Autism South West, Speaker Series

Event 1

This event will be facilitated by Keynote Speaker Lynn McCann

Lynn is a national trainer and consultant in autism. She is a teacher, SENCo and Early Years lecturer and has worked in both mainstream and specialist settings. 

Lynn has a wealth of experience in autism education and is also the author of several books for teachers about supporting autistic pupils in school. 

Lynn also writes regularly for the TES blog and contributes articles to national SEND publi ...

This course will assist site staff to understand their H&S role and responsibilities and covers a variety of relevant H&S topics including work at height, manual handling, lone working ,asbestos, fire and many more. It is based on the application of practical skills and addresses some of the key H&S issues likely to be encountered in the role. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

An interactive half-day course with activities, exercises, quizzes, case studies and group work covering various problem areas encountered with medicines management and competency assessment in schools.

This course will look at strategies to ensure that high expectations have been established. As well as sharing ideas for getting the children on board from the beginning.  There will be some useful tips and ideas to go and try back in our own classrooms.

This course will equip you to lead RE in your school as a compelling and challenging subject that stretches pupil’s learning. You will be able to communicate to other staff the expectations of the subject, know how to monitor its effectiveness and have some ideas to make RE fun and also contribute uniquely to students SMSC development.

The first hour will be cross phase and then delegates will be separated into Primary and Secondary for the rest of the session.

This one and a half hour session is designed for school teams who would like to develop their awareness and understanding of autism.

The course is suitable for SENCos, teachers, teaching assistants lunchtime staff, senior leadership and governors.

The session is suitable for practitioners working with school-age pupils on the autism spectrum in both mainstream and specialist settings.

Are you ready for the new KS1 frameworks?

Are you secure with making judgements against the KS2 writing framework?

Are you a new or current teacher in Year 2 or Year 6?

As a subject or assessment leader how confident are you that assessment is accurate?

Our conference will address all of these issues.

Keynote speaker: Sarah Hubbard – HMI for English

Sarah will open the conference with an overview of the national picture and updates
about the assessment of reading and writing.

The conference is aimed at getti ...

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 ...
  Course Code: TA/18/545
  

Current school staffing regulations (Keeping Children Safe in Education) require that at least one member of a school interview panel must have completed appropriate safer recruitment training. The session is aimed at individuals who have not previously been formally trained in the subject of Safer Recruitment, and complies with updated DfE statutory safer recruitment guidance for schools. The course includes consideration of the different types of abuse; how abusers operate; safeguarding within recruitment and selection procedures, including the use of DBS checks and promoting a safer work ...