Optional training for KS4 tutors in completing SEND reviews.

This half day online session will explore what this could look like within the current move towards adaptive teaching approaches, revisiting key messages about how we can support learners who take longer to secure concepts alongside those who grasp ideas rapidly and need to be challenged using the mathematics that they have learned. The content […]

Training will take place via Microsoft Teams on Wednesday 1st November 2023 from 1-2:30pm. Join on your computer, mobile app or room device Click here to join the meeting Meeting ID: 396 149 877 172 Passcode: tQ4nmW

Whether you are a Teaching Assistant, ECT, or a teacher with many years of experience, this workshop is designed to refresh how you support vulnerable pupils who exhibit challenging behaviour. Learning Outcomes • To explore strategies for the effective management of complex behaviour. • To develop knowledge and understanding of whole school approaches to managing […]

The training consists of 3 online sessions led by an IRC (International Rescue Committee) education specialist who has experience of the English education system as well as having worked with refugees both in this country and abroad. The sessions will provide you with an opportunity to learn about the Healing Classrooms model and to share […]

Presenter and venue TBC If you wish to present or share presenting of this session, please contact Linda Sutton.

An introduction to the interpersonal process of working restoratively in schools . This will include: The principles underpinning restorative approaches in schools Practical support for working relationally and restoratively

First termly meeting for Deputy Heads and Assistant Heads. This meeting will be virtual via Microsoft Teams. Please bring ideas with you on what you'd like to achieve in the termly meetings. If you are unable to make this meeting date, please contact Rebecca Wilson. Join on your computer, mobile app or room device Click […]

Widen knowledge and skills to support children develop self-regulation skills, supporting their journey to being successful learners. Self-regulatory skills are important so children can manage their own behaviour and regulate their emotions. In the early years, efforts to develop self-regulation often support children in seeking to understand and improve impulsiveness and reactions to situations. The […]

Further information will be shared about this via Linda Sutton.

This course is ideal for Education staff who would like to become an MHFAider® to gain the knowledge and skills to spot signs of people experiencing poor mental health, be confident to start a conversation and signpost a person to appropriate support. In addition to the course, you will become part of the largest MHFAider® community in England, […]

This session will help develop your understanding and confidence in supporting learners with SEMH and behaviours that challenge. Suitable for SENDCOs, Teachers and TA's. Outcomes: To understand all behaviour as communication To have an awareness of the underlying causes of challenging behaviour To gain knowledge of key tools, evidenced based strategies to use in school […]

In this course you’ll develop your subject knowledge of humanism as an example of a non-religious worldview and be provided with ideas for how to teach about it. The Commission on RE recommends that all young people should have the entitlement to learn about non-religious worldviews as part of a rigorous and academic education about […]

Shame has the same neurobiological response as terror and yet so many methods within a school can be using shame to motivate a child. This session will explore how to motivate a child without using shame, which whilst it may have quick results in the short term, we know can cause long term damage to […]

Whether you are an Early career teacher, or new to managing a team, this session will introduce you to the essential principles for leading, utilising and cultivating the talents of your Teaching Assistants. They are your most important resource and most valuable classroom ally - but are you using them to their full potential? ● […]

In this course you’ll develop your subject knowledge of humanism as an example of a non-religious worldview and be provided with ideas for how to teach about it. The Commission on RE recommends that all young people should have the entitlement to learn about non-religious worldviews as part of a rigorous and academic education about […]

Join Oxfordshire County Council for this thought provoking and inspiring day where we will explore the role of schools in supporting our service children to succeed and achieve. Aimed at school leaders, SENCOs, governors and pastoral staff who support Armed Forces children. Throughout the day, you’ll have opportunity to collaborate with colleagues during out range […]

Learning outcomes: Working proactively and preventatively to support students who are dysregulated and who may be displaying behaviours that challenge Support to understand how to de-escalate a situation before it reaches crisis-point and how to support students once they have reached crisis point

This session helps school staff identify and plan to support young people with concentration and impulsivity difficulties. Suitable for SENCOs, Teachers and TA's. “Children and young persons whose behaviour appears impulsive, overactive and/or inattentive to an extent that it is unwarranted for their developmental age and is a significant hindrance to their social and educational […]

This session will focus on best use of data to support PEP meetings, planning for post 16 progression and transition support as well as an opportunity to hear and share best practice both within Oxfordshire and beyond. Additionally, you will hear about data trends for KS4 across our cohort and how this can inform interventions […]

This event introduces you to the principles of metacognition and provides practical advice on how to develop pupils' metacognitive skills and knowledge in conjunction with specific subject content. Evidence from the Education Endowment Trust suggests the use of ‘metacognitive strategies’ – which get pupils to think about their own learning - can be worth the […]

Presenter and venue tbc. If you wish to present or share presenting of this session, please contact Linda Sutton.

The online session will include: An introduction to attachment theory Understanding attachment styles and identifying attachment difficulties Practical support and tools for meeting attachment needs in the classroom Please email Sarah Gristwood if you would like to be attend. A teams invite will then be sent out via email ahead of the session.