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Are you ready to implement the new LLC AoLE?
What aspects of your provision for LLC will need to remain?
What changes will you need to make?
How can you make them achievable?
This course will provide practical strategies for auditing your current provision and support effective implementation of the new curriculum.
Are you ready to implement the new LLC AoLE?
What aspects of your provision for LLC will need to remain?
What changes will you need to make?
How can you make them achievable?
This course three day course will provide practical strategies for auditing your current provision and support effective implementation of the new curriculum.
The balance between FP philosophy, pedagogy and the achievement of high standards is a current issue that many schools are trying to address.
Reasoning is fundamental to knowing and doing mathematics and yet it is the area that learners find difficult and the area that is often considered difficult to teach.
This course will provide many practical ideas, activities and resources for developing numerical reasoning effectively. Ideas that can be taken straight back to the classroom.
How to move effective FP practice into lower juniors.
Outside space: big bit or small bit? How can we use it?
Introducing, organising, and managing an outdoor classroom can be extremely challenging, especially in schools where there is little access to suitable outdoor space. This event will focus specifically on areas adjacent to classrooms (the ‘bit’ outside the classroom) and will provide practitioners with the opportunity to refine and further develop current systems for creating, organising and managing this interesting area!
This course will aim to provide practical strategies to support effective implementation of the new
curriculum.
Assessment for Learning: The next steps
How good leadership impacts on positive outcomes for children.
This training will guide managers and practitioners through the CIW inspection process.
Are you ready to implement the new science and technology AoLE?
What changes will you need to make?
This course will provide practical strategies for auditing your current provision and ensuring effective implementation of the new curriculum.
Promoting and improving independent learning skills
ESTYN Inspections are regularly recommending that children improve these skills but how do we achieve this on a day to day basis in our schools? Independence is far bigger than children not interrupting teachers……
‘The impact of Mindset and the power of effort has been acknowledged by Donaldson’s Successful Futures. How do we achieve this on a daily basis in our classrooms?’
An effective whole school approach to the development of pupils’ speaking and listening skills and the meaningful use of talk across the curriculum create confident, happy and motivated learners. The new curriculum asks pupils to use their communication skills to engage with people, texts, ideas and experiences. This course helps your school to develop a cohesive strategy to build pupils’ oracy skills in a stimulating, pupil-centred environment.
Are you ready to implement the new Expressive Arts AoLE?
What changes will you need to make?
This course will provide practical strategies for auditing your current provision and ensuring effective implementation of the new curriculum.
“Spinning all the plates”
Effective leadership in the FP.
Recent reports and results of detailed audits from the Welsh Government state that the FP is here to stay. Having an effective leader is crucial to the successful implementation of the FP in schools. This course will provide you with many sector leading practical ideas and routines to help you deliver the philosophy, pedagogy and requirements of the FP.
Are you ready to implement the new Humanities AoLE?
What changes will you need to make?
This course will provide practical strategies for auditing your current provision and ensuring effective implementation of the new curriculum.
With the new Curriculum recognising the Expressive Arts as an Area of Learning in its own right, Collective Learning are offering an opportunity to spend a day of music training with David Powell of Upbeat Music and Arts. David’s enthusiasm, passion for music education and access for all belies his 30 years of teaching experience. David is fully conversant with the Lead Creative Schools scheme and the pedagogy underpinning it having acted as creative practitioner, agent and arts champion.
‘Watch, Wait and Wonder… making learning visible in early years’
This event focuses on capturing significant moments in learning – 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.
Are you ready to implement the new Maths and Numeracy AoLE?
What changes will you need to make?
This course will provide practical strategies for auditing your current provision and ensuring effective implementation of the new curriculum.
Are you ready to implement the new Health & Wellbeing AoLE?
What changes will you need to make?
This course will provide practical strategies for auditing your current provision and ensuring effective implementation of the new curriculum.
This course is now fully booked.
It is running throughout the Autumn term in the following places :-
WEST WALES – Lampeter 17/10/19 – Click here
NORTH WALES – Ruithin 23/10/19 Click Here
SOUTH WALES – Cardiff 20/11/19 – Click here
WEST WALES – Llanarthne 22/11/19
‘Numeracy is a key enabler in making a number of informed decisions, in particular, managing money and supporting good financial decision‑making and critically engaging with social norms around money’ Health & Well-being AoLE (draft 2019).
According to the latest Estyn report Managing Money (July 2017) “not all teachers have the knowledge and skills to help them deliver financial education confidently”
In an increasingly complex financial world, it is important that we develop pupils’ financial capability from an early age to equip them with the knowledge, skills and attitudes to manage money well and to prepare them for the opportunities and challenges that money brings to their lives.
This course will support teachers in identifying opportunities to plan and deliver financial education, as well as advise and provide a wealth of teaching resources.
How do you ensure that areas such as sand/water are different in Y2 than in the Nursery?
Very practical course focused on the use of free web based applications found in primary schools across Wales via the Hwb platform. This course shows how STEM attainment for reluctant recorders can be obtained in an engaging way using digital equipment. Includes labelled photos, video, branching database, data handling, collaborative presentations and more!
Please note: Attendees will need to bring their own web enabled device (e.g. laptop)
The main focus of the course is to provide guidance which will have a direct impact on the learning and teaching of Welsh Second Language, ensuring continuity and progression and the raising of standards within KS2.
‘Brilliant Block Play! – The world through the eyes of a child’
Block play is the perfect way to support the four purposes. It offers a vast range of open-ended experiences, enriches every curriculum area and supports child development. Through block play children may investigate the basic principles of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics – not to mention problem solving, thinking and social skills! Block play fosters a child’s natural curiosity.
Promoting and improving independent learning skills
ESTYN Inspections are regularly recommending that children improve these skills but how do we achieve this on a day to day basis in our schools? Independence is far bigger than children not interrupting teachers……
Are you ready to implement the new Health & Wellbeing AoLE?
What changes will you need to make?
This course will provide practical strategies for auditing your current provision and ensuring effective implementation of the new curriculum.
Pedagogy, Practice, Planning
The Foundation Phase ethos, principles and pedagogy will continue to be central to the delivery of early years education and have been incorporated across Curriculum for Wales 2022 to ensure it is appropriate and accessible for all practitioners and learners. Welsh Government (April 2019) (Draft Curriculum for Wales 2022: April 2019. DRAFT STATUTORY GUIDANCE. A guide to Curriculum for Wales 2022 p6)
This course will highlight what really matters to children and the relevance and importance of first-hand experiences in an ever-changing technological world.
How to move effective FP practice into lower juniors.
This course is now fully booked.
It is running throughout the Autumn term in the following places :-
SOUTH WALES – Cardiff 26/09/19 – Click here
MID WALES – Welshpool 25/10/19 – Click here
With the need to secure Successful Futures, and Estyn clearly setting out the importance of learner progress, this Inset session will support you in directly achieving that!
Are you ready to implement the new Health & Wellbeing AoLE?
What changes will you need to make?
This course will provide practical strategies for auditing your current provision and ensuring effective implementation of the new curriculum.
Assessment for Learning: The next steps
Promoting and improving independent learning skills
ESTYN Inspections are regularly recommending that children improve these skills but how do we achieve this on a day to day basis in our schools? Independence is far bigger than children not interrupting teachers……
How to move effective FP practice into lower juniors.
This 3-day module is a rolling programme. The days can be completed in any order and can also be booked as stand-alone days.
This 1-day course is part of a 3-day rolling programme. The days do not have to be done in any order and can be stand alone 1-day courses.
Pedagogy, Practice, Planning
The Foundation Phase ethos, principles and pedagogy will continue to be central to the delivery of early years education and have been incorporated across Curriculum for Wales 2022 to ensure it is appropriate and accessible for all practitioners and learners. Welsh Government (April 2019) (Draft Curriculum for Wales 2022: April 2019. DRAFT STATUTORY GUIDANCE. A guide to Curriculum for Wales 2022 p6)
This course will highlight what really matters to children and the relevance and importance of first-hand experiences in an ever-changing technological world.
Are you ready to implement the new Expressive Arts AoLE?
What changes will you need to make?
This course will provide practical strategies for auditing your current provision and ensuring effective implementation of the new curriculum.
This 3-day module is a rolling programme. The days can be completed in any order and can also be booked as stand-alone days.
This 1-day course is part of a 3-day rolling programme. The days do not have to be done in any order and can be stand alone 1-day courses.
Guided reading and beyond. What comes after guided reading?
How can a school use different reading approaches to help pupils to become increasingly independent readers? This course will demonstrate how to plan for progression in the teaching of reading by combining guided reading with group reading and reciprocal teaching.
This 3-day module is a rolling programme. The days can be completed in any order and can also be booked as stand-alone days.
This 1-day course is part of a 3-day rolling programme. The days do not have to be done in any order and can be stand alone 1-day courses.
Raising the standards of boy’s achievement in the FP is a priority for all.
“There have been considerable efforts, debates and research to find solutions and develop strategies to tackle the under achievement of boys. Although there have been success in some schools, generally the gap between boys’ performance and girls’ performance has stubbornly resisted efforts to close it”
Sut y mae arweinyddiaeth dda yn effeithio ar ganlyniadau cadarnhaol i blant.
Bydd yr hyfforddiant hwn yn arwain rheolwyr ac ymarferwyr trwy broses arolygu Arolygiaeth Gofal Cymru a bydd yn cynnwys y themâu canlynol:
Developing the role of the ICT/DCF Coordinator.
Please note: Attendees will need to bring their own web enabled device (e.g. laptop)
The introduction of the DCF in schools has refocused attention on ICT once again. With Estyn now reporting on standards in ICT, the need for strategic, effective leadership and management of this curriculum area is essential. Throughout the day, course attendees will have the opportunity to begin to address these requirements using the NAACE ICT self-review framework (SRF) as a means of self-evaluation and improvement.
‘Brilliant Block Play! – The world through the eyes of a child’
Block play is the perfect way to support the four purposes. It offers a vast range of open-ended experiences, enriches every curriculum area and supports child development. Through block play children may investigate the basic principles of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics – not to mention problem solving, thinking and social skills! Block play fosters a child’s natural curiosity.
Are you ready to implement the new Maths and Numeracy AoLE?
What changes will you need to make?
This course will provide practical strategies for auditing your current provision and ensuring effective implementation of the new curriculum.
This course will review the draft proposals for Science & Technology at Nursery/Reception, explain key changes and terminology; suggest effective and challenging activities, resources and learning strategies to support their successful implementation.
With Mental Health high on the Agenda at a National level, this course aims to raise awareness of Nurturing principles and strategies that are currently being employed to aid pupils who have had, or are currently subjected to, Adverse Childhood Experiences. Nurture groups have existed since the 1970s but now this course will explain the reason for their explosive comeback and the secret to running a successful nurture group.
Are you ready to implement the new LLC AoLE?
What aspects of your provision for LLC will need to remain?
What changes will you need to make?
How can you make them achievable?
This course will provide practical strategies for auditing your current provision and support effective implementation of the new curriculum.
This course will examine Progression Step 1 of the new AoLE for mathematics and numeracy and clarify what this looks like in nursery and reception classes.
Are you ready to implement the new Health & Wellbeing AoLE?
What changes will you need to make?
This course will provide practical strategies for auditing your current provision and ensuring effective implementation of the new curriculum.
This course will review the draft proposals for Humanities at Nursery/Reception, explaining key changes and terminology; suggesting effective and challenging activities; resources and learning strategies to support successful implementation.
How to move effective FP practice into lower juniors.
Are you ready to implement the new science/tech AoLE?
What changes will you need to make?
This course will provide practical strategies for auditing your current provision and ensuring effective implementation of the new curriculum.
Are you ready to implement the new Health & Wellbeing AoLE?
What changes will you need to make?
This course will provide practical strategies for auditing your current provision and ensuring effective implementation of the new curriculum.
This course will review the draft proposals for Science & Technology at Y1, Y2, Y3, explain key changes and terminology; suggest effective and challenging activities, resources and learning strategies to support their successful implementation.
Teaching maths through story books provides children with engaging and exciting ways of exploring and understanding key mathematical concepts. They captivate children’s interest and help them understand that mathematics is everywhere, even in the stories they hear and read.
This course will look at ways in which sharing stories can be linked directly to the development of mathematical concepts. It will explore a range of practical mathematics activities that enable children to use and apply mathematical concepts and language in real life meaningful situations, linked to a wide range of children’s literature.
Are you ready to implement the new Health & Wellbeing AoLE?
What changes will you need to make?
This course will provide practical strategies for auditing your current provision and ensuring effective implementation of the new curriculum.
Getting to Grips with the ‘Expressive Arts AoLE’
This programme will give you creative and practical strategies for improving and developing the Expressive Arts in Nursery and Reception. As well as giving comprehensive and inspiring activities for Progress step 1, delegates will also have time to plan collaboratively for this AoLE, and they can link this to other areas of learning. This course will give inspiring ideas for progress step 1 as well as pedagogical strategies to improve progress in this AoLE.
This course will review the new curriculum for Humanities at Y1, Y2, Y3, explaining key changes and terminology; suggesting effective and challenging activities; resources and learning strategies to support successful implementation.
The balance between FP philosophy, pedagogy and the achievement of high standards is a current issue that many schools are trying to address.
This 1-day course is part of a 3-day rolling programme. The days do not have to be done in any order and can be stand alone 1-day courses.
This 3-day module is a rolling programme. The days can be completed in any order and can also be booked as stand-alone days.
Achieving competence in Numeracy.
This course will review the draft proposals for Science & Technology at Y4, Y5, Y6, explain key changes and terminology; suggest effective and challenging activities, resources and learning strategies to support their successful implementation.
This 3-day module is a rolling programme. The days can be completed in any order and can also be booked as stand-alone days.
This 1-day course is part of a 3-day rolling programme. The days do not have to be done in any order and can be stand alone 1-day courses.
How do you ensure that areas such as sand/water are different in Y2 than in the Nursery?
This course will examine Progression Step 2 of the new AoLE for mathematics and numeracy and clarify what this looks like in the classroom.
This 1-day course is part of a 3-day rolling programme. The days do not have to be done in any order and can be stand alone 1-day courses.
This 3-day module is a rolling programme. The days can be completed in any order and can also be booked as stand-alone days.
How to move effective FP practice into lower juniors.
Getting to Grips with the ‘Expressive Arts AoLE’
This programme will give you creative and practical strategies for improving and developing the Expressive Arts in years 1, 2 & 3. As well as giving comprehensive and inspiring activities for Progress step 2, delegates will also have time to plan collaboratively for this AoLE, and they can link this to other areas of learning. This course will give inspiring ideas for progress step 2 as well as pedagogical strategies to improve progress in this AoLE.
This course will review the new curriculum for Humanities at Y4, Y5, Y6, explaining key changes and terminology; suggesting effective and challenging activities; resources and learning strategies to support successful implementation.
Promoting and improving independent learning skills
ESTYN Inspections are regularly recommending that children improve these skills but how do we achieve this on a day to day basis in our schools? Independence is far bigger than children not interrupting teachers……
This course will examine Progression Step 3 of the new AoLE for mathematics and numeracy and clarify what this looks like in the classroom.
This course will provide you with many excellent practical ideas to help you raise standards in writing. It will explain how a consistent approach that develops through clear stages, raises standards.
“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.
Getting to Grips with the ‘Expressive Arts AoLE’
This programme will give you creative and practical strategies for improving and developing the Expressive Arts in years 4,5 & 6. As well as giving comprehensive and inspiring activities for Progress step 3, delegates will also have time to plan collaboratively for this AoLE, and they can link this to other areas of learning. This course will give inspiring ideas for progress step 3 as well as pedagogical strategies to improve progress in this AoLE.
How to move effective FP practice into lower juniors.