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Disadvantage network
ELAN STAFF ONLY NETWORK
Tues 17 June 2025
1600-1730
Extend Education Room at Bournville Primary School, Selworthy Road, Weston super Mare, BS23 3ST
This network will give ELAN teachers the time and space to focus on discussion or activity around disadvantaged pupils. You will examine situations, identify solutions and collaboratively move forward. Led by Adam Matthews.
Dates:
Tuesday 17 Jun 25
Year 1 curriculum implementation training
Yr 1 teachers & KS1 lead or QEL
Wed 18 June 2025
0900-1500
Extend Education Room at Bournville Primary School, Selworthy Road, Weston super Mare, BS23 3ST
Agenda:
- Question and answers
- Exemplification and modelling of core activities
- Case study - autumn term 1
- Draft school implementation plan (including were support with mixed-age planning)
- Led by Penny Boardman
Date: Wed 18 June 2025
English subject leads network
ELAN STAFF ONLY NETWORK
Thurs 19 June 2025
1300-1600
Extend Education Room at Bournville Primary School, Selworthy Road, Weston super Mare, BS23 3ST
This network will give ELAN teachers the time and space to focus on discussion or activity around teaching phonics in Reception. You will examine situations, identify solutions and collaboratively move forward. Led by Penny Boardman
Governance Gathering for ELAN
ELAN Governors, Trustees, Members and Headteachers
Mon 23 June 2025
1700-1900
Windwhistle Primary School
Kingsley Road
Weston super Mare
BS23 3TZ
An opportunity for all governance colleagues to come together at the end of the academic year for an informal gathering, to hear about the year and talk about what is happening for the future.
DT subject leads network
ELAN STAFF ONLY NETWORK
Tues 24 June 2025
1600-1730
Extend Education Room at Bournville Primary School, Selworthy Road, Weston super Mare, BS23 3ST
This network will give ELAN teachers the time and space to focus on discussion or activity around DT. You will examine situations, identify solutions and collaboratively move forward. Led by Laina Pettifor.
Dates:
Tuesday 24 June 2025
SENDCO Network
ELAN STAFF ONLY NETWORK
Wed 25 June 2025
1300-1600
Extend Education Room at Bournville Primary School, Selworthy Road, Weston super Mare, BS23 3ST
This network will give ELAN teachers the time and space to focus on discussion or activity around SEND. You will examine situations, identify solutions and collaboratively move forward. Led by Cat Wright.
Dates:
Wednesday 25 Jun 25
First Aid - Paediatric and EFAW 2 day course
ELAN STAFF ONLY
1 and 8 July 2025
0900-1600
Extend Education Room at Bournville Primary School, Selworthy Road, Weston super Mare, BS23 3ST
**STAFF MUST BE ABLE TO ATTEND ON BOTH DAYS**
Delivered by React Training, this two-day course has been developed for those who are working with children and infants. It will be of particular interest to teachers and childminders.
This qualification fulfils the requirements for first aid training detailed in the Department for Education’s statutory framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage and covers a range of subjects including: -
• Role of the Paediatric First Aider
• Seizure
• Diabetic emergencies
• Primary survey
• Choking
• Asthma
• Resuscitation (CPR including the safe use of an AED)
• Minor injuries
• Meningitis
• Wounds, bleeding & shock
• Recovery position
• Febrile convulsions
• Allergic reactions including anaphylaxis.
• Fractures
• Head, neck, and back injuries
• Foreign bodies
• Electrical incidents
Dates: 1 and 8 July 2025
EYFS Network
ELAN STAFF ONLY NETWORK
Tues 1 July 2025
Various see below
Various see below
This network will give ELAN teachers the time and space to focus on discussion or activity around EYFS with a different focus at each session. You will examine situations, identify solutions and collaboratively move forward. Led by Sarah McGahern.
Dates:
Tuesday 1 Jul 25 (1600-1730) WAL
HR network meetings
ELAN STAFF ONLY
Tues 1 July 2025
1000-1200
ELAN Central Team offices
Lime Close
Locking
Weston super Mare
This network will give ELAN staff the time and space to focus on discussion or activity around HR issues. You will examine situations, identify solutions and collaboratively move forward. Led by Heidi Neal-Millar.
Dates:
1 July 2025
Attendance leads network
ELAN STAFF ONLY NETWORK
Thurs 3 July 2025
1600-1730
Extend Education Room at Bournville Primary School, Selworthy Road, Weston super Mare, BS23 3ST
This network will give ELAN teachers the time and space to focus on discussion or activity around attendance. You will examine situations, identify solutions and collaboratively move forward. Led by Mahad Ali.
Dates:
Thursday 3 Jul 25
Languages Leadership focus network
ELAN STAFF ONLY NETWORK
Mon 7 Jul 2025
1600-1730
Extend Education Room at Bournville Primary School, Selworthy Road, Weston super Mare, BS23 3ST
This network will give ELAN PFL leaders the time and space to focus on discussion or activity around languages with a leadership focus. You will examine situations, identify solutions and collaboratively move forward. Led by Justine Gregory.
Dates
Monday 7 July 2025
Computing subject leads network
ELAN STAFF ONLY NETWORK
Tues 8 July 2025
1600-1730
Extend Education Room at Bournville Primary School, Selworthy Road, Weston super Mare, BS23 3ST
This network will give ELAN teachers the time and space to focus on discussion or activity around Computing. You will examine situations, identify solutions and collaboratively move forward. Led by Emma Parkins.
Dates:
Tuesday 8 Jul 25
Safeguarding network
ELAN STAFF ONLY NETWORK
Wed 9 July 2025
1600-1700
see below
This network will give ELAN teachers the time and space to focus on discussion or activity around safeguarding. You will examine situations, identify solutions and collaboratively move forward. Led by Fiona Bennett.
Dates:
Wednesday 9 July 25 LPS
New starters induction to Opening Worlds
New ELAN staff
Tues 26 Aug 2025
0900-1200
Extend Education Room at Bournville Primary School, Selworthy Road, Weston super Mare, BS23 3ST
This is an induction session to Opening Worlds for all new teachers to ELAN. Led by Ali Duffy (opening Worlds implementation partner)
Nursery and preschool training
ELAN Preschools and nurseries
Wed 3 Sept 2025
09:00-15:30
Locking Primary school
Meadow Drive
Locking
Weston super Mare
BS24 8BB
We invite ELAN preschool and nursery staff to join our INSET day training with Sarah McGahern on Wednesday 3rd September 2025.
The focus will be effective planning, preparation and implementation of the new curriculum documents for preschool and nursery for Term 1 and 2. These have been developed by Sarah and Michelle and trialed by our team since January.
We will be working on:
-effective resourcing for indoor and outdoor provision
-identifying and using key vocabulary
-adaptions to meet the needs of all children
-using new assessment system including developing effective next steps
DT subject leads network
ELAN STAFF ONLY NETWORK
Tues 9 Sept 2025
(various dates below)
1600-1730
Extend Education Room at Bournville Primary School, Selworthy Road, Weston super Mare, BS23 3ST
This network will give ELAN teachers the time and space to focus on discussion or activity around DT. You will examine situations, identify solutions and collaboratively move forward.
Led by Laina Pettifor.
Dates:
Tuesday 9 Sept 2025
Tuesday 3 Feb 2026
Tuesday 19 May 2026
Safeguarding - New staff to ELAN
ELAN STAFF ONLY
Monday 15 Sept 2025
0930-1230
Extend Education Room at Bournville Primary School, Selworthy Road, Weston super Mare, BS23 3ST
This session is for new ELAN staff. It will enable participants to be familiar with, and confident in implementing, the procedures for safeguarding and protecting children. It will build knowledge and awareness of your role and responsibilities for safeguarding and the role of the Designated Safeguarding Lead.
Delivered by Paul Cox.
New starters - Introduction to the central team
ELAN STAFF ONLY
Tuesday 16 Sept 2025
(various dates below)
1330-1530
Extend Education Room at Bournville Primary School, Selworthy Road, Weston super Mare, BS23 3ST
Aimed At: - ALL ELAN employees who are new to the trust plus longer-serving employees who are interesting in learning more about our Central team.
A two-hour introduction to ELAN’s Central team (CEO, Business & Governance, Communications, Finance, Estates, Human Resources and Education team) to meet the team, learn about the key activities of each function and how they support the schools and trust employees.
Dates:
Tuesday 16 Sept 25
Tuesday 14 Oct 25
Tuesday 20 Jan 26
Tuesday 21 Apr 26
Opening Worlds - Induction for new starters
ELAN STAFF ONLY
Wed 17 Sept 2025
0900-1200
Extend Education Room at Bournville Primary School, Selworthy Road, Weston super Mare, BS23 3ST
This training is for new starters to ELAN. It will give new colleagues the opportunity to learn new experiences of teaching Opening Worlds and raise any questions or queries they may have. We will also look specifically at preparing and teaching Geography, RE and History lessons. Led by Ali Duffy.
Safeguarding network
ELAN STAFF NETWORK ONLY
Wed 17 Sep 2025
(various dates below)
1600-1700
Extend Education Room at Bournville Primary School, Selworthy Road, Weston super Mare, BS23 3ST
This network will give ELAN teachers the time and space to focus on discussion or activity around safeguarding. You will examine situations, identify solutions and collaboratively move forward. Led by Fiona Bennett.
Dates:
Wed 17 Sept 2025
Wed 26 Nov 2025
Wed 28 Jan 2026
Wed 25 Mar 2026
Wed 20 May 2026
Wed 8 Jul 2026
Maths subject leads network
ELAN STAFF ONLY NETWORK
Wed 24 Sept 2025
(various dates below)
1300-1600
Extend Education Room at Bournville Primary School, Selworthy Road, Weston super Mare, BS23 3ST
This network will give ELAN teachers the time and space to focus on discussion or activity around Maths. You will examine situations, identify solutions and collaboratively move forward. Led by Kerri McArdle.
Dates:
Wednesday 24 Sept 25
Wednesday 4 Feb 26
Wednesday 20 May 26
Teaching phonics in reception network
ELAN STAFF ONLY
Wed 24 Sept 2025
(various dates below)
1600-1730
Extend Education Room at Bournville Primary School, Selworthy Road, Weston super Mare, BS23 3ST
This network will give ELAN teachers the time and space to focus on discussion or activity around teaching phonics in Reception. You will examine situations, identify solutions and collaboratively move forward.
Led by Penny Boardman.
Dates:
Wednesday 24 Sept 2025
Tuesday 18 Nov 2025
Wednesday 28 Jan 2026
Lessons learned from 2025 SATs
ELAN STAFF ONLY
Thurs 25 Sept 2025
1600-1730
Extend Education Room at Bournville Primary School, Selworthy Road, Weston super Mare, BS23 3ST
Languages subject leads network
ELAN STAFF ONLY NETWORK
various dates below
1600-1730
Extend Education Room at Bournville Primary School, Selworthy Road, Weston super Mare, BS23 3ST
This network will give ELAN leaders and teachers the time and space to focus on discussion or activity around language. You will examine situations, identify solutions and collaboratively move forward.
Led by Justine Gregory.
Dates:
Monday 29 Sept 2025 (Leadership focus)
Thurs 6 Nov 2025 (Curriculum focus)
Monday 12 Jan 2026 (Curriculum focus)
Wed 4 Mar 2026 (French CPD)
Wed 11 Mar 2026 (Spanish focus)
Mon 29 June 2026 (Leadership focus)
Science subject leads network
ELAN STAFF ONLY NETWORK
Tues 30 Sept 2025
(various dates below)
1600-1730
Extend Education Room at Bournville Primary School, Selworthy Road, Weston super Mare, BS23 3ST
This network will give ELAN teachers the time and space to focus on discussion or activity around Science. You will examine situations, identify solutions and collaboratively move forward. Led by Natasha Barnes.
Dates:
Tuesday 30 Sept 2025
Tuesday 20 Jan 2026
Tuesday 31 March 2026
Year 1 curriculum reflection spaces
ELAN STAFF ONLY
Wed 1 Oct 2025
(various dates below)
1600-1700
Virtually on Teams
An opportunity for Year 1 staff to have a virtual drop-in session to answer any questions. These sessions will be held online and if any teachers wanted to they could join us for an informal discussion/conversation.
Led by Penny Boardman and Sharon Ledbury.
Dates:
Wednesday 1 Oct 2025
Tuesday 25 Nov 2025
Monday 19 Jan 2026
Tuesday 17 March 2026
Monday 27 April 2026
Tuesday 23 June 2026
Year 1 curriculum network (including phonics)
ELAN STAFF ONLY
Tues 7 Oct 2025
(various dates below)
1600-1730
Extend Education Room at Bournville Primary School, Selworthy Road, Weston super Mare, BS23 3ST
This network will give ELAN teachers the time and space to focus on discussion or activity around teaching phonics in Year 1. You will examine situations, identify solutions and collaboratively move forward. Led by Penny Boardman.
Dates:
Tuesday 7 Oct 2025
Tuesday 9 Dec 2025
Tuesday 27 Jan 2026
Tuesday 10 Mar 2026
Tuesday 5 May 2026
Wellbeing network
ELAN STAFF ONLY NETWORK
Wed 8 Oct 2025
(various dates below)
1600-1730
Extend Education Room at Bournville Primary School, Selworthy Road, Weston super Mare, BS23 3ST
This network will give ELAN teachers the time and space to focus on discussion or activity around wellbeing. You will examine situations, identify solutions and collaboratively move forward.
Dates:
Wednesday 8 Oct 2025
Tuesday 6 Jan 2026
Wednesday 6 May 2026
Music subject leads network
ELAN STAFF ONLY NETWORK
Thurs 9 Oct 2025
(various dates below)
1600-1730
Extend Education Room at Bournville Primary School, Selworthy Road, Weston super Mare, BS23 3ST
This network will give ELAN teachers the time and space to focus on discussion or activity around Music. You will examine situations, identify solutions and collaboratively move forward. Led by Caroline Madeley.
Dates:
Thursday 9 Oct 2025
Thursday 15 Jan 2026
Thursday 23 April 2026
EYFS network
ELAN STAFF ONLY NETWORK
Mon 13 Oct 2025
(various dates below)
various times below
various locations below
This network will give ELAN teachers the time and space to focus on discussion or activity around EYFS with a different focus at each session. You will examine situations, identify solutions and collaboratively move forward. Led by Sarah McGahern.
Dates:
Monday 13 Oct 2025 (1300-1730) PD room
Tuesday 9 Dec 2025 (1600-1730)
Monday 2 Feb 2026 (1300-1730)
Tuesday 24 Mar 2026 (1600-1730)
Monday 18 May 2026 (1300-1730)
Tuesday 30 June 2026 (1600-1730)
Spelling champion network
ELAN STAFF ONLY NETWORK
Wed 15 Oct 2025
(various dates below)
1600-1730
Extend Education Room at Bournville Primary School, Selworthy Road, Weston super Mare, BS23 3ST
This network will give ELAN teachers the time and space to focus on discussion or activity around Spelling. You will examine situations, identify solutions and collaboratively move forward. Led by Penny Boardman.
Dates:
Wednesday 15 Oct 2025
Wednesday 29 Apr 2026
Governors - training for new ELAN governors
New ELAN governors
Thurs 16 Oct 2025
18:00-20:00
Extend Education Room at Bournville Primary School, Selworthy Road, Weston super Mare, BS23 3ST
This session offers an introduction to those new to the role of governor and aims to develop their confidence and understanding of the key roles and responsibilities; good practice; how to get to know their school; how to challenge and support; where to find further information to support their role. Delivered by Chris Mayer.
Year 2-6 Spelling programme
ELAN STAFF ONLY
Wed 5 Nov 2025
0900-1500
Extend Education Room at Bournville Primary School, Selworthy Road, Weston super Mare, BS23 3ST
This one day course is an introduction to teaching spelling using the Year 2-6 spelling programme. Participants will develop their subject knowledge and will gain an insight into how to use the programme materials.
Led by Penny Boardman.
Art subject leads network
ELAN STAFF ONLY NETWORK
Tues 11 Nov 2025
(various dates below)
1600-1730
Extend Education Room at Bournville Primary School, Selworthy Road, Weston super Mare, BS23 3ST
This network will give ELAN teachers the time and space to focus on discussion or activity around Art. You will examine situations, identify solutions and collaboratively move forward.
Led by Jenny Bevan.
Dates:
Tuesday 11 Nov 2025
Tuesday 17 March 2026
Tuesday 9 June 2026
Extend English curriculum and pedagogical approaches
ELAN STAFF ONLY
Wed 12 Nov 2025
0900-1500
Extend Education Room at Bournville Primary School, Selworthy Road, Weston super Mare, BS23 3ST
This course is an opportunity for Year 2-6 teachers to learn how to use a range of subject specific pedagogical approaches to teach reading, writing, speaking and listening.
Led by Penny Boardman.
Identifying and actioning next steps in writing
ELAN STAFF ONLY
Wed 19 Nov 2025
0900-1500
Extend Education Room at Bournville Primary School, Selworthy Road, Weston super Mare, BS23 3ST
This course is for Year 2-6 teachers. It will explore the importance of effective feedback in supporting children to improve their writing.
Led by Penny Boardman.
Using internal summative data
ELAN STAFF ONLY
Wed 26 Nov 2025
0900-1600
Extend Education Room at Bournville Primary School, Selworthy Road, Weston super Mare, BS23 3ST
During the session, participants will be given an overview of the data dashboards that are available in IRIS Central relating to pupil population and attendance. There will be an opportunity for schools to explore their own data set. Participants with IRIS Central logins should bring a laptop and ensure that they have their login details.
Led by Emma Parkins
Computing subject leads network
ELAN STAFF ONLY NETWORK
Tues 2 Dec 2025
(various dates below)
1600-1730
Extend Education Room at Bournville Primary School, Selworthy Road, Weston super Mare, BS23 3ST
This network will give ELAN teachers the time and space to focus on discussion or activity around computing. You will examine situations, identify solutions and collaboratively move forward.
Led by Emma Parkins.
Dates:
Tuesday 2 Dec 2025
Tuesday 24 March 2026
Tuesday 7 July 2026
Sharing best practice for SATs preparation
ELAN STAFF ONLY
Tues 13 Jan 2026
1600-1730
Extend Education Room at Bournville Primary School, Selworthy Road, Weston super Mare, BS23 3ST
An opportunity for Year 6 teachers to come together to share best practices for SATs preparation.