16 CONFERENCES


THE EXCHANGE


English Conference Reading on the Rise Conference – Raising Standards


Monday 27th


March 2017 9.00am – 3.30pm


16ENG/100P Hertfordshire Development Centre, Stevenage, SG1 2FQ


The future of your school; exploring MATs and the choices available


Tuesday 28th February 2017


16SBM/042A Fielder Centre, Hatfield, AL10 9TP


This is a must for school leaders and governors who are looking for support and advice on how to secure the future for their school. The conference will provide guidance for schools and academies that are currently working through the options available and are thinking of either establishing their own MAT or looking to join a local MAT. This one-day event will provide the opportunity to understand the pros and cons of each option and to find out the support available. As a summary, this conference will equip leaders with the right amount of information to move forward and enable the right decisions to be made.


By attending participants will:


• have clarity around the options available to them and their school


• understand the differences between leading a MAT and joining a MAT in their day-to-day practice


• have knowledge of the support and advice available to them


• have the information to make decisions on their school’s future


The Herts for Learning primary English team are extremely pleased to be able to provide schools with an opportunity to hear from Sarah Hubbard – Ofsted’s National Lead for English – who will be leading a session on ‘Reading, assessment and curriculum development’. This conference aims to support the improvement of leadership and teaching of reading. The 2016 reading papers at Key Stages 1 and 2 provided us with a clear view of where the DfE have placed the goal posts, in terms of the pitch and complexity of texts and tasks to judge children’s reading ability. What are the implications for effective provision in your school? The event will help schools improve pupils’ progress and raise attainment further in this area. This is an all-day leadership-focused event, with a mixture of key note presentations and workshops. Each workshop will have a whole- school focus and will be run once only, so schools


may wish to book places for a senior leader and the subject leader. Places are limited, so book early to avoid disappointment. Workshops will include: Fluency, Developing vocabulary, Spoken language and dialogic response, Shared/Modelled Reading, Reading for Pleasure, Phonics/Spelling and how they feed into Reading Comprehension, Practical Approaches to Developing Reading Comprehension, Active Approaches to Reading Assessment.


By attending participants will:


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have developed their views of what best practice in reading looks like


have explored practical strategies to improve the quality of teaching and better learning in reading


have identified how to enhance the teaching, assessment and monitoring of reading


Hertfordshire SRE Summit (Sex and Relationship Education)


Friday 10th March 2017


16SBM/042A Hertfordshire Development Centre, Stevenage, SG1 2FQ


The fully funded SRE Summit for Hertfordshire’s primary, secondary and special schools will showcase the national and local context and best practice in Sex and Relationships Education. This conference will provide opportunities for schools to review curriculum models (as requested by schools attending the 2015 summit) as well as considering the need to teach safeguarding through PSHE/SRE as recommended in 'Keeping Children Safe in Education' DfE 2015. In addition, there will be displays and input from local and national providers on inclusion in SRE, pupil voice and peer-to-peer abuse, and we will consider the delivery of key curriculum content, including puberty, love, consent, honour- based violence, FGM, forced marriage and domestic violence.


By attending participants will:


• update on national and local issues and provision • participate in workshops introducing packaged models for curriculum delivery


• update knowledge of key learning outcomes for children and young people


• identify best practice in SRE delivery, assessment and monitoring in primary and secondary sectors


Secondary Headteachers’ Conference


Friday 24th March 2017


16MAN/120S Mount Grace School, Potters Bar, EN6 1EZ


By attending participants will:


• keep up to date with the latest issues affecting headteachers in Hertfordshire and nationally


• develop all important networking contacts with headteacher colleagues • attend a HASSH meeting


Launch of the Hertfordshire Agreed Syllabus of Religious Education 2017–2022 Religion for today and tomorrow


27th April 2017 2.00pm – 5.00pm 17RED/004A


Hertfordshire Development Centre 9.15am – 12.00pm 17RED/003A


To book a place on any of the above conferences, visit:www.hertsforlearning.co.uk/booking If you have any feedback or suggestions for the The Exchange editorial team or would like to be featured in the next edition, contact: theexchange@hertsforlearning.co.uk. All information correct at time of going to press.


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