Dr Peter Wothers (Chemistry)
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"Atoms, Brains and Galaxies: An introduction to Spectroscopy"
Past speakers
NTSD Course Leader - Chemistry
Daniel Clift
Danny Clift is the Head of Physics at a large and very successful girls school in East London. He has worked as an Advanced Skills Teacher in a variety of...
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NTSD Course Leader - Physics
Melissa Lord
Melissa Lord was previously Head of Physics and Head of Science at Altrincham Grammar School for Girls and is an Ogden Trust Teacher Fellow, coordinating the Trafford Ogden Science Partnership....
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