Thank you to Kat, Head of People for the Brooke Weston Trust, for delivering Safer Recruitment training today to ensure that our recruitment practices are fully complaint and robust across all settings.

At the BWT Leadership Academy, Donna (Leadership Coach) & Kevin (Actor and coach) delivered an interactive session where Kevin took on the role of a difficult character & encouraged the participants to negotiate difficult conversations with him. Thanks for a a fantastic session!

Speech & Language therapist, Kristina, delivered a very informative session at the PTHub today on how to support children who are non-speaking or minimally verbal. She shared lots of practical strategies for delegates to implement back in school – thank you Kristina!

Thank you to Theresa, Head of Catering at the Brooke Weston Trust, for delivering a level 2 course in Food Hygiene today. This very informative session addressed food safety threats, good practice required to minimise these & explored the requirements for food handling in school.

Vice & Assistant Principals from across the BW Trust came together yesterday at a conference where Giles Osborne EduSolutions spoke about how to maximise the strength of leaders in schools & how they can best navigate Ofsted inspections. Thanks for an excellent session Giles!

Thank you to Dean Coady for delivering a hard-hitting presentation for safeguarding leads. He spoke in depth & with brutal honesty about the effects of gang and drug related crime on young people & gave strategies for schools to address this. A very thought provoking session!

Staff from BWT secondary schools attended Read Write Inc.Fresh Start training, practising how to read & blend sounds correctly under the expert tuition of the Read,Write Inc.trainer Ruth Miskin Training. This knowledge will help staff to support students who have gaps in reading skills

Thank you to Nigel for delivering Emergency First Aid Training today. Delegates were taught the practical skills needed by first aiders, giving both the ability and knowledge to deal with first aid emergencies in schools such as choking or asthma attacks.

Many thanks to Rachel from Maplefields Outreach Service for delivering an excellent session at the PTHub today. Rachel helped staff to understand the barriers to learning for pupils with ADHD & SEMH needs & shared support strategies which were very well received by all delegates.

Today, a group of teachers from across the BW Trust completed the "Development of Teaching Practice Award". Over the Autumn Term they have benefited from great collaborative working & enjoyed expert facilitation from Charlotte to develop evidence informed teaching practice.

Numicon trainer, Lisa Lalor, worked with teachers & maths leaders today to explore how Numicon can support the development of mathematical fluency, reasoning & problem solving across the whole school. This was a great practical session with lots of ideas to take back into schools

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“Colourful Semantics” was the focus of training at the Primary Hub this morning. Speech & Language therapist, Kristina, delivered a very informative session on how to implement this programme in the classroom to support literacy development. Thank you Kristina!

Thank you to Kat, Head of People for the Brooke Weston Trust, for delivering the first of a 3 part course on "Conducting Investigations". Kat shared the policies and procedures that underpin investigations & she will explore the more practical aspects over the next two sessions.

The impact of parental conflict on children was the focus of training this afternoon. Rosa from NCC Children’s Services delivered a thought-provoking presentation & shared a toolkit of actions to support practitioners when working with children in schools.

What an amazing two days we have had! Kelly Kelly Wood has worked with ALL teachers & many senior leaders from across the BWT primary schools to further develop & refine the teaching of writing. This has been a fantastic opportunity for professional discussion & collaboration

Delegates who completed the 3 day “First Aid at Work” course today are now qualified First Aiders. Thank you to Nigel for teaching the practical skills which staff require in order to respond effectively to emergency situations in their schools or workplace.

The second session of the Specialist Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics Programme (SKTM) took place last week. Thanks to Lydia from the East Midlands South Maths Hub, MathsHubs for leading such an engaging and practical session.

We were very pleased to welcome a group of parents to the Primary Training Hub today. They worked with Louise and Lois from the SEND Support service to explore strategies to help their children manage sensory regulation. We look forward to the next session in June.