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This 3-part training course will support subject leaders to understand the EYFS framework, specifically with a focus on Understanding the World.

Participants will understand how cognitive science should strongly influence curriculum content and sequencing choices in their subject area.

There will be opportunities for reception teachers and subject leaders to work together to begin to map a coherent curriculum.

Participants will work within their school groups to develop a toolkit to support them in evaluating the quality of subjects within the context of EYFS.

This course unpacks the recently published AET Good Autism Practice Guidance.

We will look at the eight principles contained within this guidance which serve to give those working in education the key principles that should underpin their work with autistic children and young people.

It is hoped that the guidelines will inspire those working with autistic CYP in schools to develop their understanding of autism.

The guidance will also support educational professionals to make adjustments in their current settings to their physical, sensory and social environments, to ...

This course is an introduction to autism. It is most appropriate for colleagues with little or no experience of autism.

This training is suitable for any early years practitioner working in Reception, Nurseries, Pre-school settings and Childminders.

Training will be delivered online.  

This AET training session is available to anyone working within Early Years at a school, e.g. reception class teachers, teaching assistants, SENCo, volunteers, lunchtime staff, EY professionals working in schools. It is also appropriate for governors, student teachers or anyo ...

Cost centres can be used in CIVICA to record transactions for specific areas of income or expenditure for example pupil premium, PE Grant, SEND or extended services. Using cost centres properly can reduce the need for supplementary spreadsheets, reduce reconciling queries, assist with statutory reporting, improve transparency, support Governor monitoring and informed decision making.

This session will demonstrate:
• how they can be used;
• how to run enquiries and produce reports.

There will be plenty of opportunities to ask questions during the session a ...

There are 4 scheduled reports that run in Civica each month for all maintained schools. This session will take you through these reports and advise on the ways they can be used:-

- Summary of each Department Budget and Spend
- Transactions for all Depts in Last Full Month
- School Employees Cost by Month
- Staff Pay for Last Full Month

We will also look at other reports available to schools and show you, step by step, how to run & download them and how to view previously run reports.

There will be plenty of opportunities to ask questions.

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Year 6 is always a challenging year, possibly never more so than after the disrupted learning of the last two years. STA have confirmed that statutory assessment and moderation will return in 2022, meaning that a clear understanding of expectations and how to address these will be essential.

As such, this course will examine the requirements for greater depth in detail, explaining what is expected in upper KS2 in terms of both grammar and composition. Delegates will receive advice and support about structuring progression; making appropriate provision through planning and developing ...

How can we effectively support pupils’ mental health in our schools?

Ensuring we help our pupils to have good mental health and supporting them when there are mental health challenges has always been a priority in our schools. Covid-19 has further impacted on children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing. Many experienced loneliness, greater worry, adverse experiences and stress during lockdowns which resulted in an increased number of pupils with mental health difficulties. Further changes to school routines as schools have responded to a changing landscape an ...

Do you know what DFC is? What can you spend it on? What can’t you spend it on? How or when you use revenue funding to pay for a capital project? How do you account for it in Civica?

All these questions and more will be answered in this session. We will be joined by Caroline Walsh from the Corporate Capital team so if there is anything you ever wanted to know about Capital income and spending, please come along.

There will be plenty of opportunities to ask your own questions during the session.

Open to all South Gloucestershire maintained school staff with finan ...

This session is to support teachers who are new to their careers, particularly in light of the impact the pandemic has had on their professional development, South Gloucestershire Council and Bristol City Council have teamed up to provide 12 CPD sessions that focus on core areas of effective practice. All sessions are based around the early career framework. (Flyer attached to th is course).

This session focuses on standard 4 of the early career framework.

These sessions are aimed at RQTs but are also open to any teachers who would benefit from these additional training oppo ...

Using HCSS confidently can improve your efficiency, reduce the need for supplementary spreadsheets and reconciling queries. During this session we will demonstrate and explain how to use the core functions in HCSS.

Included will be:
• an in-depth section demonstrating how to record and update staffing contracts
• an explanation of how and why budget codes are profiled
• a review of useful reports which can be easily accessed

There will be plenty of opportunities to ask questions during the session and whilst you don’t need to be logged int ...