Dear Parent/Carer
After the success of this year’s programme of training with parents/carers, we are going to continue to offer a number of courses this year. The feedback from the sessions this year were all highly positive. Booking forms will be sent out closer to the time. The list below gives you advance notice in case you want to pop the dates into your diaries. The dates will be fixed as below unless for any reason there is something we cannot control e.g. the trainer being absent etc.
Some of the sessions will be a repeat of the courses we ran last year but feel free to come and revisit them.
Our pupils have a range of needs. Not all of the sessions will match your child’s needs although you can come to the sessions if you are interested. If you are not sure if the session will be something that would support you with your child then please just contact Julie Goddard in school and she will know or will find out.
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Date |
Time |
Focus |
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Friday 21st September 2018 |
1.30-2.45pm |
Welcome to the Primary Department |
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Tuesday 25th September 2018 |
10.00-11.30am |
Welcome to the Secondary Department |
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Friday 21st September 2018 |
9-30-11.45am |
Behaviour Course Session 4. Letters already sent out to Parents/ Carers involved
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Tuesday 2nd October 2018 |
10.00-11.30am |
EYFS/ Primary Coffee morning |
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Wed 10th October 2018 |
10.00-11.30am |
Writing Session What writing looks like at The Bridge for our pupils How we use a range of resources to support our pupils |
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Wed 17th October 2018 |
9.45-11.15am |
Parent Basic ICT. How to use the Computer from switching on to using You Tube and sending E-mails. If you do not know the basics then please come along.
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Thursday 8th November 2018 |
10.00-11.30am |
Secondary Coffee Morning |
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Friday 9th November 2018 |
9.30-11.45am
1.30-2.45pm |
Sharing Drama Games
EYFS Coffee afternoon |
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Friday 16th November 2018 |
10.00-11.30am |
Secondary Coffee morning |
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Tuesday 20th November 2018 |
9.30-11.45am |
Makaton refresher session for parents/carers who have already completed the Beginners course. Would you like to come and practise your signing
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Tuesday 8th Jan/15th Jan/22nd Jan/29th Jan 2019 |
9.30-11.45am |
Parent Makaton Beginners. The course and the manuals are funded by our school for our parents and carers. Other family members are welcome: there may be a cost to cover the manual. Parent/Carers will get an attendance certificate. ALL dates must be attended to complete the course.
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Friday 25th Jan 2019 |
9.30-11.45am
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Reading session. Exploring Reading with our Pupils
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Monday 4th February 2019 |
10.00-11.30am |
Secondary Coffee morning |
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Thursday 14th February 2019 |
9.30-11.45am |
Parent Sensory Experience. How do our pupils use their senses to explore the environment around them? Soundbeam
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Thursday 28th February 2019 |
9.30-11.45am |
Sharing Programmes/ Apps linked to website |
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Wed 6th March 2019 |
10.30-11.30am |
EYFS / Primary Coffee morning |
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Friday 8th March 2019 |
9.30-11.45am |
Phonics Session Want to know more about Phonics and see phonic software in action?
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Tuesday 12th March 2019 |
9.30-11.30am |
AAC session. Exploring a variety of AAC Aids and software that our pupil use in school (Alternative means of communications)
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Friday 15th March 2019 |
9.30-11.45am |
An Introduction to PECS. What is PECS? How can I use it with my child? (Picture Exchange Communication System)
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Tuesday 19th March 2019 |
1.30-2.45pm |
What is Intensive Interaction? How do we use Intensive Interaction with our children |
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Friday 29th March 2019 |
9.30-11.45am |
Exploring Number and Counting on
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Tuesday 2nd April 2019 |
9.30-11.45am |
“Sharing the Curriculum- Music ” Want to know more about the curriculum and what we do? Come along today and we will share how we teach Music.
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Tuesday 30th April/ 7th /14th/21st May 2019 |
9.30-11.45am |
Makaton for Parents/ Carers Follow Up course who have completed the Beginners’ Makaton course. The course and the manuals are funded by our school for our parents and carers. Other family members who have attended the beginners’ course are welcome: there may be a cost to cover the manual. Parents/ Carers will get an attendance certificate ALL dates must be attended to complete the course
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Wed 8th May 2019 |
10.30-11.30am |
EYFS/ Primary Coffee morning |
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Wed 15th May |
5.30-7.30pm |
Evening Session Secondary Parent Session “Strategies for Managing Challenging Behaviour” The session will be very relaxed and parents/carers will have the opportunity to discuss their concerns and to explore strategies with other parents/carers and the course trainers
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Friday May 17th 2019
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9.30-11.45am |
Secondary Parent Session “Strategies for Managing Challenging Behaviour” The session will be very relaxed and parents/carers will have the opportunity to discuss their concerns and to explore strategies with other parents/carers and the course trainers
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Tuesday 4th/11/18th/25th June 2019 |
9.30-11.45am |
EYFS/ Primary Parent Course "Managing My Child’s Behaviour". It will include issues like sleep, toileting, going out, general behaviour etc.
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Monday 10th June 2019 |
10.00-11.30am |
Secondary Coffee morning |
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Wed 12th June 2019 |
9.30-11.45am |
Parent session “Sharing the Curriculum” Want to know more about the curriculum and what we do? Come along today and we will share how we teach Science.
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Friday 28th June 2019 |
9.30-11.45am |
“Do you want to develop your child's communication skills and understanding?” This is a session for parents of children who are at an early stage of communication(pre-intentional up to first word/signs/symbols) (Speech and Language Therapy led session |
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Tuesday 2nd July 2019 |
1.30-2.45pm |
EYFS/ Primary Coffee afternoon |
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Wed 3rd July 2019 |
9.30-11.45am |
“Do you want to develop your child's communication skills and understanding?” This is a session for parents of children who can understand 2 or more information carrying words in a sentence. (Speech and Language Therapy led session |
There will be other things we may add to the list during the year and we will tell you about these as they arise. The sessions above are ones that are currently planned. If there is something you think would be useful but we have not included in the programme then please just let us know and we can see if it something we can do.