Dates:   Thursday 12th, 19th & 26th November & 3rd December 2026
Times:   8.00 pm - 9.00 pm (GMT)
Venue:  Online via Zoom
Cost:      €25 (includes access to recordings for 4 weeks)

Target Audience: Post Primary Literacy Coordinators, AEN Coordinators, Special Education Teachers & Subject Teachers

Looking to strengthen how intervention works in your Post Primary Literacy/Special Education setting? This four part webinar series will help you build a clear, cohesive approach to improving student outcomes, with a strong focus on how language and knowledge underpin literacy.

Across four 90 minute sessions, Lyn Stone guides you through the full intervention journey, from accurate assessment to targeted teaching and sustained impact.

Session 1 begins with assessment, exploring how to identify the real barriers behind underperformance and use data meaningfully.

Session 2 then moves into reading intervention, focusing not only on decoding and fluency, but on the knowledge that supports them, including vocabulary, morphology, and the structure of language.

Session 3 turns to writing intervention, breaking down how to develop students’ sentence control, structure, and confidence, alongside a deeper understanding of how words work within sentences and across texts.

Session 4 focuses on words, their structure, and how they are learned. Drawing on morphology, etymology, and orthographic conventions, this session explores how teachers can build students’ knowledge of word families, word categories, and subject specific language, from scientific terminology to literary concepts. It also challenges the idea that a single off the shelf programme can address the complexity of secondary literacy needs.

Whether you are a classroom teacher, literacy lead, or school leader, this series will equip you with practical tools, clear frameworks, and knowledge that can be applied across subjects.

Join this series to deepen your understanding of language and refine your approach to Post Primary intervention.

Bio of Presenter: Lyn Stone

Lyn is an educational linguist, author, and CEO of Lifelong Literacy, an education coaching and training organisation.Her goal is to help educators awaken linguistic curiosity in their students using creative, engaging tools and strategies that are based upon scientific consensus as to what constitutes best practice.Lyn creates research-informed professional development seminars, both online and face to face, for teachers and other education professionals. She directs a team of specialist practitioners to deliver high quality literacy intervention at Tiers 2 and 3, and a team of school coaches to deliver the best possible Tier 1 literacy instruction.

Her occasional podcast about the lives of prominent education professionals, Loves, Hates and Passions, can be found on Spotify. 

Her three books, Spelling for Life, Language for Life and Reading for Life continue to attract worldwide acclaim and enjoy places on various bestseller lists.