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Bookings for events close five working days before the event date.
If the event is closed or full please search for future dates or email Caroline at Extendedroom@extendlearning.org to be added to the waiting list. Please check your emails for course updates as the venue or delivery is subject to change.
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A confirmation email confirming your booking will be sent once the event has closed.
Spelling champion network
ELAN STAFF NETWORK ONLY
Tues 26 Nov 2024
(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:
Tuesday 26 Nov 24
Tuesday 29 Apr 25
Safeguarding network
ELAN STAFF ONLY NETWORK
Wed 27 Nov 2024
(various dates below)
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 27 Nov 24 MVPS
Thursday 30 Jan 25 WWPS
Wednesday 26 Mar 25 Locking central
Wednesday 14 May 25 MPPS
Wednesday 9 July 25 LPS
IRIS Central: pupil population and attendance
ELAN STAFF ONLY
Mon 2 Dec 2024
1600-1730
Extend Education Room at Bournville Primary School, Selworthy Road, Weston super Mare, BS23 3ST
Aimed at: headteachers, deputy and assistant headteachers, pastoral leads.
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.
Computing subject leads network
ELAN STAFF ONLY NETWORK
Tues 3 Dec 2024
(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 3 Dec 24
Tuesday 25 Mar 25
Tuesday 8 Jul 25
SENDCO Network
ELAN STAFF ONLY NETWORK
Weds 4 Dec 2024
(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 SEND. You will examine situations, identify solutions and collaboratively move forward. Led by Cat Wright.
Dates:
Wednesday 4 Dec 25
Wednesday 22 Jan 25
Wednesday 19 Mar 25
Monday 19 May 25
Wednesday 25 Jun 25
Attendance leads network
ELAN STAFF ONLY NETWORK
Thurs 5 Dec 2024
(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 attendance. You will examine situations, identify solutions and collaboratively move forward. Led by Mahad Ali.
Dates:
Thursday 5 Dec 24
Thursday 27 Mar 25
Thursday 3 Jul 25
Teaching phonics in Reception network
ELAN STAFF ONLY NETWORK
Tues 10 Dec 2024
(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:
Tuesday 28 Jan 25
EYFS Network
ELAN STAFF ONLY NETWORK
Tuesday 10 Dec 2024
(Various dates below)
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 10 Dec 24 (1600-1730) World of stuff
Monday 3 Feb 25 (1300-1730) MPPS
Tuesday 25 Mar 25 (1600-1730) BPS classroom Monday 19 May 25 (1300-1730) LPS Tuesday 1 Jul 25 (1600-1730) WAL
IRIS Central: pupil outcomes
ELAN STAFF ONLY
Mon 16 Dec 2024
1600-1730
Extend Education Room at Bournville Primary School, Selworthy Road, Weston super Mare, BS23 3ST
Aimed at: headteachers, deputy and assistant headteachers, mathematics and English subject leads, phase leads.
During the session, participants will be given an overview of the data dashboards that are available in IRIS Central and NFER Portal relating to pupil outcomes. There will be an opportunity for schools to explore their own data set. Participants with IRIS Central and NFER Portal logins should bring a laptop and ensure that they have their login details.
Wellbeing network
ELAN STAFF ONLY NETWORK
Tues 7 Jan 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. Led by Heidi Neal-Millar
Dates:
Tuesday 8 Oct 24
Tuesday 7 Jan 25 Wednesday 7 May 25
Assessment leads network
ELAN STAFF ONLY NETWORK
Wed 8 Jan 2025
1300-1530
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 Assessment. You will examine situations, identify solutions and collaboratively move forward. Led by Emma Parkins.
Dates:
Tuesday 1 Oct 24
Wednesday 8 Jan 25
Wednesday 30 Apr 25
DHT/QEL network
ELAN STAFF NETWORK ONLY
Thurs 9 Jan 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 Deputy Headteachers and Quality Education Leads the time and space to focus on discussion or activity together. You will examine situations, identify solutions and collaboratively move forward. Led by Kerri McArdle and Penny Boardman.
Dates:
Thursday 9 Jan 25
Thursday 27 Mar 25
Thursday 8 May 25
Thursday 12 Jun 25
Languages curriculum development and pedagogy network
PFL subject leaders
Mon 13 Jan 2025
1600-1730
Extend Education Room at Bournville Primary School, Selworthy Road, Weston super Mare, BS23 3ST
This network will give ELAN PFL subject leaders the time and space to focus on discussion or activity around curriculum development and pedagogy. You will examine situations, identify solutions and collaboratively move forward. Led by Justine Gregory.
Dates
Mon 13 Jan 25
Teaching phonics in Year 1 network
ELAN STAFF ONLY NETWORK
Tues 14 Jan 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 17 Sep 24
Tuesday 14 Jan 25
Tuesday 4 Mar 25
English subject leads network
ELAN STAFF ONLY NETWORK
Wed 15 Jan 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 teaching phonics in Reception. You will examine situations, identify solutions and collaboratively move forward. Led by Penny Boardman
Dates:
Thursday 26 Sep 24
Wednesday 15 Jan 25
Thursday 22 May 25
Music subject leads network
ELAN STAFF ONLY NETWORK
Thurs 16 Jan 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 Music. You will examine situations, identify solutions and collaboratively move forward. Led by Caroline Madeley.
Dates:
Thursday 10 Oct 24
Thursday 16 Jan 25 Thursday 3 Apr 25
Safeguarding for new ELAN staff
ELAN STAFF ONLY
Monday 20 Jan 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.
Science subject leads network
ELAN STAFF ONLY NETWORK
Tues 21 Jan 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 Mel Sandford.
Dates:
Tuesday 1 Oct 24
Tuesday 21 Jan 25
Tuesday 1 April 25
New starters - Introduction to the Central Team
ELAN STAFF ONLY
Thurs 23 Jan 2025
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.
DT subject leads network
ELAN STAFF NETWORK ONLY
Tues 4 Feb 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 10 Sept 24 Tuesday 4 Feb 25
Tuesday 20 May 25
Pastoral leads network
ELAN STAFF ONLY NETWORK
Wed 5 Feb 2025
(various dates below)
see times below
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 Pastoral themes. You will examine situations, identify solutions and collaboratively move forward. Led by Lorraine Grindle.
Dates:
Wednesday 5 Feb 25 - 0930-1100 Wednesday 7 May 25 - 1400-1530
Maths subject leads network
ELAN STAFF ONLY NETWORK
Thurs 6 Feb 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:
Thursday 6 Feb 25
Wednesday 4 June 25
ELAN's Assessment procedures
ELAN STAFF ONLY
Mon 3 March 2025
1600-1700
Extend Education Room at Bournville Primary School, Selworthy Road, Weston super Mare, BS23 3ST
Introduction to ELAN's Assessment Procedures
Aimed at: All ELAN teachers who are new to the trust plus longer-serving employees who are interested in learning more about our assessment principles.
A one-hour introduction to ELAN’s assessment procedures focusing on:
assessment principles
data entry and analysis tools
using Ed:gen and IRIS Central
Languages - French CPD for leaders and teaching staff
All subject leaders and teaching staff
Wed 5 Mar 2025
1600-1730
Mead Vale Primary School
This network will give ELAN leaders and teachers the time and space to focus on discussion or activity around French. You will examine situations, identify solutions and collaboratively move forward.
Led by Justine Gregory.
Date:
Wed 5 March 2025
Languages - Spanish CPD for leaders and teaching staff
All subject leaders and teaching staff
Wed 12 Mar 2025
1600-1730
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 Spanish. You will examine situations, identify solutions and collaboratively move forward. Led by Justine Gregory.
Date
Wed 12 March 2025
Disadvantage network
ELAN STAFF ONLY NETWORK
Mon 17 Mar 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 disadvantaged pupils. You will examine situations, identify solutions and collaboratively move forward. Led by Adam Matthews.
Dates:
Monday 17 Mar 25
Tuesday 17 Jun 25
Art subject leads network
ELAN STAFF NETWORK ONLY
Tues 18 Mar 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 Art. You will examine situations, identify solutions and collaboratively move forward. Led by Jenny Bevan.
Dates:
Tuesday 18 Mar 25
Tuesday 10 Jun 25
New starters - Introduction to the Central Team
ELAN STAFF ONLY
Thurs 24 Apr 2025
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.
Safeguarding for new ELAN staff
ELAN STAFF ONLY
Tuesday 6 May 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.
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.
Languages Leadership focus network
PFL subject leaders
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 30 Sept 2024
Monday 7 July 2025