Welcome to Early Language & Literacy Foundations

Supporting young children to thrive and grow to have successful, fulfilling and happy futures.

Providing training, advice and support to drive school improvement through the development of language acquisition, phonics, early reading and writing.

Packages are tailored to the needs of the school,
preschool or individual.

Amanda Lowe is a former member of the Norfolk Advisory Service where she worked as an Early Language and Literacy Consultant for 3 years. Prior to this role, she was a teacher in the EYFS and KSI in Norfolk and Devon.

She is now a freelance advisor offering high quality, practical support for the development of phonics, early language and literacy. Amanda also teaches a year one class two days a week, providing her with first-hand experience of what works and what doesn't and how it feels to be a teacher of young children in these changing times.

Training, advice and support for headteachers, senior leadership teams, new and experienced teachers and teaching assistants, NQTs and students include:

Development of language acquisition and Phase One,
Letters and Sounds

Development of rigorous synthetic phonics teaching and learning

Effective teaching of vocabulary

Effective early reading and writing development

Developing an early language and literacy monitoring cycle
for school improvement

Developing lead teachers for early language and literacy

Training could be organised through:

In school advice and support

Cluster group training

Training at a venue

Support for families, parents and carers include: