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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

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The course consists of two separate sessions, am & pm - delegates should attend for the whole day.

The Special Education Needs (SEN) software in SIMS enables the SENCo to manage the recording of all aspects of the SEN process in accordance with the requirements of the code of practice, building on information already held in SIMS such as pupil addresses, contacts and academic information and also enables the recording of the details of external specialists and organisations.

Course Structure:

• The two day face-to-face preparation course explains the HLTA standards and the HLTA assessment process and fully explains how to put together the required portfolio of evidence. Guidance is provided on completing the required written tasks and explains the purpose and the set-up of the 3 hour school visit.


• Between days 1 and 2, candidates will engage in online activities to check understanding.


• The group returns for day 2 approximately 5-6 working weeks later to review progress and receive formative feedback on the tasks ...

The conference will develop Leaders’ understanding of Paul Dix’s ‘Five Pillars of Pivotal Practice’. The conference will also develop leaders’ understanding of how these pillars were used in practice to dramatically improve outcomes at Parklands Primary in Leeds.

South Gloucestershire Education, Learning & Skills is sponsoring a free day conference for all South Gloucestershire Leaders (MAT or Maintained) on the theme of improving behaviour in schools by developing more effective relationships between staff and pupils.

The two Keynote speake ...