Beth Morrant
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Does your school improvement plan include staff development & training in speech & language? It should.
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Beth Morrant
- Jun 20
- 2 min
How to teach a wide and varied vocabulary
Do you dream of the children in your class or setting using a wide and varied vocabulary? Here's how to achieve it.
Beth Morrant
- May 26
- 3 min
My Children Are Below Age-Related Expectations
"I teach year 4 and have pupils who are struggling to follow instructions and retain anything." Sarah is an experienced teacher who...
Beth Morrant
- May 18
- 4 min
What do memory, processing and retention problems look like?
What do memory, processing and retention problems look like in a classroom? How do memory difficulties impact on learning?
How can we help?
Beth Morrant
- Apr 18
- 2 min
The SEND Review- your next steps
As a training provider to schools, I had one big takeaway from the SEND review. Too few Teachers have received training or CPD for SEN.
Beth Morrant
- Apr 7
- 3 min
Top Strategies to Boost Children's Speech & Language Skills
Here are my top strategies to help you establish effective management of speech and language needs in your classroom or setting.
Beth Morrant
- Mar 1
- 2 min
The Data is Emerging
The data is starting to emerge around the impacts on children following the pandemic. Recently the Royal College of Speech and Language...
Beth Morrant
- Feb 22
- 2 min
Leo can't say his name properly
I want to tell you about Leo. Leo couldn't say his name properly. The L sound was tricky. He used a W instead. “What’s your name?”...
Beth Morrant
- Feb 1
- 3 min
How does the training work?
Here are the answers to some frequently asked questions about my online speech and language training courses.
Beth Morrant
- Jan 17
- 2 min
Are you part of the 96 percent?
96% of schools were either "very concerned" or "quite concerned" by the speech & language development of children since the pandemic (EEF)
Beth Morrant
- Jan 5
- 3 min
Data collection tools
There are a range of resources and tools in the Speech and Language Garden that you can use to collect data, monitor progress and show...
Beth Morrant
- Nov 29, 2021
- 2 min
Speech Sounds and Safeguarding
How are you able to meet their safeguarding needs if their speech is unclear and you can't understand them?
Beth Morrant
- Nov 9, 2021
- 3 min
Little Speech Sounds can have BIG Impacts
Speech sound difficulties can have wider impacts on language development and learning.
Beth Morrant
- Oct 18, 2021
- 2 min
One Game, Multiple Ways
A quick and easy intervention activity for schools to use with children to support needs and catch up skills.
Beth Morrant
- Jul 8, 2021
- 3 min
Top Tips for School Transitions
The last few weeks of the summer term in school are full of excitement. Mostly because the countdown is REAL and many of us have only a...
Beth Morrant
- Jul 1, 2021
- 2 min
How schools can support SEN pupils to 'catch-up'
Speech & language is going to be a big focus for the 2021-22 academic year. Schools can find information on CPD training and cost savings.
Beth Morrant
- Jun 17, 2021
- 2 min
How to Screen a Whole Class or Year Group for Speech, Language and Communication Needs
I was talking to a lovely SENCo a couple of weeks ago and she asked me “Beth, do you have anything that we could use to screen a whole...
Beth Morrant
- May 11, 2021
- 2 min
No-Prep SEND staff meetings
You're scheduled to do the next staff meeting but didn't have time to prepare. Don't worry, just log in and press play.
Beth Morrant
- Apr 19, 2021
- 3 min
Why won’t they RETAIN anything?
Teachers can help children who struggle to retain things. CPD training for supporting difficulties with processing and memory in schools.
Beth Morrant
- Mar 12, 2021
- 3 min
5 Steps to SLCN success in your school
“there is a significant under-identification of SLCN in schools” The Communication Trust, 2018, Many schools do not have enough support...