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These events will provide an opportunity for supported peer moderation.

Teachers will work in small groups, following a rigorous process, to moderate writing. All teachers will need to bring all the writing from two children: one currently assessed at EXS and one currently assessed at GDS.

Trainer
Rebecca Cosgrave (KS2 Moderation Manager and KS1 Moderator) - Babcock LPD

Cost: £35 per person for SWIFT member schools only.
Please note: Spaces are limited to 2 people per school per course. Each course caters for a maximum of 25 delegates.

The DSBMA is delighted to be hosting this year’s conference, following the success of our sell out event in 2019.

Once again, we are very grateful for the support received from our sponsors and we look forward to learning more about them over the course of the conference. This year we are coming to grips with the impact of COVID-19 and a series of major reforms to education, with the inevitable task of trying to achieve more with less. At the same time our Local Authority services are diminishing rapidly as a result of tighter budgets and community cohesion between local schools becomes more challenging, as schools join a range of multi academy trusts.

How are you going to manage this volume of change? Building our resilience in these times of change is critical to our own wellbeing and the wellbeing of our schools. We are going to hear from a range of outstanding experts, who are going to inspire and help us develop our strategies. Importantly, in coming together at the conference, we are also reminded of the importance of supporting one another and sharing what we know.

Workshops
- Crowd Funding - How to Leverage Your Crowd
- Cyber Security
- Catering - Reducing Costs & Improving Nutritional
- Keeping Data Safe in Eduction: Acheiving & Maintaining Data Protection Compliance
- Schools Buying Programme 2020
- Compliance in Schools: Single Central Records and Asset Management
- The SRMA role. What it entails, How to become accredited & How your school can benefit

Venue: Tiverton Hotel, Devon

More information and to book: https://sites.google.com/view/dsbma2021

This event is an opportunity for subject leaders to keep up to date with national and local priorities as well as learn from best practice. Subject leaders work collaboratively to develop leadership skills and there are opportunities for new learning in line with national and local priorities, as well as input from nationally recognised speakers.


Delegates should choose either the morning or afternoon session. 

Places limited to one per school in the first instance.

This event is an opportunity for subject leaders to keep up to date with national and local priorities as well as learn from best practice. Subject leaders work collaboratively to develop leadership skills and there are opportunities for new learning in line with national and local priorities, as well as input from nationally recognised speakers.

Places limited to one per school in the first instance.

This session is a repeat of the morning session.

This is a two day course with tasks to complete in between. Six hours per day to include breaks.

First session:

·         Working/not working         

·         Context for person centred approach – the bigger picture

·         Introducing the ‘Listen to Me’ Review headings

·         Morning routines and good day / bad day

·         Communication process / Decision Making

·         Preparation for Day 2 (tasks)              

 

Second session:

·         Feedback from tasks

·         Johnny’s story and working / not working

·         The best people to facilitate

·         Pre-review conversation

·         Person Centred Review simulation

·         Feedback on the review

·         4+1 evaluation

Through these bespoke CPD sessions, you and your setting/school can stay connected with the national agenda and be fully briefed on all the latest developments in early years and beyond. Delegates will have the opportunity to engage with colleagues from other schools and settings, to share and access advice and support from the Early Excellence team.

The afternoon session will feature:

PM Session (13:00 - 15:30) EYFS Leaders Session

Drawing on the latest research relating to child development and its relationship to the requirements revised EYFS, and connection with non-statutory guidance – this session will support EYFS leaders with their strategic planning and development of their teams quality of practice. Participants will have the opportunity to explore a range of issue with colleagues; including strategies they have used with regard to curriculum design and approaches to sharing and evidencing learning.

About the Trainer
Phil Armstrong is Early Excellence's Head of Regional Development for the South of England as well as leading on their work with British International Schools. He is a member of the Strategic Leadership Team who shape the work of EEX. Previously Phil has worked for over 20yrs across the early years and primary sector, including teacher, leader and headship positions. Phil was also the head of an integrated early years centre. With a passion for collaborative practice and professional development; Phil has worked in partnership with early years settings, schools, teaching schools and local authorities to develop and deliver personalised programmes to meet their needs.

Cost: Free for SWIFT members schools (Half Day PM) /£50 per person for non-member schools (Half Day PM)
Please note the session will take place online.

Through these bespoke CPD sessions, you and your setting/school can stay connected with the national agenda and be fully briefed on all the latest developments in early years and beyond. Delegates will have the opportunity to engage with colleagues from other schools and settings, to share and access advice and support from the Early Excellence team.

The day will be split into two parts:

AM Session (09:30 - 12:00) National Update Session – for School Leaders, EYFS Leads and KS1 Leads

This session will be an update on national policies and priorities impacting on the EYFS and KS1 , including DfE, Ofsted and related non-statutory guidance.

PM Session (13:00 - 15:30) EYFS Leaders Session

Drawing on the latest research relating to child development and its relationship to the requirements revised EYFS, and connection with non-statutory guidance – this session will support EYFS leaders with their strategic planning and development of their teams quality of practice. Participants will have the opportunity to explore a range of issue with colleagues; including strategies they have used with regard to curriculum design and approaches to sharing and evidencing learning.

About the Trainer
Phil Armstrong is Early Excellence's Head of Regional Development for the South of England as well as leading on their work with British International Schools. He is a member of the Strategic Leadership Team who shape the work of EEX. Previously Phil has worked for over 20yrs across the early years and primary sector, including teacher, leader and headship positions. Phil was also the head of an integrated early years centre. With a passion for collaborative practice and professional development; Phil has worked in partnership with early years settings, schools, teaching schools and local authorities to develop and deliver personalised programmes to meet their needs.

Cost: Free for SWIFT members schools (Full Day) /£100 per person for non-member schools (Full Day)
Please note the session will take place online.

Through these bespoke CPD sessions, you and your setting/school can stay connected with the national agenda and be fully briefed on all the latest developments in early years and beyond. Delegates will have the opportunity to engage with colleagues from other schools and settings, to share and access advice and support from the Early Excellence team.

The morning session will feature:

AM Session (09:30 - 12:00) National Update Session – for School Leaders, EYFS Leads and KS1 Leads

This session will be an update on national policies and priorities impacting on the EYFS and KS1 , including DfE, Ofsted and related non-statutory guidance.

About the Trainer
Phil Armstrong is Early Excellence's Head of Regional Development for the South of England as well as leading on their work with British International Schools. He is a member of the Strategic Leadership Team who shape the work of EEX. Previously Phil has worked for over 20yrs across the early years and primary sector, including teacher, leader and headship positions. Phil was also the head of an integrated early years centre. With a passion for collaborative practice and professional development; Phil has worked in partnership with early years settings, schools, teaching schools and local authorities to develop and deliver personalised programmes to meet their needs.

Cost: Free for SWIFT members schools (Half Day AM) /£50 per person for non-member schools (Half Day AM)
Please note the session will take place online.

Book your place at the following link: https://forms.gle/iWB9RGF9Rw3rCP398

Our aim is to enable school leaders, alongside Primary and Secondary teaching practitioners - or leads - to explore a range of approaches to whole school literacy development and to also consider relevant and current appropriate classroom-based approaches. There will be opportunities to learn from notable professionals in keynotes by David Didau, John Tomsett and Helen Prince and to develop understanding of pedagogical approaches from experts during the breakout sessions/workshops.

Programme includes:
• Keynote speeches from leading national figures in education
• Choice of inspiring workshops from national and regional experts
• Networking opportunities with school leaders
• Exhibition from education sponsors
• Buffet lunch and refreshments

Keynote speakers:

David Didau - Building a Reading Culture
The book is in a death battle with the phone. Fewer children report enjoying reading or choosing to read regularly than ever before. Does this matter? And if it does, what can we do about it? How can school communities reposition reading as important and valued enough to spend time on instead of all the other options available? And what can teachers do to support students whose reading fluency is a barrier to accessing the curriculum?

David Didau is Senior Lead Practitioner for English at Ormiston Academies Trust and a freelance writer, blogger, speaker, trainer and author. He started his award-winning blog, The Learning Spy, in 2011 to express the constraints and irritations of ordinary teachers, detail the successes and failures within his own classroom, and synthesise his years of teaching experience through the lens of educational research and cognitive psychology. Since then he has spoken at various national conferences, has directly influenced Ofsted and has worked with the Department for Education to consider ways in which teachers' workload could be reduced.

John Tomsett - What is a Rich, Challenging, Coherent 0-19 English Curriculum?
In this session John Tomsett discusses what he has learnt about the English curriculum, from Early Years to A Level, from his work on the HUH-project with Mary Myatt, where they have interviewed key English curriculum designers about shaping the English curriculum.

John Tomsett taught for 33 years in state schools and was a teaching headteacher for 18 years. Until August 2021 he led Huntington School in York. He writes a blog called This Much I Know, and has written extensively about school leadership. He has previously published six books and is currently working with Mary Myatt on a Primary version of “Huh” and they have plans for “Huh: SEND” and “Huh: Alternative Provision”.

John maintains that the best thing for our students is that our teachers are happy, healthy, well-qualified, highly motivated, hard-working, well-trained experts; consequently, he believes we should put staff first.

He is now engaged in supporting the next generation of school leaders, with a resolute focus upon improving the quality of teaching & learning, and developing the school curriculum. The erstwhile leader of Huntington Research School in York, he believes that an evidence-informed approach is central to successful school improvement.

Helen Prince - Creative Talk, Resilient Speakers
To express ourselves, we have to know ourselves - know what we love, what is important to us, what frightens or consoles, inspires or repels us. As teachers and leaders, we strive to elicit these building blocks of expression that motivate learning and underpin daily classroom talk. This keynote will explore the concept of creative talk and ways to build resilient speakers, confident to express their ideas, hopes and emotions.

An English teacher, senior leader and adviser, Helen has led English, literacy, and drama provision for over 20 years. Her work benefits from time spent as English lead for the UK’s largest MAT, Ofsted Inspector, acting head, author, trainer, and speaker. To date, Helen has worked with over 300 school leadership teams across the UK focusing on vocabulary, literacy, and English.

Helen provides vocabulary and oracy training for many trusts and conferences, including Whole Education, OUP and ASCL. She is host of the ‘Word-Up’ podcast series for Oxford Education and her three vocabulary books, ‘Get It Right: Boost Your Vocabulary’ have recently been published. Fuelled by her passion to address the word gap, Helen has recently launched a series of apps to boost vocabulary: ‘Chatterstars’.

Venue:
Exeter Racecourse, Kennford, Exeter EX6 7XS | 8.30am - 3.50pm

Cost:
SWIFT Members £95.00 | Other colleagues £145.00
You will receive an invoice from Exeter Consortium Schools' Alliance for this event.

Book your place at the following link: https://forms.gle/iWB9RGF9Rw3rCP398

To look at a brief overview/update of the KS1 Writing standards. An opportunity to meet with other KS1 colleagues (focus on Y2 Teachers) and work alongside them to review and refine writing assessment judgements.

This is an opportunity to meet and talk with colleagues from KS1 (particular focus on Y2) and discuss/moderate each other’s work. This session may be particularly useful for teachers new to Y2 or working in a single form entry school. Year 2 teachers who are expecting moderation this year may find the workshop particularly useful as it is being led by the KS1 Moderation Lead and supported by the team.

*Expertise Exchange Discount available on this course.