Optional extra in-depth volunteer training sessions for 2024-25!

From September to March, we run our annual series of optional ‘Expert View’ webinars hosted by Chapter One staff and external experts. Topics included how to break the ice with your pupil, a deeper dive into how children are taught reading and phonics, how to engage shy and reluctant readers and how to challenge more confident readers.

Click on the links below for more information and to sign up!

A Deeper Dive into Phonics and How Reading is Taught to Children in Year 1 and Year 2 of Primary School - delivered by early years literacy specialist Emma Spiers

- 30 September, 9.30-10.30am
- 11 November, 9.30-10.30am

Additional resource on phonics
Download phoneme chart

Getting Started With Chapter One: How to Break the Ice With Your Pupil - delivered by Emma Bell, CEO, Chapter One

- 7 October, 12.30-1.30pm
- 14 November, 12.30-1.30pm

Getting Started with Chapter One: Tips on How to Engage Shy and Reluctant Readers - delivered by early literacy specialist Emma Spiers

- 14 October, 9.30-10.30am
- 2 December, 9.30-10.30am

How to Challenge and Extend Confident Readers - delivered by early literacy specialist Emma Spiers

- 13 January, 9.30am-10.30am
- 19 March, 9.30am-10.30am