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Assessment Leaders Update Twilights 2025-26 (INT441)
Eligibility: This course is open to assessment leaders in any infant, junior or primary school.

This  course has already begun - to attend the remaining sessions please email us at ststraining@southglos.gov.uk 

As schools we are inundated with information around statutory assessment, so why not come and join the team at three online, twilight sessions,  who will give the key messages and actions that you need to take each term.

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Maths: Core Learning & Assessment in Y2 - Maths Readiness for Y3 (INT386)

Eligibility: This course is open to Y2 teachers in any infant or primary school

This course will focus very much on the core learning in the spring and summer terms of Y2 to prepare pupils for Y3.  There will be time to look at planning and some moderation.

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Maths: Online Staff Meeting Series - Bar modelling to solve word problems (INT533)

Eligibility: This course is open to all infant, junior and primary schools. The staff meeting format is intended for all relevant teaching and support staff at a school to attend as one.

Staff not confident with bar modelling? Pupils not secure with drawing bar models to solve word problems? Then this is the staff meeting for you!

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Maths: Online Staff Meeting Series - Table games to secure number bonds and times tables (INT535)

Eligibility: This course is open to all infant, junior and primary schools. The staff meeting format is intended for all relevant teaching and support staff at a school to attend as one.

Looking for new ways to explore number bonds and times tables recall? Come and explore using dice, dominoes, playing cards and Lego to engage pupils and parents.

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Maths: Online Staff Meeting Series - Using manipulatives to teach fractions (INT536)

Eligibility: This course is open to all infant, junior and primary schools. The staff meeting format is intended for all relevant teaching and support staff at a school to attend as one.

Are your staff secure with using manipulatives to model all aspects of fractions, from EYFS to Y6? If the answer is no, book this staff meeting! 

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Maths: Subject Leader Collaboration Group (INT363)

Eligibility: This course is open to Maths Subject Leaders from any school.

School life is busy, and it often means as a leader that you don’t have time to keep fully up to date with what is happening in the world of mathematics. So why not come and join our maths advisor, once a term.

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Science Subject Leader Collaboration Group (INT446)
Eligibility: This course is open to science subject leaders from any infant, junior and primary school.

School life is busy, which often means you don’t have time to keep up to date with what is happening in the world of science. Why not come and join us for three, one hour updates over the academic year.

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Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA) Training (INT746)

Eligibility: This course is open to teaching assistants, higher level teaching assistants, SENCos and teachers from any infant, junior, primary or secondary school in South Gloucestershire and close surrounding areas.

Through their training ELSAs learn how to deliver individualised and sometimes small group programmes of support on aspects of emotional literacy including emotional awareness, self-esteem, anger management, social and friendship skills and therapeutic approaches e.g., mindfulness, Lego therapy

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Finance - Introduction to Access Education Finance and Access Education Budgeting (INT701)

Eligibility: This course is open to all new administrators, school business managers and headteachers in South Gloucestershire maintained schools only.

AEF and AEB are the Finance and Budgeting systems used by South Gloucestershire maintained schools.  This course will give new users an overview of both systems and provide guidance and documents.

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Finance - New School Business Manager Induction (INT682)

Eligibility: This course is open to all new school business managers in South Gloucestershire maintained schools only.

An introduction session for new school business managers, or those with experience but are new to South Gloucestershire. 

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Finance - Preparing for Revised Budgets (INT691)

Eligibility: This course is open to all administrators, school business managers and headteachers in South Gloucestershire maintained schools only.

In term two, schools, together with schools finance, prepare, set and submit the revised budget.  The session will guide schools through the process.

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Schools Finance Bitesize - Free School Meals Expansion Grant (INT688)

Eligibility: This course is open to school business managers and headteachers in South Gloucestershire maintained schools only

Changes to the eligibility criteria for Free School Meal entitlement from September will have an impact on the school budget.  In this session we will detail what those changes are.

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Schools Finance Bitesize: Accounting for the Inclusive Mainstream Fund (INT700)

Eligibility: This course is open to all school business managers and headteachers in South Gloucestershire maintained schools only.

The Inclusive Mainstream Fund is additional funding for schools intended to improve the inclusivity of universal provision  As this funding is ring fenced, this course will show you how to account for this in AEF.