Child Criminal & Sexual Exploitation (Gang Crime), Trafficking & Modern Day Slavery
Early Years Practitioners and Childminders working with children aged 0 - 5.
For professionals to develop a basic understanding of:
Modern Slavery
Child Criminal Exploitation
County Lines
Child Sexual Exploitation
Gang crime
Safeguarding is a huge topic with many categories of abuse, not all of these are necessarily relevant to the children in our care BUT they may be in environments where they are exposed and ultimately at risk so how do we manage this?
The Children’s Society provides a extensive network of frontline services and an army of volunteers work to tackle child poverty and neglect. They support families trapped in debt, support young carers and runaways and stop sexual exploitation. Training on current topics of safeguarding is a must for all professionals.
First Aid at Work
The QA Level 3 Award in First Aid at Work (QCF) qualification is specifically designed for individuals who wish to act as a first aider in their workplace. Successful candidates will learn how to manage a range of injuries and illnesses that could occur at work and will be equipped with the essential skills needed to give emergency first aid.
The role and responsibilities of a first aider; assessing an incident; managing an unresponsive casualty; cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and the use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs); recovery position; heart attack; stroke; chocking; epilepsy; asthma, diabetes; anaphylaxis shock; head and spinal injuries; chest injuries; wounds and bleeding; fractures; sprains, strains and dislocations; minor injuries; burns and scalds; poisoning; eye injuries.
Supporting Language and Communication Needs in the EYFS
For all practitioners and childminders working with children aged 0 - 5.
Language and communication needs are considered ‘high incidence’ needs and are therefore the remit of all practitioners. This day is particularly useful for new practitioners.
This language and communication course aims to develop skills and identify and support children with speech, language and communication needs in early years settings.
We will discuss:
- Developmental ages and stages of speech, language and communication (birth to five)
- How to recognise a child with a speech, language or communication difficulty
- The communication skills of children learning more than one language
- Strategies used to support language learning for all children
- How to reduce the impact of speech, language and communication difficulties on the child
- What makes a communication friendly environment.
Early Years Leaders Event - Hooked on Books: Ensuring children learn both the mechanics and the MAGIC of reading in the early years
For all Early Years practitioners in Settings and Childminders working with children aged 0 - 5
Delegates will have opportunities to:
- Explore the key elements of learning to read and how best to support these with young children.
- Gain ideas for a range of play based activities designed to enhance children’s reading skills and understanding of the texts they are engaging with.
- Learn effective strategies for igniting the interest of those reluctant to engage in reading activities.
- Explore how the learning environment can most effectively support children’s reading development
Kym Scott - Early years Education Trainer & Author of "A place to Learn"
PE KS3 Standardisation and Moderation
Heads of subjects and KS3 subject leads attend subject specific sessions.
Building on learners’ strengths achieved in primary school, secondary subject specialists discuss how exemplification of ‘age-expectations’ will aid their assessment of both progress and attainment in KS3. Through discussions around the evidence produced from common tasks, or assessment rubrics, teachers gain confidence in their judgements about progress and attainment. These discussions link t ...
Annotated exemplification of an agreed end-of-Year 7 standard for each subject.
Meet subject specialists from other schools, share resources, ideas, confirm understanding, raise questions.
This session is part of the Secondary Moderation Package.
Strategic Leadership
The modules in this programme are for leaders moving into a new senior leadership role or increasing whole school leadership responsibilities.
The programme develops the leadership and management skills to promote meaningful whole school improvement:
- Leading Change & Strengthening School Culture
- Financial Planning & Provision Development
- School Improvement Systems & Processes
- Holding to Account & Maintaining Culture
- SEF & Monitoring and Evaluating Standards
- 1:1 Coaching Session to Support Professional Development
Politics KS3 Standardisation and Moderation
Heads of subjects and KS3 subject leads attend subject specific sessions.
Building on learners’ strengths achieved in primary school, secondary subject specialists discuss how exemplification of ‘age-expectations’ will aid their assessment of both progress and attainment in KS3. Through discussions around the evidence produced from common tasks, or assessment rubrics, teachers gain confidence in their judgements about progress and attainment. These discussions link t ...
Annotated exemplification of an agreed end-of-Year 7 standard for each subject.
Meet subject specialists from other schools, share resources, ideas, confirm understanding, raise questions.
This session is part of the Secondary Moderation Package.
Characteristics of Effective Teaching and Learning: Becoming a Learner for Life
Early Years Practitioners and Childminders working with children aged 0 - 5.
Ofsted inspectors will look for evidence that children display the characteristics of effective learning: their ability to play and explore, to actively learn and to create and think critically. Children will develop these with good teaching and a well-planned, stimulating environment. Think about your setting and ask yourself:
– How well engaged are children in their play and learning?
– Do all areas of the environment and curriculum stimulate children to find out and explore?
– How well motivated are they and what do you provide to help children to keep trying?
– How do you build children’s concentration?
– How do you help children to create and think critically?
– What opportunities do children have to express their own ideas rather than following ideas pre-set by adults?
– How do you encourage children to plan their own ways of doing things and to solve problems in their play and learning?
This course will support you to:
- Think about the 3 aspects of the characteristics of effective learning: playing and exploring, active learning and creating and thinking critically and what they look like in practice
- The role of the adult in supporting children to develop the characteristics of effective learning
- Develop environments, routines and daily experiences that reflect the characteristics
of effective learning.
Developing the role of the Primary PSHE Coordinator
PSHE Coordinators in primary and special schools-particularly teachers new to the role and those who would like to further develop their knowledge and skills.
A two part training that will enable PSHE Coordinators to increase their knowledge and skills to confidently manage and lead PSHE and citizenship in their schools.
The training covers how to:
- plan and implement high quality teaching and learning
- plan easy to use curriculum and schemes of work
- find good resources
- implement assessment in PSHE
- monitor and evaluate PSHE
- meet Ofsted expectations
- develop policy
- support staff
There are two parts to the training, but participants can attend just one or both. Participants will have the opportunity to visit PSHE Coordinators in other schools in between the two training days.
Foundations in Leadership
The modules in this programme are for those who are new to a leadership role or increasing leadership responsibilities as an Upper Scale teacher.
The programme develops the leadership skills and strategic approaches for school development for new leaders.
- Leadership Styles & Establishing Vision for the Leadership Area
- Developing Action Plans & Approaches to Monitor Progress
- Strengthening Teaching through Lesson Observations and Learning Walks
- Staff Development & Managing Difficult Conversations
- Data Analysis & Approaches to Developing Case Studies
- 1:1 Coaching Session to Support Professional Development