Monday – What is Equity in Education?

Morning Session 09:30-11:30 Developing Knowledge and Understanding
Understanding the role of Equity in Education
Dylan Williams, Partneriaeth
An introduction to the key principles of equitable provision and what this can look like in the classroom and as part of a whole school approach.

https://forms.gle/HY7rYiCDmbZhV7i26

Afternoon Session 13:00-15:00 Practical Whole School and Class Based Sessions
Equity in Education – Case Studies:
This session will provide you with the opportunity to hear how a range of schools / settings are working to embed equity in their education system.

https://forms.gle/g493SaRu7cb5HmCE7

Tuesday - Mitigating the Impact of Poverty on Achievement and Attainment

Morning Session 09:30-11:30 Developing Knowledge and Understanding
Understanding and Mitigating the Impact of Poverty
Children North East
This session will examine how to mitigate the negative impact that poverty can have on attainment and achievement for learners and their families.

https://forms.gle/5Zp1b8TLwSbkpF418

Afternoon Session 13:00-15:00 Practical Whole School and Class Based Sessions
Mitigating the Impact of Poverty in Schools – Case Studies:
This session will provide you with the opportunity to hear how a range of schools / settings are working to mitigate the impact of poverty.

https://forms.gle/BxBUWi23ic5HEWUH8

Wednesday: Mitigating the Impact of Trauma on Achievement and Attainment

Morning Session 09:30-11:30 Developing Knowledge and Understanding
Understanding Attachment and Trauma
Helen Worrall, Independent Education Consultant
This session will help you understand how disrupted attachment and/or experience of traumatic events can impact on the ability to self-regulate and be ‘ready to learn’.

https://forms.gle/x4JZNxTxrzDYevcJA

Afternoon Session 13:00-15:00 Practical Whole School and Class Based Sessions
Supporting Learners to Self-Regulate
These 90 minute sessions introduce practical approaches to supporting learners to self-regulate:

• Relationship Based Play

• Sensory Regulation

https://forms.gle/cJAcn1erommPRCaX9

Thursday : Family and Community Engagement

Morning Session 09:30-11:30 Developing Knowledge and Understanding
Understanding Family and Community Engagement
Dylan Williams, Partneriaeth
This session will focus on why engaging with families and communities can be part of your school’s approach to securing equitable provision. You will also have examples of how this can be achieved by using Welsh Government’s Family and Community Engagement (FaCE) Toolkit.

https://forms.gle/jS4LYvJbnsBPcPAn7

Afternoon Session 13:00-15:00 Practical Whole School and Class Based Sessions
Family and Community Engagement in Schools - Case Studies:
This session will provide you with the opportunity to hear how a range of schools / settings have developed their approaches to family and community engagement providing clear examples of what they have found to be effective.

https://forms.gle/kspJafyeuuDRVcmF9

Friday : Social and Emotional Literacy

Morning Session 09:30-11:30 Developing Knowledge and Understanding
Developing Social and Emotional Learning in the Early Years
Think Equal
There have been numerous studies that evidence the positive impact of high quality social and emotional learning programmes in early childhood on lifetime effects. This session will introduce you to the fully resourced Think Equal programme for learners ages 3-6. You will have the opportunity to hear from schools who are already using the Think Equal programme. You will also receive guidance on how Think Equal can support your Health and Well-being provision.

https://forms.gle/TaQVVDFhWpZa9s8EA

Afternoon Session 13:00-15:00 Practical Whole School and Class Based Sessions
Emotion Coaching: A Whole School Approach to Developing Social and Emotional Literacy
Partneriaeth
This introductory session will provide a walk-through of the Emotion Coaching technique which uses moments of heightened emotions as opportunities for learning and developing social and emotional skills. Emotion Coaching is a trauma informed approach and you will have the opportunity to hear from schools who have embedded Emotion Coaching as part of their whole school approach to supporting emotional and mental health.

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Dylan Williams Regional Project Lead for Equity and Wellbeing dylan.williams@partneriaeth.cymru

Target audience: Any practitioner working across the wider education sector.

This one day training is delivered by Trauma Informed Schools UK. TISUK’s vision is to provide appropriate training for schools, communities and organisations so that they become trauma informed and mentally healthy places for all.

In trauma-informed schools, staff acknowledge that childhood trauma can have a lasting impact on students’ lives. There are many benefits to adopting a trauma-informed approach in schools, including increased academic achievement and improved mental health for students.

• Practitioners working across the education sector develop a deeper understanding of trauma and the impact that it can have in the classroom and on the learners’ readiness to learn.

• Practitioners supported to reflect on their own interactions with their learners and make changes as a result of their learning.

• Practitioners are able to build on the learning from the programme and look at further / deeper training around trauma and the wider impacts.

Event details:

Termly sessions

September 27th 2023 09:30-15:00
Waterfront Church, Swansea SA1 8QY
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February 26th 2024 Online 15:30-18:30
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June 11th 2024 Online 12:30-15:30
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Dylan Williams Equity and Wellbeing Professional Learning dylan.williams@partneriaeth.cymru

Target audience: Any practitioner working across the wider education sector.

Breaking down barriers to learning and creating a positive education experience for everyone and two objectives within ‘Our national mission: High standards and aspirations for all’. This multi layered training programme has been designed to draw together a range of specialist trainers with extensive experience of working with vulnerable and disadvantaged learners who can bring a personal and insightful approach to their sessions. 

This programme of five standalone training sessions has been designed to support any member of school or LA staff with a responsibility or interest in improving outcomes for care experienced learners. The programme can be completed as a package or as individual sessions.

• Practitioners working across the education sector develop a deeper understanding of care experienced learners and how this can impact on all aspects of school life.

• Practitioners feel empowered to look at their own behaviour with young people and make changes based on the programme learning and new understanding.

• Practitioners are able to build on the learning from the programme and look at further / deeper training around attachment, trauma and supporting vulnerable learners.

Event details:

Introduction to the Designated Looked After Children Lead Role – an introduction to the role of LAC lead within school.

22/09/23 09:30-15:00 Ysgol Tan-y-Lan, Swansea SA6 7HN
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26/01/24 10:00-14:00 Online
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Understanding Attachment Difficulties – an introduction to attachment theory and presenting behaviours that are often linked to attachment difficulties. 

20/10/23 09:30-12:30 Online
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23/02/24 09:30-15:00 Queen’s Hall, Narbeth SA67 7AS
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Supporting Adopted Learners – this session will explore the issues that adopted learners can face in school, the role of school – carer engagement and strategies to best support them.

05/12/23 09:30-11:30 Online
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05/03/24 13:00-15:00 Online
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06/06/24 15:30-17:30 Online
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Relationship Based Play

24/11/23 09:30-15:00 Cothi, Halliwell Centre, Carmarthen SA31 3EP
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28/06/24 10:00-12:00 Online
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Transition of Vulnerable Learners 

11/12/23 09:30-15:00 Taf, Halliwell Centre, Carmarthen SA31 3EP
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Dylan Williams Equity and Wellbeing Professional Learning dylan.williams@partneriaeth.cymru

Target audience: Any practitioner working across the wider education sector.

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are “highly stressful, and potentially traumatic, events or situations that occur during childhood and/or adolescence. They can be a single event, or prolonged threats to, and breaches of, the young person’s safety, security, trust or bodily integrity.” (Young Minds, 2018). Having an understanding  of the impact ACEs can have on a learner’s ability to engage fully with all aspects of school life help can help schools/settings to remove these barriers.

The Welsh Government asks all schools to consider the impact of ACEs and how schools can provide a safe space for our young people and be prioritised as part of the Whole Schools Approach to Mental and Emotional Well-being.

• Schools are able to access high quality training on a consistent termly basis – in a format or in a location that is accessible for them.

• Positive feedback from all course delegates.

• This one day training programme acts as a spring board to further / deeper training around trauma or training programmes like Emotion Coaching, Sensory Regulation etc.

Event details:

For further Information please contact:

Dylan Williams Equity and Wellbeing Professional Learning dylan.williams@partneriaeth.cymru