- Opportunities for leaders to reflect on their leadership of RE and identify areas to develop back in school
- Explore the Foundation of RE and Threshold Concepts; look at sacred stories across beliefs and religions
- Collaborate and share best practice with RE leads across Greenwich.
- A close look at progression of different strands of RE from EYFS to YR7
- A deep understanding of substantive and disciplinary subject knowledge
- Understanding what excellence looks like
- Collaborate on building a bank of high quality resources
A session led by Royal Borough of Greenwich Virtual School staff to enable Designated Teachers and supporting staff to meet their statutory duties in schools and colleges with a focus on Post-16 Children and Young People.
The session will focus on how to support Children and Young People with preparing for adulthood and transitioning to further education, employment and training.
Practitioners will:
- understand the role of the virtual school in supporting the education of children in care including new responsibilities
- understand the main responsibilities as a Designated Teacher
- look at some of the barriers that impact upon our children’s learning
- look at strategies to help children with their learning
- support and prepare our vulnerable children and young people with transition
Settings will:
- be able to satisfy a school’s Governing Body that the Designated Teacher is meeting their statutory obligations
- develop more robust systems and support for improving the outcomes of Looked After Children
Designated Teachers for Looked After Children and delegated staff, pastoral staff and SENCOs
This course will cover the effective management of the Governing Board’s work, including:
- Establishing professional and supportive senior managers
- Ensuring that all the meetings are run effectively
- Managing meeting and agenda settings
- Ensuring the Governing Board is prepared for an Ofsted inspection
- Developing secure succession planning to ensure business continuity
Chair of Governors will:
- be able to challenge school performance
- be fully involved in school Improvement
- be able to hold strategic and focused meetings
- be able to ensure that the whole Governing Board becomes an effective and strategic group which robustly holds the school to account at all levels
- be able to secure an effective professional relationship with leaders at all levels
- be prepared for an Ofsted inspection
All Chairs, Vice Chairs or Chairs of Committees including Prospective Chairs
Apple Teacher is a free professional development programme from Apple that introduces the basics of using iPad, explores productivity with Pages, Keynote and Numbers and then creativity with iMovie and GarageBand.
Over the two half-days, this course will work through all six ‘badges’ of Apple Teacher, enabling the attendee to gain their Apple teacher recognition by the end of the second workshop.
Schools will:
- Have staff who are better equiped to make effective use of iPad in the classroom
Pupils will:
- Enjoy more connected, creative, collaborative and personal learning experiences on iPad
Staff will:
- Be recognised as an Apple Teacher by the end of the second workshop
- Have the skills and knowledge to use a range of iPad apps and tools in the classroom