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5 June 2024
Closing the Achievement Gap in the New Curriculum
Presenter: Huw Duggan,
Location: SOUTH WALES: Future Inn, Cardiff Bay, Hemmingway Road, CF104AU

The Minister for Education and Skills has acknowledged that high quality CPD for teachers and teaching assistants can break the link between educational attainment and poverty. Research is unequivocal that classroom level approaches shown to be particularly effective at raising the attainment of children living in low-income households combine: quality literacy/oracy teaching, positive learning environments, peer tutoring; formative assessment and feedback; structured group work/cooperative learning; and meta-cognitive strategies as well as high levels of teacher commitment and resilience.

This one-day practical programme, led by Huw Duggan (Former strategic advisor for closing the gap), will focus on ‘why’ and ‘how’ to close the achievement gap in the classroom.

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5 June 2024
Using CAD to produce high quality products at PS2/3
Presenters: Robert (Bob) Cater MBE, Nerys Tudor Jones,
Location: SOUTH WALES: Future Inn, Cardiff Bay, Hemmingway Road, CF104AU

This exciting, hands-on course will explore the use of Computer Aided Design (CAD) at PS2 and PS3. This is a fundamental tool in engineering and product design.

The software used is free of charge and should be installed before attending the course. (Details will be sent to prospective attendees). Delegates will be instructed in the use of the software and will design and make a number of artefacts using a CAD process.

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6 June 2024
Identifying ALN and interpreting behaviours
Presenter: Angela Coates,
Location: SOUTH WALES: Future Inn, Cardiff Bay, Hemmingway Road, CF104AU

According to the School census Wales 2023… There were 10,485 pupils with Individual Development Plans under the new ALN system in maintained schools (16.6% of pupils with ALN or SEN), up from 3,330 (4.5%) at February 2022

https://www.gov.wales/schools-census-results-headline-statistics-january-2023

The requirement is clearly there –so how do we make sure we are addressing the needs of all our pupils?

Join us for a day of problem solving! We will discuss many behaviours and additional learning needs and how to effectively support pupils.

This course will look at good practice in the mainstream classroom. You will learn about various strategies and ways to attune to your pupil’s needs. You will have the opportunity to access observations made by specialist teaching. These will be presented as examples for you to take back to school and support pupils who may be struggling or identified as having ALN.

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7 June 2024
LIVE ONLINE: LLC Mapping and Planning Support Session – Literature Set in Wales and Other Cultures (Morning 9.30am – 12pm)
Presenter: Helen Bowen,
Location: LIVE ONLINE Course: ZOOM or Teams Meeting

The LLC AoLE has a clear expectation for pupils to experience a broad literature range that includes texts by Welsh authors set in and around Wales as well as texts that are set in other cultures.

Join Helen Bowen for a half day session where she will share her extensive knowledge of children’s literature that can be used across PS1, 2 and 3. The literature range will include picture books, novels, film, art as well as many free national resources that are available to schools.

The half-day session will include extensive book lists as well as examples of activities that we can use to unlock the content of the literature and stimulate oracy reading and writing.

An essential event for LLC leads and those leading on making links across Wales and the wider world!

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11 June 2024
Let’s talk about Reasoning
Presenter: Lynwen Barnsley,
Location: SOUTH WALES: Future Inn, Cardiff Bay, Hemmingway Road, CF104AU

This day will be an opportunity to think and talk about mathematical reasoning and its importance in the teaching and learning of mathematics.

We will explore:

  • What we mean by reasoning and why we need to develop it;
  • How to communicate our reasoning both orally and in written form;
  • How to develop the language we need to communicate our reasoning;
  • Ways to give learners the opportunity to reason in all maths lessons;
  • How to improve reasoning skills;
  • Practical ideas to be used in the classroom.

The course aims to give participants a clearer idea of what reasoning looks like in the classroom and some top tips for teaching it.

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11 June 2024
Improving Handwriting across the Primary School From Policy to Practice (afternoon 1.30pm-3.30pm)
Presenter: Jayne Etherington,
Location: SOUTH WALES: Future Inn, Cardiff Bay, Hemmingway Road, CF104AU
  • The importance of developing gross and fine motor skills – ideas for activities and games to support early development.
  • Understanding stages of mark making and emergent writing – and the importance of celebrating early success.
  • Understanding pencil grip and hand dominance.
  • Linking handwriting to the teaching of phonics.
  • The three stages of teaching formal handwriting- steps to success.
  • Choosing a style for your school.
  • Creating a successful school policy.
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11 June 2024
Assessment for Additional Learning Needs in the Mainstream Setting
Presenter: Angela Coates,
Location: SOUTH WALES: Future Inn, Cardiff Bay, Hemmingway Road, CF104AU

The Additional Learning Needs transformation programme came into practice on the 1 st of September 2021. The idea was to create a unified approach for young people from the age of 0-25.

An important part of this system is accurate and relevant assessment of Additional Learning Needs of pupils already identified as needing extra support. It is also important to develop screening systems within the mainstream setting in order to recognise needs in pupils that might not be presenting their additional learning needs in an obvious way in class. We will explore different Assessments and ensure that practitioners have a plethora of tools to assist in ascertaining the needs of all pupils.

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12 June 2024
LIVE ONLINE: Reinvigorate Reading: An Introduction to the 9 Reading Behaviours – A Whole School, Cross-curricular Programme to Teach and Develop Reading Comprehension (Morning 9am-12pm)
Presenter: Stephanie Vaughan,
Location: LIVE ONLINE Course: ZOOM or Teams Meeting
A half-day online course to refresh the teaching of reading
To become effective readers pupils need to crack the phonic code and learn to make meaning independently. Pupils need explicit teaching to become effective readers and many daily opportunities to practise and apply their skills in live contexts. The 9 Reading Behaviours help pupils to learn what to do as they read. Initially, pupils learn each behaviour one-by-one, and overtime they learn to synthesise the behaviours, choosing the most useful strategies to unlock a text in any given context.
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12 June 2024
Creativity and Cynefin – Inspiring Excellence in LLC and Cross-Curricular Literacy, PS2 and PS3
Presenter: Jayne Etherington,
Location: SOUTH WALES: Future Inn, Cardiff Bay, Hemmingway Road, CF104AU
  • Exploring cynefin and creativity as core principles in the Curriculum for Wales and how they link to excellent practice.
  • Using high-quality texts to raise standards and inspire authentic, cross-curricular literacy work for PS2 and PS3.
  • Legends and Landscapes- making sense of the Mabinogi and ideas for planning using tales from around Wales.
  • Practical, accessible ideas to use poetry creatively across the curriculum.
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12 June 2024
Being a High Performing Teacher
Presenter: Huw Duggan,
Location: SOUTH WALES: Future Inn, Cardiff Bay, Hemmingway Road, CF104AU

Most programmes focus on the practicalities of teaching. However very few look at the softer skills required to be a highly effective teacher in your classroom and your career. This course is for aspiring young teachers and those teachers that need to re-find their teaching mojo. Being a high performing teacher is based on the latest phycological research and publications to help teachers aspire to be more as well as supporting their emotional and mental wellbeing. Packed with practical activities, and models that will inspire and challenge teachers to develop better habits and be happier in work and life.

Course objectives:

  • Effective goal setting in your work life and career
  • Examining barriers and limiting beliefs that might hold you back.
  • Understanding yourself and others to be more effective in the classroom
  • Dealing with obstacles which inhibit high performance.
  • Reframing setbacks as positives outcomes to be more high performing
  • Getting balance right in your life to be highly effective
  • Seeing change as a positive part of the GROWTH process
  • How to develop and coach others to be more high performing (pass it on)
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13 June 2024
Observation and Assessment in Early Years
Presenter: Jen Summers,
Location: SOUTH WALES: Future Inn, Cardiff Bay, Hemmingway Road, CF104AU
‘WATCH, WAIT, WONDER … making learning visible in Early Years’

This event focuses on capturing significant moments in learning – noticing, analysing and responding. What really matters to young children? During the day, we will explore a range of excellent systems for gathering and recording young children’s development, interests and fascinations.

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13 June 2024
LIVE ONLINE: Let’s Crack the Spelling Conundrum Once and for All! (Morning 9.30am – 12pm)
Presenter: Helen Bowen,
Location: LIVE ONLINE Course: ZOOM or Teams Meeting

There is a national emphasis on pupil independence. This includes how well pupils can review and make changes to the accuracy of their written work, so spelling is a high priority that many of us are grappling with.

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13 June 2024
Pupil Voice in The New Curriculum
Presenter: Cath Delve,
Location: SOUTH WALES: Future Inn, Cardiff Bay, Hemmingway Road, CF104AU

‘In non-maintained settings and primary school, where teachers place an emphasis on engaging pupils in planning their learning, this often results in more learning experiences and better progress for pupils’  ESTYN Annual Report 2022

This course will clarify what Pupil Voice is and how to ensure that it is effective in schools under the New Curriculum in Wales.

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13 June 2024
LIVE ONLINE: Therapeutic Story Writing (Afternoon 1:30pm to 3:30pm)
Presenter: Angela Coates,
Location: LIVE ONLINE Course: ZOOM or Teams Meeting

‘How we process and respond to our experiences affects our Mental Health and Emotional Well-being.’ (Curriculum for Wales – Health and Well-being)

Some pupils will still present with barriers to learning despite the practitioner’s best efforts to engage with them.

Have you tried using therapeutic stories?

This course aims to provide ideas to support classroom practitioners who seek to promote Health and Well-being in pupils with social, emotional and behavioural issues.

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14 June 2024
Outdoor Learning in Primary School
Presenters: Cath Delve, Karen Mills,
Location: SOUTH WALES: Future Inn, Cardiff Bay, Hemmingway Road, CF104AU

“Sticks and stones may break my bones but worms will never hurt me”
Outdoor learning offers our children very special opportunities for play and exploration, real experiences and contact with their natural world.

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14 June 2024
Positive Discipline to Support Levels of Engagement and Behaviour in the Primary Classroom
Presenter: Linda Davidge-Smith SFHEA MA,
Location: SOUTH WALES: Future Inn, Cardiff Bay, Hemmingway Road, CF104AU

This course will focus on behaviour management and planning in the Primary classroom to create an effective learning environment for all. Classroom organisation and differentiation is crucial in ensuring the Curriculum can benefit all learners. Planning support and key organisational strategies will be discussed, along with strategies for ensuring engagement to raise standards in learning and teaching.

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