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This course sets out the statutory requirements for assessment of, and reporting on, pupils' achievements at the end of Key Stage 1 (KS1) in 2019/20. It is primarily aimed at teachers in Year 2 and/or Year 1, although teachers in Years 3 and 4 would also benefit. It is suitable for both experienced teachers and those new to the profession, or new to KS1.

The course will cover:

• key changes for 2019/20
• approaches to effective assessment
• standardisation and moderation (both formal and informal)
• administration of, and preparation for, the end of KS1 tests and the phonics screening check
• analysis of past end of KS1 test papers
• strategies and approaches to ensuring the best outcomes for all pupils.

Headteachers are invited to attend the first morning session, free of charge, with their teachers to ensure that key messages are clear and consistent across the school. 

This course is facilitated by experienced foster carers, it aims to give newly approved carers an introduction to understanding of how to parent children who have suffered trauma. It addresses some of the challenging behaviours and offers varied coping skills and strategies. It is also provides an ideal refresher course for more experienced carers.

This course aims to support schools in the development of clear, comprehensive procedures in supporting pupils with medical needs.

This course aims to enable delegates to manage safety effectively in accordance with legislation and best practice.

This course is externally moderated and validated. The course will assist delegates in:

• working more safely
• managing safety effectively
• contributing to the overall safety of their organisation.

Delegates must attend all three days, as an assessment is incorporated at the end of the course, and a practical assessment will need to be completed.

This Interactive course will help to raise confidence and competence. You will gain an insight into your own training style and learn tips and techniques to develop and deliver a high impact and engaging training experience.  You will gain experience of delivering micro-training sessions and receive feedback to help you develop your skills and confidence. 

Due to the highly interactive nature of the workshop, you will be required to bring a short (5-10 minute) training session or part of a training session that you have pre-prepared. This should be relevant to your role as you will apply the learning from the course to refine and develop this session.

This popular course is essential for practitioners from Children's Services and Adult Social Care, education, early help, the police and health, to review, update and consolidate core knowledge about domestic abuse. 

This two day ‘professional level’ workshop is part of the domestic abuse thematic learning pathway and will give an overarching and updated view on current research, theory and practice in the field. It is relevant for all East Sussex children's services practitioners working with children, young people and families assessed as level 3 or 4 on the Continuum of Need.

Important note: You will need to have undertaken all three foundation level domestic abuse e-learning modules prior to attending this course (see additional information under full details) or you may be turned away.

To ensure that staff understand and apply at all times the fundamentals of customer-service excellence. The focus being on the maintaining of high quality customer service despite the changing climate.

To ensure that ESCC staff maintain and enhance the reputation of the Council by highlighting why good customer service is vital to the on going success of ESCC. To be achieved by fulfilling all obligations within the Customer Promise and the Customer Values.

It is essential that you complete Our Customer Promise e-learning module prior to attending this workshop.

How can we teach writing effectively across key stage 1, to ensure that struggling writers are appropriately supported and more confident writers are suitably 'stretched'? This course aims to provide some research-based answers to this knotty problem. The course will unpick what makes great writing and look at the classroom conditions needed to inspire it. There will be guidance on how to structure writing lessons, plan appropriate tasks, and support teachers to identify and implement strategies for ensuring that children reach their full writing potential.

This course covers general sign posting for families key miles stones, enabling families to access online services and information digitally, delivered by the Family Information Service in Children's Services who established the Parent Information Contact (PIC) https://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/childrenandfamilies/familysupport/parent-information-contacts/ scheme in 2007. 

Workshop for frontline staff in working with parents including;  

children's centre frontline staff, social workers, keyworkers, health visitors,  community nurses and any CS staff that work with families.

You will need to bring a laptop and/or smart phone to the training

The course will enable participants to work directly with children and young people who are experiencing or are at risk of criminal and/or sexual exploitation.

We will also look at how the community, professionals and children and young people themselves often respond differently to boys when it comes to child sexual exploitation and what we can do about this.

Important note: It is essential that you have undertaken the Safeguarding Children (or an equivalent Safeguarding/ Child Protection Awareness course within your own organisation, and Child Sexual Exploitation e-learning courses prior to coming on this course, see additional information under full details), or you may be turned away.