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This course aims to help administrative staff get the most from their SIMS system in terms of productivity and efficiency. We will look at maintaining a tidy database by removing duplicates. Also covered will be methods of internal communication within SIMS, creation of tailored User Defined Fields as well as other time saving hints like setting up shortcuts within SIMS .net.

Intention, Implementation and Impact.... A chance to look again and find New Approaches to Challenges

This year we are joined by two expert and renowned colleagues to provide our keynotes. Sue Cowley, author of The Ultimate Guide to Differentiation – Achieving Excellence for All joins us to provide our first keynote. David Bartrum provides the second with a leadership focus for SENCos. David has led on SEND in London schools for over 15 years. He currently provides support to a range of teaching school alliances and local authorities on the strategic development of SEND p ...

Assessment for learning (AFL) is key part to developing successful independent learners who take an active role in their own learning. This session will look at what constitutes effective AFL, learn how to build pupil independence through questioning, probing, pausing, promoting quality talk, effective marking and metacognition skills. With the new national curriculum having a focus on mastery using effective strategies in AFL sits alongside this and will help to develop confident learners that make really good progress.

This one day session is designed for all staff working directly with autistic pupils, including teachers, teaching assistants and lunchtime staff.

Learning outside the classroom has always been an integral part of a child’s education, providing the opportunity to develop key personal and social skills. The role of an Educational Visits Coordinator (EVC) is to help the school fulfil its Health and Safety obligations for off-site school visits, by being involved in the planning and management of all educational visits.

This one day course supports designated EVCs in carrying out their duties effectively.
 

This one-day course meets the requirements of the HSE syllabus and covers the HSE Recommendations for training of an Appointed Person (the minimum requirement for first aid cover at work). Topics include CPR, dealing with an unconsciousness casualty, choking and Major Bleeding. Time is also given to discussing injuries and ailments common in the workplace, both inside and outside the school. Emphasis is placed on individual and group practice of the skills needed in life-threatening situations. This is underpinned by encouraging an understanding of both the processes and the reasoning behin ...

The monitoring of sickness absences and dealing with individual cases in a fair, timely and consistent manner is a crucial part of employee management for Headteachers and senior leaders. This is particularly important in these challenging financial times. This session will ensure participants understand the managing sickness absence policy, and can manage the sometimes difficult process of dealing with staff sickness absence. The session will cover both long and short term sickness absence, up to and including ill health retirement and dismissal. It will be participative in content.

• Rob Carpenter will lead us through a focus on intelligent school led curriculum design. He will look at key considerations f ...

Thisis a two-day course originally approved and controlled by the National Childminders Association and the Pre-School Learning Alliance. Required by SureStart and the DFEE for those having the care of children up to the age of eight , is valid for children of all ages. The programme includes CPR using adult, child and baby manikins, dealing with an unconsciousness casualty, choking and major bleeding. Aside from the skills for life-threatening situations the management of small casualties is included, particularly in relation to head injuries, casualty assessment and various forms of ...

In the last five years, major advances have been made in both reading comprehension research and best practice in the classroom. This engaging two day course aims to help teachers and teaching assistants extend their expertise in teaching reading comprehension across the curriculum in both class and group contexts

• The characteristics of reading comprehension and common barriers some pupils experience in understanding texts


• How to get quick insights into comprehension strategies pupils are using or neglecting in your school