This session will visit the key messages from the secondary maths teacher and author, Craig Barton. It will look at Explicit Instruction, Deliberate Practice, Problem Solving and Independence, Purposeful Practice and Diagnostic Questions and explore how these can be embedded into your daily practice.

ideas from the bestselling book shared!

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In addition to these sessions, there will also be some bespoke sessions run for individual academies throughout the year, these will be

How Literacy Tree works in Foundation Stage 
Child Led Learning
Phonics
Indoor Provision - Is it continuous or enhance, what's the difference?
Assessment, what it is for and how it is used

If any schools are interested in attending these, please contact Kara Robinson

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This half-day session provides Astrea Academy Principals with the opportunity to consider the Trust’s Educational Visits Policy and its key requirements to ensure effective management and conduct of off-site educational visits. Key elements which will be looked at in detail include: the role of the Educational Visits Co-ordinator; visit notification and approval timescales and requirements; legal framework and responsibilities for educational visits; using the Evolve system; staff training, qualifications and competence for different visit and activity types; access to support, advice and guidance; and monitoring and quality assurance processes.

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