CSE Safeguarding Training

We all recognise that talking to children and young people about sex and relationships can be difficult. Child sexual exploitation (CSE) is a very real issue for many children and young people in Warwickshire and it is important to be able to have honest and open discussions with young people about healthy, non-abusive relationships. The ‘Chelsea’s Choice’ production, offered to all Year 8 students in November, will raise some of these issues.

Warwickshire CSE Team delivers multi-agency training with the Warwickshire Safeguarding Children Board which is free to access for all workers in Warwickshire. We do recognise that it can be problematic for schools to release teaching staff for multi-agency training and will therefore be offering awareness raising training in schools to ensure that all staff feel able to identify and respond appropriately to concerns around CSE.

For more information about the Warwickshire ‘Something’s Not Right’ CSE Campaign please see the website at:  www.warwickshirecse.co.uk.

If you would like copies of any of the materials to support your work in addressing CSE please contact Katy Shipley (details below).

The Barnardo’s team has also developed a resource for schools and universal services called ‘Real Love Rocks’ which builds on our specialist knowledge and experience of working with children and young people abused through child sexual exploitation. The resource offers lessons, workshops and activities covering a number of topics, including:

• Healthy relationships
• Consent
• Grooming
• Contraception
• Risk and Keeping Safe
• Child Sexual Exploitation
• Impact of Porn and Sexting

This resource is designed to be delivered across PSHE in secondary schools and can be delivered by staff with full lesson plans and resources included. We are offering free bespoke training to staff alongside the CSE Awareness to implement and deliver the ‘Real Love Rocks’ PSHE lessons in your school.

For more information please contact Katy Shipley (Barnardo’s CSE Project Worker)                                               

Email: katy.shipley@barnardos.org.uk  Telephone: 07702 338667

Professionals working with Vulnerable Learners

A wide range of training courses for professionals working with vulnerable learners is available through the Warwickshire Education Service (WES). Courses range from sensory strategies for the classroom to learning about safe and effective home visits, to understanding and implementing the personalisation agenda. Most courses incur a small fee and details of all courses on offer are available in the full brochure on the WES website.

Vulnerable learners also offer a free course for anyone new to a Warwickshire school or new in role. Whether you are a new teacher, senior leader, head, special needs coordinator, attendance lead, head of year, if you want to find out more about vulnerable learner services, this training session is for you. Come and meet us to find out how we work together to meet the range of needs in your setting. You will have the opportunity to work through some case studies, hear about further training and collect your copy of the SEND Provision Matrix. You will also have the opportunity to network with others new to the county or new in role.

Date: 30 November 2016

Venue: Pound Lane

Time: 3.15 - 5pm

Or

Date: 27 February 2017

Venue: Bulkington Village Centre

Time: 3.15 - 5pm

Contact helenreading@warwickshire.gov.uk or maryconnelly@warwickshire.gov.uk to book.

Attachment Aware Schools

A number of Warwickshire schools are training their staff to better understand and manage the behaviour of pupils with attachment needs. Not only does the evidence from the Attachment Aware Schools project suggest that attachment aware schools have fewer incidences of poor behaviour but they can become happier places for pupils and teachers, leading to improved standards.

As many Looked After Children have attachment needs, the Virtual School and Education Psychology Service are offering training at a reduced price to schools with Warwickshire LAC. To ensure impact, the training should take place over a whole day and should be part of an integrated strategy to improve behaviour.

Any school wishing to be take advantage of this opportunity should contact the Virtual School on 01926 742018 or virtualschool@warwickshire.gov.uk

Nationally there is a range of emerging best practice in using the findings of neuroscience, in particular understanding the processes of attachment and trauma, to support children to achieve their potential. The Attachment Research Community (ARC) is a membership organisation dedicated to sharing this best practice, and to turning important research and understanding into ways of working that make a difference. ARC is holding its first conference on 7th December at the NEC. This would be an ideal opportunity to learn from the leading experts, and hear from schools which have already set out on a journey of Attachment Aware working.

For more details about the conference visit https://the-arc.org.uk/

Talkingshop - Free Training for Secondary Schools

FFT Primary Roadshow comes to Warwickshire

Teachers confused about scaled scores can now get to grips with the government’s new method of reporting results by attending a roadshow in Leicester City FC, Leicester on Wednesday 16 November.

The roadshow is open to both subscribers and those who don’t subscribe to FFT Aspire

Education Data expert FFT Education is hosting the Life Beyond Levels: Welcome To Scaled Scores roadshow in venues across England this autumn. 

The Key Stage 2 roadshow is aimed at head teachers and senior leaders in primary and junior schools.

Schools are set to discover if they are improving thanks to FFT’s modelling of scaled score trends. The two hour session will also reveal how to improve performance and get to grips with the government’s new progress measures.

The event will cover an evaluation of each attending school’s performance and the likely performance of its pupils in 2017, 2018 and 2019. Schools will also receive an FFT data report. 

The cost of attending a Life Beyond Levels, Welcome to Scaled Scores Roadshow is £75 + vat per delegate. To book and for more information please visit http://roadshow.fft.org.uk/primary/

For more information about the roadshow please click here

CPD - Leading and managing high achievement in primary school maths

Andrew Jeffrey Independent Maths Expert will be leading a professional development day on 'Preventing the Gap - Making Big Impacts through Small Changes in Mathematics.

The session, sponsored by Oxford University Press and organised by the Local Authority, is for headteachers, primary maths subject leaders and SLT members. Numbers will be limited to 80 delegates (max 2 delegates per school) so please book early. There will be a non-profit charge of £15 to cover the cost of the venue, refreshments and lunch.

Date: Wednesday 8th February 2017 

Venue: Ansty Golf Centre, Brinklow Road, Ansty, Coventry, CV7 9JL

Time: 9:30 - 3:30pm

Further details are on the attached flyer.

Harris C of E Academy School Sports Partnership CPD Programme 2016/2017

SUMMARY OF COURSES PLANNED IN 2016/2017: Please click here for course information

Please note that all details are subject to change. Booking is essential for all courses.

Please contact Debbie Green for further information or to book a place on a course.