Summer and Autumn Course Brochure by Allison Hurren

SUMMER AND AUTUMN TERM 2012

Contents About The Learning Partnership

Our Services

Bespoke Training Events

Conference Room Hire

Looking Ahead Autumn Conferences 2012

Summer Conference 2013

Summer Term Courses 2012

Autumn Term Courses 2012

Course Overview

Pen Portraits

Resource Centre

Terms and Conditions

About The Learning Partnership Our Values Our core values thread through all aspects of our daily lives and through our working practices: • Integrity and Honesty • Current and Innovative Thought and Action • Commitment and Consistency • Empowerment and Passion We aim to be the best that we can be and to support others in reaching their goals.

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THE LEARNING PARTNERSHIP WALES About Us As our name implies, The Learning Partnership works with you to provide training and consultancy of the highest quality. We pride ourselves on a core set of values that ensures the integrity of our service and our commitment to you. We provide the external, independent viewpoint that is essential for reflective, innovative practice while at the same time, we respect your unique context, challenges and circumstances. Our innovative services include one-off training events/conferences, packages of support on a longer term, mentoring and coaching to school/organisation leaders, as well as project management and resource acquisition. We aim to secure on-going development and improvement within your school or organisation. We establish and maintain meaningful relationships with you, expand and develop pedagogy, and support and challenge you in developing and extending high quality learning opportunities for children. Our proven track record includes working with professionals at all levels from government, Local Authority and with individual schools or school clusters, with the aim of building capacity within, and for, your team. Our partnership with you acts as a catalyst for positive, planned change and improved outcomes for children. The information in this brochure is a sample of what we offer. All our school INSET days are bespoke to meet your needs as they evolve over time. Please contact us for an informal discussion as to how we can best support you. (Contact details are found on the back cover).

Who we are Wendy Thomas Wendy Thomas has worked in a wide variety of contexts both in the UK and overseas as a teacher, advisory teacher, advisor and headteacher. Before returning to the UK Wendy was Headteacher of an international school in the Netherlands. Wendy has extensive knowledge of the whole primary school phase and has supported headteachers and other senior leaders within schools, local authorities and also in nonmaintained settings in assuring quality experiences for learners. Wendy has extensive experience of school improvement both as an Ofsted Inspector and in her role as School Improvement Adviser for Cardiff. She led a team of advisory teachers in preparing for the implementation and evaluation of the Foundation Phase for children from three to seven years of age and prides herself on offering workable, practical solutions to schools facing challenges. As a mother of two girls, Wendy strongly believes in high quality provision for children and is committed to the principles of enquiry based learning as a means of motivating and engaging children and young people.

Glenda Dudley Glenda Dudley has worked in education for more than twenty five years both in the UK and in an international context in Europe and the Middle East. As well as senior leadership positions overseas, her most recent UK post was in Cardiff. She has also contributed to key pieces of national policy for the Wales Government. Her knowledge and experience of early childhood and primary education is expansive having in depth experience of the National Curriculum and of the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme at The International School of Amsterdam. Glenda has also been involved with Project Zero â&#x20AC;&#x153;Teaching for Understandingâ&#x20AC;? from Harvard University; a long term research project which strongly underpins the pedagogy of 21st Century. Glenda values a partnership approach in developing learning opportunities that are relevant and meaningful, by working with diverse professionals, in order to provide exciting opportunities within schools and other educational organisations.

Partner Consultants We work with a range of partner consultants in delivering our services. Details of our consultants can be found on our website www.tlpwales.co.uk

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OUR SERVICES Our Services Policy, Innovation and Training at Governmental/National Level The Learning Partnership has contributed to and implemented national initiatives for The Wales Government including change4life, A Child’s Journey (Birth to Three Framework), Foundation Phase (Three to Seven Years) and Flying Start. From policy to practice, we pride ourselves on pedagogy fit for the 21st Century.

Local Authority Partnerships The Learning Partnership has developed honest sincere relationships with a number of local authorities, leading on specific pieces of work and offering support and training at advisory level.

School Improvement Partnerships Working with headteachers and leaders of ‘clusters’ of schools, or individual senior leadership teams, The Learning Partnership has written, facilitated and monitored the impact of school improvement training and organisational development.

Senior Leader Mentoring/Coaching Confidential support and challenge in the role of the ‘critical friend’ is a key element of our work with Senior Leaders which builds on a relationship where honesty and empowerment are the key drivers.

School Reviews An objective Review, either in the build up to inspection or as a general evaluative tool, helps to crystallise the school’s priorities and showcase areas of celebration. Challenging you and your team, we aim to offer you a clear plan of action and provide the framework through which the school refines its practice and clarifies its pedagogy.

Consultancy Working with headteachers, senior leaders or teams within your school, we provide a springboard for curriculum/project development through structured discussions and collaboration on an area of priority from your School Improvement Plan. Our consultancy work can be either long term or one-off pieces of work depending on your circumstances and needs. Much of our consultancy work links to personal professional growth for headteachers. You may be assured of our complete discretion and on-going commitment.

Curriculum Design Reflecting on your current stage of development and taking account of your unique context, we work with you to develop a quality curriculum that provides rigour, balance and breadth. In addition, our strong partnership with Cornerstones Educationâ&#x201E;˘ enables us to provide you with materials and training for enquiry based learning that bring learning to life, and addresses the balance between children initiated and adult led learning. This approach secures curriculum coverage, challenge and progression for the pupils in your school.

Courses We provide a range of courses for Senior Leaders, teachers and practitioners both in the UK and overseas. Our affiliation with partner organisations, who operate quality training programmes, ensures that our courses are accessible to a wide audience. They provide a balance of theory and practice, are well paced and give an opportunity for long term planning as well as ideas and strategies to take back and use immediately. We are responsive to your training needs and base all of our courses on evidence based research.

Conferences Our annual conference provides a professional context for Senior Leaders and teachers to consider world-wide research based practice and innovation. We pride ourselves on engaging with prestigious leaders of their field, including Prof. Ferre Leavers, Prof. Howard Gardner, Lord Robert Winston, Prof. Mick Waters, Baroness Susan Greenfield and Prof. Sugata Mitra, so that educators take time to find out about and reflect on big issues that impact on childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s learning. Please check our website for current information about forthcoming events. www.tlpwales.co.uk

Project Management Whether this results from a competitive tender, or whether you engage our services directly, we have experience of project management having undertaken key pieces of work, including school/setting start ups as well as policy development and implementation. We identify the key people and services required, clearly outline costs, timelines, actions and success criteria. We oversee the project for you, saving you time and money. We meet with you a on a regular basis, provide written updates and manage the level of detail that best works for you. Our services extend from small resource requirements to national policy - if you have a project you wish to discuss please contact us.

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BESPOKE TRAINING EVENTS/INSET Bespoke Training Events/INSET Together we identify key areas of development and pinpoint the people within your team who are the catalysts for change. Training and capacity building for individuals and/or groups are core to our work with you. We write bespoke packages to suit the developing needs of your team in order to achieve the greatest impact in the classroom, so that you see clear evidence of the changes you planned. This highly dynamic approach empowers all who are involved in it - making it an enjoyable and highly valuable component of building your dream team.

Cost for INSET Days For groups of 20+ participants: £65 + VAT per person For groups of 10-19 participants: £85 + VAT per person Unfortunately, we are unable to offer this option to groups of less than 10 participants.

The cost includes: • Liaison with a Learning Partnership Consultant on the focus of the INSET day • INSET Day delivered by a Learning Partnership Consultant • Exclusive use of the training room • Coffee, tea and croissant on arrival • Mid-morning coffee • A high quality buffet lunch and dessert • All teaching and learning resources needed for the training

Conference Facilities for Hire The Conference Room seats 30 cabaret style and up to 50 theatre style. Conference Room Facilites include: data projector, PC, file chart, stationary items such as pens/pencils/highlights/post-it notes. Day delegate rates are 10-20 people - ÂŁ27.50 per person Groups over 20 enjoy a reduced rate of ÂŁ25.00 per person This includes full use of the conference suite and the following refreshments:

Arrival:

Tea/Coffee Danish Pastry/Muffin or similar

Mid Morning: Tea/Coffee Biscuits Lunch:

Two course buffet style or individual menu choice (depending on numbers)

Mid Afternoon: Tea/Coffee Welsh Cake or similar

Weekend and evening bookings are also available. To book call 01554 749043 or e-mail info@tlpwales.co.uk

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LOOKING AHEAD

AUTUMN CONFERENCE 2012

‘The Future of the Brain and the Brain of the Future: How modern technology is changing the way we think and feel’

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Baroness Susan Greenfield What effect are technologies such as computer games, the Internet and social media having on the brain? The primary focus of Baroness Greenfield’s work explores and questions the impact of modern screen technologies on the human brain. Today’s screen technologies create environments that could alter how we process information, the degree to which we take risks, how we socialise and empathise with others and even, how we view our own identity. Susan is fascinated as to how screen technologies such as computer games, the Internet and social media may be changing the human brain, both for good and bad. She will illustrate the potential of generations merging and explore the effects of gaming, social media and interaction along with the difference between the under function and active function of the prefrontal cortex found in our brains. Humans occupy more ecological niches than any other species on the planet, because of the superlative ability of our brains to adapt to their environment.

Is ‘Mind Change’ the new ‘Climate Change’? During her key note address, Baroness Greenfield will be delving into the human mind, and looking at the technology of the 21st Century. She will explore and explain the possible effects of ICT, biotechnology and nanotechnology. • How is technology changing the way we interact with others? • Do we have more/less empathy as a result and what are the consequences? • Are our IQs increasing/decreasing and does this equate to more in depth, or

simply ‘surface’ understanding?

• What are the implications for teaching and learning in schools and across

generations?

Baroness Susan Greenfield Baroness Susan Greenfield is a Professor of Pharmacology at Oxford University, writer, broadcaster and member of the House of Lords. The old adage ‘everyone remembers a good teacher’ applies very strongly in Susan’s case and while at school she pulled out all the intellectual stops, eventually gaining a place at St Hilda’s College, Oxford, to read Psychology and Philosophy. It was there she became increasingly fascinated by the physiology of the brain and developed an interest for the application of the big philosophical problems such as identity and consciousness, in the context of neuroscience. Specialising in the physiology of the brain, Susan researches the impact of 21st Century technologies on the mind and explores how the brain generates consciousness. Her work also covers novel approaches to understanding and treating neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. We are delighted to welcome Baroness Greenfield as our Key Note Speaker to the conference. ‘Susan Greenfield is often described as the foremost female scientist in Britain, but she is one of the best of any gender, anywhere, at getting complicated ideas across’ (Independent on Sunday) ‘Susan Greenfield enthrals and intrigues her audiences in equal measure . . . a force of intellect and a force of nature’ (John Humphrys)

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LOOKING AHEAD ‘Platitudes, Posturing and Pretence’ Roy Leighton During the second part of our conference Roy Leighton will be considering how creativity, motivation, learning styles and value creation are all impacted by the world and context in which we live. He will ask the challenging questions: ‘How does your school provide the environment where every child and member of staff matter?’ ‘Do you, your team and the children go beyond platitudes, posturing and pretence?’ Roy’s session will draw together the strands that thread through brain compatible learning, emotional literacy and the challenges inherent in delivering a broad and balanced curriculum, all set against the backdrop of the habitual practice of schools being target focused. He will explore the nature of the demands made on school leaders, alongside the ripple effect that they have on the ‘school’s family’ in both the short and longer term.

Roy Leighton Roy Leighton has worked in Education for many years with the whole range of sectors from the disaffected to the supremely able - that is for teachers as well as children! Roy is known not only for his work in schools but also as a star of stage and screen in his own right including the BBC TV programme Confidence Lab. His background is originally in the Arts and he now works in the UK and Europe as a consultant for Independent Thinking. Roy is passionate about empowering people to develop true innovation and balance within the school He is renowned for being one of the most inspiring speakers in education today, not only because of the genuinely useful and practical nature of his advice for schools but also because he talks to an audience as real life, living, loving human beings. Be prepared to be humbled, moved and inspired!

We are delighted to welcome Roy to our Conference Programme In the words of one delegate; ‘He should be bottled and consumed regularly!’

Individual Rate: £200 + VAT per person Special Group Rate of 40+ delegates: £180 + VAT per person Please book early to avoid disappointment.

Summer Term Courses 2012

Summer 2012 Cornerstones Open Day

Free of Charge!

Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss out... an introduction to the most up-to-date innovative curriculum available.

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The Cornerstones Curriculum is a fresh and exciting approach to enquiry and child led learning built on the criteria for an outstanding curriculum from Estyn. It provides schools with the foundation and structure to develop an innovative and creative curriculum with the security and knowledge that there is full coverage and progression of the Foundation Phase and the Revised Curriculum for KS2. Based on the Four Cornerstones of Learning, the Cornerstones Curriculum can complement your existing practice, stand alone as a full curriculum or be tailored to suit your schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s individual needs and strengths. The half day will comprise of an introduction to the curriculum, a question and answer session, a preview of the materials available and an opportunity to consider how it might best be used within your school. A complimentary lunch will be served following the morning session. Places are limited to 25 and these will be allocated to the schools that register first. (Maximum 2 places per school) Date: Wednesday, 16th May 2012 Tuesday, 3rd July 2012 Thursday, 27th September 2012 Monday, 12th November 2012 Time: 9:30 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. followed by lunch Target Audience: Headteachers and Senior Leaders Cost: Free of Charge Course Booking Code: Cornerstones

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Free of Charge!

Cornerstones Network Day (Half Day)

Only open to schools who have adopted the Cornerstones Curriculum

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This half day network is offered to schools who have recently adopted the Cornerstones Curriculum. The half day will comprise of an opportunity to reflect on progress made within your school, to consider to the range of experiences that the curriculum offers, and an opportunity to network with colleagues from other schools have also recently adopted it. Schools will be invited to undertake a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Show and Tellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; of their successes to date. (Please let us know if you would like to present to the group - 10 minutes maximum!) A complimentary lunch will be served following the morning session. Places are limited to 28 and these will be allocated to the schools that register first. (Maximum 2 places per school)

Date: Thursday, 17th May 2012 Wednesday, 4th July 2012 Friday, 28th September 2012 Tuesday, 13th November 2012 Time: 9:30 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. followed by lunch Target Audience: Headteachers and Senior Leaders Cost: Free of Charge but your school reference number is required when booking Course Booking Code: Cornerstones Network Day

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Summer 2012 Listening to Learners The Mosaic Approach

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The Estyn Framework requires that every child and young person in Wales is listened to, treated with respect and is included in decision making. (KQ 1.2.3 and KQ 3.2.1) How does this translate to the school setting? How can children’s views and experiences become the focus for reviewing the quality of our provision and practice? This course outlines a framework, The Mosaic Approach, for listening to, and consulting children on their perspectives with regard to their daily lives and school experience. The Mosaic Approach is a multi-method approach in which children’s own photographs, tours and maps can be connected with other forms of assessment to gain deeper understanding of children’s perspectives. It also has massive potential as a tool to use with older children, particularly those with communication difficulties or for whom English is an additional language. Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Consider what ‘consultation’ with children looks like and how best to listen to learners • Reflect on how listening to children directly links to recognising and addressing the needs and interest of learners within the Foundation Phase and beyond • Explore the direct benefits of consultation with children within schools and settings • Reflect on the principles that underpin consultation with children and how this can be used to develop units of enquiry within the Foundation Phase and beyond • Deliberate on the possible barriers to effectively consulting with children • Explore practical methods that can be used to consult with children from birth to eleven years and pick up helpful tips along the way! Date: Tuesday, 24th April 2012 Course led by: Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas Target Audience: All Primary Practitioners Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 264

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NEW Ornament or Evidence? Using portfolios to showcase and evidence your school’s success Showcasing your school through portfolios is a potent way of proving and exemplifying the good work that goes on. Portfolios can be used for a range of purposes and audiences, and can be accessed on many levels. The task of collecting and collating meaningful evidence is onerous and we can run the risk of producing little more than a ‘family album’. This course will highlight key features of the best portfolios and will give you a clear structure for proving that the quality of teaching and learning reflects the expected national standards. A real useful and thought provoking day! Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Consider the purpose and use of evidence collected within schools • Reflect on the needs of various audiences that are supported by portfolios • Develop strategies for gathering and exhibiting evidence • Share examples of effective portfolios that serve the needs of a variety of audiences • Gain clarity as to what should be included and what should be left out. • Leave the course buzzing with practical tips to get you started or move you forward

Date: Wednesday, 25th April 2012 Course led by: Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas Target Audience: Senior Leaders and Subject Co-ordinators Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 265

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Summer 2012

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One Moment in Time! Olympic Heroes and Heroines A Workshop for Developing a Unit of Enquiry about the Olympics What will your children remember about 2012? The Queen’s Golden Jubilee? The Olympics? It certainly is a big year for the United Kingdom! ‘One Moment in Time’ will offer you the opportunity to consider some unique and motivating experiences that can be incorporated into a Unit of Enquiry about the Olympics. Whether you are thinking about a small classroom event, or a major whole school extravaganza, this course will provide you with ideas to mark one of the most memorable events of our lifetime.

Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Consider ways in which this special event can be marked as a whole school • Develop and incorporate ‘stage appropriate’ experiences for children to engage in • Consider how different elements of the Olympics can be examined using an enquiry based approach to learning • Explore how a real event can be translated into high quality teaching and learning • Collate a range of ideas to take back and use in school in the run-up to the Olympics • Empower children in your school to mark a key event in the lifetime of the nation

Date: Thursday, 26th April 2012 Course led by: Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas Target Audience: All Primary Practitioners Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 266

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The Data Den Making Sense of Data Sets Do you often use the words ‘dread’ and ‘data’ in the same sentence? If so, then this may well be the course for you. During the day we will be looking at elements of data that are currently being used in school and consider; what they tell us, how we can use them to set school improvement targets and how to record the ‘story’ of a particular set of data. Join us for a straight forward, jargon-free and practical day. No geeks allowed!

Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Unpick the key elements of their school’s data by examining it in a methodical and objective way • Develop strategies for evaluating their data in the context of their school family • Consider strategies for ‘telling the story’ that the data presents • Reflect on the most appropriate way to relate their data to various audiences - School Governors, Parents and Teachers • Develop methods of using their data to prove and improve their school’s current position

Date: Tuesday, 1st May 2012 Course led by: Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas

Target Audience: Senior Leaders Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 267

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Summer 2012 Connected Thinking, Capable Learners Positive Dispositions and Habits for Learning

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‘Develop a powerful pedagogy where the whole will be greater than the sum of the parts.’ Prof. David Perkins Harvard University At the heart of the Foundation Phase and the Revised Curriculum for Key Stage 2 lies an explicit emphasis of skill development and positive dispositions to learning. By integrating different types of thinking, alongside children’s personal capabilities, we provide the conditions that are ripe for the deep level learning and high standards of attainment. This course will provide you with a framework to develop thinking and learning that is practical and achievable in every classroom. Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Explore strategies that engage children, raise levels of well-being and secure high standards • Help children develop a deeper understanding of themes/topics that go beyond the recall of surface information • Consider the range of thinking skills and personal capabilities needed for effective learning • Consider practical, achievable strategies that create and instil positive dispositions and habits for lifelong learning • Adopt a range of classroom strategies that tie in with AfL and lead to collaboration and reflection

Date: Wednesday, 2nd May 2012 Course led by: Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas Target Audience: Primary Phase Teachers Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 268

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Speak Right, Think Write Developing Children’s Language Skills across the Curriculum ‘Reasoned Talk’ plays a vital role in all children’s language development. There is, however, a danger that it can be undervalued, with schools under pressure to get children writing as soon as possible. But as speech and language therapist Rosemary Sage has noted: ‘Many problems that children have with writing are because they are required to write at a level beyond which they can think and speak.’ In this course Paul Smith will give practical examples of the sorts of activities that can be used to encourage ‘reasoned talk’ across the curriculum. Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Explore ideas that enable children to play with language • Re-visit the key components of effective story telling • Develop routines for ‘thinking out loud’ and articulating thoughts clearly to others • Empower children to argue a case effectively and objectively • Help children to listen to, and consider, other points of view • Give children the tools to review and evaluate their original ideas to form a conclusion

Date: Wednesday, 9th May 2012 Course led by: Paul Smith Target Audience: All Primary Teachers Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 269

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Summer 2012

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Tuned In or Tuned Out? Building Creative and Emotional Intelligence in Ourselves and Our Children • How adept are you at tuning in to very young children? • Are you able to move children through the emotional turmoil that a learning environment can present? • Do your actions and decisions have a long lasting positive impact on the children?

One of the key roles of the nurturing adult is to build skills in creative and emotional intelligence so that we empower children to engage in, lead and reflect on their learning. During the day we will be exploring the dynamics that are evident in interactions with young children and consider the essential role of the adult in empowering children to become confident and creative in all that they do. Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Consider what emotional intelligence looks like in this age group • Become confident in their own skills as leaders, facilitators and ‘scaffolders of learning’ • Discover how to nurture their own, and their children’s, emotional intelligence • Use fun and creative approaches to build this in to their own professional practice • Identify how to spot the impact of this on children’s communications, creativity and learning progress

Date: Thursday, 10th May 2012 Course led by: Ruth Churchill-Dower

Target Audience: Practitioners and Leaders working with the Birth to Seven age group Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 270

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Phonics and Early Reading A Detailed Exploration of Effective Phonics Teaching An important feature of high quality phonics work is that it should be systematic which means teaching all the major grapheme-phoneme correspondences in a clearly defined sequence. Whichever phonics programme you use in school, this course will strengthen your toolkit and enable you to make phonics and active and engaging pat of everyday.

Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Re-visit the key principles of teaching phonics effectively • Explore the various approaches used in schools and consider how suited they may be for your own context • Reflect on the phonic knowledge and skills required by children at different stages of development • Consider what to do when progress becomes impeded • Share ideas for activities and experiences that support learning

Date: Tuesday, 15th May 2012 Course led by: Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas

Target Audience: All Primary Teachers Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 271

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Summer 2012 Cornerstones Open Day

Free of Charge! Comp at with IN ible CERT S

Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss out......an introduction to the most up-to-date and innovative curriculum available.

Date: Wednesday, 16th May 2012 Time: 9:30 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. followed by lunch Target Audience: Headteachers and Senior Leaders Cost: Free of Charge Course Booking Code: Cornerstones BOOK EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT

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Free of Charge!

Cornerstones Network Day (Half Day)

Only open to schools who have adopted the Cornerstones Curriculum.

Comp at with IN ible CERT S

Date: Thursday, 17th May 2012 Time: 9:30 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. followed by lunch Target Audience: Headteachers and Senior Leaders Cost: Free of Charge but your school reference number is required when booking Course Booking Code: Cornerstones Network Day

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Summer 2012 Zero to Hero A Course to Support New and Aspiring Leaders

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Being part of a high-performing team is a key part of being an effective leader. The best leaders support and encourage others to improve their skills and advance their careers. The best leaders resist micro-management and build the confidence of team members to take on key responsibilities. This course will clearly outline the ‘dos’ and ‘don’ts’ of becoming an exceptional leader.

Course participants will have the opportunity to: Develop their understanding of leadership styles and when to use the most appropriate one for different situations Consider leadership theories within their own school/setting context Reflect on the balance of task and people lead leadership and the advantages and disadvantages of each Develop the skill of successful delegation and empower others to become leaders Celebrate successes within their team and identify areas of improvement in order to develop others’ leadership skills

Date: Friday, 18th May 2012 Course led by: Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas

Target Audience: New and Aspiring Leaders Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 272

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Build-in or Bolt-on? Inspiring Inclusive Practice in your Classroom Managing the range of abilities and experiences of children within the classroom is demanding and challenging for any teacher. Effective differentiation is the key to ensuring that your teaching is truly inclusive and meets the needs of every child. Rather than expending energy on creating different tasks, this course offers simple strategies that are so effective they will engage children of all abilities in their learning at an appropriate level.

Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Consider the different ways in which ‘differentiation’ has been and can be interpreted • Reflect on the varying needs of children across the range of learners within a ‘typical’ class • Explore strategies that impede or support learning at different levels and familiarise themselves with those that keep learners engaged an motivated • Consider practical factors such as the learning environment, groups and groupings and the language we use • Match strategies to the current needs of learners in your class

Date: Tuesday, 22nd May 2012 Course led by: Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas Target Audience: All Primary Practitioners Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 273

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Summer 2012

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Formulae, Fun and the Foundation Phase Outstanding Mathematical Pedagogy in the Foundation Phase This course, aimed at all practitioners working in the Foundation Phase, will investigate ways of facilitating quality experiences for resourceful young mathematicians. You will have the opportunity to use creative ideas and resources to excite and stimulate young minds. Packed with ideas for developing core mathematical concepts through games, play and stories this a day not to be missed. Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Explore the elements of outstanding mathematical pedagogy within the Foundation Phase • Identify the potential for developing problem solving, reasoning and numeracy through child-initiated play, inspirational adult led activities, outdoor games, physical play, stories, songs and role play • Think about how children learn numeracy concepts without realising they are doing so through everyday routines and activities. • Focus on problem solving and the development of reasoning skills • Consider relevant observation, planning and assessment and understand how to structure learning with an emphasis on differentiation • Leave, at the end of the day, feeling empowered and inspired

Date: Wednesday, 23rd May 2012 Course led by: Liz Thomas

Target Audience: All Foundation Phase Practitioners Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 274

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Every lesson a problem solving lesson Join Liz Thomas, a specialist maths consultant, to explore how to teach KS2 children a range of strategies to effectively problem solve. Course participants will explore effective questioning techniques, planning for an integrated approach to maths teaching and learning alongside a range of practical ‘hands-on’ activities that can be easily implemented in the classroom. There will be opportunity for discussion and to share good practice with colleagues.

Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Identify and implement key problem solving strategies that can be used in a KS2 classroom • Understand how to use a problem solving approach in every lesson, including those focusing on number and calculation • Consider how to incorporate problem solving into maths planning • Develop specific strategies that develop children’s mathematical talk, reasoning and explanation • Explore and practice effective questioning techniques

Date: Thursday, 24th May 2012 Course led by: Liz Thomas Target Audience: Mathematics Co-ordinators, Key Stage 2 Teachers Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 275

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Summer 2012 Resist the Domino Effect

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Leading a Team of Teachers and/or Support Staff This practical course takes a realistic approach to managing and leading teams of people within the school context. It is aimed at class teachers who manage teaching assistants and also at middle leaders who are often required to lead ‘task and finish’ groups across the school. During the day we will briefly visit key components of effective leadership, but the core element of the day will be a solution focussed approach, in order to get the best out of the whole team.

Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Familiarise themselves with the key elements of leadership • Consider the difference between leadership and management and consider where they see their current role • Develop strategies for finding options beyond the most obvious, in order to implement practical solution immediately to issues that they have within thier team • Understand the range of pitfalls that can beset effective teams and identify progressive and realistic approaches to ensure consistency and quality • Share and learn from colleagues in similar roles

Date: Tuesday, 29th May 2012 Course led by: Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas Target Audience: Class Teachers and Middle Leaders Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 276

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Special Needs or Special Rights? Enriching Practice within the Special School

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If you work in a special school then this course is aimed at you. The place of ‘special schools’ is central to the development our most vulnerable children. But, due to the unique nature and purpose of ‘special schools’ this can at times be isolating for those who attend and work in them. During the day we will be examining how the structure of the Foundation Phase and its key principles can be adopted and adapted to suit learners within the ‘special school’ environment. Full of practical tips and generic case studies we will explore how to develop an environment and approach that is flexible and suited to a wide range of learners. It will also provide a rare opportunity to meet and network with colleagues from other special schools. Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Reflect on how the principles of the Foundation Phase are ideally suited to support practice within a ‘special school’. • Consider how the elements of the Foundation Phase ‘Triangle of Provision’ can be adapted to suit children and young people with differing needs • Reflect on the experiences that children and young people need to develop their skills and how we can best provide them • Explore practical methods that can be used to promote learning and enjoyment • Network with colleagues from other schools and share practice and ideas • Pick up helpful tips along the way!

Date: Wednesday, 30th May 2012 Course led by: Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas Target Audience: All practitioners working in a ‘special school’ with children and young people from three to eighteen years of age Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 277

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Summer 2012

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We’re Following the Leader Leading a Flying Start Setting or Community Based Project The day-to-day responsibility of leading a Flying Start Setting or a Community Based Project is demanding. But how many of our setting/community leaders have had the opportunity to explore the challenges that leadership entails? Not many! This course is aimed at providing leadership development for Flying Start Setting Leaders and Community Project Leaders. By taking account of the unique challenges that working with this age group, or working in community venues, brings, we explore the role of the leader and how different leadership styles might be used in various contexts. A day for professional growth and one not to be missed! Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Reflect on what ‘leadership’ means • Consider the successes and barriers to effective leadership within their context • Explore strategies for getting the best out of the team they lead • Understand the elements of their role in terms of the needs of the different groups they support - children, parents, management committees and the community • Reflect of their own development and identify important next steps

Date: Thursday, 31st May 2012 Course led by: Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas Target Audience: Flying Start Leaders LAP Leaders/Community Project Leaders are also welcome to attend this course Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 278

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Early Explorers Ensuring Progression in Outdoor Learning

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Where did you play as a child and what did you get up to when you were allowed to ‘go out to play’? It is widely recognised that such experiences made a positive impact on us and as adults we are aware that it shaped many aspects of our own development. With many schools having made a significant start with outdoor learning, this course considers the issues that have been raised along the way. How are we ensuring progression in learning outside? Are all AoLs in evidence in our outdoor environment? What is the role of the adult outdoors? This course offers a great opportunity to address some of these questions and more... Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Broaden and deepen their understanding of the nature of effective outdoor play experiences for children • Consider the importance of outdoor play for children within the Foundation Phase and what the outdoors offers that indoors does not • Consider the type and range of experiences young children should have through outdoor provision throughout the Foundation Phase • Consider the role that ‘Provocations and Challenges’ have to play in securing progression • Examine the potential of the elements and features of their existing outdoor area that can be utilised to maximise use of their space • Explore effective resources for supporting a wide range of holistic and creative experiences outdoors • Define, explore and expand the role of the adult in the outdoor environment

Date: Wednesday, 13th June 2012 Course led by: Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas Target Audience: Foundation Phase Practitioners Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 279

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Summer 2012 ‘A Taste of the Apple’

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Using the iPad in the Classroom

If you are focused on improving Teaching and Learning using the latest hand-held technology then this course is a must for you! Not only will this course show you how to maximise engagement of learners in the classroom, it will also allow you to action plan a way forward in your own setting. Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Explore Assessment for Learning - the digital way • Consider the implications for change in the 21st Century classroom • Consider the link between using the iPad and improving Key Skills • Pick up tips and hints into getting the best out of your iPad • Maximising the engagement of pupils in today’s classroom • Consider what a technology rich learning environment comprises of and how it can create opportunities for learning

Date: Friday, 15th June 2012 Course led by: Ann Roberts and Martin Jones Target Audience: ICT Co-ordinators, Primary Teachers Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 280

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Basic Skills or Blue Sky Thinking?

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Improving Literacy across the Curriculum Innovation and higher order thinking in the Information Age are critical. But are we getting the balance of basics skills and ‘blue sky thinking’ right? During the day we will examine our current literacy diet and consider how we address the demands of securing key skills alongside the creative and emotional aspects of becoming competent communicators. Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Explore what an effective whole school literacy programme entails • Consider the central role of oracy and how to ensure children are articulate and expressive • Evaluate effective ways to raise standards in reading and writing by considering your own context and starting point • Investigate the link between clear curriculum planning and achievement • Develop an approach which supports those who may be at risk of low levels of literacy • Identify the starting points and stumbling blocks to high standards in language and literacy

Date: Tuesday, 19th June 2012 Course led by: Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas Target Audience: Literacy Co-ordinators and Key Stage 2 Teachers Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 281

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Summer 2012 Use It or Lose It!

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Improving Numeracy across the Curriculum

Mathematics is central to daily life. Our own ability to use and apply our mathematical skills is essential to being capable and competent. Teacher confidence and competence are key drivers for success - particularly with numeracy. This course explores areas for consideration in securing high quality mathematics teaching and learning both at school and at individual level. You will leave the day with some long term, as well as immediate goals, for improving the provision and practice within your school. Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Explore what an effective whole school mathematics programme entails • Consider the central role of numeracy within the mathematics curriculum • Investigate the link between clear curriculum planning for the teaching of Money and Measures, Shape, Space and Movement and Handling Data • Evaluate effective ways to raise standards in using and applying mathematics by considering your own context and starting point • Develop an approach which supports those who may be at risk of low levels of mathematical literacy • Indentify the starting points and stumbling blocks to high standards in all aspects of the mathematics curriculum

Date: Wednesday, 20th June 2012 Course led by: Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas Target Audience: Mathematics Co-ordinators, Primary Teachers Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 282

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More Able and Talented

Nurturing, Supporting and Extending our Most Challenging and Overlooked Group of Children

Recent reports from Estyn have identified that 20% of learners can be considered as more able and talented. During this course, teachers and teaching assistants will learn how to identify and support more able and talented pupils. We will explore practical ideas for adapting existing classroom practice to ensure that pupils are constantly being stretched and challenged whilst remaining motivated, engaged and on task. Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Explore ways of identifying pupils who can be described as more able and talented • Consider appropriate learning experiences that provide sufficient challenge for more able and talented children • Reflect on strategies that support more able and talented children in becoming independent learners • Explore the benefits of group work in supporting and developing the special talents that this group exhibit • Network with colleagues who also have an interest in this area

Date: Thursday, 21st June 2012 Course led by: Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas Target Audience: All Primary Teachers, Practitioners, Senior Leaders and SENCOs/ALNCOs Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 283

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Summer 2012 It’s New to Me! An Introduction to the Foundation Phase

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The success of the Foundation Phase is dependent upon the adults having a clear understanding of their role and responsibilities when working with children. If you are recently qualified or new to the Foundation Phase then this course will help you to move your understanding and practice forward and is packed with helpful hints and practical tips.

Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Develop a clear view of quality learning and teaching in the Foundation Phase • Consider practical ways in which adults can challenge and engage all learners • Consider ideas for the development of planning in the long, medium and short term • Explore their role and effectiveness with regards the implementation of the Foundation Phase

Date: Tuesday, 26th June 2012 Course led by: Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas Target Audience: NQTs/EPD and Practitioners returning to the profession or taking on a new role, Curriculum Leaders with KS2 background Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 284

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Beyond the Classroom Using your school grounds and the local community as a resource for learning

The Foundation Phase promotes first hand experiential learning. Where better to start than maximising the potential of your school grounds and local community as a resource for learning? This course will help you uncover the potential of your unique context and open up a new world of learning. Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Explore the potential of their own school site and community context • Understand how first hand, everyday experiences can contribute to developing ‘Contexts for Learning’ with children • Identify a range of entry points for learners through which preferred learning styles and interests are respected and nurtured • Consider how the environment can support the development of skills and open the door to the unexpected • Reflect on the close relationship between active learning and skill development • Share tips and ideas to take back to the classroom and start the next day!

Date: Thursday, 28th June 2012 Course led by: Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas Target Audience: All Primary Teachers and Practitioners Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 285

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Summer 2012 Cornerstones Open Day

Free of Charge!

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Date: Tuesday, 3rd July 2012 Time: 9:30 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. followed by lunch Target Audience: Headteachers and Senior Leaders Cost: Free of Charge Course Booking Code: Cornerstones

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Free of Charge!

Cornerstones Network Day (Half Day)

Only open to schools who have adopted the Cornerstones Curriculum.

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Date: Wednesday, 4th July 2012 Time: 9:30 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. followed by lunch Target Audience: Headteachers and Senior Leaders Cost: Free of Charge but your school reference number is required when booking Course Booking Code: Cornerstones Network Day

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Summer 2012 Creating, Imagining and Representing Unleashing the creativity from within!

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Children are creative and imaginative. All the elements used in the creative process are natural and inborn for children. When children have uninhibited imaginative thinking, they don’t focus on an expected outcome or answer, instead they represent their thinking and ideas in unique and original ways. The possibilities are endless. This course explores opportunities and conditions that promote and facilitate the creative process. Examples of expressing and representing learning in exciting ways will be shared on the day. Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Explore what imagination is and why it is important • Consider the dimensions of creativity • Explore a theme through creative, imaginative and hands-on experiences • Consider ways in which we can stimulate children’s imagination through environmental provision both indoors and outside • Focus on the role of the adult in nurturing children’s imaginations and creativity • Take away a range of exciting practical ideas for stimulating children’s imagination and creative thinking

Date: Thursday, 5th July 2012 Course led by: Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas Target Audience: All Primary Teachers and Practitioners Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 286

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Autumn Term Courses 2012

Autumn 2012

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Care and Control: Rights, Rules and Responsibilities Managing Challenging and Obstructive Behaviour Challenging and obstructive behaviour threatens the learning environment - both physically and cognitively. For this reason it is essential that teachers are well-equipped with a wide range of strategies for identifying different kinds of behaviour and understand which strategies will work best. This course aims to provide support and practical ideas for teachers who are both new to the profession, as well as those who are looking for new strategies and approaches to reinvigorate their practice. Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Revisit basic principles in identifying and managing behaviour • Explore the relationship between positive behaviour management, self-esteem and wellbeing for the child and the teacher • Compare the behaviour characteristics of children who can’t learn, won’t learn or who don’t care • Consider a range of strategies for positive behaviour management and when to implement them • Discuss the challenges and identify possible solutions for managing large groups of children • Consider the balance between the needs of individual children and the collective group when managing challenging behaviour

Date: Tuesday, 18th September 2012 Course led by: Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas Target Audience: All Primary Teachers Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 287

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The Wonder Years Extending or Inhibiting Children’s Potential?

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What happens, or doesn’t happen, to children in the earliest years of their lives is of critical importance, both to their immediate well-being and to their future. If you received the best start in your earliest years of life, you are more likely to have grown healthily, developed language and learning capacities, gone to school and led a productive, rewarding life. Every child must be ensured the best start in life. This course is ideal for anyone who works with young children and will offer fascinating insights into the way babies and children grow and develop, as well as outlining ways in which we can extend or inhibit children’s potential. Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Reflect on key areas of development for young children and re-visit the nature vs. nurture debate • Consider the responsibilities of practitioners working with children from ‘Birth to Five’ • Identify the characteristics of quality environments which supports all aspects of development for young children • Explore the value of ‘experiences’ for young children, as opposed to ‘activities’ • Explore the critical role of observation and assessment within the planning process for those working with children from ‘Birth to Five’ • Evaluate the importance of partnerships between the adults involved with the child

Date: Wednesday, 19th September 2012 Course led by: Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas Target Audience: All Practitioners working with Children from ‘Birth to Five’ Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 288

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Autumn 2012 Four Weeks’ Notice

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From Good to Excellent! Inspection looming? Join us for an insightful and essential course that will support any school in preparing for inspection. During the day, step-by-step guidance will enable senior leaders to prepare for, and manage, the process of inspection within their own school context. Led by an experienced and well respected inspector, there will be an explanation and exploration of ‘Lines of Enquiry’ relating to teaching. The expectations relating to your team are identified, as well as an outline of how judgements are reached at both classroom and whole school level. If you want clear guidance on how to move from ‘good’ to ‘excellent’ and feel confident about ways in which your areas of ‘Sector Leading Practice’ can be evidenced, then this is a day not to missed. Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Clarify their understanding of the arrangements for inspection • Further their understanding of the new Common Inspection Framework • Familiarise themselves with the self-evaluation manual and supplementary guidance for inspection • Clarify what defines ‘Sector Leading Practice’ • Consider meaningful evidence which will support their self-evaluation judgements • Discuss their ‘hopes and fears’ regarding inspection • Prepare your team for responding to probing questions

Date: Tuesday, 25th September 2012 Course led by: TBC Target Audience: Senior Leaders Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 289

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Challenging Conversations Just because you said it, doesn’t mean they’ve heard it! In schools, as in the rest of life, we frequently face difficult conversations. Remember when you had to face a colleague with a behaviour problem that you knew if resolved would dramatically improve both the staff’s productivity and working atmosphere? Or the days of challenge when meeting with an angry/upset parent? These high impact conversations have a large effect on the ability of leaders, individuals and teams to work efficiently and deal with important issues. Fortunately, the skills needed to achieve great results from these conversations can be learned and developed. This course will give you those necessary skills to build relationship through those times, to ensure improvement for the team and ultimately, the children. Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Spot the danger and act effectively by learning to identify the warning signs that a conversation is entering dangerous waters • Assess and plan the route forward so that you understand what is going on in the situation for yourself and for the other person • Identify what really matters and avoid getting stuck arguing, or agreeing to things you’ll later regret • Remove barriers to dialogue by ensuring that thorny issues of ego, emotions and confusion are acknowledged and managed effectively • Learn strategies to keep the dialogue honest and open watering down your message • Make your decisions clear and finish conversations well – ensuring that you don’t have the same discussion a week later! • Learn how to move on positively, even when differences remain

Date: Wednesday, 26th September 2012 Course led by: Robert Landon Target Audience: Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 290

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Autumn 2012 Cornerstones Open Day

Free of Charge!

Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss out......an introduction to the most up-to-date and innovative curriculum available.

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Date: Thursday, 27th September 2012 Time: 9:30 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. followed by lunch Target Audience: Headteachers and Senior Leaders Cost: Free of Charge Course Booking Code: Cornerstones

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Free of Charge!

Cornerstones Network Day (Half Day)

Only open to schools who have adopted the Cornerstones Curriculum.

Comp at with IN ible CERT S

Date: Friday, 28th September 2012 Time: 9:30 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. followed by lunch Target Audience: Headteachers and Senior Leaders Cost: Free of Charge but your school reference number is required when booking Course Booking Code: Cornerstones Network Day

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Autumn 2012 Influential Teaching

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Creating the Environment for Active Learning On this one day course you will continue to improve your understanding of the characteristics of quality teaching and active learning. Based on current research we consider how the climate of the classroom is shaped by the language we use, the questions that we ask and the ways in which we empower and motivate children. Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Develop a clear view of quality active learning and high quality teaching • Consider practical ways in which adults can challenge and engage all learners • Deepen their understanding of how to develop positive study skills and capabilities in children • Explore how the use of language and questioning can be tailored to support and challenge pupils • Reflect on the types of feedback we can use within active learning • Extend our focus from ‘Assessment for Learning’ to ‘Assessment as Learning’

Date: Tuesday, 2nd October 2012 Course led by: Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas Target Audience: All Primary Teachers Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 291

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Volatile Volcanoes and Bouncing Balloons Outdoor Science in the Foundation Phase Outdoor play is a powerful learning medium for children to develop scientific enquiry. To be successful, learning needs to involve children in doing, thinking and playing, and should be interactive and meaningful to them. This course will explore how to effectively maximise all aspects of scientific thinking through outdoor learning and play. You will leave the day with a wealth of new ideas to develop outstanding science in the outdoor area with soda fountains, volatile volcanoes, bouncing custard, balloon races, sun clocks and more! Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Consider the importance of outdoor play • Consider how to develop a science rich outside area • Identify the potential for developing enjoyable and meaningful appropriate outdoor activities that support all aspects of science • Gain a clear understanding of what scientific teaching entails • Gain new ideas and inspiration for the creative teaching of all aspects of science outdoors

Date: Monday, 8th October 2012 Course led by: Margaret Travers Target Audience: Foundation Phase Teachers and Practitioners Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 292

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Autumn 2012

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Firm Foundations in Mathematics Problem Solving, Reasoning and Numeracy within the Foundation Phase Young children have a natural passion for exploring pattern and number within pretend play. As they become shopkeepers, superheroes or re-enact their favourite stories, teachers can identify children’s current mathematical wonderings. • How do we best stimulate children’s mathematical thinking and help develop their sense of number? • Where maths can be found in everyday routines and play scenarios? • How do we ensure progression and coverage of key numerical concepts to ensure robust mathematical development? Come along to this one day course and find out how to help children develop and engage in all the mathematics that surrounds them and how to move their learning on in a meaningful way. Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Identify the potential for mathematical learning in everyday routine, play and both child initiated and adult led opportunities. • Identify ways to extend children’s understanding of mathematical language and vocabulary • Explore how stories, songs, games and outdoor activities can make maths more memorable and meaningful for young children. • Explore number opportunities through stories and role play and small world play • Consider how to maximise children’s development of mathematical mark making and graphic

Date: Tuesday, 9th October 2012 Course led by: Margaret Travers Target Audience: Mathematics Co-ordinators, Foundation Phase Teachers Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 293

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Mathematical Moments Problems solving skills for children at KS2: Everyday investigations and scenarios This course focuses on embedding problem solving into everyday maths lessons so that maths becomes interesting and meaningful both within the classroom and beyond. The course looks at a range of essential elements for solution focused mathematics which includes problem posing, gathering and organising relevant information, as well as evaluating and refining ideas. Above all the focus of the session is to excite children about the prospect of tackling challenging mathematics so that they feel inspired to ask further stimulating questions. Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Work collaboratively to solve problems • Share ideas and resources which support problem solving in maths • Explore barriers to successful problem solving and find ways of overcoming them • Identify the link between visual images and diagrams for effective problem solving • Recognise the importance of precise mathematical language to support problem solving approaches in mathematics

Date: Wednesday, 10th October 2012 Course led by: TBC Target Audience: Key Stage 2 Teachers Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 294

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Adventures in Science Using Problem Based Learning (PBL)

If you are keen to develop your understanding of quality science based teaching that puts enquiry at the heart of practice within Key Stage 2, then this is the course for you! The day with comprise of an eclectic mix of ‘Problem Based Learning’ (PBL) scenarios that stem from observations and challenges in everyday situations. You will develop your confidence as a practitioner as well as increasing the opportunities for science inside and outside your classroom. Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Explore the keys to success of Problem Based Learning (PBL) in Science • Consider and develop their understanding of how to plan and carry out PBL, linking as appropriate to the National Curriculum 2008 • Develop the classroom culture necessary to make PBL successful • Share readily available tools and resources to make it happen • Enjoy the unique challenges and opportunities that great science teaching brings based on exemplary practice

Date: Friday, 12th October 2012 Course led by: Karen Newby-Jones Target Audience: Science Co-coordinators, Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 Teachers Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 295

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The Sensory World

Valuing and Developing Heuristic Play and Treasure Baskets Heuristic play is a hot topic, with many practitioners valuing the opportunities it offers babies and young children. The play is rooted in young children’s natural curiosity. Through the exploration of heuristic resources and specifically gathered items for the treasure basket a young child has the opportunity to explore and make sense of the world using all his/her senses. This course will introduce the key messages of sensory play and will offer a wide range of practical ideas that can be implemented immediately by all practitioners. Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Consider the theory that supports the use of sensory and heuristic items • Find out about key aspects of experience (hydration, colour, movement, music etc.) and how they affect learning • Develop ideas from everyday sensations that build neural links in the brain and make lasting memories • Explore ideas for introducing and extending heuristic play • Consider experiences for babies and children which stimulate all their senses • Explore the effect of the setting and the environment on learning • Identify appropriate resources for multi sensory learning in babies and young children

Date: Tuesday, 16th October 2012 Course led by: Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas Target Audience: Flying Start Practitioners, Flying Start Advisory Teachers, Practitioners Working with the Birth to Three Age Group Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 296

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Autumn 2012

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Pace and Progress Using Assessment for Learning as a Key Driver to Success Adopting an appropriate pace has always been a core feature of high quality teaching and learning, but this is easier said than done when faced with a range of abilities and interests. Are we using ‘Assessment for Learning‘ to its full potential in identifying when we need to inject momentum and when we need to allow for reflection and thinking time? This course provides an opportunity to explore and develop key strategies around personalising learning so that the progress for each pupil is secured beyond a ‘race through the curriculum’. Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Consider at the planning stage how to build in opportunities for AfL • Identify key features and routines for differentiating learning and keeping pupils on track • Ensure that pupils are sharing the responsibility of ‘challenge and success’ by demonstrating their learning through co-operative tasks • Maintain momentum throughout a ‘Context for Learning’ by identifying the role of the adult at each point. When is support and focused teaching needed and when/how are pupils expected to conduct their learning more independently? • Be replenished with a bank of ideas to take back and use immediately

Date: Wednesday, 17th October 2012 Course led by: Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas Target Audience: All Primary Teachers and Subject Leaders Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 297

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1. Moving on Up! Planning for Children’s Learning in Years 1 and 2

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This course will focus upon how to provide an exciting and appropriate learning environment for Years 1 and 2. During the day consideration will be given to progression and continuity in planning so that appropriate challenge is provided and standards are not compromised. This course is full of practical hints and tips for Year 1 and 2 teachers.

Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Review the stages of the planning process for the long, medium and short term • Consider high quality continuous and enhanced provision for children in Years 1 and 2 • Review the role of the adults working within Years 1 and 2 • Consider the interrelated processes of observation, assessment and planning • Reflect on a case study of high quality practice

Date: Thursday, 18th October 2012 Course led by: Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas Target Audience: Practitioners working in Years 1 and 2, Foundation Phase Leaders and SLT Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 298

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Autumn 2012

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2. Moving on Up! Observing and Assessing Children’s Learning in Years 1 and 2

There are many classroom strategies that are part of the repertoire of good teaching. A core part of the Foundation Phase is the sound use of observational practice for the purpose of gathering information on learning. But what actually happens to the information that is gathered? During this course we will be considering not just the ‘how’ of collecting information on learning but more importantly, emphasising that it’s what we do with it that really matters and makes a difference to children and their learning. Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Consider the important place of quality observation for children in Years 1 and 2 • Explore the relationship between effective observation and meaningful assessment • Review WAG guidance on observation and assessment • Further develop strategies and skills for observing children and feeding our assessments in to ‘next step’ planning • Acquire practical tips to ensure that observation and assessment is manageable and realistic

Date: Friday, 19th October 2012 Course led by: Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas Target Audience: Teachers in Years 1 and 2, Foundation Phase Leaders, Senior Leaders Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 299

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Frightful and Fanciful Tales! Developing Children’s Speech, Language and Communication through Storytelling As our first ever partner consultant, we are delighted to welcome Ros Bayley back to The Learning Partnership! All early year’s practitioners are happy to share books with children but not everyone is comfortable with putting down the book and telling a story. We know from research that it is when we do this that the greatest gain to vocabulary and language comprehension takes place. So, if you would like to either begin to develop your skills as a storyteller or extend on the ones you already have this course will be extremely helpful for you. A day not to be missed, with a most talented storyteller Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Gain confidence in range of storytelling techniques • Learn how to make the best use of props and puppets • Explore ways of learning and memorizing stories • Consider ways in which they can support children to become storytellers • Help children develop oracy, creative thinking and a love of frightful and fanciful tales!

Date: Tuesday, 23rd October 2012 Course led by: Ros Bayley Target Audience: Practicioners work with Birth to Seven years of age Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 300

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Autumn 2012 Writer’s Block to Polished Performance

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Teaching the Tricky Bits of Writing Many schools have established the ‘nuts and bolts’ of language into their core work. But how do we build on our current programme of language so that young writers develop ‘the moods of writing’ and improve the richness of their work? This course explores and explains strategies that enable children to both prepare for, and engage in, writing that conveys and connects abstract thought, to the published page. Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Identify both the discretely taught and holistic aspects of language teaching and learning • Reflect on the ‘nuts and bolts’ of language and how these are developed within their own context • Explore non-fiction text types and the characteristics of each as building blocks for writing • Consider the central place of imagination, creative thought and fantasy as keys to success for children’s narrative writing • Support children in internalising language structures and patterns through drama and other creative arts

Date: Wednesday 24th October 2012 Course led by: Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas Target Audience: Literacy Co-ordinators and Key Stage 2 Teachers Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 301

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The Young Apprentice: You’re Fired! Entrepreneurship in the Primary School

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Is entrepreneurship in your genes or can it be taught in the classroom? As attitudes and cultural references take shape at an early age, education can play a major part in successfully addressing the entrepreneurial challenge. This course explores the idea that entrepreneurship is a key competence to be developed from an early age. Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Explore what entrepreneurship might look like in primary schools • Consider ways in which to incorporate entrepreneurship in an already full curriculum • Reflect on the range different ways in which entrepreneurial projects can get started and become sustained over a period of time • Identify entry points so that children are encouraged to be innovative and creative • Provide a framework in which the children of today can potentially become the inventors and innovators of tomorrow

Date: Thursday 25th October 2012 Course led by: Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas Target Audience: Key Stage 2 Practitioners Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 302

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Autumn 2012 Thriving or Surviving? Well-being within the Primary Phase

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It is now a requirement of the Estyn Framework that we measure and report on well-being. If you’re struggling with assessing and quantifying children’s well-being and involvement then this is the course for you. This course focuses on ideas that support the development of well-being and involvement as well as introducing the Leuven Scale which enables practitioners to assess and quantify well-being and involvement for individual, and groups of, children.

Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Identify the characteristics of well-being and involvement in children and how to assess them • Consider key pointers for raising well-being and involvement in children and the critical role of the adult • Consider the impact of well-being and involvement on deep level learning • Explore how a process-orientated child monitoring system can realistically be adopted and implemented • Explore ways in which well-being outcomes can be monitored, evaluated and reported on to Estyn

Date: Tuesday, 6th November 2012 Course led by: Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas Target Audience: Headteachers, Senior Leaders, TLR Post Holders Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 303

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Do people really do that? Sex and Relationship Education for Years 5 and 6

Managing children’s curiosity with regard to puberty, sex and relationships needs sensitivity and honesty. Many teachers find this aspect of their pastoral role to be challenging at best and embarrassing at worst. How much information do we give to children? How do we best deal with those blunt questions? In which context is it acceptable to discuss reproduction and when should we avoid the issue? This course takes a look at the challenges that this area presents for teachers and how a whole school policy should clarify and explain ‘what not to do’. Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Reflect on why this aspect of PSHE is so important and how it fits into a broader curriculum • Reflect on their school’s current policy and its effectiveness • Consider the views of parents, the wider community and the context in which the school operates • Define clear boundaries for keeping pupils and teachers safe when such issues are broached • Explore different approaches for introducing sensitive information to children • Consider practical and simple steps that schools can take to ensure the safety, health and well-being of their children

Date: Wednesday, 7th November 2012 Course led by: Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas Target Audience: Teachers in Years 5 and 6 Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 304

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Autumn 2012

NEW Pushing the Boundaries Supporting More Able and Talented Young Children

Current initiatives aiming to support ‘more able and talented’ children may be failing to support and respond to the needs of our youngest learners. This course supports issues around ‘more able’ young children as well as considering how their emotional lives can be supported through a focused and individual approach to learning and development. Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Consider the concept of the ‘more able young child’ • Explore the role of the adult in noticing, recognising and responding to children’s thinking in ways that offer challenge and ‘push the boundaries’ of learning and development • Focus on the importance of providing the right context for valuing and nurturing children’s strengths • Highlight the importance of supporting parents in understanding their child’s unique needs

Date: Thursday, 8th November 2012 Course led by: Paddy Beels OBE Target Audience: Practitioners working with children from two to seven years of age Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 305

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Coach, Mentor or Judge? Observing and Assessing Classroom Practice

Monitoring professional performance plays a key role in developing the team so that teaching and learning continue to improve. Monitoring the professional team can be a time of celebration or, conversely, it can throw up challenges and worries for senior leaders. There are different types of monitoring appropriate to individual teachers and different situations. This course explores the development of the team and empowers senior leaders in undertaking this important, and sometimes daunting, aspect of their role. Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Develop formats and protocols for different kinds of professional observation and monitoring • Determine the appropriate level, depth and scope of monitoring teachers’ performance within their school • Plan and provide effective systems for collecting and collating information from observations • Explore how modelling and feedback can be used to support colleagues in assessing the effectiveness of their own teaching • Consider how inconsistent teaching may be addressed through transparent and fair monitoring process • Develop systems for sharing information and good practice across phases

Date: Friday, 9th November 2012 Course led by: Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas Target Audience: Senior Leaders and Subject Co-ordinators Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 306

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Autumn 2012 Cornerstones Open Day

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Date: Monday, 12th November 2012 Time: 9:30 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. followed by lunch Target Audience: Headteachers and Senior Leaders Cost: Free of Charge Course Booking Code: Cornerstones

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Free of Charge!

Cornerstones Network Day (Half Day)

Only open to schools who have adopted the Cornerstones Curriculum

Comp at with IN ible CERT S

Date: Tuesday, 13th November 2012 Time: 9:30 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. followed by lunch Target Audience: Headteachers and Senior Leaders Cost: Free of Charge but your school reference number is required when booking Course Booking Code: Cornerstones Network Day

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Autumn 2012 Dots, Dabs and Scribbles Mark making and Early Writing

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Opportunities for mark making and early writing are fundamental in developing children’s confidence and enjoyment in becoming writers. As well as considering the progression of writing in the early years, this course is packed with tips and ideas on how to get the most out of the children in your school or setting. You will leave buzzing with ideas to start immediately, as well as longer term aims to improve your practice.

Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Re-visit the progression of writing from the earliest days • Develop ideas for a ‘graphics rich’ environment • Consider what motivated boys and girls as writers and how best to meet their needs • Reflect on the stages that children go through when learning about print • Consider the demands made on children as they become writers • Refresh their bank of ideas and re-invigorate their practice!

Date: Tuesday, 20th November 2012 Course led by: Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas Target Audience: Teachers and practitioners working with children from Birth to Seven Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 307

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1. Real Reasons for Writing Inside and Outside Using the environment to stimulate and support writing, inside and outdoors, is a natural extension of continuous and enhanced provision. Practical guidance is offered through this course for those supporting young children’s language and literacy development. It considers the important features of early language development and provides a clear and accessible framework for development, supported by practical case studies and examples taken from a wide range of primary phase settings. Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Gain knowledge about the centrality of language and literacy • Re-visit the stages of language acquisition and its impact on reading and writing • Explore the link between phonemic awareness and successful learning as a developing reader and writer • Link play with real opportunities, in a well planned environment, so that children are confident with literacy from the start • Consider the balance between on-going, discrete teaching and more focused themes where reading and writing can be supported • Consider how the varied environments of indoors and outside supports children in becoming readers and writers in the Foundation Phase • Gather ideas and tips on making your learning environment a communication space for children

Date: Wednesday, 21st November 2012 Course led by: Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas Target Audience: Foundation Phase Leaders, Foundation Phase Teachers and Literacy Coordinators Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 308

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Autumn 2012 2. Real Reasons for Investigation and Exploration in the Foundation Phase

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Within the Foundation Phase, are you able to recognise the many opportunities which occur on a daily basis to foster young children’s competence in science? This course offers practitioners the opportunity to explore how they can effectively support and develop young children’s scientific skills, attitudes and dispositions through practical experiences that follow and build on genuine interests.

Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Pinpoint ways in which to identify, capture and extend children’s interests • Explore a range of entry points to learning within a given context • Use their immediate environment to stimulate and challenge children during investigations • Consider how to incorporate ICT and extend real investigations • Link their investigations to the Foundation Phase Framework and the Skills Framework • Reflect on current practice and to plan ‘ways forward’

Date: Thursday, 22nd November 2012 Course led by: Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas Target Audience: Foundation Phase Leaders, Foundation Phase Teachers and Science Coordinators Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 309

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Let’s Go Surfing! Using the Internet to Add Impetus to Learning Children can now ask ‘Mr. Google’ any question they need the answer to but are often overwhelmed by the amount of information available. How do we best support children in managing the information-overload, as well as evaluating its origins? When we get this balance right, we empower children to use the internet in a way that adds impetus to learning and draws the world into the classroom. Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Consider the risks and benefits of using the internet as part of the everyday classroom

• Develop strategies for managing large amounts of information with children • Construct systems for narrowing the information available for use in the classroom • Identify areas of the curriculum that are best supported through this approach • Share exciting ideas for integrating and embedding ICT into your daily classroom diet

Date: Tuesday, 27th November 2012 Course led by: Martin Jones and Ann Roberts Target Audience: KS2 Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 310

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Communication Bridges Using digital technologies to give young children a voice

Digital technologies can give young children a voice and support the consultation process. By building communication bridges with their families, their friends and their peers we gain an insight into their thoughts, opinions and current interests. This course helps you to develop skills and confidence to use digital technologies in a positive and integrated way to help children communicate, build relationships and to capture their learning progress. A hands- on course for ‘techies and techno-phobes’ alike! Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Understand how technologies can be used to establish a more creative learning environment, rather than a distraction from it. • Discover how to enable children to build communication bridges with their families, their friends and their peers • Explore different ways of listening to young children and helping them express themselves more meaningfully • Play with different ways of using technology to facilitate, capture, document and share learning • Become confident in building these approaches in to their own professional practice

Date: Wednesday, 28th November 2012 Course led by: Ruth Churchill-Dower Target Audience: Teachers and Practitioners working with children from Birth to Seven Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 311

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Too busy to wonder? Philosophy and Thinking in the Primary Phase

“True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.” Socrates 469-399 BC Approaches to thinking and questioning with children are a key element of a successful curriculum for the 21st Century. This full day course will be practical, experiential, interactive and learner-centred. The day will be focused around the needs of the teachers and attendees who will learn the core teaching methods of running a philosophical enquiry, they will discuss what philosophy is and how it can help in the classroom, and listen to a live philosophy session with children in order to analyse good and bad questioning techniques. Attendees will experience two contrasting sessions, one will be based on storytelling and one will make use of a philosophical thought experiment. Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Experience philosophical enquiry sessions • Learn the core teaching strategies and questioning skills to develop higher-order thinking in the classroom • There will be an opportunity to conduct / observe short enquiries and receive feedback. • Listen to and analyse a session with children in order to better understand the process • To gain an understanding of philosophy / critical thinking, and its uses in the classroom

Date: Thursday, 29th November 2012 Course led by: Peter Worley Target Audience: KS2 Teachers Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 312

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Autumn 2012 The Target Child

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Using Quality Observations to Assess and Plan the Next Steps of Learning Estyn has identified the ‘weakest link’ as being the connections made between ‘observation and assessment’ to ‘planning the next steps’ in the classroom. • Do you closely link your observations and assessment to your planning? • Are time-sampled observation reflected and acted upon by the whole team? • Are you comfortable using the ‘target child’ approach to observation? If you are looking to hone your observation and assessment skills so that progression for individuals and groups of children is secured, then this is the course for you. During the day we will be using structured, targeted observations, time sampling and evaluative methods to broaden and develop the teachers’ toolkit. Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Consider the effectiveness of the range of observation techniques currently being used • Practice observing children using the ‘target child’ method • Reflect on information gathered through short but frequent observations • Explore the practical realities and demands of observing children regularly • Make explicit the link between ‘observation and assessment’ and ‘next step planning’ • Leave refreshed and raring to go!

Date: Tuesday, 4th December 2012 Course led by: Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas Target Audience: Foundation Phase Practitioners Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 313

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Let’s Be Friends! Supporting Children when Conflict Arises

Friendship plays such an important part in children’s lives that an inability to socialise can lead to all sorts of problems. Learning to get on with others starts early and an essential part of this process involves learning to deal with, and resolve, conflict. It is central to the well-being of young children and is closely linked with self-esteem. This course explores the role that adults play in supporting children during this phase of development. By increasing the practitioners’ understanding of what happens in the child’s mind during situations of conflict, we can begin to unpick the development of children’s social skills. With a focus on very young children, the course provides practical tips to implement and use the next day! Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Understand why conflict is natural part of child development • Consider the part the adult plays in helping or hindering the process of conflict resolution • Reflect on the behaviours that children need to be socially competent • Gain objectivity in dealing with conflict between children • Develop strategies and practical tips for managing conflict in group care situations

Date: Wednesday, 5th December 2012 Course led by: Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas Target Audience: Practitioners working with children from Birth to Five Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 314

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Autumn 2012 Right from the Start Understanding the Needs of Babies and Toddlers

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Participants will be able to explore ways of capturing the special nature of the development of children through appropriate and meaningful experiences in the four key areas of well-being, cognitive development, physical development and communication. This course aims to deepen understanding of effective practice and provision by focusing upon the specific interests and developmental needs of babies, toddlers and young children. Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Reflect on appropriate provision for babies and toddlers • Explore exciting play opportunities that support different areas of learning • Consider the key environmental factors which support/inhibit development • Deepen their understanding on the critical need for quality interactions with this age group • Gain a wealth of practical ideas and suggestions • View exemplar materials for planning, observation and assessment

Date: Thursday, 6th December 2012 Course led by: Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas Target Audience: All practitioners working with children from Birth to Three Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 315

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‘The Guide at the Side!’ Provocations and Challenges for Nursery and Reception Imagine learning to do something and never forgetting what you have learned. Your role as an educator cannot be underestimated when considering the impact you have on our youngest school aged children. By providing appropriate challenges and provocations that rely on active, deep-level learning you are sowing the seeds of life-long learning. This course considers the elements that are needed to provide children with high quality provocations and challenges that offer progression and are developmentally appropriate for Nursery and Reception aged children. If you’re looking to extend your repertoire of teaching tools, then this is a course not to be missed! Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Consider the role of the adult in engaging Nursery and Reception children in active learning • Reflect on what makes a high quality provocation or challenge for our youngest learners • Explore the link between the provocations and challenges posed and individualised learning • Link the skills used by the child in solving the challenges to their conceptual understanding of the experience • Examine how high quality provocations and challenges naturally bring different areas of learning together • Refine their ideas for provocations and challenges for their current themes in continuous and enhanced provision, as well as in focused teaching

Date: Tuesday, 11th December 2012 Course led by: Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas Target Audience: Foundation Phase Practitioners in Nursery and Reception Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 316

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Autumn 2012 ‘The Guide at the Side!’ Provocations and Challenges for Year 1 and Year 2 Imagine learning to do something and never forgetting what you have learned. Your role as an educator cannot be underestimated when considering the impact you have on children who are becoming more experienced learners. By providing appropriate challenges and provocations that rely on active, deep-level learning you are nurturing the seeds of lifelong learning. This course considers the elements that are needed to provide children with high quality provocations and challenges that offer progression and are developmentally appropriate for children in Year 1 and Year 2. If you’re looking to extend your repertoire of teaching tools, then this is a course not to be missed! Course participants will have the opportunity to: • Consider the role of the adult in engaging Year 1 and Year 2 children in active learning • Reflect on what makes a high quality provocation or challenge for our developing learners • Explore the link between the provocations and challenges posed and individualised learning • Link the skills used by the child in solving the challenges to their conceptual understanding of the experience • Examine how high quality provocations and challenges naturally bring different areas of learning together • Refine their ideas for provocations and challenges for their current themes in continuous and enhanced provision, as well as in focused teaching

Date: Wednesday, 12th December 2012 Course led by: Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas Target Audience: Foundation Phase Practitioners in Years 1 and 2 Cost: £150 + VAT Course Booking Code: 317

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Course

Course led by Date and cost

Listening to Learners

Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas

24 April 2012

Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas

25 April 2012

One Moment in Time! Olympic Heroes and Heroines

Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas

26 April 2012

The Data Den

Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas

2 May 2012

Connected Thinking, Capable Learners

Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas

3 May 2012

Speak Right, Think Write

Paul Smith

9 May 2012

Ornament or Evidence?

Code 264

£150 + VAT 265

£150 + VAT 266

£150 + VAT 267

£150 + VAT 268

£150 + VAT 269

£150 + VAT Tuned In or Tuned Out?

Ruth Churchill Dower

10 May 2012

Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas

15 May 2012

Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas

18 May 2012

Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas

22 May 2012

Formulae, Fun and the Foundation Phase

Liz Thomas

23 May 2012

Strength in Numbers

Liz Thomas

Phonics and Early Reading Zero to Hero Build-in or Bolt-on?

270

£150 + VAT 271

£150 + VAT 272

£150 + VAT 273

£150 + VAT 274

£150 + VAT 24 May 2012

275

£150 + VAT Resist the Domino Effect Special Needs or Special Rights? We’re Following the Leader

Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas

29 May 2012

Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas

30 May 2012

Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas

31 May 2012

276

£150 + VAT 277

£150 + VAT 278

£150 + VAT

Course

Course led by Date and cost

Early Explorers

Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas

13 June 2012

Ann Roberts and Martin Jones

15 June 2012

Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas

19 June 2012

Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas

20 June 2012

Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas

21 June 2012

Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas

26 June 2012

Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas

28 June 2012

Creating, Imagining and Representing

Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas

5 July 2012

Care and Control: Rights, Rules and Responsibilities

Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas

18 September 2012

The Wonder Years

Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas

19 September 2012

TBC

25 September 2012

‘A Taste of the Apple’ Basic Skills or Blue Sky Thinking? Use It or Lose It!

More Able and Talented It’s New to Me! Beyond the Classroom

Four Weeks’ Notice

Code 279

£150 + VAT 280

£150 + VAT 281

£150 + VAT 282

£150 + VAT 283

£150 + VAT 284

£150 + VAT 285

£150 + VAT 286

£150 + VAT 287

£150 + VAT 288

£150 + VAT 289

£150 + VAT Challenging Conversations

Robert Landon

26 September 2012 290 £150 + VAT

Influential Teaching

Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas

2 October 2012

Volatile Volcanoes and Bouncing Balloons

Margaret Travers

8 October 2012

Firm Foundations in Mathematics

Margaret Travers

9 October 2012

291

£150 + VAT 292

£150 + VAT £150 + VAT

293

Course

Course led by Date and cost

Code

Mathematical Moments

TBC

294

10 October 2012 £150 + VAT

From a Spark to a Flame

The Sensory World Pace and Progress 1. Moving on Up! 2. Moving on Up!

Frightful and Fanciful Tales!

Karen NewbyJones

12 October 2012

Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas

16 October 2012

Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas

17 October 2012

Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas

18 October 2012

Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas

19 October 2012

Ros Bayley

23 October 2012

295

£150 + VAT 296

£150 + VAT 297

£150 + VAT 298

£150 + VAT 299

£150 + VAT 300

£150 + VAT Writers Block to Polished Performance

Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas

24 October 2012

The Young Apprentice: You’re Fired!

Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas

25 October 2012

Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas

6 November 2012

Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas

7 November 2012

Thriving or Surviving?

Do people really do that? Pushing the Boundaries

301

£150 + VAT 302

£150 + VAT 303

£150 + VAT 304

£150 + VAT

Paddy Beels OBE 8 November 2012

305

£150 + VAT Coach, Mentor or Judge? Dots, Dabs and Scribbles Real Reasons for Writing Inside and Outside

Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas

9 November 2012

Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas

20 November 2012

Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas

21 November 2012

306

£150 + VAT 307

£150 + VAT 308

£150 + VAT

Course

Course led by Date and cost

Real Reasons for Investigation and Exploration in the Foundation Phase

Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas

22 November 2012

Let’s Go Surfing!

Ann Roberts and Martin Jones

27 November 2012

Ruth Churchill Dower

28 November 2012

Peter Worley

29 November 2012

Communication Bridges Too busy to wonder?

Code 309

£150 + VAT 310

£150 + VAT 311

£150 + VAT 312

£150 + VAT The Target Child Let’s Be Friends! Right from the Start

Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas

4 December 2012

Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas

5 December 2012

Glenda Dudley

6 December 2012

313

£150 + VAT 314

£150 + VAT 315

£150 + VAT 1. ‘The Guide at the Side!’

2. ‘The Guide at the Side!’

Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas

11 December 2012

Glenda Dudley and Wendy Thomas

12 December 2012 £150 + VAT

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316

£150 + VAT 317

PEN PORTRAITS Paul Smith Paul Smith was formerly a Deputy Headteacher in a Primary School and an adviser for Devon LEA before becoming an independent Education Consultant. He has experience of working with a wide variety of schools and local authorities, both in delivering INSET and working alongside teachers in the classroom. His main areas of interest are childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s language development, co-operative problem-solving and creativity across the curriculum. Paul has been involved with various national organisations such as QCA and has contributed to training materials produced by the DfES. He is also involved in initial teacher training through the SCITT programme and has run many courses for NQTs. In recent years he has worked with a number of international schools.

Liz Thomas Liz Thomas has worked in education for twenty two years, with the last nine years in the South Gloucestershire Learning and School Effectiveness Team. Liz has a wide experience of teaching across the primary age including the Foundation Stage; a range of leadership roles including Numeracy subject leader, SENCO and Deputy Head. She is an accredited OFSTED inspector and holds the Basic Skills Quality Mark accreditation, Liz has worked at national level writing materials for the National Numeracy Strategy and the Interactive Whiteboard network, together with running National Training for Leading Teachers. Her main areas of expertise are: all aspects of statutory assessment, assessment for learning and raising standards in maths.

Martin Jones Martin is currently Deputy Head Teacher at Penygarn Community Primary School and ICT coordinator. As part of his role, he manages the Plaza Classroom which is a 21st Century learning environment and also manages the Penygarn Apple Regional Training Centre. He is an Estyn Peer Inspector and has taken ICT to Excellent during the last Inspection.

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PEN PORTRAITS Ann Roberts Ann Roberts has taught in a variety of settings, including a primary school in inner London, as both a teacher and headteacher. She is currently headteacher at Penygarn Community Primary School, which is also an Apple Regional Training Centre. Ann is absolutely convinced that technology has a positive impact on learning and is committed to securing best possible outcomes for all children. She is an ESTYN inspector and has previously been involved with ContinYou and Steps PD as a First Steps Facilitator.

Robert Landon Robert is an experienced trainer with a strong track record of getting great results. As well as supporting schools, he has worked with large corporate organisations such as GlaxoSmithKline, Pirelli and Alcatel to foster improvements through contemporary leadership training. His professional career started as a research chemist and he went on to gain experience and qualifications as an outdoor adventure trainer. As the father of four young children, he is committed to providing the possible environment for learning both within a school setting and within the wider corporate world. He currently works as a Director for the international training company ‘RedRock’.

Margaret Travers Margaret Travers holds a Masters degree in Early Education and Certificate of Education as an adult trainer. She has twenty-five years experience as a nursery owner and teacher, and is a certified Ofsted inspector. Currently, she writes and delivers a wide range of professional development courses for early years’ students and teachers. She carries out extensive research on current educational issues. Her particular interests lie in promoting high quality practice. She specialises in Science and Mathematics through play and Outdoor Learning. All her training places a significant focus on sustained shared adult-child interactions that support children’s critical and creative thinking skills. Margaret is also a qualified Montessori teacher and has studied Reggio Emilio, Te Whariki from New Zealand, and Quality Outdoor Learning from Scandinavia.

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Karen Newby-Jones Karen Newby Jones is a dynamic and motivational presenter. She is passionate about the unique opportunities that scientific insights and principles offer children. She has experience in the secondary and tertiary sector and has supported many primary and special schools as a school improvement adviser. She has held the posts of assistant head, pastoral team leader and curriculum leader in a number of schools in Wales and England. As well as developing the Welsh Bac, she has been an examiner at GCSE and A Level and a moderator for teacher assessment. She is a member of the Association for Science Education.

Ros Bayley Following an extensive career as an early years’ and Key Stage 1 teacher, Ros now works as an early years’ consultant, trainer and storyteller. Throughout her career she has devoted much time to developing children’s communication skills through story, puppetry, music, dance and imaginative play, and has shared her strategies with practitioners both in the UK and abroad. Ros is also the author of a number of resource books for early years’ practitioners, including Foundations of Literacy, which she wrote with Sue Palmer and Smooth Transitions where she collaborated with Sally Featherstone.

Paddy Beels OBE Paddy Beels is the headteacher at Wingate Nursery School in County Durham. Paddy is an early years’ educator whose thirty years teaching spans primary and nursery children in the UK and in Jamaica. She believes strongly in the role of parents and the community in the education of young children and the potentially powerful influence that their mutual relationship with educators can have on learning. In 1999 she won the national teaching award for working with patrents and was awareded the OBE in 2000.

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PEN PORTRAITS Ruth Churchill-Dower (Earlyarts) As Director of the award winning network in the cultural and education sectors, Ruth Churchill-Dower established Earlyarts in 2002 and scaled it up to having a national footprint in 2009. Ruth won the Ogunte Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Social Leadership Award for her work in building Earlyarts to make real change happen in young childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lives. Ruth also works closely with Baroness Estelle Morris of Yardley (former Secretary of State for Education - 2001, and Minister for the Arts - 2002) on leadership development, and with renowned educational guru, Sir Ken Robinson, who is the patron of Earlyarts. Ruth is a fellow of the RSA, a founding member of the Cultural Learning Alliance and the National Early Years Strategy Group for Youth Music, and a member of the Social Enterprise Coalition. Her favourite pastimes are mountain biking, paragliding and puddle-splashing in the Yorkshire hills with her two young children.

Peter Worley Peter Worley is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and is Co-founder and CEO of The Philosophy Foundation, a charity that brings philosophy to a wider audience and in particular to children in schools. Peter read philosophy at University College London and Birkbeck College. He began teaching in 1993, and started developing his method of engaging children with philosophy in 2002. He is currently studying for a PhD at Kings College London. Peter regularly gives talks, demonstrations and presentations about philosophy in schools and his Philosophical Enquiry method at national and international conferences, and has appeared on TV and radio. He has been widely published, is an Expert for Innovate My School and a champion for the Subject Centre for Philosophy and Religious Studies.

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Looking Ahead Conferences 2013

LOOKING AHEAD Thu rs May 23rd 2 in N 013 or Wal th es

SUMMER CONFERENCE 2013

Child of Our Time Lord Robert Winston

Key n Spe ote ake r

Following the overwhelming success of our November 2011 Conference with Lord Robert Winston and Sue Palmer, we are delighted to offer our partner professionals in North Wales and the Noth West of England the opportunity to join us for this exciting repeat event. Lord Robert Winston is recognised as one of the most celebrated scientists of our era and Sue Palmer offers a wealth of experience on childhood and society. This is an opportunity not to be missed and a date for your diary! During our conference Professor Winston will be exploring aspects of his work with particular pertinence to the educational arena: ‘What Makes Me, Me.’ and ‘Are we Born or Are we Made?’ ‘Child of Our Time’ is a unique 20-year project following 25 children born in 2000 from birth to the age of 20. The children came from across the UK from a range of genetic, social, geographical and ethnic backgrounds. Through this landmark piece of research, as the children grow from infancy, through childhood and on to becoming young adults, Professor Winston, and his research team, build up a coherent and scientifically accurate picture of how the genes and the environments of growing children interact to make a fully formed adult. The research sets out to answer many unanswered questions; one of the most important questions that the project is seeking to answer is “Are we born or are we made?” “ ‘What Makes Me Me’ is all about the things that make you individually you, from the shape of your ears and the sound of your voice to the things that really scare you or make you laugh. Your genes, your personality, and your talents are all part of the story. Find out just what makes you you.” Robert Winston.

Taking key messages from these fascinating pieces of work, Robert Winston will explore how we, as educators, can take account of individual differences and positively influence the journey from childhood to adolescence to adulthood. The school experience really does matter!

Lord Robert Winston Lord Robert Winston, Professor of Science and Society and Emeritus Professor of Fertility Studies at Imperial College London, a university with one of the strongest international science bases, runs a research programme in the Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology. He is also Chancellor of Sheffield Hallam University, Chairman of the Royal College of Music and was voted “Peer of the Year” by his fellow Parliamentarians in June 2008. He is a member of the Council of the University of Surrey. Professor Winston’s research led to the development of gynaecological microsurgery in the 1970s and various improvements in reproductive medicine, subsequently adopted internationally, particularly in the field of endocrinology and IVF. His work on pre-implantation genetic diagnosis enabled families carrying gene defects to have children free of fatal illnesses. This included techniques to help families with sex-linked disorders, single gene defects (such as cystic fibrosis) and chromosomal abnormalities - for example, those causing pregnancy loss. He is committed to scientific education and regularly writes or hosts popular science programmes for the BBC’s main channels and Discovery networks. Robert Winston’s activities in the House of Lords include speaking regularly on education, science, medicine and the arts. He was Chairman of the Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology 1999-2002 and vice-chairman of the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology.

We are thrilled to welcome back Lord Robert Winston in our programme at The Learning Partnership.

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LOOKING AHEAD Childhood Sue Palmer Sue Palmer will join Professor Winston at our conference. Sue is a renowned consultant specialising in child development and literacy. During our conference Sue will be exploring key themes from her work on Toxic Childhood and Detoxing Childhood. Sue will lead part of the day by considering contemporary childhood and the impact of our modern world on individuals. She offers insights into possible solutions to address some of the key concerns for educators. “The world may have changed beyond recognition in the last three decades, but children haven’t changed at all. For healthy development, they still need the same basic ingredients that have helped lucky children through the ages grow up bright, balanced and fit to face the challenges of adult life.” Sue Palmer

Sue Palmer Sue Palmer, a former headteacher in Scotland, has written and consulted widely on aspects of literacy and child development. For more than fifteen years she has been a popular speaker on these subjects in schools, colleges and universities in the UK and across the world, and a frequent contributor to the educational press, notably the Times Educational Supplement and Child Education. Her first book for wider audience, Toxic Childhood (Orion 2006) about the effects of contemporary childhood on child development and learning, was in the Amazon best-seller charts for two years. It was followed by Detoxing Childhood (2007) and 21st Century Boys (2009). The books have led to involvement in many campaigns related to modern childhood, and invitations to speak to a wide range of audiences, including health, social work and criminal justice professionals, playworkers, planners, advertisers and parents. They have also led to many articles and interviews in the national press, as well as frequent TV and radio appearances. Sue has acted over the years as an independent consultant to many organisations, including the Department for Education and Skills, the Basic Skills Agency, the National Literacy Trust and the BBC.

We are delighted to re-visit issues of Childhood with Sue in our Conference Programme.

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RESOURCE CENTRE

Resource Centre Our drop-in facilities, including the coffee shop and resource centre, offer an opportunity for practitioners to browse and handle an extensive selection of educational resources and to be inspired with ideas for stimulating children’s learning! These facilities are available without booking ahead, however, if a large party is attending, we do appreciate advance notice. A selection of our resources is now available to buy on-line at www.shoptlpwales.co.uk. We are also able to offer a ‘Shop and Drop’ service for larger items and a ‘Take-away’ service for schools who wish to browse and buy our resources immediately. We invoice the school and payment is due within 30 days.

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Dafen Industrial Estate

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Opening Times The Learning Partnership Times and Dates Opening Hours Monday

9:00am - 5:00pm

Tuesday

9:00am - 5:00pm

Wednesday

9:00am - 5:00pm

Thursday

9:00am - 5:00pm

Friday

9:00am - 5:00pm

Saturday Closed* Sundat

Closed

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TERMS & CONDITIONS OF THE LEARNING PARTNERSHIP (WALES) LTD 1. Definitions In these Conditions: a)

The “Company” shall mean The Learning Partnership (Wales) Ltd and its successors and assignees and will include any subsidiary, parent or other company which is associated with it.

The “Conditions” shall mean these Terms & Conditions.

The “Purchaser” means the company, firm or individual who buys or has agreed to buy Goods and/or Services from the Company.

The “Quotation” shall mean any quotation addressed to the Purchaser by the Company including quoted products and prices published in any catalogue or promotional documentation provided by the Company.

The “Goods” and/or “Services” shall mean items, equipment or services of any nature that the Purchaser buys or has agreed to buy from the Company or such items of any nature let or hired by the Company to the Purchaser and Services shall additionally include all presentation of courses, lectures and training including the provision of course material and presentation of course material.

Save as herein provided the Company shall If you do not attend a course or conference, accept no liability for any loss or damage and have not previously informed us, the full fee consequential or otherwise indirectly attributed to remains payable and no refund will be given. the act, negligence or defaults of the Company, its servants or agents. 5. Price

The Company reserves the right in certain a) circumstances to substitute Goods or Services of a similar nature to those ordered by the Purchaser in the event of unavailability of certain stock or materials or items.

The Purchaser shall comply with the Company’s Recommendations for Use and shall provide free of charge full information, documents, access to equipment and premises as may be required by the Company for the delivery of the Goods and/ or Services.

3. Terms of Payment a)

c) Unless otherwise agreed, the Purchaser will pay for all Goods and Services in advance of receipt by either credit or debit charge card, telegraphic transfer or by such other form of cleared funds as agreed by the Company.

Where payment is made by cheque it shall not be deemed to have been made until the cheque has been honoured by the drawer’s bank and cleared in the Company’s bank account.

The term “Liability Whatsoever” shall include, without prejudice to the generality of the c) expression all liability in tort, contract, breach of representation of implied warranty or condition or any other duty at common law or under the expressed terms of the contract including any liability for direct, indirect or consequential loss including but not limited to loss of profit or damage of any kind howsoever caused or arising. The said term will, however, not apply to liabilities in respect of death or personal injury.

a) Unless otherwise agreed in writing the price of the Goods and/or Services in respect of contracts for delivery in Great Britain excludes the cost of delivery. Any and all charges for VAT or other applicable taxes and duties and costs including costs of carriage and packaging as determined by the Company at date of dispatch shall be payable by the Purchaser to the Company. b) The Purchaser shall not be entitled to make any deduction from nor delay payment of the price of the Goods or Services in respect of any set-off, counterclaim or indemnity or otherwise whatsoever. c) Any Quotation is based on the current cost of materials, labour, transport, overheads and/ or other charges and the price quoted is subject to fair adjustment reflecting any alteration in the cost of services, equipment, materials, labour, transport, overheads or other charges incurred by the Company during the period between the date of the Quotation and the date of dispatch or provision of the Services. Increases in prices will be notified by the Company to the Purchaser in writing and shall be payable from date of notification.

Where the Purchaser has an agreed running credit account with the Company which may be offered or withdrawn entirely at the Company’s discretion payment will become due fourteen 6. Transfer of Property days after the date of the Company’s invoice. a) Legal and beneficial ownership of Goods shall The Company reserves the right to charge remain with the Company until full payment for interest at a rate of 2% per month or part thereof the Goods, Services and/or other charges arising on all amounts unpaid by the due date and the under these Conditions has been made in full. Company shall be entitled to compound the same The risk as to loss or damage of Goods shall, until payment in full has been received. however, pass to the Purchaser upon delivery g) The “Company’s Recommendations for Use” d) The time for payment of all sums due to the thereof. Until beneficial ownership of the means the Company’s recommendations for use Company shall be of the essence. Failure to pay said Goods passes the Purchaser shall keep (if any) contained in the Company’s published the price for any Goods and Services supplied or the Goods free from any charge, lien or other literature current at the time of the quotation in any part of the price thereof or any other monies encumbrance. respect of the Goods and/or Services. payable by the Purchaser under these Conditions b) The Purchaser accepts that until full payment of will entitle the Company without prejudice to 1.1 Nothing in these Conditions shall exclude or the purchase price and/or other charges arising the Company’s other rights or remedy to refuse restrict the Statutory Rights of a Purchaser who under the conditions has been made for the said to make delivery of any further consignment of deals as a consumer within the meaning of the Goods and Services the Goods are held by the Goods and Services under this contract or Goods Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 as amended. Purchaser in a fiduciary relationship as bailee of and Services under any other contract and/ 1.2 Clause headings are for information only and shall the said Goods on behalf of Company. or to cancel any order without reference to the not affect construction of these Conditions. Purchaser and such action shall not be regarded c) Whilst any payment in respect of the Goods and 2. General as a breach of these terms and conditions and no Services remains outstanding the Company may a) Unless otherwise agreed in writing acceptance of liability whatsoever (whether direct or indirect or at any time and from time to time until ownership consequential) shall attach to the Company in has passed require the said Goods to be returned an order will be communicated by the Company relation thereto. to the Company and the Company may take to the Purchaser in writing in order to constitute a possession of the Goods and may enter the binding contract e) Payments received by the Company shall be premises of the Purchaser for such purpose and b) The placing of an order (whether orally or in applied first in settlement of any charge to interest sever the Goods from anything to which they or other costs or expenses howsoever invoiced writing) and whether or not based on a Quotation are attached without being liable or responsible or incurred by the Company and thereafter in shall be deemed subject to the Conditions for any damage howsoever arising or thereby settling the purchase price or principal sum or which shall apply to the exclusion of any other caused. Such return or retaking of possession sums due to the Company. provisions contained in any other document of the said Goods shall be without prejudice to issued by the Purchaser or the Company f) Late payment of any invoice or other sum due the obligations of the Purchaser under these and without prejudice to the generality to the under the Conditions shall entitle the Company to Conditions and without prejudice to the general foregoing, contained in any order sent by the levy a late payment administration charge of £200 rights of the Company. Purchaser. All orders are accepted only upon the per outstanding invoice or part thereof in addition d) The Company’s right to take legal action in Company’s terms and conditions which to the Company’s other legal rights. respect of any outstanding sums in respect shall prevail over any terms and conditions of the price of the Goods and Services and/ in the Purchaser’s documentation which are 4. Cancellation or other costs shall remain with the Company inconsistent with those of the Company. Cancelling a Course notwithstanding that beneficial ownership of the c) No modification or amendment of the Conditions said Goods has not passed to the Purchaser. If you cancel a course the following terms and shall be binding upon the Company unless e) charges apply: The Company or any person nominated by it agreed to in writing by a fully authorised signatory shall at any time and from time to time until the on behalf of the Company. • More than four weeks prior to course – No payment in full of the purchase price and/or d) Unless otherwise agreed in writing all charge other charges for the Goods and Services have descriptions, specifications, drawings and • Four to one week prior to course – 50% of total full access to the Purchaser’s books of accounts particulars submitted by the Company course fee and documents and papers relating to any one or or otherwise contained in the Company’s more of the following:• Less than one week prior to course – catalogues, brochures, price lists or any other Full fee – i.e. no refund i) the Purchaser’s dealings with the Company. published matter are approximate only and do not form part of a contract or give rise to any Cancelling a Conference ii) the Purchaser’s dealings with the Goods. independent or collateral liability whatsoever If you cancel a conference the following terms iii) the Purchaser’s dealings with the proceeds upon the part of the Company being intended and charges apply: of sale merely to present a general idea of the Goods of the Goods. and Services as described therein. • More than four weeks prior to the conference – e)

The Company shall not be responsible for the capacity or performance of any Goods, materials or other item supplied to the Purchaser nor its suitability or fitness for purpose unless specifically agreed in writing by the Company.

50% of the conference fee • Less than four weeks prior to the conference – Full fee - i.e. no refund Non-Attendance

No Goods let or hired to the Purchaser shall pass or be deemed to pass into the beneficial ownership of the Purchaser except by separate written agreement for sale upon termination of the Hire Agreement. Such Sale Agreement shall be subject to these Conditions.

7. Title and Risk a)

7) power failure or breakdown of machinery;

The Goods shall be at the Purchaser’s risk from the occurrence of the first point of time of any of the following events:-

8) failure by the Purchaser to collect Goods or to provide safe and/or adequate storage conditions on site.

i) The physical delivery of the Goods to the Purchaser at the Company’s place of business;

9) failure by the Purchaser to abide by these Conditions.

ii) The physical delivery of the Goods to the Purchaser’s carrier; or

10) failure of attendance by third party providers.

The Goods shall remain at the Purchaser’s risk not withstanding any subsequent return or retaking of possession by the Company in accordance with these Conditions.

No title to any Goods, materials or work done shall pass to the Purchaser from the Company until payment in full has been received in cleared funds by the Company of the purchase price and any other costs or charges applying in accordance with these Conditions.

The Company’s liability for any liability whatsoever shall be limited to direct losses only and, in any event, shall be limited to the price of the provision of the Good and/or Services in question.

Loss and damage or other liabilities shall be deemed to include but is not limited to any loss of profits or anticipated profits, damage to reputation or goodwill, loss of business or anticipated business, damages costs, expenses incurred or payable to any third party whether direct, indirect or consequential or any other direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage.

To the fullest extent permitted by law neither the Company nor any of its presenters/servants or agents will be liable by reason of breach of contract, negligence or otherwise for any liability whatsoever whether direct, indirect or consequential occasioned to any person acting or omitting to act or refraining from acting upon the course material or presentation of the course or except to the extent that any such loss or damage does not exceed the price of the course arising from or connected with any error or omission in any course material or presentation of any course or provision of any other service. Noting in this paragraph shall be deemed to exclude or limit the Company’s liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence or for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation The parties have considered the restrictions and limitations of liabilities in these Conditions and concluded they are reasonable in view of the size and nature of the parties and the price of the Goods and/or Services provided and the Purchaser’s ability to purchase adequate insurance in respect of the same.

10.2 The Company will be under no liability in respect of any defects in the Goods or Services arising from any drawing, plan, design or specifications supplied by the Purchaser or their failure to meet any purpose or requirement of the Purchaser unless such purpose or requirement was made known to the Company at the time the Purchaser placed the order for such Goods and Services and was agreed in writing by the Company.

c) Delivery of the Goods shall be deemed to have taken place upon the first point in time of any events specified in Conditions 6(a) above. Signature of any satisfaction and/or delivery note by an agent, employee or representative of the Purchaser or by any independent person shall be conclusive proof of delivery of the Goods and/or satisfactory completion of the Services.

d) Without prejudice to any other rights of the 11. Force Majeure Company, if the Purchaser shall fail to give on or Notwithstanding any other provision contained in before the agreed date for delivery all instructions these Conditions should the manufacture, reasonably required by the Company and all provision, performance, processing, supply or necessary documents, licences, consents and dispatch of the whole or any part of the Goods authorities (which the Purchaser is obliged under and/or Services contracted for be prevented or the Conditions or by law to obtain) for forwarding hindered by any cause or causes whatsoever the Goods or for provision of the Services or beyond the Company’s reasonable control shall otherwise cause or request delay, the the Company shall be entitled at its sole Purchaser shall pay to the Company all costs discretion to cancel the contract or to postpone and expenses incurred and/or arising from such or suspend any delivery or deliveries under the delay and/or shall entitle the Company to cancel contract until such time as the Company have in whole or in part the provision of the Goods deemed such cause or causes have ceased to and/or Services. operate. The Company shall not be under e) Unless otherwise stated in writing the company any liability to the Purchaser in respect of any shall be entitled to make partial delivery or such cancellation, postponement or suspension deliveries by instalments and if requested by the in respect of any matters beyond its reasonable Purchaser to arrange carriage, to determine the control including and without limiting the route and manner of delivery of the Goods at foregoing any acts of God, legislation, war, fire, their own discretion and shall be deemed to have flood, drought or other natural calamity, failure the Purchaser’s authority to make such contract of power supply, lock out, strike or other action or agreement with any carrier as the Company taken by employees of the Company or any considers reasonable and prudent. of the Company’s suppliers or carriers or subcontractors in contemplation or furtherance of f) If the Company is prevented from making a dispute or owing to any inability to procure delivery of the Goods or provision of the Services materials required for the performance of the or any part thereof on the agreed date of delivery contract or arising from any government act by any cause whatsoever it shall be entitled which directly or indirectly interrupts, prevents or at its option either to cancel the contract or to hinders the due performance of the said contract. extend the time or times for delivery by a period

iii) The physical delivery of the Goods to the Purchaser’s place of business or home or such other address as notified by the Purchaser to the Company. b)

10.1 All and/or any losses, costs or charges incurred by the Company due to changes required or made by the Purchaser in respect of materials, design, quality or delivery from those set out in the acceptance of the Order shall be immediately payable to the Company by the Purchaser.

equivalent to that during which such delivery has been prevented. Such alterations are without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing clauses in respect of matters that are outside the Company’s control. g)

g) Where delivery of the Goods and Services is made in instalments, each instalment shall be construed as constituting a separate agreement to which all the provisions in the Conditions shall apply.

12. Notices Any notice required to be given by either party to the other under these Conditions shall be in writing and addressed to that other party at its registered office or last known principal place of business or such other address as may at the relevant time be notified pursuant to this provision to the party giving the said notice.

13. Waiver h) If the Purchaser has been notified by the No waiver of the Company of any breach of the Company of the Company’s ability to supply the terms of the contract or these Conditions by the Goods and Services and a collection or delivery Purchaser shall be considered as a waiver of date has been notified to the Purchaser in writing any subsequent breach of the same or any other any Goods which remain on the Company’s provision. premises after the said collection date due to the failure by the Purchaser to take delivery 8. Delivery 14. Severance on the agreed dates and times will be held by a) The Company will make all reasonable the Company Any provision of these Conditions that may be endeavours to effect delivery of Goods and solely at the Purchaser’s risk and expense and held by any competent authority to be invalid or provide the Services on any date stated but any without prejudice to the generality of the unenforceable in whole or in part will not render time or date that may be given is intended as foregoing the Company may charge the invalid such other provisions of these conditions an estimate only and will not be a contractual Purchaser for the reasonable cost of storage and and the remainder of the provision in question obligation and such time or other time shall not insurance in respect of the same in addition to shall not be affected thereby. be deemed to be of the essence. the Company’s rights to charge for payment b) The Company shall not be responsible for for work carried out, material used or ordered and 15. Sub Contracting any delays caused by inclement weather, its any other additional costs incurred by the The Company reserves the right to sub-contract suppliers, human error or any other factor beyond Company howsoever and wheresoever arising in the performance of any obligation under any its reasonable control. Without prejudice to the respect thereof. Agreement or these Conditions to a subgenerality of the foregoing the following shall be contractor of their choice. regarded as forces beyond reasonable control:9. Carriage 1) an act of God, explosion, flood, tempest, fire or The Company will arrange carriage of Goods 16. Assignment accident; if requested to do so by the Purchaser at the The Purchaser is not permitted to assign Purchaser’s expense. 2) war, threat of war, sabotage, insurrection, civil any rights or obligations contained in these However, the Purchaser is entitled to collect or disturbance or requisition; Conditions or in any Agreement with the arrange their own carriage at a time suitable to Company. 3) acts, restrictions, regulations, bye-laws, the Company. If requested by the Purchaser, the prohibitions or measures of any kind on the Company will use its reasonable endeavours part of any government, parliamentary or local 17. Law and jurisdiction without incurring any liability whatsoever in authority; connection with the same to meet special The law of England and Wales shall apply and 4) import or export regulations or embargo; 5) strikes, lock outs or other industrial actions or trade disputes; 6) difficulties in obtaining raw material, labour, fuel, parts or machinery;

delivery requirements subject to any additional costs being incurred thereby being borne by the Purchaser.

10. Changes required by the Purchaser causing loss or expense to the Company

the English or Welsh Courts shall have sole jurisdiction in respect of any claim or dispute in any way arising from the sale of Goods or the supply of Services under these terms by the Company to any Purchaser in any part of the world.

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