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A half-day online course to reboot the teaching of reading comprehension.
Rich and satisfying learning takes place when we support pupils to become confident speakers who are able to articulate their ideas and offer opinions clearly. Talk embeds ideas and strengthens understanding of topics. It is therefore important to have a detailed, well planned whole school strategy to foster high quality discussion and purposeful collaboration.
We will:
- Consider how to use warm up exercises to provide speaking and listening practice.
- Explore strategies that can be used across the school and across the curriculum to allow pupil to explore an idea.
- Think about how we can use oracy to develop pupils’ thinking.
- Look at how to kickstart an oracy project.
Make talk work in your school to raise standards and increase engagement.
The Additional Learning Needs transformation programme came into practice on the 1st of September 2021. The idea was to create a unified approach for young people from the age of 0-25.
An important part of this system is accurate and relevant assessment of Additional Learning Needs of pupils already identified as needing extra support. It is also important to develop screening systems within the mainstream setting in order to recognise needs in pupils that
might not be presenting their additional learning needs in an obvious way in class.
We will explore different Assessments and ensure that practitioners have a plethora of tools to assist in ascertaining the needs of all pupils.
The course will cover:
- Boxall profiling
- Coventry scales Grid
- Well being scales
- Readiness for learning scales
- Goodman’s SDQ
- Differentiation in the mainstream class
- Sharing of good practice
A half-day online course to make shared reading a key part of a school’s scheme of work.
Shared reading is an essential strategy in each teacher’s literacy toolkit. During shared reading pupils practise increasingly complex skills in a supportive and engaging environment.
This course shows how shared reading changes as pupils grow and mature.
It will:
- Explore how shared reading flexes and changes as pupils mature and look at models for teaching in PS1, PS2 and PS3.
- Examine the skills we need to teach pupils in each Progression Step and study a sample scheme of work.
- Look at ways to involve pupils in shared reading.
- Consider what goes into a shared reading toolkit.
Delegates will receive a sample scheme of work and resources to build a shared reading toolkit.
This 1-day course is part of a 3-day rolling programme. The days do not have to be done in any order and can be stand alone 1-day courses.
Current research across local authorities in Wales, suggests that employing Nurturing practices for well-being can result in reduced exclusions.
Do you have a Nurture Group/Class? Are you looking for guidance and support? Are you looking for ideas for planning for well being/Nurturing principles?…
This course aims to provide Nurturing activities and ideas to support classroom practitioners with classroom management of pupils with Social, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties.
The course will cover:
- What is the pure model? – Majorie Boxall version of Nurture
- How does the Nurture Group fit in with the ALNET?
- Psychological effect of environmental cues.
- Relaxation and calming.
- Nurturing Principles in the classroom and whole School.
- Using story and other vehicles for communication.
This full-day course will cover the computer science (WM6) component of the Science & Technology AoLE.
Practical sessions will focus on coding progression from PS1 to PS3, while also exploring WM6 topics such as sensors and actuators, making design decisions, computer connectivity, and data integrity, security, storage, and processing.
Delegates will receive a free progression ladder for WM6 (sold separately for £30 plus VAT)
This full-day course will cover the computer science (WM6) component of the Science & Technology AoLE.
Practical sessions will focus on coding progression from PS1 to PS3, while also exploring WM6 topics such as sensors and actuators, making design decisions, computer connectivity, and data integrity, security, storage, and processing.
Delegates will receive a free progression ladder for WM6 (sold separately for £30 plus VAT)
How skilled and confident are your staff in teaching effective STEM?
D&T is an exciting and natural area to develop and support the four purposes and 12 pedagogical principles of the new curriculum. Learn how, through experiencing the challenges for yourself, before teaching them in the classroom.This is a hands-on session, where delegates will develop their understanding of the different areas in Design and Technology through practical team challenges.
This course will also look at progression from PS1 to PS 3.
There will be a focus on mechanical systems – linkages and gears using construction kits. All delegates will go home with a Robotics kit to use with the children back in class.
This full-day course will cover the computer science (WM6) component of the Science & Technology AoLE.
Practical sessions will focus on coding progression from PS1 to PS3, while also exploring WM6 topics such as sensors and actuators, making design decisions, computer connectivity, and data integrity, security, storage, and processing.
Delegates will receive a free progression ladder for WM6 (sold separately for £30 plus VAT)
This course looks at the progression of Science & Technology skills, which highlight the rich opportunities for literacy, numeracy and digital skills.
The Additional Learning Needs transformation programme came into practice on the 1st of September 2021. The idea was to create a unified approach for young people from the age of 0-25.
An important part of this system is providing reasonable adjustments in daily classroom practice, this may be enough to meet the needs of most learners but how do we know?
Many questions still exist around how to track those pupils in the ‘grey ‘ area.
We will explore what to do with those pupils who are facing barriers to learning and look at how to ensure we know if their needs are continuing to be met.
The course will cover:
- The ALNET
- Who are the pupils we are looking to track and why? What are ‘barriers ‘ to learning?
- Case studies and different scenarios.
- Sharing of tracking ideas from other schools.
- Pros and cons of programmes and various strategies.
- Working with Parents.
- Opportunities to shape future support sessions.
This full-day practical course will cover the coding aspect of the Science & Technology AoLE (WM6).
The morning session will focus on coding progression from PS1 to PS3, focusing on Bee-Bot, turtle on-screen, LOGO, BBC micro:bit and Scratch.
The afternoon session will focus on an introduction to ‘robotics’ using the Artec Robo ‘Early Education Kit’ to build and control a physical device (PS2) and to code (PS3) Each delegate will receive the kit to take back to their school.
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How skilled and confident are your staff in teaching effective STEM?
D&T is an exciting and natural area to develop and support the four purposes and 12 pedagogical principles of the new curriculum. Learn how, through experiencing the challenges for yourself, before teaching them in the classroom.This is a hands-on session, where delegates will develop their understanding of the different areas in Design and Technology through practical team challenges.
This course will also look at progression from PS1 to PS 3.
There will be a focus on mechanical systems – linkages and gears using construction kits. All delegates will go home with a Robotics kit to use with the children back in class.
A half-day online course to maximise the impact of guided reading lessons.
Do you want to revisit guided reading to make it a more effective part of your reading policy?
This course will help you to refresh these sessions with new activities and tools to engage pupils and explore ways to make planning easier for teachers.
We will:
- Examine the structure of a guided reading lesson and consider how to focus on a learning intention
- Look at ways to begin a session with an energetic starter to enhance pupils’ vocabulary banks and help them to understand how language works.
- Consider how to include stopping points to promote discussion about a text’s features
- Explore tools and activities that will help pupils to investigate text
With a new toolkit, you can strengthen your school’s guided reading programme.
This course looks at the progression of Science & Technology skills, which highlight the rich opportunities for literacy, numeracy and digital skills.
This full-day practical course will cover the coding aspect of the Science & Technology AoLE (WM6).
The morning session will focus on coding progression from PS1 to PS3, focusing on Bee-Bot, turtle on-screen, LOGO, BBC micro:bit and Scratch.
The afternoon session will focus on an introduction to ‘robotics’ using the Artec Robo ‘Early Education Kit’ to build and control a physical device (PS2) and to code (PS3) Each delegate will receive the kit to take back to their school.
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