Forest Green Rovers FC. the New Lawn Another Way Nailsworth Stroud GL6 0FG

Inclusion Conference

25thApril 2017

Forest Green Rovers FC. The New Lawn Another Way Nailsworth Stroud GL6 0FG

9.00 – 15.30

(Registration from 08:30)

08:30-08:55 / Registration and refreshments
09:00-09:15 / Welcome and housekeeping
09:15-10:30 / John Bayley – Keynote Speaker
10:30-11:00 / Coffee
11.00-11:45 / Sam Kelly – (DfE) Exclusions – National picture and policy direction
David Edwards – Local and national picture from OFSTED
Elspeth Murano – Local update from the LA
11:50-12:40 / Workshop 1
12:40-13:40 / Lunch
13:40-14:30 / Workshop 2
14:40-15:30 / Workshop 3
ConferenceCloses

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John Bayley Keynote Speaker

UNEVEN OUTCOMES - THE ENGLISH DISEASE

England's place in the world picture and the pressure on schools in England -attainment, well-being, behaviour and special needs

John is best known for his series "Teaching with Bayley" originally made for Teachers' Television.

In his forty-five year career in education John has worked as a lecturer and research officer at London University, as a mainstream secondary teacher and then Head of the Learning Support Service and Pupil Referral Unit in Southwark. OFSTED described his leadership as "outstanding"

John has acted as a consultant to a number of local education authorities, and has worked with the London University Institute of Education and Teachers’ Television to produce training materials to support professional development in schools. John has collaborated with Save the Children on developing training materials for use in other countries. He is joint author with Lynda Haddock and Nick Peacey of I Shan't Say This Again: Training Teachers in Behaviour Management. John has worked as a consultant in hundreds of school.

John is currently lead organiser of the London RSA network on Inequality in Education Outcomes.

Sam Kelly (DfE) Exclusions – National picture and policy direction

Will talk about :

• the national level data,
• the direction of travel on exclusions and alternative provision policy,
• some of the models that are operating in other Local Authorities

Workshops

Please find below workshop synopses

Workshop places are limited, therefore, allocations will be on a first come, first served basis and we ask you to please choose a first and second choice for the three workshop sessions and enter these on the booking form.

Workshop 1 (Please choose a 1st and 2nd choice from workshops 1A – 5A)

Ref:1A / Nurturing schools: Nurture groups and how to foster a whole school nurturing approach in your setting / Running:
11.50 – 12.40
Leader: / LA Educational Psychology Team
Deborah Churchill,Educational Psychologist
Dr Oonagh Davies, Educational Psychologist
Nicola Young, Barnwood Park Academy
Target Audience: / Cross phase
Overview: / Part one
-What a Nurture Group is
-What it can do for a school or a setting
-Evidence of impact
-How you might set a Nurture Group up
-Where Nurture Groups are round the county
Part two
-Nicola Young from Barnwood Park Academy will talk about her experience setting up a Nurturing Approach and the impact it has had on individual children and staff.
Ref:2A / Exclusions and the pupil with SEN / Running:
11.50 – 12.40
Leaders: / LA SEND Team
Jane Kilby, SEN Monitoring and School Support Officer
Victoria Burt, SEN Monitoring and School Support Officer
Target Audience: / Cross phase
Overview: / This workshop will cover the interplay between the SEN Code of Practice and the statutory guidance for exclusions
Ref:3A / Building an inclusive school / Running:
11.50 – 12.40
Leaders: / Woodchester Endowed C of E Primary School
Glynn Jones, Headteacher
Sarah Driver, Deputy Headteacher
Target Audience: / Primary
Overview: / A research driven whole school approach, to effectively manage children’s emotional well-being.Identifying children early on and working with partners to improve performance.
Ref:4A / Smoothing the move / Running:
11.50 – 12.40
Leader: / Harewood Junior School
Andrea Mills, Headteacher
Rebecca Wood, SENCO
Target Audience: / Junior/Secondary
Overview: / This workshop will:

• share the transition work we do with Y2 children and parents
• cover the work we have done to improve transition to our local secondary schools
• share how we support children and parents
• share how we support our SEN and vulnerable children and families.

This workshop would be suitable for infant to junior transition as well as primary to secondary transition. We'll look at what goes well; what hasn't; and what we've done about it. During the workshop participants will be given the chance to share their practice too in order to identify a range of strategies that may be useful to other schools and settings.
Ref:5A / CreatingPositive Playtimes / Running:
11.50 – 12.40
Leader: / Chris Powell – GHLL Lead Teacher
Lucy Stevens – SENDCo Berry Hill Primary School
Target Audience: / Primary
Overview: / This interactive workshop shares the implementation, and outcomes, of GHLL’s positive playtimes practice.With the introduction of zoned playgrounds, that directly link to the ‘5 ways of wellbeing’, incidents of isolation and poor behaviour have dropped dramatically. These zones not only provide a wellbeing boost for all pupils, but also through planning with the midday supervisors, enable more vulnerable pupils to get targeted boosts in their specific areas of need. This Positive Playgrounds practice not only gives schools the tools to target pupils who need wellbeing boosts, but also shares what wellbeing is, why it is important and how to assess the wellbeing impact you currently have on your pupils.
Get ready to connect, be active, know yourselves, learn something new and give your time!

Workshop 2 (Please choose a 1st and 2nd choice from workshops 6B – 10B)

Ref:6B / Recognising and regulating emotions: Strategies for encouraging independence with these skills / Running:
13.40 – 14.30
Leaders: / Advisory Teaching Service
Gill Wade, Advisory Teacher
Target Audience: / Cross phase
Overview: / This workshop covers the need for CYP to recognise and respond to their emotions in a socially acceptable way; looks at reasons why some CYP find this difficult and teaches some strategies to help CYP with their own emotional regulation.
Ref:7B / 21st Century and Inclusive Education / Running:
13.40 – 14.30
Leaders: / Gloucester Road Primary School
Gayle Fletcher, Headteacher
Target Audience: / Primary
Overview: / This workshop explores why we need to develop 21st Century skills into our curriculum and how, through the development of mind-set and metacognition, no child is left behind.
Ref:8B / Addressing behaviour in the mainstream setting / Running:
13.40 – 14.30
Leader: / Stroud & Cotswold Alternative Provision School
Nick Stanton, Headteacher
Target Audience: / Cross phase
Overview: / This workshop will look at:

• why some students behave the way they do (Primary and Secondary)
• strategies for supporting students with the most common difficulties
• accessing external support – who is there to help
• adapting the curriculum to meet the needs of the most challenging students

Ref: 9B / Changes that make a big difference / Running:
13.40 – 14.30
Leader: / Watermoor C of E Primary School
Jo Pearce, Headteacher
Sarah Fox, Inclusion Manager and Deputy Headteacher
Target Audience: / Primary
Overview: / We will share with you a brief overview of our key strategies – some smaller than you may imagine – that have made a difference to our pupils’ outcomes at Watermoor. Watermoor School supports a higher than average number of students with specific and complex needs, including a significant group with SEMH difficulties. We hope that after our workshop you will be able to take away a few practical ideas for your setting and have time to reflect upon key principles to influence your future practice. There is no easy answer or no quick fix but we will share our stories with you, including when things haven’t worked!
Ref:10B / Personalising provision for students / Running:
13.40 – 14.30
Leader: / Emma Price, Sec SEND GLOS ED Leader, Beaufort
Target Audience: / Secondary
Overview: / This workshop covers ways to personalise support for students with challenging behaviours.

Workshop 3 (Please choose a 1st and 2nd choice from workshops 11C –15C)

Ref:11C / Nurturing schools: Nurture groups and how to foster a whole school nurturing approach in your setting / Running:
14.40 – 15.30
Leaders: / LA Educational Psychology Team
Deborah Churchill, Educational Psychologist
Dr Oonagh Davies, Educational Psychologist
Nicola Young, Barnwood Park Academy
Target Audience: / Cross phase
Overview: / Part one
-What a Nurture Group is
-What it can do for a school or a setting
-Evidence of impact
-How you might set a Nurture Group up
-Where Nurture Groups are round the county
Part two
Nicola Young from Barnwood Park Academy will talk about her experience setting up a Nurturing Approach and the impact it has had on individual children and staff.
Ref:12C / CIC and the effects that trauma have on behaviour and attendance / Running:
14.40 – 15.30
Leaders: / LA The Virtual School
Jackie Ellis
Pip Walker
Target Audience: / Cross phase
Overview: / This workshop will cover strategies that will support schools with all children in care.
The workshop will explore:

• the triggers for behaviours
• the reasons for non attendance
• the effects of trauma on a young person’s life
• the strategies to support young people at risk of being excluded from school

Ref:13C / Keeping them in / Running:
14.40 – 15.30
Leader: / Tuffley Primary School
Will Greenwood, Headteacher
Target Audience: / Primary
Overview: / In this workshop, you will learn about the ‘GSP Inclusion Group’ and the initiatives it is undertaking.
Within the session there will an outline of:

• the ways in which strong practice is being shared
• the strategies we are putting in
• how we are being pro-active and positive about education for all.

Ref: 14C / Challenging behaviour and
de-escalation / Running:
14.40 – 15.30
Leader: / The Ridge Academy
Pete Hales, Headteacher
Target Audience: / Cross phase
Overview: / This workshop will:

• help understand the causes of challenging behaviour
• provide an opportunity to develop a tool box of skills to support de-escalation

Ref: 15C / How we develop our inclusive ethos / Running:
14.40 – 15.30
Leader: / Cashes Green Primary School
Meg Dawson, Headteacher
Target Audience: / Primary
Overview: / At Cashes, we are proud of our inclusive ethos and the success we have with all children irrespective of need or situation.
In this workshop, I will discuss some of the underlying principleswe hold at the centre of our inclusive ethos and how this impacts on our day to day practice.

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