This is a recording of a past webinar, primary head, Amy Harvey and Tina Rawling will talk about how they are developed and implemented Forest School for their learners. They’ll share what worked, what didn’t and give some ideas you could try in your setting.

We'll learn from head teacher Dan File about how he took his school improvement plan from forty pages to one and how that one page now drives decision and action every day bought into by the entire school community. Led by primary school head Dan File, who’ll be providing practical ideas for both new and experienced primary school heads and deputies.

This is a recording of a past webinar where Child & family Pastoral manager Alison Quinn, and Headteacher Jo Atherton will talk about their plans for supporting a successful start to school for children starting this September. They’ll share the steps they’ve taken to support children with special or additional needs as well as considering practical ideas for supporting a successful start for all children and families in this very strange year!

This is a recording of a past webinar, we’ll explore how we can best understand and meet the behaviour needs of children in the current context with an aim of creating create calm, consistent classrooms and playgrounds that enable children to connect with both learning and play We’ll be learning from the Executive Head Teacher Meic Griffiths, who’ll be providing practical ideas for secondary school heads and deputies.

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During this practical short course, Pooky will walk you through a range of simple ideas to help you to support your child when they’re preparing to start a new school .  None of these ideas require any existing knowledge or experience and they are all designed to feel easily doable.  You don’t have to do them all; pick one or two and see how you get on.   This is one of a series of webinars commissioned by Resilient Rutland who are funded by the National Lottery.

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This course has been developed to give you an overview of the key signs to spot in those who may have Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). We will also consider some of the ways we can support those experiencing this spectrum of disorders - given its complexity and life long nature, when to seek further support and how you can work with parents and carers.

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Sensory stories are a hidden gem in the world of special education. These beautifully captivating stories created using concise text and rich and relevant sensory experiences can be wonderful for those who need a sensory approach to education, but more than that they can further enrich education promoting engagement for all. Consider the lessons you remember from school. Did they have sensory elements that secured them in your memory? Are there certain sensations that remind you of times and places? For me the smell of hot water bottles reminds me of my Grandma’s house. In these insights we find in our own lives the power of sensation for story telling.

During this practical short course, Pooky will walk you through a range of simple ideas to help you to support your child if they’ve got exams looming.  None of these ideas require any existing knowledge or experience and they are all designed to feel easily doable.  You don’t have to do them all; pick one or two and see how you get on. This course is written with parents and carers primarily in mind, but the ideas here could easily be adapted for use by people working with young people or you could use them to deliver workshops or discussion sessions to parents or carers. One of a series of webinars commissioned by Resilient Rutland who are funded by the National Lottery

Above all, subject leaders are teachers and set an example by taking their own professional development seriously and by leading others on improving the quality of teaching.  They do this by focusing on four key priorities:

1. Ensuring all the team understand the curriculum content they must teaching and how this content is best learnt
2. Creating a supportive environment which is conducive to long-term learning
3. Managing the classroom, including student behaviour, in order to maximise opportunities to learn
4. Presenting curriculum content, delivering effective instruction, and providing productive learning tasks that activate their students’ working memories and make them think hard.

This course is perfect for Subject Leaders and Heads of Department leading any discipline and is ideal for those new to the role and those just seeking their first middle leadership position. It is a practical course, anchored in the day-to-day reality of running a department and it follows a focused, logical sequence, and is full of real-life learning.

This is a playback of a past live webinar. During this one-hour webinar, headteacher, Rachel Tomlinson will talk about how at Barrowford School nurture is a golden thread rather than a small group intervention.  She’ll share what’s working, what’s been more challenging and give some ideas you could try in your setting.

Cognitive Load Theory refers to how much information our working memory can deal with at any one time. If we go beyond our processing capacity, we can struggle to complete the task we are working on. In this short course, we will consider what Cognitive Load Theory is an how we can use strategies to maximise the loads we can all handle.  

This is a playback of a past live webinar. During this one-hour meeting of minds, Maria O’Neill, AST and author of Proactive Pastoral Care will lead a discussion about what matters most for pastoral leaders right now.  We’ll think about priorities, we’ll share resources and ideas and we’ll consider how we might be able to come together regularly as a network of practice and support. We hope this will be the start of something special…

Assessment is an integral – indeed, one might argue, an essential – ingredient of good teaching. Once the curriculum is designed and being taught, its effectiveness needs to be assessed, and students’ progress through the curriculum needs to be assessed too. This course is perfect for Subject Leaders and Heads of Department leading any discipline and is ideal for those new to the role and those just seeking their first middle leadership position. It is a practical course, anchored in the day-to-day reality of running a department and it follows a focused, logical sequence, and is full of real-life learning.

During this practical short course, Pooky will walk you through a range of simple ideas to help you to support your teen with their friendships.  None of these ideas require any existing knowledge or experience and they are all designed to feel easily doable.  You don’t have to do them all; pick one or two and see how you get on. This course is written with parents and carers of children from about the age of 11 primarily in mind, but the ideas here could easily be adapted for use by people working with young people or you could use them to deliver workshops or discussion sessions to parents or carers. This is one of a series of webinars commissioned by Resilient Rutland who are funded by the National Lottery

During this practical short course, Pooky will walk you through a range of simple ideas to help you to support your child with their friendships.  None of these ideas require any existing knowledge or experience and they are all designed to feel easily doable.  You don’t have to do them all; pick one or two and see how you get on. This course is written with parents and carers of children up to the age of about 11 primarily in mind, but the ideas here could easily be adapted for use by people working with young people or you could use them to deliver workshops or discussion sessions to parents or carers. This is one of a series of webinars commissioned by Resilient Rutland who are funded by the National Lottery.

This course is designed to teach you some of the basics about how to make your child more independent in accessing their learning online and how we can enable them to make effective use of their technology for homework tasks. We will also consider some of the ways of staying safe online

Especially when working with our more vulnerable learners, child-centred planning is crucial. There is a danger that this can become somewhat tokenistic and a box-ticking exercise. When this happens, child-centred planning loses its power and can sometimes do more harm than good. So I am sharing five principles to help you engage in genuine, child-centred planning that will make a difference to the children you are working with.