Parents and carers are a child’s first teachers and they continue in this role throughout a child’s journey through school. Working in partnership with parents so that they can support a child’s school learning at home can have a really positive impact on learning and behaviour. This session looks at the benefits of working with parents and the ways you can communicate with them and work together to support their child’s learning. Working with parents can also be problematic: some parents may not share the school expectations for learning, attendance and behaviour an ...

"Pupils and learners won’t benefit from racing through subjects at pace. This is about schools making intelligent choices, not simply cramming everything in. What are the building blocks that will help them move on to their next stage?"   Amanda Spielman,  April 2021.

With DfE’s removal of statutory assessment for 2021 and the impact of Covid, assessment is proving a challenge for many schools.  Most schools have not been able to teach their full curriculum; however, teachers still need to accurately assess wher ...

This webinar will explore strategies and practical ideas for creating cross curricular links between Science and the foundation subjects with a particular focus on history. Suitable for 5 - 11 years olds.

This course will support all teachers in: KS1, LKS2, UKS2, Science Subject Leaders, Classroom Teachers.

Delegates will be contacted three 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. If it need ...

These surgeries provide an opportunity for teachers to discuss any pupils they would like support to assess. Year 6 teachers can bring along children's writing evidence and work alongside the LA moderator, who will provide advice and guidance about assessment and next steps in learning, as well as anything else that may be useful (such as planning ideas, text recommendations etc.)

Each session is on a 1:1 basis so only one person can book each place but schools may send two of their teachers if there is more than one teacher in Y6. Please add the name of any extra delegate into the ...

"Pupils and learners won’t benefit from racing through subjects at pace. This is about schools making intelligent choices, not simply cramming everything in. What are the building blocks that will help them move on to their next stage?"   Amanda Spielman,  April 2021.

With DfE’s removal of statutory assessment for 2021 and the impact of Covid, assessment is proving a challenge for many schools.  Most schools have not been able to teach their full curriculum; however, teachers still need to accurately assess wher ...

"Pupils and learners won’t benefit from racing through subjects at pace. This is about schools making intelligent choices, not simply cramming everything in. What are the building blocks that will help them move on to their next stage?" Amanda Spielman, April 2021.

With DfE’s removal of statutory assessment for 2021 and the impact of Covid, assessment is proving a challenge for many schools. Most schools have not been able to teach their full curriculum; however, teachers still need to accurately assess where pupils are in order to s ...

There are significant changes to the way that statutory induction for new teachers is carried out. From September 2021 they will now be referred to as Early Career Teachers (ECTs) and will complete a 2-year induction under the guidance of the Early Career Framework (ECF). The role of the appropriate body is also undergoing some changes.

In order to provide schools with the most up to date information and help them to ease into the changes, this briefing will give schools an opportunity to find out what their responsibilities are, both from now and at the beginning of September 2021. ...

"Pupils and learners won’t benefit from racing through subjects at pace. This is about schools making intelligent choices, not simply cramming everything in. What are the building blocks that will help them move on to their next stage?" Amanda Spielman, April 2021.

With DfE’s removal of statutory assessment for 2021 and the impact of Covid, assessment is proving a challenge for many schools. Most schools have not been able to teach their full curriculum; however, teachers still need to accurately assess where pupils are in order to s ...

Tom Holloway from the Primary Science Trust will lead the day.

The morning will be taken up by three half hour online demonstration science experiments for the pupils to join in with and then follow up in the classrooms.
Y5/6 Time 9:15 – 9:45
Y3/4 Time 10:15 – 10:45
Y1/2 Time 11:15 – 11:45

The afternoon sessions will focus on discussing and collating the findings from across the schools for the experiments.

Y5/6 Time 1:15 – 1:35pm
Y3/4 Time 2:00 – 2:20pm
Y1/2 Time 2:30 – 2:50pm

When the pupils are ...

These surgeries provide an opportunity for Y2 teachers to discuss any pupils they would like support to assess in reading, writing and maths. Teachers can bring along children’s evidence and work alongside a member of the LA moderation team who will provide advice and guidance including:

• Knowledge of national standards
• Borderline judgements and how to make these
• Use of exemplification materials
• Identifying learning required to meet a standard or gaps to fill to move to the next standard
• Activities to support further learn ...