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- 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.
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.
A half-day online course to refresh the teaching of readingTo 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.
- 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.
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)
‘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.
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.
‘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.
‘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.
“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.
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.
- Exploring a range of poetry forms in a light-hearted, practical way, including games and ideas for poetry outdoors.
- Planning an effective whole school approach to poetry.
- Considering poetry which supports topic work and enhances your provision of literacy across the curriculum.
- Using poetry to support effective teaching of grammar and enhance pupils’ vocabulary.
- Poetry to strengthen and support the principle of ‘Cynefin’.
This course will highlight what really matters to children, the features of authentic learning and the relevance and importance of first-hand experiences. It will focus on the types of effective learning environments schools need to create to fully support and embrace ‘A curriculum for funded non – maintained nursery settings’ (Early Years), and the New Curriculum.
This programme introduces a range of stakeholders to coaching and mentoring. Participants will explore the skills required for coaching, what effective coaching is, and how it has an impact on teaching, learning and leadership. Effective coaching will develop learners and teachers and have a significant impact on school cultures.
Objectives:
- To introduce coaching as a way of working with others.
- To raise awareness and understanding about the potential power of coaching.
- To explore the key skills and qualities required for effective coaching.
- To help delegates reflect on how coaching can make them more effective practitioners.
Date: Tues 18th June
Audience: SMT & Primary Teachers
Venue: Future Inn, Cardiff Bay
Cost: £210 plus VAT
Looking for something to help you to support your pupils in physical computing?
ArtecRobo could be just what you need to meet the following AoLE statements:
- I can follow instructions to build and control a physical device (PS2)
- I can use sensors and actuators in systems that gather and process data about the systems’ environment (PS3)
Exhibited at this year’s BETT show – check out the video below to see what the kit can do.
Mark making is integral to the process of creating confident and competent writers.
“Being able to assign meaning to marks is a creative endeavour that enables children to begin the journey of written communication, be that in drawings, writing or mathematical marks” (A curriculum for funded non – maintained nursery settings p29)