BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Opogo Community - ECPv6.0.6.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://community.opogo.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Opogo Community REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20230326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20231029T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230502T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230502T190000 DTSTAMP:20260513T071848 CREATED:20230313T102831Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230313T102831Z UID:11494-1683050400-1683054000@community.opogo.com SUMMARY:Autism - Masking and anxiety DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday 2 May at 6pm – 7pm for the LEARN LIVE webinar ‘Autism – Masking and anxiety’\nOur presenter is Nicola Musgrove\, an experienced practitioner of children with SEND and also a parent of two children with autism. Nicola is a passionate advocate of children with SEND and has spent a great deal of time studying towards effective teaching and learning in this area. \nTo that end\, Nicola has a unique insight into the masking children with autisms may display and the anxiety that this can cause. It can be difficult to spot which makes having an understanding of this area crucial to work effectively with students with autism. \n\n  \nRegister now URL:https://community.opogo.com/event/autism-masking-and-anxiety/ CATEGORIES:SEND,Teacher Training ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://community.opogo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Autism-Masking-and-anxiety-.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230504T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230504T180000 DTSTAMP:20260513T071848 CREATED:20230417T074337Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230417T074337Z UID:11602-1683219600-1683223200@community.opogo.com SUMMARY:Making a difference for children with SEMH: How to create a culture of wellbeing and provide targeted intervention DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday 4 May at 5pm – 6pm for the LEARN LIVE webinar ‘Making a difference for children with SEMH: How to create a culture of wellbeing and provide targeted intervention.\n‘\nIn this session Clare discusses the need for qualitative\, targeted SEMH provision and programmes to support the 1 in 6 children with mental health needs. (NHS Digital 2021). \nHow do we support children to manage in a learning context when they are struggling with their social and emotional development and mental health? How do we support children to express\, understand and be able to regulate their feelings and experiences in order to manage in the learning environment and how do we equip the SEN and pastoral adults to feel confident to support the children in their care who have mental health and behaviour needs in a system where external services are stretched? \nThe session will highlight: \n• The context for children’s emotional and mental wellbeing\n• Whole school culture and how to ensure wellbeing is central through policy and practice.\n• The vital need for qualitative and targeted intervention that centres around social and emotional development and acquisition of skills for life and learning.\n• A comprehensive wellbeing intervention programme that offers creative activities\, supporting resources and impact measurement tools. \nAbout Hamish & Milo \nHamish & Milo is a comprehensive and detailed resource that offers the language and creative activities to support SEN and pastoral staff to know what to say and how to help primary-aged children to express and regulate themselves. The whole programme offers a set of ten different wellbeing intervention packs that focus on key emotional themes: friendship\, resilience\, anxiety\, diversity\, angry feelings\, change\, conflict\, loss\, sadness and self-esteem. Each of the programmes consist of detailed session plans delivered weekly over a term and provide all supporting materials and impact measurement tools. \nClare Williams \nClare is a primary teacher and educational psychotherapist\, author\, speaker and advocate for children’s mental health and wellbeing. \nClare has worked in primary schools\, mental health and education provision and within Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). She has led on national initiatives for local authorities as the Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning (SEAL) Consultant\, leading on training\, curriculum implementation and development as well as the local coordination of the National PSHE CPD programme. \nShe was a consultant trainer for the Institute of Education\, London\, and a trainer for the Education Development Association at Homerton College\, Cambridge\, providing courses for overseas teachers. \nAs the manager of a multi-agency service for vulnerable children at risk of exclusion\, Clare developed Thrive Education Zones\, an alternative provision based on nurture principles.\nThrough this work she became all too aware of the impact adverse childhood experiences can have on children and their long-term mental health. \nClare was co-author and co-creator of the Jigsaw PSHE programme and author of Trauma Informed Schools UK (TISUK) Rainbow Pathway: Return to school programme\, resources to support children through the experience of the pandemic. She has worked therapeutically with children and families and as a Wellbeing Therapist for Total Children’s Therapy and was the Strategic Mental Health Lead and Consultant for stormbreak\, a charity supported by BBC Children in Need that centres on mentally healthy movement. Clare was central in developing the mental health content within their programmes. Clare is a Senior Trainer\, Consultant and Supervisor for TISUK and leads on delivery of the TISUK diploma. \n\n  \nRegister now URL:https://community.opogo.com/event/making-a-difference-for-children-with-semh-how-to-create-a-culture-of-wellbeing-and-provide-targeted-intervention/ CATEGORIES:Mental Health,SEND ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://community.opogo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Making-a-difference-for-children-with-SEMH-How-to-create-a-culture-of-wellbeing-and-provide-targeted-intervention-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230509T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230509T190000 DTSTAMP:20260513T071848 CREATED:20230330T104925Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230330T124231Z UID:11574-1683655200-1683658800@community.opogo.com SUMMARY:How can you become a teacher? DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday 9 May at 6pm – 7pm for the LEARN LIVE webinar ‘How can you become a teacher?’\nOur presenters are Karen Duffy (Principal Lecturer) & Louise Quinn (Senior Lecturer) from Manchester Met University. If you have ever considered teaching as a career but have not been sure whether it is right for you or what route to take then this is the webinar for you. \nWe often have our candidates asking us for advice in this area and so this webinar provides the ideal opportunity to find out more. Here is a bit more about our presenters: \nKaren Duffy \nI worked as a successful Head of Psychology and Social Science for 15 years before coming to lecture in Psychology and Social Science PGCE at MMU. I have worked as a Team leader for AQA Psychology A level examinations since 1994. I am currently the Chair of the British Psychological Society (SCOPTE branch) dealing with issues in preteriary Psychology. I am the HEI representative for the new A level specification changes from 2015. I engage in training A level Psychology teachers both nationally and internationally. \nLouise Quinn \nI am the PGCE subject co-ordinator for Psychology and Social Science at Brooks Campus – Manchester. I teach on the PGCE Secondary programme. In addition to my teaching responsibilities I am the Secondary Admissions Tutor. \nPrior to joining the Faculty of Education at MMU\, I worked for 7 years in secondary schools teaching Sociology\, Psychology and Health and Social Care\, Headed a Sociology department and was a PSHE corodinater. In September 2008 I joined MMU on a permanent basis. \n\n  \nRegister now URL:https://community.opogo.com/event/how-can-you-become-a-teacher/ CATEGORIES:Teacher Training ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://community.opogo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/How-can-you-become-a-teacher-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230515T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230515T180000 DTSTAMP:20260513T071848 CREATED:20230417T073919Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230417T073919Z UID:11600-1684170000-1684173600@community.opogo.com SUMMARY:Social and emotional literacy for life and learning: An emotions curriculum that demonstrates impact and insight into children’s social and emotional development and self confidence DESCRIPTION:Join us on Monday 15 May at 5pm – 6pm for the LEARN LIVE webinar ‘Social and emotional literacy for life and learning: How to provide an emotions curriculum that demonstrates impact and insight into children’s social and emotional development\, self confidence and self-esteem’\nWithin the context of a national crisis for children’s mental health and increasing numbers of children in our schools with SEMH needs and being at risk of exclusion\, there is a need for prioritisation of social and emotional teaching and learning. Children need explicit teaching of social and emotional skills and schools need the tools to measure impact\, gather insights and ensure children have access to an emotions curriculum that enables them to access learning\, reach their own potential and to navigate the life ahead of them. \nThis session will highlight:\n• The context for social and emotional development and the impact on long term mental wellness.\n• The need for an emotions curriculum that sits alongside PSHE to enable children to gain social and emotional skills\, to understand\, express and regulate their feelings and to engage in learning and life.\n• Explicit and implicit teaching of social and emotional literacy and the role of the adults.\n• How to identify underlying social and emotional needs\, track progress\, gather insight and demonstrate impact. \nAbout Hamish & Milo \nHamish & Milo is a comprehensive and detailed resource that offers the language and creative activities to support SEN and pastoral staff to know what to say and how to help primary-aged children to express and regulate themselves. The whole programme offers a set of ten different wellbeing intervention packs that focus on key emotional themes: friendship\, resilience\, anxiety\, diversity\, angry feelings\, change\, conflict\, loss\, sadness and self-esteem. Each of the programmes consist of detailed session plans delivered weekly over a term and provide all supporting materials and impact measurement tools. \nClare Williams \nClare is a primary teacher and educational psychotherapist\, author\, speaker and advocate for children’s mental health and wellbeing. \nClare has worked in primary schools\, mental health and education provision and within Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). She has led on national initiatives for local authorities as the Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning (SEAL) Consultant\, leading on training\, curriculum implementation and development as well as the local coordination of the National PSHE CPD programme. \nShe was a consultant trainer for the Institute of Education\, London\, and a trainer for the Education Development Association at Homerton College\, Cambridge\, providing courses for overseas teachers. \nAs the manager of a multi-agency service for vulnerable children at risk of exclusion\, Clare developed Thrive Education Zones\, an alternative provision based on nurture principles.\nThrough this work she became all too aware of the impact adverse childhood experiences can have on children and their long-term mental health. \nClare was co-author and co-creator of the Jigsaw PSHE programme and author of Trauma Informed Schools UK (TISUK) Rainbow Pathway: Return to school programme\, resources to support children through the experience of the pandemic. She has worked therapeutically with children and families and as a Wellbeing Therapist for Total Children’s Therapy and was the Strategic Mental Health Lead and Consultant for stormbreak\, a charity supported by BBC Children in Need that centres on mentally healthy movement. Clare was central in developing the mental health content within their programmes. Clare is a Senior Trainer\, Consultant and Supervisor for TISUK and leads on delivery of the TISUK diploma. \n\n  \nRegister now URL:https://community.opogo.com/event/social-and-emotional-literacy-for-life-and-learning-an-emotions-curriculum-that-demonstrates-impact-and-insight-into-childrens-social-and-emotional-development-and-self-confidence/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://community.opogo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Social-and-emotional-literacy-for-life-and-learning-An-emotions-curriculum-that-demonstrates-impact-and-insight-into-childrens-social-and-emotional-development-and-self-confidence.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230522T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230522T180000 DTSTAMP:20260513T071848 CREATED:20230424T093804Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230424T104806Z UID:11627-1684774800-1684778400@community.opogo.com SUMMARY:The Importance of Play in EYFS DESCRIPTION:Join us on Monday 22 May at 5pm – 6pm for the LEARN LIVE webinar ‘The Importance of Play in EYFS’\nEarly Years Matters describes play in Early Years as follows\, ‘Play underpins the EYFS. It also underpins learning and all aspects of children’s development. Through play\, children develop language skills\, their emotions and creativity\, social and intellectual skills. For most children their play is natural and spontaneous although some children may need extra help from adults’. \nIn this webinar you will hear from Marian Adejokun. Marian is a national speaker on Early Years. Marian has spoken with Charted College of Teaching on Early Years. She has also spoke to Global Early Childhood Education Cohort with Theirworld Charity as a presenter and advocate for Early Years Education. \nMarian is the founder of ReachOut2All. She explains their work as follows: \nAt ReachOut2All CIC\, we are all about giving young people\, aged 13-30\, a voice through their talents. \nWe are also a service provider in the following areas mentioned below ???? \n????Workshops\n????Training Programme\n????Mentoring\n????Enrichment Trips \nThe following topics of our training programme focus: \n????Public Speaking\n????Mental Health & Wellbeing\n????Self Awareness\n????Resilience \n????Importance of Mentoring\n????Importance of Signposting\n????Importance of Goal Setting \n????Educational Options\n????Financial literacy \nJoin this webinar to find out more about this fascinating and powerful area of Early Years education. \n  \n<\n\n \n\n\nRegister now URL:https://community.opogo.com/event/the-importance-of-play-in-eyfs/ CATEGORIES:Teacher Training ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://community.opogo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/The-Importance-of-Play-in-Early-Years.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR