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Educational Visits Advisory Service – Visit Leader Training: Practical Risk Management for Educational Visits

— Health & Safety

  • Hands on risk management for educational visits away from the school site.
  • This full day training course is designed for teachers and school staff who lead or support educational visits.
  • It provides a practical introduction to effective visit planning and risk management, making it particularly suitable for new and aspiring Visit Leaders, including ECT's.
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Attendance Leaders

— Attendance

  • Primary and Secondary Staff
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SEND/SEMH: De‑Escalation & Regulation Strategies

— SEN

  • Focus: Practical, respectful strategies for co‑regulation and reducing escalation.
  • Goal: Build confidence in supporting emotional safety and regulation.
  • Audience: Teaching, support, pastoral, behaviour and leadership teams across all phases.
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Supporting transition for pupils with SEND

— Transition

  • This session will explore practical strategies to support pupils with SEND to successfully transition to their next phase of education.
  • This course is particularly useful for those working with pupils who are in receipt of transition funding.
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Governor Training - An Introduction to Trauma

  • This course asks governors to look at their understanding behaviours often identified within school and consider what may be driving these.
  • It provides an introduction to understanding what Trauma is and in particular how Early childhood Trauma and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) can impact on a teacher’s ability to teach effectively.
  • You will be provided with opportunities to discuss and share their experiences and understanding of trauma influenced responses or trauma related behaviours which have provided them with challenge
  • You will undertake a brief audit of your understanding of trauma using a template and look at how this can be applied to a school setting.
  • You will also be provided with resources for further reading and links to further training / online materials.
Governor

Teaching Assistants Development Programme - 3/6 - Visual Communication

— Teaching Assistants

  • This development programme specifically designed for Teaching Assistants will run throughout the year and consist of 6 sessions. TA’s can attend all or a selection of these sessions.
  • This practical session explores the power of visual communication in supporting all learners, particularly those with SEND or EAL.
  • TAs will learn how to create and implement effective visual timetables, now/next boards, and task planners.
  • The course emphasizes evidence-based approaches to reduce cognitive load and anxiety, helping pupils navigate their school day with greater independence.
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Primary Art Subject Leader Network

— Art

  • A chance to share successful practice, receive updates on national and local curriculum developments, and to further develop your leadership/curriculum skills.
Early Years & Primary

Drawing Club Pack Walkthrough

— Other

  • FREE TO ALL ROCHDALE SCHOOLS
  • Discover the joyful possibilities of drawing club with its creator, Greg Bottrill as he guides you through the concept, both the why and the how.
  • Putting the teacher at the centre of their own teacher, drawing club can be a transformative way to unlock the magic world of story as well as a powerful key to childhood’s imagination.
Early Years & Primary

Trauma informed practice in schools

— Other

  • This essential training introduces the principles of trauma-informed practice in the approach to classroom teaching.
  • Participants will gain an understanding of how early adversity impacts brain development and behaviour for learning.
  • We will focus on practical, relational strategies to build safety, connection, and emotional regulation in the classroom teaching and learning activities, shifting the perspective from “what is wrong with you?” to “what has happened to you?”
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E-Safety

— Safeguarding

  • The online world is at the touch of a button for all of our children and young people, therefore online safety should form a part of schools’ and colleges’ safeguarding and child protection measures.
  • During this course we will look at how you can take a whole school approach to online safety
  • How you can help make sure all staff, governors, volunteers and parents know how they can help keep children safe online and how you can develop resources to help the teaching of e-safety.
  • All with safeguarding and the best interests of the children at the heart of it.
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