Curriculum

Session Leader: Rebecca Cosgrave

This is an internal session only. This day will focus on training colleagues in how to run a school or Trust hub moderation event. Training will be completed in line with STA expectations but enable those taking part to moderate any year group as well as provide a template of a process that can be followed at a moderation event. The aim of the day is to build a team who lead Trust hub moderations events in different year groups.

Session Leader: Katie Freeman Natre

This half day internal event will be RE Leaders and will focus on moderation, leadership and focus also on changes to RE entitlement.

Session leader: Mel Johns

This is an internal only series of sessions. Nursery best practice based on research. Current updates. Sharing best practice from across the trust.

Session Leader - Rob Carr

These sessions are open to external people. Current updates with Read, Write Inc. Best practice throughout the year.

Session leader: Rob Carr

These sessions are open to external people. Little Wandle updates. Best phonics practice relating to the time of year.

Session leader: Sarah Hitt

This is series of internal sessions. This course is for those who are new to the Bookwrites teaching sequences or who would like a refresher. These sessions are practical so teachers will need to bring the texts for their unit and the children's elicitation tasks. Time will be included for planning, reflection and reviewing pupil outcomes. Attendees will need to attend both sessions.

Sessions leader: Sam Marker

These are a series of sessions for internal people only. Our Maths Network Meetings bring together maths leaders from across the trust to strengthen leadership expertise, engage with current educational research, and deepen professional knowledge. Through collaborative discussion, exploration of trust-wide initiatives, and the sharing of best practice, leaders work together to develop effective approaches that support school improvement priorities and enhance outcomes for all pupils.

All Hubs

Plymouth and West Devon Hub

Exeter and East Devon Hub

Torbay Hub

A full day session, aimed at DT subject leaders or teachers who would like to access specialist input in the practical aspects of the DT curriculum. 

The day will be split hands on DT work and developing you as a subject leader.

This is an excellent opportunity to develop your knowledge of latest developments in your subject as well as your own subject knowledge, develop practical ideas to further develop the subject in your own schools especially around adaptive practice 

Participants should expect to be hands on and practical. The day will include a focus on thinking about how we can integrate the latest thinking around adaptive practice to ensure all learners love DT and succeed.

The sessions will be led by Caroline Walshaw, Specialist Leader in Education for DT in Devon schools and Chris Conners, Regional Director of Education.  

‘Caroline Walshaw trained as a Primary School teacher with a specialism in Design & Technology and has been a D&T subject leader for most of her 20 year career. She is immensely passionate about the benefits of Design & Technology education, from the Early Years onwards. She is also committed to providing high quality CPD to support all teachers and schools to deliver an excellent Design & Technology curriculum. Caroline has led many well received CPD sessions within schools, both in person and online, and has been training ITT students on the DPSCITT for 6 years now.  As a teacher and senior leader, Caroline understands completely what life in school is like and believes in training that has an immediate, practical and purposeful impact.’  The impact on your children’s understanding and developing number sense.  Take place online as staff will be given time to go away during the session and try out the materials with their class. 

Contact: Chris Conners

Target Audience: DT Subject Leaders

Cost: Free toTrust Staff and Maintained Schools, other Academies £50 per person

A full day session, aimed at Art subject leaders or teachers who would like to access specialist input in the practical aspects of the Art curriculum, particularly around adaptive practice.

The day will be split between working with Nic and developing yourself as a subject leader.

Participants should expect to be hands on and practical with a focus on painting, thinking about difference and diversity and inclusion. 
The sessions will be led by Nic George, Specialist Leader in Education for Art in Devon schools.  

This year we are offering a full day event each term and will be bringing together all schools into the Trust for one event each term only. This year we will be doing a full day of training as English is an improvement focus for the entire Trust. Half of the day will focus on the subject leadership skills and half the day will be focused the usual subject leader briefing.

This half day is for subject leaders to develop their leadership skills in how to use a range of monitoring activities to be able to accurately evaluate how well their subject is implemented throughout the school.

- Why is triangulation important?
- How to make monitoring manageable and purposeful
- How to carry out book looks, pupil voice, lesson visits and other activities effectively and efficiently

The sessions are 30-minute online webinars to support the planning and teaching of writing using the Bookwrites materials. There will be time for live chat/ any questions at the end of the webinar.  

Session Leader: Sarah Hitt