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Revising and editing are a key focus within the curriculum. They are also vital skills in supporting children to become reflective writers who take ownership of their writing and are able to improve both its accuracy and quality. This course focuses on key strategies to develop revising and editing processes across the school, with practical ideas that are easy to implement and, if done so effectively, can significantly improve children’s progress.

This is another opportuntiy to attend this highly successful course for anyone who missed it last year or for any teachers who are ...

Dweck proposed that students who possess intrinsic (or mastery) orientation long for new skills and knowledge (1986). Research has also suggested that ‘…..students are more motivated if they believe that intelligence and ability can be improved through hard work (Burnette, O’Boyle, VanEpps, Pollack, & Finkel, 2013; Yeager, Johnson, Spitzer, Trzesniewski, Powers, & Dweck, 2014). This course will explore ways to motivate children to enable them to become more independent learners. It will explore the how and the why of motivating learners – helping you to unde ...

Completing your induction year can be a challenging but very rewarding experience.  We recognise how important it can be to network with other NQTs.   This free surgery will give you the opportunity to share any issues or successes with the NQT adviser.  It will also give you an opportunity to network with other NQTs , share ideas and discuss how your year is going.  

As you are aware all year 4 pupils will have to sit the multiplication check starting 7 June 2021 and available to do over three weeks.

This course will cover:

• Practical ideas to support retention of multiplication facts
• Available resources
• Ideas for teaching sequences and catch up
• Engaging parents in supporting their child at home

This course is appropriate for anyone who may need to develop pupils’ knowledge in advance of sitting the multiplication check or who need to support pupils to catch up. It will suit teacher ...

Pupils with special educational needs or disabilities are likely to require additional or adapted support. This requires teachers to adapt teaching in a responsive way, including providing targeted support to pupils with SEND whilst continuing to have high expectations of these children.
This course will explore how you ensure all children in your class are making progress. There will be a discussion on how to identify children who require new content to be broken down for them. There will also be an overview of how teaching can be adapted to meet the needs of pupils with SEND and supp ...

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 Primary and Secondary school staff.

This AET training is only available to South Gloucestershire Schools.

Delegates will be contacted 3 days before the session with details of how to access the online training, which will be sent via a link to the email address on your CPD Online account. Please ensure that the email address you have registered with is correct. Only the actual delegate booked onto the course will be abl ...

This year we are running one hour twilight online maths subject leader briefings.

This meeting will support maths leaders with keeping up to date with the latest national and local news in the mathematics world. It will enable maths leaders to be fully aware of the latest research, national reports and guidance as well as any aspects of statutory assessment that they may be involved in for 2020-21 cycle.

For 1-1 support why not book onto one of the maths subject leader surgeries on 2 Feb and 5 Feb.

Delegates will be contacted three days before the session with detail ...

This half day course will support all year 2 teachers in developing their subject knowledge with a focus on mathematics linked to the assessment frameworks. We will support you to develop your teaching sequence to ensure that you provide opportunities for children to demonstrate that they meet the TA frameworks for mathematics. 

We will look at resources to support your teaching including manipulatives, models and images. 

We will also discuss assessment tools such as arithmetic tests that could help to identify gaps in children’s learning to support effectiv ...

This two session online course will support teachers in developing their subject knowledge with a focus on mathematical gaps from year 5 and how to address them. We will support you to develop your teaching sequence to ensure that you provide opportunities for children to demonstrate that they meet the expectations for mathematics.

Session 1 will focus on:

• Securing place value, mental and written calculation


• Discussion on boosters and useful resources


• An analysis of the test papers

Session 2 will focus on: