Warwickshire's Autumn Term 2017 Headteachers' Conference
Headteachers are invited to attend Warwickshire County Council's Autumn Term Conference which will have a focus on 'A whole school approach to mental health and wellbeing', and include key updates from the Local Authority.
Please see the provisional agenda with the programme for the day and confirmed speakers.
This is FREE for all Warwickshire schools and settings (LA maintained, academies, free schools, nursery schools, special schools and FE and sixth form colleges).
Tuesday 7 November 2017, 10am - 3pm (Registration and refreshments from 9.30am)
The Riding School, Stoneleigh Abbey, Stoneleigh, Kenilworth, CV8 2LF
Lunch will be provided.
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With an opening keynote from Professor Des Hewitt: "Teacher and Pupil Wellbeing in Schools: mindfulness and 5-a-day for wellbeing".
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Phil Kelly, headteacher of Higham Lane School in Nuneaton will share his experiences of managing whole school and staff wellbeing and lessons learned following the incident at his school last term.
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There will also be an opportunity for attendees to take part in ONE of the following breakout sessions:
"What makes an Emotionally Intelligent Classroom?" - Victor Allen, Author and consultant on Emotional and Social Intelligence
"Strategies for Measuring Wellbeing and the Impact of Interventions" - Dr Rina Bajaj, Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families
"Principles of Nurture Provision: a leadership approach" - Helen Stollery, Head of Quality and Standards, Nurture Group Network
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**BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL**
If you would like to attend, please confirm your booking and select your preferred breakout sessions using the online form at the link below, no later than 31st October 2017.
Autumn Term Conference Booking Form
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For any queries please contact schoolpartnerships@warwickshire.gov.uk or phone 01926 742075.
Agreed Syllabus for RE Launch Event - 20th November
Please note that this event is aimed at schools who did not attend one of the earlier syllabus launch events in July.
This one-day conference will introduce teachers to the new Warwickshire and Coventry Agreed Syllabus. It will focus on practical classroom ideas and strategies, enabling teachers to get to grips with the new syllabus and how it applies to schools.
The conference will take place on Monday 20th November 2017, 9.30am-3.15pm (with registration and refreshments from 9.00 am). A vegetarian buffet lunch will be included.
The venue is: Gurdwara Sahib, Tachbrook Park Dr, Leamington Spa, CV34 6RH
Dress: all visitors to the Gurdwara will need to dress modestly and keep their heads covered so please bring something suitable with you e.g. a hat or scarf.
The event is free for one delegate per school or setting.
Please see the event programme for the schedule and more details of the day.
Bookings can be made through this Google form.
For any queries, please contact sacre@warwickshire.gov.uk
New Education and Learning Calendar
We are pleased to introduce a new online calendar containing information on events, meetings and training organised by Education and Learning in Warwickshire. You can view the calendar at this link, and below:
Subscribing
The calendar is in the format of a google calendar, which means you can subscribe to it on various calendar software packages. When you subscribe, the calendar will stay up to date if there are changes made to the events.
We strongly recommend you subscribe to the calendar using the methods in the document linked below, rather than importing individual/multiple events into your calendar. Subscribing will allow events to remain up to date, while importing does not.
If you have any queries, do get in touch on schoolpartnerships@warwickshire.gov.uk. We will do our best to help with any issues you have subscribing, but cannot advise on the individual configurations of schools' calendar software.
Find instructions for subscribing to the calendar here.
2018 Skills for Employment Conference - 7th March
Our annual Skills for Employment breakfast conference will take place on 7th March 2018 at Stoneleigh Park.
Details will be sent to key contacts in schools in December 2017.