Upcoming Events

Senior Mental Health lead Training – Course Code SMHL017

This course has been assured for DfE grant-funded Senior Mental Health Lead Training.
Course Code: SMHL017

This two-day training course will give Senior Mental Health Leads a firm grounding in the theory and practice of leading and establishing a whole school approach to mental health and wellbeing. Structured for the schools or Senior Mental Health Leads in the emerging or foundational stages of building a whole school approach, this training will give you the tools to audit and action plan under the 8 public health principles of a whole school approach and delivered by a highly experienced mental health and educational team.

• Senior Mental Health lead Training - SMHL017 - Wednesday January 19th AND Tuesday February 15th
  19th January 2022 - 15th February 2022
  08:30 - 16:00
• Senior Mental Health lead Training - SMHL017 - Thursday March 3rd and Wednesday April 6th
  3rd March 2022 - 6th April 2022
  08:30 - 16:00

Mental Health Short: Staff Well-being

Relevant for both Primary and Secondary school staff, this workshop will provide insights that will help you support your own well-being as you avidly work to support the well-being of others.

• Mental Health Short: Staff Well-being (AM) Birmingham Schools Only
  1st February 2022
  09:00 - 11:30
• Mental Health Short: Staff Well-being (PM) All Schools
  1st February 2022
  13:00 - 15:30

PRIMARY PHOTOGRAPHY AND DIGITAL MEDIA TRAINING EVENT

For Art Subject Leads, Non Specialists, Curriculum Leads and Senior Leaders.

• Photography, Graphic Design and Digital Media | Wed 2nd February 2022
  2nd February 2022
  13:30 - 16:00

BEP and SLP Afternoon Conference with Jasper Green, HMI

This fully-funded online conference for Birmingham Primary Schools provides a choice of afternoon workshops as follows:

Assessment and progression in primary science
Primary science pedagogy
Purposeful practical work in primary science
Curriculum progression in primary science
Followed by a keynote talk from Jasper Green, HMI.

• 3rd February 2022
  13:00 - 16:00

Primary Geography Network 2021/22

Do you lead Geography in your school? Would you like support with developing your curriculum intent and implementation? Held on Zoom, these meetings will builds on the successful Geography Subject Development Days held this year.

• WED 2ND FEBRUARY 2022
  9th February 2022
  13:30 - 16:00
• THURS 24TH MARCH 2022
  24th March 2022
  13:30 - 16:00
• THURS 12TH MAY 2022
  12th May 2022
  13:30 - 16:00

Teaching PSHE Education Confidently and Effectively

This interactive course will provide a thorough understanding of how to plan and teach safe, high quality and engaging PSHE education lessons.

• Teaching PSHE Education Confidently and Effectively
  3rd March 2022
  13:30 - 16:30
• Teaching PSHE Education Confidently and Effectively
  23rd June 2022
  13:30 - 16:30

History Inset Day, hosted by Tim Jenner HMI

History Inset | Review, Plan and Deliver the Curriculum: Insights and considerations from Ofsted.
Hosted by Tim Jenner, Senior HMI

• History Inset Day, hosted by Tim Jenner HMI
  9th March 2022
  13:30 - 16:30

Mental Health Short: Increasing reflective practice in school

Reflective practice tools can be helpful if you are seeking to embed a wider culture of supervision in your school and where you are on a journey to being a trauma informed setting. This session will provide you with tools and techniques for when you and your teams become more reflective practitioners.
Led by Specialist Senior EP Kay Jackson and Psychotherapist and Supervisor Anna Robinson we will introduce you to a range of approaches for reflective practice. We will also consider the role of debriefs in school for incidents which may not be classed as ‘critical’ but are impactful nonetheless.

• Increasing Effective Practice in Schools (AM)
  27th April 2022
  09:30 - 11:30
• Increasing Effective Practice in Schools (PM)
  27th April 2022
  13:00 - 15:00

Mental Health Short: Bereavement and Loss Training Session

This training has been built on and developed with Pastoral and Safeguarding colleagues and Beyond the Horizon Charity. 

It will focus on understanding bereavement and loss in the widest sense, what you as a school can do to support those who have experienced loss and how you can ensure your school can respond appropriately to bereavements that impact the whole school. The session content is even more pertinent to schools in the current climate. 

• Bereavement and Loss (AM) Bham Schools Only
  28th April 2022
  09:00 - 11:30
• Bereavement and Loss (PM) All Schools
  28th April 2022
  13:00 - 15:30

Mental Health Short: Supporting pupils with disordered eating

This workshop will look not only at eating disorders and how schools can directly help but also help staff to understand the many ways in which dis-ordered eating can manifest itself and be helped.

• A relational approach to eating (AM) BHAM SCHOOLS ONLY
  9th June 2022
  09:00 - 11:30
• A relational approach to eating (PM) ALL SCHOOLS
  9th June 2022
  13:00 - 15:30

Mental Health Short: Emojis and Empathy

Evidence why empathy is so fundamental for children’s development and important as part of your school’s whole culture and curriculum and is crucial for PHSE delivery. 

• Emojis and Empathy (am) BHAM SCHOOLS ONLY
  30th June 2022
  09:00 - 11:30
• Emojis and Empathy (pm) ALL SCHOOLS
  30th June 2022
  13:00 - 15:30