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Training Booklet - updated May 2021

This is a FREE online document which is being updated monthly with new training, conferences and masterclasses. As of 12/05/2021, we have updated the booklet with new dates, courses, recorded webinars and have amended some locations.

Don't forget you can click on the title of the course and it takes you straight to our shop for more information and to book your places.

Download a pdf version of the booklet >>>

Take a look at the AET website for the latest guidelines, resources and practical strategies for education professionals supporting autistic learners in 2021.

It is estimated that one in every 100 people has autism. Therefore, it is very likely that every school will have children and staff who are on the autism spectrum. These resources are developed by the Autism Education Trust, along with the Autism Centre for Education and Research (University of Birmingham), the National Autistic Society and Ambitious about Autism through the Whole School SEND DfE-funded schools' workforce contract.

From our Deaf and Hearing Impairment team - 2 new online learning courses specifically to support deaf children in Early Years.

Language and Listening and Communication in EYFS - There are more children being diagnosed and fitted with hearing aids earlier resulting in increased numbers of Early Years children requiring specialist support. Many settings find themselves wanting to support these children effectively and are actively looking at options for their own awareness development.

An Introduction to British Sign Language - This course will provide an online introduction to British Sign Language for families, carers & professionals, working with deaf young children. The course includes 60 BSL signs to get you started, social and emotional language and behaviour management all delivered through our interactive platform allowing you to develop your knowledge of BSL.

Each of these online courses costs just £35 + VAT

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Data Protection - online learning courses

Staying safe online in school for school staff and governors - A basic understanding of cyber security is now a necessity and schools must continuously train staff and governors to raise awareness of the challenges they face on a daily basis. Protect your school, protect your staff and protect your school's reputation! This online learning course has been written specifically for the education sector.

Managing Personal Data Breaches in School - This online course will provide schools with data protection support in relation to managing and avoiding personal data breaches. It will help schools to maintain and protect their reputations and will allow schools to educate their key staff dealing with personal data breaches and keep them informed.

Subject Access Requests in Education - This online course will provide schools with data protection support in relation to subject access requests (SARs). It will help schools to maintain and protect their reputations and will allow schools to educate their key staff dealing with SARs.

Conducting a Data Protection Compliance Audit in Schools - This online course will provide schools with data protection support in relation to conducting a data protection compliance audit in schools. It will help schools to maintain and protect their reputations and will allow schools to identify areas of concern requiring their attention and ultimately their compliance with GDPR.

Safeguarding Visits
School Visitors and Site Security

School Visitors and Site Security

Since schools reopened to all children, many of you have also seen a slow, but steady return of more visitors including those professionals who are now coming back into school to work with children and staff. It's therefore a good time to ensure that once well practiced and adhered to visitor welcome procedures are in place and consistently applied:

Do all entrance points of the school clearly direct visitors to reception. Is signage effective in achieving this?
Are all visitors ID checked – there is no requirement to take copies of ID. Do front of staff who might not know 'regular visitors' have the confidence to ask for this ID? Do staff who work at 'front of house' have the confidence to ask visitors to return to their car to get their ID if not on them?
Key messages about safeguarding processes are clarified including who to speak with in the event of having any concerns – often accompanied by a brief leaflet. Is this information displayed clearly within the reception area and is it in date?
Lanyards identifying visitors (colour of lanyard) form staff or volunteers are issued and asked to be worn at all times where they can be seen at all times by staff and children.
Clarity around use of mobile devices is explained at sign-in
Are staff confident to challenge adults where lanyards are not worn or devices being used?

As we hope for warmer weather and with ongoing Covid risk assessments requiring classroom ventilation, it's also essential to ensure that fire-doors or similar that are left open, don't cause a risk to adults being able to enter the school without going through the process summarised above at visitor sign in.

Jon Galling – Senior Education Safeguarding Officer, Babcock LDP

There are still places available on our Safeguarding courses:

Child Protection Level 3 Initial Training - Various dates
Child Protection Refresher Training Group 3 and above - Various dates
Responsibilities of a Safeguarding Lead - 29 June 2021
Safeguarding Forum - Various dates from June

Devon Education Fund do you have a project that needs funding?

Devon Education Fund - Don't miss the chance to apply for school/community organisation funding.

Deadline for applications is Friday 28 May 2021

View examples of previous projects and find out how to apply for the funding.

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Mathematics and English Support for Schools and Academies

The Babcock LDP English and Maths teams are again providing an offer of support to all schools for 2021/22.

The offer includes some fully/part-subsidised support for Devon maintained schools.

Visit our website to find out more:

Deaf and Hearing Impairment YouTube Playlist

Did you know that many of our teams have playlists on our YouTube channel.

Take a look at our Sensory and Physical YouTube playlist for lots of useful videos (many of them signed) covering topics like:

wellbeing
expanding language
songs in BSL
lip reading
assistive listening devices
deaf awareness
technology
stories
and much more

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Attachment Based Beginnings

Launched on Monday 24 May - based on our hugely popular Attachment Based Mentoring training, we've designed and developed Attachment Based Beginnings specifically for Early Years settings.

This online learning course is equivalent to 2 days' training.

Cost: £150 + VAT (subsidised rate of £96 + VAT available to Devon maintained, Devon academy and Devon LA early years funded settings)

Visit our website to find out more.

Understanding Christianity: two training courses
(for community schools and non-community schools)

Understanding Christianity is an exciting and highly acclaimed resource for RE covering EYFS, KS1, 2 and 3, suitable for all schools. It has been written by RE Today to give the in-depth support for the Christianity sections of the new Devon, Torbay, Cornwall and Plymouth RE syllabuses. It aims to develop pupils' understanding of key concepts in Christianity, as a contribution to their understanding of the world and their own experience within it. This three-session course will give teachers full access to this outstanding and nationally recognised system of learning in RE.

Visit our website to find out more and to book your places:

So far in 2021 we have added the following new Teaching Sequences to the shop:

KS1 Fiction
- Shaun the Sheep
- The Three Little Pigs
KS1 Non-Fiction
- How Do You Feel?
KS1 Poetry
- A First Book of the Sea
Yr 3-4 Fiction
- The Lucky Dip and Voices in the Park
Yr 3-4 Non-Fiction
- I Am Not A Label
- Interview With A Tiger And Other Clawed Beasts Too
Yr 3-4 Poetry
- Beachcomber
Yr 5-6 Fiction
- Paraphernalia
Yr 5-6 Non-Fiction
- Alistair Humphreys' Great Adventurers
- The Dictionary of Difficult Words
- The Everyday Journeys of Ordinary Things
Yr 5-6 Poetry
- The Sea

Visit our shop to purchase Teaching Sequences for £5 + VAT each

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Meet the Authors

We are very excited to have started teaming up with some of the authors and illustrators of our Texts That Teach (the teaching sequence texts from No Nonsense Literacy).

Visit the English team's website to read more about these authors and to watch the Meet the Author interviews.

From our School Library Service - new Hot Reads lists plus Mental Health book lists for primary and secondary schools.
(All available to subscribers and non-subscribing schools)

Contact the School Library Service direct via email for further details.

Summer Sounds
(5, 7 & 9 July 2021)

This July, we're thrilled to bring you Summer Sounds – a series of COVID-secure interactive music events for primary and special schools at three fantastic outdoor venues

Connaught Gardens, Sidmouth (Monday 5 July)
The Big Sheep, Bideford (Wednesday 7 July)
Lupton House, Brixham (Friday 9 July)

Each performance will bring children and young people from different schools together to be inspired by live music in a range of styles, get involved in our 'Big Sing & Sign' and take part in fun music-making activities with leading performers and music educators.

Book your places now, just £3 + VAT per pupil
More information

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From our SEMH team this FREE workshop for parents looks at turning tantrums into calm connections

30 June 2021 10am - 11.30am (held virtually)

There are times when we all feel overwhelmed with our emotions. Children feel like this too. In this workshop, we will explore why your child behaves in the way that they do; how you can respond to help them calm and how to re-connect to strengthen your relationship with them.

Find out more >>>

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One Minute Guide from our Social, Emotional and Mental Health team

Compassion Fatigue can be a side effect of caring for someone in need. Supporting children who have complex needs, in particular those who have experienced trauma, can put you at risk. Compassion fatigue causes physical and emotional exhaustion and reduces the ability to empathise. You can't be engaged, warm and caring because you just don't have it in you anymore. Compassion fatigue is common in caring professionals. It is also called secondary traumatic stress because you are trying to help someone else who is suffering. If not managed, it can significantly affect your health and wellbeing.

Find out more >>>

Transition Guidance

Babcock LDP Educational Psychology Service and Early Years Service collaborated with Devon County Council to produce guidance and transition booklets for schools and settings to promote successful transitions across all phases of education.
Visit our website for more transition information

Our Bilingual Support Teachers have translated the Starting School transition booklet into many different languages. Visit the EMTAS Bilingual Resources webpages to download the booklets.

Writing Moderation Events

There are still places to access our writing moderation events in June. These sessions will be using the Pobble platform, which all Devon schools have access to. There are sessions available for EYFS, Y2, Y6 and Y6/7 transition peer moderation.

These are a great opportunity to share writing with colleagues and work collaboratively to secure fair and accurate writing assessments for children at the end of the year. All session are led by Babcock moderators and full guidance on how to use the platform will be provided.

Visit our website to book your place.

National SENCO Award

The National Award for SEN Coordination is a postgraduate qualification, which is mandatory for teachers new to the role of SENCO and would be beneficial for experienced SENCOs. Other teachers in schools or Further Education settings may also be eligible to gain the qualification.

Visit our website to read more about the Award and find out how to apply.

Early Career Framework - free of charge information sessions - 26 May 5.30pm or 27 May 8am

Understanding your role in the new approach to Early Career Teacher (currently NQT) Induction:

Key changes to the Induction process starting September 2021
Clarify the role of the appropriate body and what LDP provides
Support understanding of school delivery in terms of Mentor and Tutor roles
Update on the delivery partnership between LDP and Ambition Institute to provide the full programme of development for ECT's and Mentors

Devon & Torbay Music Education Hubs

Music Unlocked COVID-19 Guidance for Schools & Music Providers
In response to the latest relaxing of COVID restrictions, Music Mark has added an England Guidance Supplement and some really useful singing guidance with a template risk assessment for schools. More information

FREE loan of Instrument Class Sets - booking deadline 28 May!
All Torbay & Devon maintained schools and academies benefit from fully funded access to instruments and resources to support the delivery of Whole Class Ensemble Tuition (WCET) and projects. Our catalogue shows the full range of instrument class sets available, as well as the COVID-19 risk assessment factors that you will need to take into considerations. We are now taking requests for the autumn term (deadline 28 May)! More information

Perform at Devon County Show (3-4 July 2021)
Devon & Torbay Music Education Hubs are delighted to offer young musicians from school and hub funded partner organisations the opportunity to perform on the main stage at Devon County Show 2021. We are looking for young musicians from Torbay and Devon schools to perform on Friday 2 July, with Hub funded partner organisations taking to the stage on Saturday 3 July. This is a wonderful opportunity to showcase the musical talent of our young people and provide a much needed outlet to perform and experience live music again. More information

Babcock LDP Conferences: Summer Term

South West Peninsula Music Education Conference
Tuesday 8 June 2021

All in This Together: Making SEND Everybody's Business
Thursday 10 June 2021

Safeguarding Conference: Lockdown Lessons and Defining the New Normal
Thursday 24 June 2021

Summer Sounds! - More information coming soon!
Monday 5, Wednesday 7, Friday 9 July 2021

Babcock LDP Conferences: Autumn Term

Early Years Foundation Stage Conference: Understanding our World - The Footprints we Make (attend in person or virtually)
Wednesday 6 October 2021

Bridging the Gap: Developing Reading Fluency for All

Thursday 21 October 2021

On Friday 9^th July, 0900-1530, the West Country Computing Hub will be launching its Festival of Computing. A one-day, online conference for primary teachers from across the South West.

Whether you're leading computing in your school, or are new to the subject, the conference will cater for those in different positions with their provision of computing, with content for both key stage 1 and 2 teachers.

Find out more and book your free place