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To encourage a positive and realistic approach to a financially secure retirement and help delegates make informed choices about their retirement
This workshop is for anyone, regardless of grade considering retirement within the next three YEARS

Portsmouth Primary English Network

This course is aimed at individuals wishing to take control of their finances for a secure future. Looking at information on mortgages, understanding your pension savings, state pensions and benefits, investing in the future and tax efficiency.

It is an opportunity for new year 2 teachers to look at their English subject knowledge in isolation and within the context of children’s work. They will have the opportunity to look at learning journeys over the year, discussing rich texts to use to create rich outcomes for children. They will also spend time myth busting about the moderation process and be given time to explore what independence looks like in year 2.

A link to the Zoom meeting will be sent to you prior to the course.

The Primary RE Network, led by Justine Ball, RE Adviser for HIAS, provides opportunities to collaborate and share good practice with other RE leads across the city.

Justine will cover the new Ofsted review on R.E., the Living Difference III syllabus and the changes proposed for Living Difference IV, which comes into action on 30 November 2021 and planning your R.E. Delegates will need to bring their long term plan with them please.

Please note there are three network events, it's not mandatory to attend all three, and you can attend however many as you wish.

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There seems to be a misconception around 'helping people' and a tendency to move towards specific training that is overly complicated, sometimes daunting and often ends up sitting on the 'shelf' - The Healthy Conversation Skills training aims to de-mystify the art of 'giving help' and build confidence in everyone.

This 3 hour, fully interactive virtual training is designed to encourage and support the philosophy behind Making Every Contact Count (MECC) with added peer support, networking opportunities and a desire to implement what they learn in their daily lives

We all have a shared responsibility to be healthy in the conversations we have with our residents/customers and each other. We need to invest time in the development of our skills now while there is a collective consideration of health and inequality made so evident in the current pandemic.

If people are empowered to be proactive and opportunistic in their approach to helping others with more complex issues like mental health and sexual health: they will need to be confident in having a basic conversation; using reflection, open discovery questions and a person centred, asset based approach.

Alcohol! That’s right the legal drug that can be so difficult to talk about! We spend the evening on tailoring those conversations around helping someone to make changes in their drinking with expert advice on hand from specialist alcohol practitioners - limited places NHS protected

It is an opportunity for new year 6 teachers to look at their English subject knowledge in isolation and within the context of children’s work. They will have the opportunity to look at learning journeys over the year, discussing rich texts to use to create rich outcomes for children. They will also spend time myth busting about the moderation process and be given time to explore what independence looks like in year 6.

A link to the Zoom meeting will be sent to you prior to the course. 

The Primary Science Network provides opportunities to collaborate and share good practice with other Science leads across the city. From progression within the subject to useful resources, the group is led by the needs of those attending so that it can be as useful as possible to those joining.

 Dario Recchia and Holly Thompson will be leading the meetings.

Please note there are three meetings, it is not mandatory to attend all three, you can attend however many as you wish. 

To increase awareness, understanding and response to victims of domestic abuse.

NB: E-Learning will need to be completed prior to attending the course.