Catch Up holds annual ‘Catching up with Catch Up’ conferences, in London and Cardiff, and a research conference 'Overcoming disadvantage for struggling learners'.
Dates for your diary
Our planned conferences for 2013:
Catching up with Catch Up
London - Friday 12th July 2013
Cardiff - Thursday 26th September 2013
Overcoming disadvantage for struggling learners
Birmingham - Wednesday 1st May 2013
Please click here to visit the 'Overcoming disadvantage' website
Keynote presentations:
Improving educational opportunities for young people from non-privileged backgrounds and increasing social mobility (update from 2012) (Dr Kevan Collins) (No Powerpoint used) The ‘Toolkit of Strategies’ to improve learning (update from 2012) (Professor Steve Higgins) (1067 KB, PDF opens in a new window, may take a few seconds to download) Pupil Premium – an Ofsted perspective (Trevor Hawes) (632 KB, PDF opens in a new window) Teaching Assistants can and do make a difference (Dee Reid) (338 KB, PDF opens in a new window)
Streamed sessions:
Teacher Effectiveness Enhancement Programme (TEEP) (Anne-Marie Duguid) (2618 KB, PDF opens in a new window, may take a few seconds to download) What works for pupils with literacy difficulties? (update from 2012) (Greg Brooks) (140 KB, PDF opens in a new window) Parental involvement (Juliette Collier) (Download will be available here shortly) Catch Up Numeracy Research Project (Clare Manghan and Alison Haines) (1019 KB, PDF opens in a new window, may take a few seconds to download) Challenge the Gap (Lee Preston and David Ashmore) (916 KB, PDF opens in a new window)
What works for pupils with numeracy difficulties? (update from 2012) (Dr Ann Dowker) (137 KB, PDF opens in a new window) Teaching Thinking (Professor Robert Fisher) (217 KB, PDF opens in a new window) Catch Up Literacy Transition Research Project (Dee Reid) (1292 KB, PDF opens in a new window, may take a few seconds to download) Effective feedback (Beverley Gardner) (2980 KB, PDF opens in a new windowk, may take a few seconds to download) TextNow® (Ella Bourne) (2744 KB, PDF opens in a new window, may take a few seconds to download) Peer tutoring/peer-assisted learning (Carolyn Clarke) (1244 KB, PDF opens in a new window, may take a few seconds to download)
20th September 2012 - Cardiff
Conference Presentations
Catch Up Numeracy in Bodnant Community School (PDF 1578KB opens in a new window)
Catching up with Catch Up Conference Sept 2012, Cardiff - Main Presentation (PDF 1422KB opens in a new window)
Denbighshire LA - A strategic approach to raising standards of literacy and numeracy (PDF 591KB opens in a new window)
Improving Literacy in Schools - Catch Up Literacy Digital Games in Torfaen (PDF 523KB opens in a new window)
Cyflwyniad ar ddatblygiad Rhaglen Dyfal Donc Llythrennedd yn Ysgol Y Llys (bilingual) (PDF 1931KB opens in a new window)
Catch Up Literacy in Ysgol Caer Drewyn (PDF 2238KB opens in a new window)
6th July 2012 - NCVO London
Catching up with Catch Up in Australia (Tracy Riley) (PDF 399KB opens in a new window) Catch Up Beyond England and Wales (Dee Reid) (PDF 1578KB opens in a new window) Catching up with Catch Up Conference July 2012 main presentation (PDF 797KB opens in a new window) Catch Up Literacy Digital Games - Torfaen Project (Jo Smith) (PDF 321KB opens in a new window)
Catching up with Catch Up in Australia (Tracy Riley) (PDF 399KB opens in a new window)
Catch Up Beyond England and Wales (Dee Reid) (PDF 1578KB opens in a new window)
Catching up with Catch Up Conference July 2012 main presentation (PDF 797KB opens in a new window)
Catch Up Literacy Digital Games - Torfaen Project (Jo Smith) (PDF 321KB opens in a new window)
Overcoming disadvantage for struggling learners: effective use of targeted pupil funding to enhance learning
25th April 2012 - Birmingham
Improving educational opportunities for young people from non-privileged backgrounds and increasing social mobility (Dr Kevan Collins) (362 KB, PDF opens in a new window)
Actively involving parents to support children's learning in school (Margaret Booth) (325 KB, PDF opens in a new window)
Metacognition and self-regulation strategies: helping pupils learn to learn (Prof Robert Fisher) (124 KB, PDF opens in a new window)
Feedback and marking: making a difference to children's learning (Dr Suzi Clipson-Boyles) (602 KB, PDF opens in a new window)
Avoiding the Boomerang (Dee Reid) (469 KB, PDF opens in a new window)
Catch Up Literacy and Catch Up Numeracy (Dee Reid) (1969 KB, PDF opens in a new window, may take a few seconds to download)
Peer tutoring/peer-assisted learning (Shirley Button) (350 KB, PDF opens in a new window)
What works for pupils with literacy difficulties? (Mel Byrne) (1070 KB, PDF opens in a new window)
21st September 2011 - University of Cardiff
Conference presentations:
Catching up with Catch Up conference (main presentation) (700Kb, PDF opens in a new window)
Keynote: Improving Literacy and Numeracy (Lindsay Harvey, Head of Curriculum 7-19, DfES) (29Kb, PDF opens in a new window)
Keynote: Gwella Llythrennedd a Rhifedd (Lindsay Harvey, Pennaeth Cwricwlwm 7-19, AdAS) (33Kb, PDF opens in a new window)
Catch Up / Dyfal Donc ym Mhowys (Anne Kenyon, Mhowys / Powys) (44Kb, PDF opens in a new window)
Catch Up Interventions – A Strategic Approach (Debbie Rowan and Kath John, Vale of Glamorgan / Bro Morgannwg) (118Kb, PDF opens in a new window)
1st July 2011 - NCVO, Regent's Wharf, London
Conference presentation:
Catching up with Catch Up conference (869Kb, PDF opens in a new window)
2nd July 2010 - NCVO, Regent's Wharf, London
Catching up with Catch Up conference (666Kb, PDF opens in a new window)
Catch Up in Tasmania and New South Wales (Dee Reid) (296Kb, PDFopens in a new window)
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