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FWTSA Annual Conference

Summer Term 2018

Forest Way Teaching School

Alliance News

Inside this issue:

School Direct

Teacher Training

2

Summer

Celebrations

2

Recently Qualified

Teacher

Programme (RQT)

2

Research Groups 3

Welcome to the

Hall School

3

SSIF Projects 3

Primary Languages

Network Update

3

FWTSA Library 3

Meet our new

Educational

Psychologists

4

What’s On for

Summer

5-7

We were delighted to welcome Andy Buck back to our Heads/Deputies’

Conference this year. Andy motivated

us to think about our collaboration in

greater detail.

Feedback was very positive.

Our first joint TSA SLE Conference ran suc-

cessfully on 20th February. It included session

on effective school support, leading research

and the wider role of SLEs. Information about

the work of the Leicestershire TSAs can be

found here www.leicestershiretsa.co.uk

SLE Conference

Here we are doing the “jigsaw challenge” to

promote cross team work.

FWTSA SLEs working

hard at the conference

Mandy Collins giving hints and

tips on how SLEs can

effectively lead CPD

and networks.

http://www.leicestershiretsa.co.uk

Forest Way School

Warren Hills Road Coalville

LE67 4UU

Phone: 01530 277363

Email:

[email protected]

www.

forestwaytsa.org

After a massive recruitment

drive this year we now have

20 trainees signed up for the

next academic year.

Our recent open days at

Whitwick St John the Baptist

and Castle Rock schools were

successful and we will

definitely be holding this type

of event again.

Please continue to support us

again next year by sharing our

marketing materials, tweeting

and re-tweeting our events

and giving us a mention,

including a link to FWTSA

website, on your school’s

website.

Please let us know if you

would like a high resolution

copy of our logo image for

your website.

School Direct Teacher Training

Summer Celebrations

Here at FWTSA we like to celebrate success, and it’s a good excuse to eat cake!

This year’s Celebration Events will take place as follows:

School Direct Trainees 2017/18

3rd July 2018, 4.00 to 6.00p, at Ibstock Community College.

Primary NQTs at their last CPD session on

Thursday 28th June 2018 at Forest Way

Secondary NQTs at their last CPD session on

Thursday 7th June 2018 at Forest Way

Recently Qualified Teacher Programme (RQT) Primary, Special and Secondary

Continuing to develop teachers’

practice so that teachers excel

and progress in their career

beyond their NQT year, is one

of the ways FWTSA retain

teachers.

When interviewing candidates

for the School Direct pro-

gramme, we ask what

attracted them to us.

More often than not, part of

the answer is the level of

support which is provided to

them beyond their training

year.

It is a well-known fact that,

nationally, teacher retention is

a big problem and many

teachers leave our profession

within the first 5 years.

Here at FWTSA, we are

proud to say that we are

bucking that trend. Both the

NQT and RQT courses will

be running again next year

and will be advertised

shortly. Let’s continue

our excellent support of

our new teachers and

keep our retention high!

Forest Way School


LE67 4UU

Phone: 01530 277363

Email:

[email protected]

www.

forestwaytsa.org

The Hall School in Glenfield has

recently joined our Alliance.

Headteachers and

Principals will get

the opportunity

to meet their

Head, Sally

Hayden at the

next Head’s

Breakfast meeting

on Thursday 26th

Research Groups

Update on the NEW Primary

Languages Network

The first session of our new

Primary Languages network was

held on 9th March and session

one went very well. We looked

at resources, issues, and what

could be helpful.

Consequently, as a group, we

decided that the next 2 sessions

will be focused on assessment

and recording progress in MFL,

then using stories to support

There are currently 2 Primary

research groups within the

alliance. These are based

around identified needs and

interests of our members.

Both groups are in their

infancy.

The first will be focussing on

greater depth in mathematics.

The group will be looking at

providing guidance to teachers

to better support the ‘rapid

graspers’ in their classrooms

based on recent research and

SSIF Projects

working closely with a mastery

specialist. A 3 half day course

for teachers will be advertised

soon to begin in the Autumn

term so keep your eyes

peeled!

There has been a lot of

discussions and research

around teacher workload in

the past few years. Therefore,

the second group, led by

Simone Fellows, will focus on

one element of this issue.

Members of the group will be

looking at the recent

research around 'no

marking' and alternative

ways of providing effective

feedback to students, whilst

at the same time reducing

teacher workload.

Welcome to The Hall School

These have now started and

are supporting 11 alliance

schools with literacy. A further

secondary bid has been submit-

ted and the Leicestershire

Teaching Schools are working

with Leicester LA to submit an

Early Years Bid too.

MFL teaching. As a group we

picked Dear Zoo and

everyone has been tasked

with making a specific

resource. We will share the

resources during session 2 and

teach the series of lesson to

evaluate during session 3.

The network is facilitated by

Safia Imzi, MFL teacher at

Ibstock Community College,

FWTSA Library


Alliance has a library of infor-

mation books available for

schools within our alliance to

borrow on a 4 week loan.

Schools will have to arrange to

collect and return the books to


Alliance at Forest Way School.

The books available to borrow

are listed on our website http://www.forestwaytsa.org/

library.html

Please email

[email protected] if

you would like to borrow a

book.

April at Forest Way School.

Welcome aboard!

Par Rod Campbell

Cher Zoo

and the next two sessions

will be held on Fridays 20th

April and 8th June, 1.00 to

3.00 at the Croft. Please

email

[email protected] if

you would like to attend.

Forest Way School


LE67 4UU

Phone: 01530 277363

Email:

[email protected]

www.

forestwaytsa.org

Please contact Pam Lord at FWTSA [email protected] Tel: 01530 277363

if you would like their assistance.

School Direct Class of 2017/18

Rachel Griffith

I have 28 years’ experience

training and working in a

combination of social care,

educational and psychotherapeutic roles and have

been working as a Local Authority

Educational Psychologist for 11

years.

My main work and life ethic is

about integrity, equality and

empowerment and I aim to make

these ‘show’ through all aspects of

my work. Always committed to

growing as an EP, I consider this a

life-long event.

My specialist training is in mental

health and coaching and I am

also a qualified organisational

change practitioner. My main EP

experience has been within highly

diverse and challenging

communities where it is important

to work with the complex, often

systemic, factors that affect

children and young people’s

learning. For me, this puts

relationship at the heart of

everything, so this will always be

my start and end point. According

to the vast range of people I have

worked with, this appears to be

one of my main strengths!

Dr Sarah Godwin

My experience as an educational

psychologist comes from working

with young people from a diverse

range of cultural, socio-economic,

and often complex backgrounds.

My work is tailored to the specific

needs of the young person and the

school, drawing on a wide range of

assessment, consultation and

intervention methods. I have

worked across all areas of SEN. I am effective at helping schools

find pathways through complex

problems by developing open and

supportive relationships with those

whom I work with and using a

naturally calm and pragmatic

approach to problem solving. I

take a solution focussed approach,

which can be applied across group

consultations.

I also deliver training sessions, such

as emotion coaching, precision

teaching, and working memory.

Training packages are developed in

a bespoke manner to suit the

needs of individuals and schools.

One of my current interests

focusses on supporting schools in

becoming aware of mental health

issues and promoting emotional

wellbeing in their settings.

Two new Educational Psychologists join the team

Forest Way Teaching School Alliance are delighted to welcome

two new Educational Psychologists, Rachel Griffiths and Sarah

Godwin, to our team to work with schools within the alliance.

Don’t forget to check out our website

www.forestwaytsa.org for up to date information on

Dates and times of Network Groups

On-line course booking

Information about School Direct ITT

NQT and RQT courses

Links to all our partner websites

and see our Facebook and Twitter pages

too.

Forest Way School


LE67 4UU

Phone: 01530 277363

Email:

[email protected]

www.

forestwaytsa.org

What’s On for Autumn Term 2017

Date/Event Time Venue

Thursday 19 April 2018

CPD Training for Secondary NQTs 1.30pm FWS

Friday 20th April 2018

Primary Languages Network 1.0pm The Croft, FWS

Monday 23rd April 2018

CPD Training for Secondary RQTs 1.30am FWS

Tuesday 24th April 2018

KS2 Guided Reading 9.30am FWS

Using Symbols to support behaviour and inclusion 1.30pm FWS

Thursday 26th April 2018

Heads Breakfast Meeting 8.00am FWS

Friday 27th April 2018

Social Stories 9.30am FWS

Monday 30th April 2018

Right from the Start 9.00am FWS

Tuesday 1st May 2018

Developing Mastery in Maths with SEN Context (B) 9.30am Birkett House School

Using symbols to support behaviour & inclusion 1.30pm FWS

STELLAR Primary Science Network (TELA) 4.00pm Thomas Estley CC

Wednesday 2nd May 2018

Primary Literacy Network 1.30pm FWS

Friday 4th May 2018

NPQSL Face to Face Training 9.00pm FWS

Tuesday 8th May 2018

Phonics Training 3.45pm FWS

Wednesday 9th May 2018

KS2 Guided Reading 9.30am FWS

Primary Computing Network 1.30pm FWS

Thursday 10th May 2018

STELLAR Primary Science Network (TELA) 4.00pm FWS

Tuesday 15th May 2018

Makaton Beginners Workshop 9.20am FWS

What’s On for Summer Term 2018

Forest Way School


LE67 4UU

Phone: 01530 277363

Email:

[email protected]

www.

forestwaytsa.org



Wednesday 16th May 2018

HLTA Network Group 1.30am The Croft, FWS

Friday 18th May 2018

Cover Supervisors Network 1.00pm FWS

Monday 21st May 2018

Deputies & Asst, Heads Network 8.00am FWS

SENCO Collaborative Network 1.30pm FWS

Tuesday 22nd May 2018

Makaton Beginners Workshop 9.30am FWS

Mastery in Maths with the SEN Context 9.30am Thomas Estley CC

Wednesday 23rd May 2018

Phonics Training 3.45pm FWS

Thursday 24th May 2018

DRB Primary Heads Briefing 9.00am FWS

Governors Network 4.00pm FWS

HALF TERM

Monday 4th June 2018

Professional Network for English Subject Leaders 1.30pm FWS

Tuesday 5th June 2018

Professional Network for Maths Subject Leaders 9.15am FWS

Wednesday 6th June 2018

Prof. Dev. For KS1 Teaching Assts. GRAMMAR 9.30am FWS

Prof. Dev. For KS2 Teaching Assts. GRAMMAR 1.30pm FWS

Early Years Practitioners Network 4.00pm FWS

Thursday 7th June 2018

ELSA Training Follow Up Supervision 9.30am FWS

CPD Training for Secondary NQTs -Celebration 1.30pm FWS

Early Years Practitioners Network 4.00pm FWS

Friday 8th June 2018

Primary Teaching Assistants Network 9.30am FWS

Primary Languages Network 1.00pm The Croft, FWS

Forest Way School


LE67 4UU

Phone: 01530 277363

Email:

[email protected]

www.

forestwaytsa.org



Monday 11th June 2018

Assessing pupils working below national standard 9.30am FWS


Primary Maths Network 1.30pm FWS


STELLAR Primary Science Network (FWTSA) 4.00pm FWS


IT Technicians Network 1.30pm The Croft, FWS


STELLAR Primary Science Network (TELA 4.00am Thomas Estley CC

Cover Supervisors Network 1.00pm FWS


Makaton Follow Up Training 9.30am FWS


Primary Literacy Network 1.30pm FWS


Makaton Follow Up Training 9.30am FWS

Thursday 28th June 2018

Heads Breakfast Meeting 8.00am FWS

Primary NQT Training—Celebration 1.30pm FWS


Deadline for return of NQT Assessments to

FWTSA

Tuesday 3rd July 2018

Talk Boost Key Stage 1 9.30am FWS

School Direct Celebration Event 4.00pm Ibstock C C

Wednesday 4th July 2018

Mastery in Maths with the SEN Context 9.30am Thomas Estley CC

Thursday 5th July 2018

Mastery in Maths with the SEN Context 9.30am Birkett House

Friday 6th July 2018

NPQSL Face to Face Training 9.00am FWS

To book for courses and events please go to our bookings website

https://bookwhen.com/forestwaytsa

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