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This year, the focus of this moderation session will be reading and writing. The session will provide an excellent opportunity for Year 2 teachers to work together to explore the accuracy of their assessment judgements and achieve greater consistency in standards. Teachers will be supported in considering how secure their pupils are in their learning so far, and how well on track they are for the end of Key Stage 1 standards.

It is essential that delegates bring along examples of pupils' work from their class. We will provide a suggested reading assessment task for teachers to use with the pupils in advance of the sessions. In January, information will be sent to delegates and also uploaded to the grid at: http://www.thegrid.org.uk/learning/assessment/ks1/moderationclusters.shtml

This year, the focus of this moderation session will be reading and writing. The session will provide an excellent opportunity for Year 2 teachers to work together to explore the accuracy of their assessment judgements and achieve greater consistency in standards. Teachers will be supported in considering how secure their pupils are in their learning so far, and how well on track they are for the end of Key Stage 1 standards.

It is essential that delegates bring along examples of pupils' work from their class. We will provide a suggested reading assessment task for teachers to use with the pupils in advance of the sessions. In January, information will be sent to delegates and also uploaded to the grid at: http://www.thegrid.org.uk/learning/assessment/ks1/moderationclusters.shtml

Many pupils lack resilience in mathematics. Teaching assistants can make a real difference to improve this.

This brand-new, two-hour practical session will support TAs to develop pupils’ resilience in mathematics.

Delegates will leave with a range of practical strategies that they can use to:
• support problem-solving
• teach pupils to sustain their focus when asked to think for themselves
• improve pupil’s confidence and understanding of fractions.

The local cluster training is repeated in morning and afternoon sessions so as many TAs as possible can benefit.

Many pupils lack resilience in mathematics. Teaching assistants can make a real difference to improve this.

This brand-new, two-hour practical session will support TAs to develop pupils’ resilience in mathematics.

Delegates will leave with a range of practical strategies that they can use to:
• support problem-solving
• teach pupils to sustain their focus when asked to think for themselves
• improve pupil’s confidence and understanding of fractions.

The local cluster training is repeated in morning and afternoon sessions so as many TAs as possible can benefit.

This full-day course will offer guidance on the importance of threading mathematical learning through everyday meaningful contexts.

Paediatric First Aid

This essential workshop is part of a county-wide programme to introduce schools to the Hertfordshire SEND toolkit. This newly developed resource accompanies the Hertfordshire SEND Quality Offer and the SEND Benchmark & Planning Tool. Together this suite of materials provides schools with a vision, a self-evaluation framework and now has a toolkit providing a range of resources, tools and guidance to support the onward journey.

Introduction to GDPR in terms of the role of the DPO. The aims of the session are to provide delegates with the knowledge of what the role of DPO entails.

Duties of the DPO, including:
1. obligations for GDPR compliance
2. monitoring compliance with GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018
3. understanding and managing internal data protection activities
4. data protection impact assessments
5. internal data audits
6. reporting of data breaches
7. dealing with requests for information

Steps to be taken to show compliance including:
1. documenting all activities
2. conducting a regular data audit
3. monitoring of an action plan
4. ensuring staff are aware of responsibilities

Working with babies and toddlers
For practitioners working with children aged 0-2

Teaching or supporting pupils with Year 1 age-related phonics and spelling? Wondering how to continue using Letters and Sounds Phase 5, in-line with the curriculum changes? National Curriculum 2014 introduces Year 1 pupils to increased expectations and revised content with regard to application of phonics for reading and spelling. Led by experts, the day unpicks key subject knowledge through using practical ideas and hands-on activities, including those taken from Letters and Sounds. Delegates will leave feeling confident to carry out effective planning, delivery and assessment of Year 1 phonics and spelling. It will help delegates to prepare pupils for both the reading screening check and teacher assessment of writing. The approaches could also be useful for those supporting pupils with gaps as this stage of development.