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Lego Based Training- Extremley useful, i can now do a session involving children to help them. Explained well from start to finish. This will support children who struggle with sharing, listening. Loved doing the lego therapy practice.

Karen Hawthornthwaite

Crosshill School

Lego Based Training- Really useful, open conversations and discussions about how it could work for children with different needs. Oak LP always provide useful training, All sessions have been fab ! A great session looking forward to trying it in school.

Laura Khan

Elton Primary School

Lego Based Training - Very useful in supporting my SEND knowledge. This will be a great tool in my school. Today has been Lovely, Friendly, Relaxed. Today was great ! lots of resources available. I can even use this at home with my own children.

Jean Jones

Woodhey High School

Getting Writing Right - Great training, very informative and really helped me reflect on our Practice in school. Learnt lots to share with staff. Worked well in supporting my CPD.

Victoria Doskocz

Stubbins Primary School

Getting Writing Right - The Information about OFSTED updates/ writing framework and what that does/doesn't mean for practice has been useful. Moderation/assessment information very useful. this training has been so valuable.

Laura Shatliff

St Peters C of E

Getting Writing Right - Very Useful, some great ideas which are easy to implement. Great idea to unify planning sheets. Oak LP offer useful training courses.

Kathryn Byrne

Holcombe Brook

Team Teach- Great demonstration, explanation, left feeling very confident in my approach. Great feedback and knowledge of other courses. Looking forward to attending more.

Diane McGwynn

Mersey Drive Primary

Team Teach- Very useful, informative, friendly, trainer is GREAT !!. Useful training needed in our setting. Great information and links given.

Charlotte Spence

Mersey Drive primary School

Team Teach Course- Brilliant ! trainer was extremely knowledgeable and made the course engaging and fun/interesting.Great shared examples and signposting of where to find resources. Thank you

Alex Dooley

Unsworth Primary School

First Aid Course- Personalised and very informative and supportive.I recommend this training programme to others seeking a similar qualification.

Lauren Hodgson

Elms Bank School

First Aid Course - This was relaxed and informal with lots of opportunities to share questions. I have learnt a lot of new skills. As I put my training into practice I know my confidence will grow.

Francesca Ruddick

Elms Bank School

What does SEMH provision look like was very informative, gave me a real incite and understanding of SEMH/SEN needs. Preventative, Adaptations, PACE, firm foundations being important. I feel I gained lots of useful information and strategies.

Tammy O'Brien

Sunnybank Primary

What does SEMH provision look like was really good, lots of ideas for trying different strategies. Useful resources. Really good training affirming knowledge and new knowledge shared between TA's/Pastoral with different points of view.

Claire Monteverde

St Monica's

What does SEMH provision look like was very useful, has given me lots to think about and new strategies to try. Good to hear from someone who is practicing what they say.

Carol Mitchell

All Saints CEP

Attention Autism was very useful, it has given me a great starting point to deliver the sessions in my setting, ideas and activities. This training was ideal to meet the needs of my children.

Laura Frodsham

Walmsley CE Primary School

Thought Attention Autism training was clear and very specific. Good organisation. The most useful aspect was seeing the bucket activities and sessions in action. great training, really helpful and great delivery.

Vanessa Barrera

Highfield Primary

With Attention Autism I have learnt that its ok not to be as vocal, let the children watch and its ok if the go off and come back. great ideas and the course was a great success. I better understand Attention Autism, training was FAB !

Lisa Simpson

St Michaels RC Primary

I know understand there is more to Attention Autism and there are many ways to do it. I know have a better understanding of what my SEN child needs.

Reese Brickles

St Michaels RC Primary

Dyslexia - A Multisensory Approach, i have developed a better generic understanding as well as some useful ideas for group and 1-1 support. Session was very informative with good knowledge/ideas

Kieran Armstrong

Broadfield Specialist School

Dyslexia- A multisensory Approach was really useful and gained alot of new knowledge and strategies to use in daily work like. Links have been shared which are very useful.

Cian Donnelly

St Maries

Dyslexia Multisensory Approach was very Useful. Fab ideas and information on supporting students using multisensory approach. Will go back to school with lots of ideas on how to support our young people.

Lucy Haworth

Broadfield Specialist School

MHFA was very helpful in educating on looking for signs of mental health problems and how to support. Oak LP outreach provide very useful training.

Sarah Parkinson

Lowercroft Primary School

MHFA training was Great !! Gemma was really engaging. she has delivered training on a challenging topic in a supportive way. Her knowledge and understanding is really valuable. Really good CDP for staff.

Fran Cooper

Philips High School

The ORACY course provided lots of useful ideas to help develop ORACY back at school. Voice 21 information useful. Liked the venue, Maddy is worth coming out for. Will use the CLP website and look into fluency zoo.

Bernadette Partington

High Lawn Primary School

The ORACY training was fabulous !! -based on research and experience, loved the examples of the progression document, Just what we need as a starting point. Great reference to lots of resources too. Thank you

Caroline Hesketh

The Oaks Primary School

Boosting Learning Through Retrieval's training confirmed our schools direction and expanded our knowledge so we adapt to enhance our students future lessons and understanding. Great use of resources, videos and collaboration to take away.

Paul Hestford

Bowness Primary School

Boosting Learning Through Retrieval was very useful in facilitating discussion and provide examples of implementation of retrieval techniques and embedding it into the curriculum. Good to have the opportunity to collaborate with other schools.

Paul Turner

Unsworth Primary School

English Subject Lead Cluster Briefing focused our attention past the spiel to the factors that will have most impact. offered insights to balanced views. Cheered me up !!

Luke French

Holcombe Brook Primary

English Subject Lead Cluster Briefing was really useful. Not had chance to read and digest new frameworks so today was really helpful as overviews. Feels like Bury used to feel with training, collaboration and experts leading. Thank you

Nicola Goff

Fairfield Community Primary School

English Subject Lead Cluster Briefing was very useful with lots of practical approaches for teaching and in class and also leading the subject. Very informative regarding new government documentation. Oak LP Outreach provides useful training.

Ruby Robinson

Cams Lane Primary

Signing to Support Communication has been very useful in understanding new ways to support and communicate. The course was very informative and handouts will allow me to continue to practice.

Charlie Ireland

Gorsefield Primary School

Signing to Support Communication was very useful, Fran was very communicative and helped with signs relating to individual settings. She ensured i knew how to support children further in individual circumstances.

Orla Healy

Our Lady of Lourdes R C Primary

Lego based intervention training - It was extremely important to build on my SEN knowledge and gave me strategies on how to make communication easier and effective for children. very useful and easily accessible.

Misbah Mahmood

Crosshill School

Lego based intervention training - was very useful, i can use this in school for SEN and EAL children. I can see how this will help with speech being Elkan trained. This training was brilliant.

Shamim Valli

High Lawn Primary School

Lego Based intervention training - informative of what activities help with what issue. Really well delivered training with a good mix of listening and practical methods. Oak LP Outreach provide useful training.

Joanne Rowley

St Aidans C of E

Sensory Diets - really useful training to help and support with my job day to day and made me think about my support in class. Helps me with my CPD day to day

Joanne Costin

Unsworth Primary

Sensory Diets- todays session have been very useful, lots of information and strategies discussed that can be implemented easily and immediately. very engaging thankyou

Amy Nisbett

Edstart Schools

Sensory Diets - gave me a deeper understanding of auditory/tactile/smell and body awareness needs. This was a very useful session thankyou

Lynn Elder

Elms Bank College Hub

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St Peters Primary November 2023

Prior to the recent OakLP Outreach school evaluation review with St Peters Primary School in relation to their SEND Provision, the Outreach team discussed priorities that the school may wish to focus on and the various Support packages available through Outreach on how they could help St Peters. Steve Wedgeworth and Katie Cheadle from St Peters thought this was very useful in helping them to decide on priorities for their SEND provision.

Following a visit to Elms Bank School by St Peters they stated that Laura Baker and Dave Herbert were very supportive and gave clear feedback and recommendations on the day as to how to improve SEND Provision. A comprehensive report was provided which was extremely helpful in highlighting their next steps.

Discussed were future training/CPD requirements and the outcome was:

Autism training for staff

 SENCo to visit the Outreach Team as per Spring Term One for All offer to discuss strategic priorities for SEND/changes to policy and practice/classroom environment.      

TAs to visit Elms Bank/Unsworth Primary to work alongside other TAs in the Spring  Term One for All TA Development Drop-in sessions.

Tottington Primary School July 2023

Prior to the recent OakLP Outreach school evaluation review with Tottington Primary School in relation to their SEND Provision, the Outreach teams audit formatting was very clear with what they wanted to look at and the timings or what/when was helpful to structure the day.

Following the visit to Elms Bank School by Tottington Primary School, Michaela Benz commented that the experience was very positive and a supportive atmosphere enabling good constructive discussions, where sharing ideas happened in the moment and where the Outreach team drew out areas of development and good practical ideas to build on.

The comprehensive report was very clear with clear areas/ideas to develop as well as highlighting our strengths. It has given us a clear structure for CDP which Tottington are looking forward to developing and building their practice.

Discussed were future training/CPD requirements and the outcome was:

 Discussion with Elms bank SENCo to look at provision mapping, universal practice.

 Enabling environments and practical strategies for adaptive teaching

SENCO Support Surgery – SEMH Spring 2023

• Supportive environment! 
• Classroom visits great opportunity 
• Case study information thorough 
• All enjoyable, would love to stay all day. 
• Great strategies to try.
• Great to see how resources and ideas are used in practise in the classrooms here. 
• Great to see resources within the classroom. 

“Loved seeing the classes and all the fabulous structures in place. It stands out how consistent all the staff are. Just GREAT.”

• Good to have opportunities to discuss with colleagues and get KS3/4 perspective. 
• Lovely calm and engaging environment. 
• Wonderful workstations and visual support. 

Alex Dooley, Unsworth Primary 

St Gabriel’s December 2022

ST GABRIEL'S DECEMBER 2022

A visit was undertaken by the Head and SENDCo to Elmsbank School to gather ideas regarding our SEDN provision and the rising number of SEMH and ADHD issues. 

• Activities undertaken 
• Leadership meeting 
• Visit to Inspire and Nurture provisions 
• Lesson observation (20 mins). 

KEY FINDINGS/STRATEGIES TO ADOPT/CONSIDER
  1. Trauma / ACE training for all staff – adopt and embed into school CPD calendar
  2. January CPD to remind all staff of expectations of unconditional positive regard and anxiety-reducing questioning techniques for instance.
  3. SEND provision (room, furniture and expectation) to have significant investment. Individual learning pods, break out areas to be in place for September 2023. Further visits by SEND team to Elmsbank re strategies used and resources.
  4. Re-evaluate teaching strategies in SEND and lessons during transition periods to include; 
    • Walking breaks with TAs
    • Shorter lesson times for ADHD students
    • Success-based starter activities
    • Patterns of learning for a nurture provision to settle students into well-established routines
  5. Re-evaluate where SEND provision is in the building and whether students transitioning back to mainstream should be doing so much more slowly and only into certain buildings to avoid anxiety. 
  6. Adopt a similar model to nurture pathway for SEND provision area and inspire-informed teaching practises upon transition.
  7. Work collaboratively with primary feeders to ensure they are working towards transition out of primary provision to mainstream secondary or that we know exactly where they are on their journey.  

 

E-ACT Blackley October 2022

SUPPORT RATIONALE

E-ACT Blackley currently have a large number of children in EYFS with significant need, who are not accessing the reception curriculum and require highly individualised support for the progress of their EHCP targets. We are fortunate enough to have 9 staff members in Reception and 6 in Nursery to support. However, staff confidence in how to support these children is low and we require strategies, resources and advice on how to give the best provision so the children are making the best progress they can.

PRELIMENARY SUPPORT

We initially met with Orienne via a TEAMS call to establish our support needs. This allowed us to explore in depth the kind of support we may need. The coaching style of this meeting enabled us to reflect on our situation and formulate a strategy plan for moving forward. Orienne used the information gathered from this initial meeting to prepare a visit to Elms bank. The timetable for the visit was carefully planned to ensure we got the most out of the day based on the needs explored in the initial briefing.

VISIT TO ELMSBANK

The headteacher, Deputy SENCO and EYFS lead were all invited to spend the morning at Elms Bank. On arrival to Elms Bank, we were presented with a carefully designed plan for each member of staff to explore specific pathways and spend time with professionals who had the knowledge and experience to support our needs. This was a fully immersive morning and we were overwhelmed by the compassion, hard work and knowledge of the staff.

What we gained at Elms Bank was invaluable! The wealth of ideas and resources that staff shared with us was fantastic. We loved the basket tasks and the photos to really individualise the learning for the children (I've already passed this onto our nursery team who are making them as we speak!). We loved the creative lesson and this is something we can take forward immediately, with perhaps a new story and setting for children to explore each fortnight. This will be really helpful for development of language and social development. It was also amazing to see strategies, areas and resources to use for self-regulation. Many of our children do not have these strategies and end up in crisis, rather than it being drip fed to them. LOVED the 'hidden curriculum' This will be so beneficial for both our EYFS children and children across the academy too. It will also be great for children with ADHD. It was such a friendly and welcoming school.

Again, thank you so much for your support with the challenging situation we find ourselves in here at E-ACT Blackley. We truly feel that with the support and advice gained from your school, we can confidently move forward with help our most vulnerable children succeed.

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