This course is predominantly classroom based. It will increase your knowledge & understanding of
the basic swimming requirements in a primary school swimming programme and health & safety
aspects in and around the pool area. This course will provide you with help and guidance on how to
teach beginners to swim, developing through to the teaching of recognised strokes and water
proficiency.
Please note no further online bookings can be taken for this course - To enquire if there are still places available contact the Admin contact
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Session 1
Wednesday 4 February 2015
09:15 - 11:00
Yate Leisure Centre
SIMS Top Tips and Techniques Secondary
This course aims to help Administrative staff get the most from their SIMS system in terms of productivity and efficiency. We will look at maintaining a tidy database by removing duplicates. Also covered will be methods of internal communication within SIMS, creation of tailored User Defined Fields as well as other time saving hints like setting up shortcuts within SIMS .net.
Please note no further online bookings can be taken for this course - To enquire if there are still places available contact the Admin contact
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Session 1
Wednesday 4 February 2015
09:00 - 12:00
Integra Training Rooms
SEN Conference
The new code of practice makes clear the SENCo's role as the source of
specialist guidance to colleagues. This conference will look at how we support our colleagues in meeting pupil's needs in their classrooms. The key note session will focus on this challenge and will be followed by workshops that will share good practice in teaching pupils within the four areas of need.
Delegates will be able to build their own pathway through the sessions to meet their own professional development.
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Thursday 5 February 2015
09:00 - 16:00
BAWA
Maths Subject Leader Network - The Alliance (EVENT FULL)
This network is a group of school staff coming together as proactive learners to share, support and 'magpie' ideas; to build common ways of working; to plan, discuss and move forward individually and collectively; to receive expert facilitation and subject knowledge support and complete tasks to move delegates forward in their own school settings.
This Network is purchased as part of subscribing schools' allocation of curriculum days. Non subscribing schools or schools which have used up their curriculum allocation of days may also join at normal pay as you go rates. Please contact us with a ...
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Session 1
Friday 6 February 2015
13:00 - 16:00
Meadows Primary School
Session 2
Wednesday 25 March 2015
13:00 - 16:00
Redfield Edge Primary School
Session 3
Thursday 4 June 2015
13:00 - 16:00
Barrs Court Primary School
NQT Developing Teaching and Learning Skills: Inclusion 1: Inclusion & Behaviour for Learning
This session will support you in becoming an inclusive practitioner, one who knows and uses strategies to include vulnerable children. It will include building an empowering classroom culture, managing tricky behaviour; rules and responsibilities, and building healthy teacher confidence and self esteem.
Please DO NOT book until you have confirmed your package choice to Amanda Battle and she has replied Amanda.Battle@southglos.gov.uk
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Thursday 12 February 2015
09:00 - 12:00
Cleve Rugby Club
General Health & Safety Awareness for School Caretakers
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.
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Tuesday 24 February 2015
09:30 - 15:30
Integra Training Rooms
SIMS Office User - Basic SIMS course (EVENT FULL)
Some schools rely on only one person in the office to support and administer SIMS, so this course would be ideal where a school wishes to spread the expertise or delegate specific processes in SIMS to colleagues in their Administration team. The course is aimed at users with little or no exposure to SIMS.
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Tuesday 24 February 2015
09:30 - 15:30
Integra Training Rooms
Secondary Modern Foreign Languages Best Practice Forum
This forum will focus on different approaches to developing the MFL curriculum and the sharing of good practice. This will include the use of self evaluation at all levels and its impact on driving student's achievement and motivation. We will consider new approaches to teaching basic and advanced skills to students of differing abilities and ambitions, transition from primary education and techniques and practical suggestions for engaging curriculum delivery. There will be a session focussing on themes and elements of examination specifications that students find hard to master. This will be ...
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Session 1
Wednesday 25 February 2015
13:00 - 16:00
The Grange School and Sports College - Closed
Session 2
Tuesday 2 June 2015
13:00 - 16:00
The Grange School and Sports College - Closed
Session 3
Tuesday 14 July 2015
13:00 - 16:00
The Grange School and Sports College - Closed
Timetabling Using Nova T6
This 4-day course is a very practical, hands-on introduction to timetabling. It will lead colleagues who are new, or relatively new, to timetabling through the whole process: from resourcing, devising the most appropriate curriculum structure; staffing; getting information from departments; entering all data into the computer program; constructing the timetable; analysing and scheduling; and producing printed timetables.
Throughout, it will be based on and will use NOVA -T6.
Further details are available from the IMS team.
There is a requirement to attend all four of the days.
Please note no further online bookings can be taken for this course - To enquire if there are still places available contact the Admin contact
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Session 1
Wednesday 25 February 2015
09:30 - 15:30
Integra Training Rooms
Session 2
Friday 13 March 2015
09:30 - 15:30
Integra Training Rooms
Session 3
Wednesday 15 April 2015
09:30 - 15:30
Integra Training Rooms
Session 4
Thursday 21 May 2015
09:30 - 15:30
Integra Training Rooms
Basic SIMS Reporting for All Schools (EVENT FULL)
The course will cover SIMS Reporting to support day to day administration reporting procedures. This course is a full day to allow for plenty of time to practise. Please bring along any memory sticks as any reports you design on the day can be taken away with you and imported into your own SIMS system.
