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Primary Music Best Practice Forum
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.
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Session 1Friday 18 October 201313:15 - 16:00South Gloucestershire Music Hub
Session 2Wednesday 22 January 201413:15 - 16:00South Gloucestershire Music Hub
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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 ...
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Session 1Monday 21 October 201309:00 - 16:00Cleve Rugby Club
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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 1Monday 21 October 201313:00 - 16:00The Grange School and Sports College - Closed
Session 2Wednesday 5 March 201413:00 - 16:00The Grange School and Sports College - Closed
Session 3Thursday 19 June 201413:00 - 16:00The Grange School and Sports College - Closed
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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
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Session 1Monday 21 October 201313:00 - 16:00South Gloucestershire Music Hub
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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 ...
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Session 1Tuesday 22 October 201309:00 - 12:00Cleve Rugby Club
Session 2Thursday 5 December 201309:00 - 12:00Cleve Rugby Club
Session 3Monday 3 February 201409:00 - 12:00Cleve Rugby Club
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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.
Essential Information: 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. 
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Session 1Wednesday 23 October 201309:30 - 15:30Integra Training Rooms
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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 ...
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Session 1Wednesday 23 October 201309:30 - 12:30South Gloucestershire Music Hub
Session 2Tuesday 3 December 201309:00 - 12:00South Gloucestershire Music Hub
Session 3Wednesday 5 February 201409:15 - 12:15South Gloucestershire Music Hub
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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.
Essential Information: There has been 100 rooms provisionally booked, if you would like to be a residential delegate, please book early 
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Session 1Thursday 24 October 201309:15 - 16:00Tortworth Court Four Pillars Hotel
Session 2Friday 25 October 201309:00 - 16:00Tortworth Court Four Pillars Hotel
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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.
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Session 1Wednesday 6 November 201309:00 - 12:00Cleve Rugby Club
Session 2Wednesday 26 March 201409:00 - 12:00Cleve Rugby Club
Session 3Wednesday 18 June 201409:00 - 12:00Cleve Rugby Club
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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.
Essential Information: Please note change of venue for the second session from Little Stoke Training Rooms to The Tynings Primary 
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SessionSession DateSession TimeSession VenueMap
Session 1Wednesday 6 November 201313:30 - 16:00Integra Training Rooms
Session 2Thursday 27 February 201416:00 - 17:30Tynings Primary School
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