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This training has been designed to support all practitioners working directly with children on the autism spectrum to develop their practice.

The training will support practitioners working directly with children on the autism spectrum or on the pathway to a diagnosis in early years settings.

This AET training is only available to Schools, Nurseries, Pre-school settings and Childminders within South Gloucestershire.

Good autism practice is a 6 hour course that will be split over four parts as follows:

Part 1 - Tuesday 2 November 2021 - 6:30 - 8:00pm, Par ...

This 2 part course takes a look at sensory needs in autism. It is appropriate for any colleague who is interested in autism.

In part 1 we will learn about the eight senses and begin to analyse sensory needs using a questionnaire.

In Part 2 we will return to discuss the questionnaires that you have used to analyse pupil needs and discuss how to develop sensory strategies.

This course is suitable for colleagues working with children and young people aged 5 – 25. 

Training will be delivered online over 2 x one hour sessions. 

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Want to get your teachers and pupils excited about science again? Not sure how to teach all the 'Working Scientifically' skills? Are you looking for a new set of engaging, fun, scientific activities to teach the units of the national curriculum? Need ideas of how to make those cross curricular links? Then this course is for you!

Our new science scheme of work has been written collaboratively by a group of South Glos science leaders together with Tom Holloway from the Primary Science Teaching Trust.

The National Curriculum for science intends that pupils understanding of the ...

The nationally established Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA) course trains skilled teaching assistants to deliver interventions for emotionally vulnerable pupils. Trainee ELSAs attend 6 full training days and subsequently carry out supervised practice over the course of the year leading to ELSA certification. It is also a pre-requisite that ELSA line managers attend a 1 ½ hour MS Teams twilight session following Day 1 of the course.

The cost for this course is £585 per delegate, which includes six full days training, four subsequent supervision sessions, the p ...

"It will change the way you teach reading!" Hertfordshire teacher.

The EEF recommends that schools ‘use high-quality structured interventions to help pupils who are struggling with their literacy.’ (Improving Literacy in KS1) Ofsted state that, ‘a rigorous approach to the teaching of reading develops learners’ confidence and enjoyment in reading’ and that learners should ‘read widely and often, with fluency and comprehension.’ (Education Inspection Framework)

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This course is for Stroud Association schools only.

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 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 Year 6 reading expectations in detail. The session will explore the key skills needed to reach the expected standard and strategies for teaching reading effectively, as well as considering learning from previous r ...

Want to get your teachers and pupils excited about science again? Not sure how to support your teachers with the teaching of 'Working Scientifically' skills? Are you looking for a new set of engaging, fun, scientific activities for your teachers to teach the units of the national curriculum? Need ideas of how to make those cross curricular links? Then this course is for you!

Our new science scheme of work has been written collaboratively by a group of South Glos science leaders together with Tom Holloway from the Primary Science Teaching Trust.

The National Curriculum for sc ...

This course is for SAS schools only.

With three sessions across the academic year ( 5th November, 10th March, 19th May), this network provides bespoke training for subject leaders based on their schools' reading priorities and the latest national and local guidance.

Delegates shape the agenda and sessions are tailored accordingly, allowing subject leaders the opportunity to work together on joint priorities and produce materials to use across schools.

As we are hosting these virtually, breakout rooms will be used to create opportunities to discuss reading succe ...

This course is for SAS schools only.

With three sessions across the academic year ( 5th November, 10th March, 19th May), this network provides bespoke training for subject leaders based on their schools' writing priorities and the latest national and local guidance.

Delegates shape the agenda and sessions are tailored accordingly, allowing subject leaders the opportunity to work together on joint priorities and produce materials to use across schools.

As we are hosting these virtually, breakout rooms will be used to create opportunities to discuss reading successes a ...

The last 18 months have been a very difficult time for all. Children starting year 3 in September 2021 have had 2 of their school years disrupted due to the pandemic. These children were in year 1 during the first lockdown in March 2020 and started year 2 in the September, where there were further lockdowns and bubble closures throughout the year.

This course is to help teachers ensure that the children are ready for the curriculum in year 3. The course is split into 4 sessions. Each session will look at progression in the strands, explore ideas to secure understanding and give teac ...