BBC Radio Humberside recently visited Adelaide Primary School in Hull, to see how Chatta is helping children’s vocabulary and language development in EYFS classes. The school’s Early Years Leader Mark … Continued
Talk is a halfway house between thinking and writing: how can teaching with pictures remove barriers to oral composition? The ease and speed of instantly being able to find images … Continued
Headteacher of Pocklington Infant School, Dr Lynn Bartram, has led her school’s implementation and regular use of Chatta with a clear focus on helping support teaching and learning priorities. “Pupils … Continued
Swinemoor Primary School in Beverley, East Yorkshire started working with Chatta in September 2020. Deputy Headteacher Jane Sharp chose Chatta to help address whole school priorities linked to pupils’ oracy … Continued
We always welcome feedback from teachers, teaching assistants and school leaders on the impact working with Chatta is making for the children and young people they teach. Headteacher, James Grayston, … Continued
Vicky Thomas, Early Years Lead, and Sarah Marchant, LRC teacher, from Monkton Priory Community Primary School in Pembroke, Wales have been enjoying using Chatta as a scaffolding approach to support … Continued
Early years practitioner Mandy Masterman, from Boothferry Primary School, explains how Chatta is making an impact on communication, language and vocabulary in foundation stage classes with remarkable results. Mandy originally … Continued
Jane Cocliff is the Special Needs Co-ordinator at Kingsway Primary School. She recently watched a Year 2 whole class English lesson which was based on the Chatta approach, and was … Continued
Claire Davies and Jane Simpkins, School Improvement Officers for reading and writing, at the Yorkshire-based Waterton Trust, have recently seen the impact of Chatta in classrooms at Cherry Tree Academy. … Continued
As teachers, we model language all the time. Every word we say! It would be interesting to look at a transcript of the language a teacher uses at school and … Continued