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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 behind ...

This Legionella Awareness course is designed to help employers, workers and duty holders, such as business managers, caretakers and site managers, understand the severity of legionella so that they can determine their responsibilities, identify the risks and ensure appropriate control measures are put in place.

This 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 minor b ...

Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) will be statutory in all secondary schools and Relationship Education (RE) in all primary schools from September 2019 and it’s likely that a move to make Personal Social Health Education (PSHE) statutory will follow. This conference is the first step in ...

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.

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 session is aimed at School Administrators and Headteachers. It will ensure schools apply STP&CD rules in relation to:

• Calculating contractual hours of part time teachers


• Calculating non-teaching directed time for part time teachers


• Requiring part time teachers to attend inset/staff meetings/parents evenings, etc

In this full day course, we will explore how we can support children to build solid foundations of learning within the EYFS curriculum. All areas of learning and development within the Early Years curriculum are important and inter-connected. However, this course will have a particular focus on how to plan effective and engaging learning opportunities that will raise outcomes in the prime area of learning ‘communication and language’ and the specific areas of learning ‘literacy’ and ‘mathematics’.

In this one day session colleagues will be based in a school and look at triangulating a range of information to support monitoring including work scrutiny and learning walk.

Delegates will work with colleagues to develop expertise in using a variety of strategies to monitor teaching and learning.

They will explore how to use the outcomes to identify strengths and next steps for learning and teaching.

In this session, we will develop our subject knowledge of phonics.  We will explore what the progression of phonics skills looks like across YR and Y1 and what the provision of phonics looks like in both year groups.