Target Audience – Primary Practitioners
Aims – The aim of this session is to give practitioners ideas for STEM activities running up to Christmas
This session will be delivered on MS Teams. Please logon 10 minutes before the session is due to start and have your cameras on and be ready to join in discussion, share thoughts, experiences and learn from each other.
26 November 3:45pm – 4:30pm.
Please book via Business World.
Content:
To understand how to facilitate play through a balanced approach of teacher led, teacher initiated and child led play experiences. The first session is to be accessed independently as this is a pre-recorded session and should be engaged with prior to 13th January 2025. The second session is a facilitated online session which will take place on Tuesday 21st January 2025.
Aims:
Places can be booked through Business World.
Content – An opportunity to connect with others, share practice and collaborate with teachers across the Borders on various stages of their play journey. The sessions will be facilitated by the Early Years Pedagogy Team, the focus of each session will be chosen by the teachers attending.
Aims – The Early Years Teacher Team will:
Dates (all sessions 4:30pm – 5:30pm)
26 November 2024
4 February 2025
25 March 2025
3 June 2025
Places can be booked through Business World.
Are you currently a teacher or a Childhood Practice graduate, working with children aged 0-8, looking to develop your skills and expertise in Early Years Education?
The Scottish Government has approved funding of MEd Early Years students for the 2024-2025 academic year through the University of Aberdeen, so there is no time like the present to begin your PgCert year.
Why study for your MEd Early Years at the University of Aberdeen:
Applications for this course are open and the course begins 23 September 2024
To find out more please visit our website: MEd Early Years University of Aberdeen
If you have any questions about the course you can contact our new Programme Director Amy: amy.mcfarlane@abdn.ac.uk
Click here to apply now: Apply Now
The course will consider the drivers of behaviour, consider our reflective practice and suggest strategies to support others (pupils and staff).
Aims:
1. Understand where behaviour comes from
2. Identify some signs of dysregulation
3. How to support the children we work with and each other
Target Audience: Education professionals in primary and secondary
Online – 25 September 2024, 3:45pm – 5:15pm
Places can be booked through Business World.
IWS
A series of 5 bitesize virtual training sessions developed in line with the SBC Early Level Portal STEM pages and the National STEM Nation Award, evidenced through practitioner inquiry tasks.
Aims:
To increase knowledge and confidence to support and extend STEM through spaces, experiences and interactions, evidenced through practitioner inquiry tasks.
To introduce and support consideration of STEM Nation Award- Education Scotland.
Session 1
Introduction to STEM, skills and capabilities through spaces experiences and interactions
Introduction to STEM Nation Award-Education Scotland
Practitioner enquiry 1. “Identifying and developing skills and capabilities in ELC/classroom”
Session 2.
Feedback practitioner enquiry 1.
STEM and Creativity
Practitioner enquiry 2. “STEM into Christmas” (indoors)
Session 3
Feedback practitioner enquiry 2.
STEM Gender Stereotyping and its impact
Practitioner enquiry 3. “Consider gender stereotyping and its impact (in relation to STEM)”
Session 4
Feedback practitioner enquiry 3.
STEM Outdoors and Beyond the Gate (Communities/STEM Nation Award-Education Scotland)
Practitioner enquiry 4. “STEM outdoors”
Session 5
Feedback practitioner enquiry 4.
STEM Pedagogy
A Check in, impact on practice and Check out, sustaining and building on impact
Target Audience:
All Early Learning and Childcare setting practitioners, Primary Teachers and support staff (ANAs, EYPs etc.)
All sessions will be from 2pm – 3pm on the following dates:
25 October 2024
22 November 2024
17 January 2025
7 March 2025
25 April 2025
Microsoft Teams link will be sent out to all approved delegates. Please join 5-10 minutes before the given start time to allow for connection issues. As an introduction please watch SBCway Professional CLPL Video Getting started with STEM the #SBCway before first session on 25.10.24
Places can be booked through Business World.
| Course Contents:
Deepening our understanding of a range of neurodiverse presentations. Exploring strategies to support children, with a needs based approach. Ensuring educators’ knowledge of policy and procedures for effective documentation. |
| Aims:
Session 1. To uplevel our knowledge on a variety of Additional Support Needs and brain types. To understand ways that children communicate their needs through their behaviours. To help develop nurturing, consistent support through strong relationships. Session 2. To support Neurodiverse / Additional Support Needs to positively impact all. Explore what we can do to support through our Core Provision. Developing a holistic multi-agency approach and strong links with families. Session 3. Strengthening understanding of record keeping and individual support plans. To share impact of change for child and educator. |
Target Audience – ELC practitioners, Primary 1 teachers, 0.1s, teachers and support staff
This course is run online over 3 twilight sessions from 4pm – 5:30pm:
23 October 2024
13 November 2024
4 December 2024
Participants must attend all 3 sessions and complete follow on tasks
Places can be booked through Business World
The School Nursing Team are going to provide an information session in each cluster. This will cover the information from the modules on SBLearn – Asthma, Anaphylaxis and Epilepsy.
Unfortunately there will not be an input from the diabetic team. It will still be a requirement that the staff attending to complete the modules online prior to this session as the team will provide additional support and answer any queries which they may have.
The training will run from 4-5pm.
17 September 2024 – Main Hall, Hawick High School
22 October 2024 – Main Hall, Berwickshire High School
18 November 2024 – Earlston High School (4:15pm start)
27 November 2024 – Kelso High School
Postponed – St Peter’s Primary School
Postponed – Peebles High School
Postponed – Selkirk High School
1 April 2025 – Eyemouth High School
Postponed – Jedburgh Grammar Campus
Spaces can be booked through Business World. Private & Voluntary Nurseries or Childminders are welcome to join these sessions.
Coming up on today’s first episode of the new school session we chat with James Bewsey about all the year of implementation for SBC Way and a newly revamped Inspire Learning Team plus we have our professional learning bulletin with lots of CLPL offers and hear from some of our 2024/25 year NQTs.
Link to Apple Podcasts is here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/educating-borders/id1679773660
Link to Spotify is here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/educating-borders
MAP – Health Behaviour Change Training Programme
This learning programme is for colleagues working in early years whose role involves helping people and families to make positive health and lifestyle related changes. It provides a guide to structure behaviour change conversations (using the MAP model) and evidence-based behaviour change techniques (BCTs) which help people make changes.
Workshops are an essential part of the program and are being offered by virtual attendance on MS teams. Please see the flyer and the learner pathway for further details including closing date for registration. Early registration is recommended as places are limited.
