Come away with lots of ideas and strategies to raise the profile of music in your school! These meetings aim to address current trends and issues in primary music education through practical activities, discussion and sharing of resources always linking in with the role of music co-ordinator. Practical activities
will include: ideas for composition, songs with percussion accompaniment, exploring music apps and recording pupils work.
Please note no further online bookings can be taken for this course - To enquire if there are still places available contact the Admin contact
Session
Session Date
Session Time
Session Venue
Map
Session 1
Friday 18 October 2013
13:15 - 16:00
South Gloucestershire Music Hub
Session 2
Wednesday 22 January 2014
13:15 - 16:00
South Gloucestershire Music Hub
Phonemes, Phases and Quality First: Finding Your Way With Phonics
Phonics is high on everyone’s agenda and it’s more important than ever for teachers to be able to plan and assess phonics effectively. This course provides an overview of the context for phonics teaching and current national expectations. It will explain key terminology; share how to articulate phonemes; explore the teaching sequence for phonic lessons; examine strategies to support assessment and tracking and share appropriate resources. It will also explain what progression looks like through reference to the ‘Letters and Sounds’ programme. Although schools not using ‘Letters and Sounds’ wil ...
Please note no further online bookings can be taken for this course - To enquire if there are still places available contact the Admin contact
Session
Session Date
Session Time
Session Venue
Map
Session 1
Monday 21 October 2013
09:00 - 16:00
Cleve Rugby Club
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 ...
Please note no further online bookings can be taken for this course - To enquire if there are still places available contact the Admin contact
Session
Session Date
Session Time
Session Venue
Map
Session 1
Monday 21 October 2013
13:00 - 16:00
The Grange School and Sports College - Closed
Session 2
Wednesday 5 March 2014
13:00 - 16:00
The Grange School and Sports College - Closed
Session 3
Thursday 19 June 2014
13:00 - 16:00
The Grange School and Sports College - Closed
Statutory Assessment: End of Key Stage 1 (New to Year 2)
This half day workshop will provide support and advice to participants in effective teacher assessment in Year 2. It will help participants in levelling and moderating pupil’s everyday class work. It is aimed at teachers new or returning to Year 2.
The course will:
• Highlight national and local guidance
• Model moderation of Numeracy and literacy work
• Discuss effective planning in classroom practice
• Provide opportunities to ask questions P
Please note no further online bookings can be taken for this course - To enquire if there are still places available contact the Admin contact
Session
Session Date
Session Time
Session Venue
Map
Session 1
Monday 21 October 2013
13:00 - 16:00
South Gloucestershire Music Hub
Securing Level 3: Raising the Writing
Due to many requests, we’re running a course focusing purely on level 3 writing. Over the two sessions we’ll consider: the key elements that make a level 3 writer; what the terminology means; how it looks in practice; how to move children on from level 2a and strategies to support and develop progress. We’ll also consider the range of writing that’s needed to secure level 3; writing for different purposes and audiences and how to develop skills across a range of text types. Delegates will also have the opportunity to moderate their own pupils’ writing with colleagues to develop consistency and ...
Please note no further online bookings can be taken for this course - To enquire if there are still places available contact the Admin contact
Session
Session Date
Session Time
Session Venue
Map
Session 1
Tuesday 22 October 2013
09:00 - 12:00
Cleve Rugby Club
Session 2
Thursday 5 December 2013
09:00 - 12:00
Cleve Rugby Club
Session 3
Monday 3 February 2014
09:00 - 12:00
Cleve Rugby Club
Basic SIMS Reporting for All Schools
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.
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.
Please note no further online bookings can be taken for this course - To enquire if there are still places available contact the Admin contact
Session
Session Date
Session Time
Session Venue
Map
Session 1
Wednesday 23 October 2013
09:30 - 15:30
Integra Training Rooms
Securing Level 4: Raising the Writing
Due to many requests, we’re running a course focusing purely on level 4 writing. Over the three sessions we’ll consider: the key elements that make a level 4 writer; what the terminology means; how it looks in practice; how to move children on from level 3a and strategies to support and develop progress. We’ll also consider the range of writing that’s needed to secure level 4; writing for different purposes and audiences and how to develop skills across a range of text types. Delegates will also have the opportunity to moderate their own pupils’ writing with colleagues to develop consistency ...
Please note no further online bookings can be taken for this course - To enquire if there are still places available contact the Admin contact
Session
Session Date
Session Time
Session Venue
Map
Session 1
Wednesday 23 October 2013
09:30 - 12:30
South Gloucestershire Music Hub
Session 2
Tuesday 3 December 2013
09:00 - 12:00
South Gloucestershire Music Hub
Session 3
Wednesday 5 February 2014
09:15 - 12:15
South Gloucestershire Music Hub
Assistant & Deputy Head Residential Conference (EVENT FULL)
This is the fourth joint conference for Assistant and Deputy Headteachers in all phases in
BANES, Bristol, South Gloucestershire and all schools and academies across the region.
Due to popularity this conference has been extended to two full days. We regret there is no National College subsidy this year, but the price has been kept as low as possible.
There has been 100 rooms provisionally booked, if you would like to be a residential delegate, please book early
Please note no further online bookings can be taken for this course - To enquire if there are still places available contact the Admin contact
Session
Session Date
Session Time
Session Venue
Map
Session 1
Thursday 24 October 2013
09:15 - 16:00
Tortworth Court Four Pillars Hotel
Session 2
Friday 25 October 2013
09:00 - 16:00
Tortworth Court Four Pillars Hotel
Primary Maths Best Practice Forum (Group 1)
This forum meets three times during the year and is an
opportunity for numeracy subject leaders to keep up to
date and to share practice. Each session includes local
and national updates, a chance to share resources and
ideas and a training session on a key area of
development.
Please note no further online bookings can be taken for this course - To enquire if there are still places available contact the Admin contact
Session
Session Date
Session Time
Session Venue
Map
Session 1
Wednesday 6 November 2013
09:00 - 12:00
Cleve Rugby Club
Session 2
Wednesday 26 March 2014
09:00 - 12:00
Cleve Rugby Club
Session 3
Wednesday 18 June 2014
09:00 - 12:00
Cleve Rugby Club
Primary Religious Education Best Practice Forum
This exciting course will continue to explore ways to maximise spiritual and cultural experiences. The meetings will help the subject leader to raise the profile of RE in practical ways right across the curriculum and meet the new OFSTED criteria in SMSC development. Later in the year we will be developing how to set challenging assessments in RE for both key stages.