CPD OpenZone @ The Word

September 2017 - July 2018

All courses take place at OpenZone @ The Word, 45 Market Place, South Shields NE33 1JF

All should be booked via OpenZone 0191 424 6336julia.small@ictinschools.org

https://www.smore.com/h75xs

Date Time Title of course Description Target Audience

21.9.17 or 23.1.18

4 - 5.30pm

World of Stories

How using StoryWorld can enhance writing.John Gardner, in his book The Art of Fiction, wrote, "... whatever the genre may be, fiction does its work by creating a dream in the reader's mind." In other words, the writer’s task is to keep the reader under his or her spell. Descriptive imagery helps the reader visualize the context for the story, whether it be a poem, novel, short story or a play. StoryWorld @ The Word captures the creativity by immersing the audience in a world of their imagination. By using the room to write in, children will be inspired and demonstrate how imagery can enhance their creative writing.This course leads on from the resources developed by South Tyneside Literacy Advisors of the Creative Text Literacy training and Teaching Sequences. You will have the chance to experience Storyworld @ The Word and consider how the resource could be used to accelerate attainment in writing.

KS1 and KS2 teachers and Literacy subject leaders.

14.9.17 4 - 5.30pm

First Lego League

Launch of the 2017-18 season Hydrodynamics.On your mark, get set, flow! Drink in the 2017 HYDRO DYNAMICS season and learn all about water – how we find, transport, use, or dispose of it. In the 2017 FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge, students age 9 to 14 from 80 countries will make a splash with HYDRO DYNAMICS. What might become possible when we understand what happens to our water?FIRST LEGO League challenges kids to think like scientists and

FLL coaches, Upper KS2 teachers KS3 teachers

engineers. During the HYDRO DYNAMICS season, teams will choose and solve a real-world problem in the Project. They will also build, test, and program an autonomous robot using LEGO® MINDSTORMS® technology to solve a set of missions in the Robot Game. Throughout their experience, teams will operate under FIRST LEGO League’s signature set of Core Values, celebrating discovery, teamwork, and Gracious Professionalism®.

7.11.17 1 - 4pm Enterprise project using Fab Lab

Making money count.If you are running an Enterprise project perhaps leading up to the Christmas period and want to see how you can use fab lab to create items for sale.

Enterprise project leaders, technology / STEM leads or interested class teachers.

18.10.17 1 - 4pm Maths in Motion

Learn how your pupils could benefit from taking part in the Jaguar Cars Maths in Motion Challenge.As well as being great fun, the Challenge develops the following key skills: Percentages, multiplication, division, calculator work (or not!), decimals, rounding, ratios, chance, risk, strategy, angles, measurement, scale, speed, distance, time, maths modelling… what happens if? And much more!Come along and experience the Challenge for yourself in a fast paced and fun training session. The software is suitable for Primary & Secondary pupils and there are age appropriate challenges.

Upper KS2 , KS3 teachers

18.10.17&22.2.18 &14.6.18

4 - 5.30pm

Network meeting

Networking opportunityA chance to catch up with other subject leaders around the borough and find out what’s new in the area of Computing.

IT Subject leaders in Primary schools

16.11.17 9.30 - 4pm

Boys Writing Practical ideas for encouraging boys to write.Reading and writing go hand-in-hand and it is through writing that children learn to formulate thoughts and improve their creativity and thinking skills. New research published by the National Literacy Trust reveals that boys are half as likely to enjoy writing as girls and almost a third never or rarely write outside of class.Broadcaster and children’s author Simon Mayo says:“It’s so important for boys to find a topic that interests them before they pick up a pen and start writing. I wasn’t particularly interested

KS1 and KS2 teachers and Literacy subject leaders

in writing at school, I only started to enjoy it later on, but I was hampered by being fantastically slow. If you can grab a child’s imagination in the same way, getting them to write about a hobby or something they really enjoy doing then the whole story writing world is open to them.” In this course, teachers will be able to explore a range of hardware, software and peripherals and consider how they could be used in class to accelerate attainment in writing.

21.11.17 or6.6.18

1 - 4pm CEOP This free half-day training course is delivered by CEOP-trained Ambassadors. The training provides an introduction to the work of CEOP, and a presentation on how young people are using technology, outlining some of the associated risks and the preventative measures that can be undertaken. Finally the course introduces you to the Thinkuknow education resources for all ages and trains you in how to deliver the Thinkuknow presentation to 11 – 16 year olds

Anyone with responsibility for child protection in the school.

18.1.18 1 - 4pm E Safety update

Keep up to date with current developments in E Safety. In this session, we explore recent changes in safeguarding and look at implications in schools.

Anyone with responsibility for child protection in the school.

23.1.18 1 - 4pm Collaborative literacy and numeracy

How google and other web 2 tools can help develop collaborativity. Find out how the google apps for education suite can help your pupils be smarter learners. See how the collaborative nature of the google apps helps you as a teacher to set, share and assess work.

KS2 teachers

22.2.18 1 - 4pm Maths Trails Develop maths trails using new technologies.Virtual reality and Augmented reality are a really exciting way to enhance learning. In this session, find out how easy it is to create resources to tap into this technology and make learning a fun and meaningful experience.

KS1 and KS2 teachers

1.3.18 4 - 5.30pm

Junior First Lego League

Launch of the 2018 Jr FLL projectGet pumped for the FIRST LEGO League Junior 2017/2018 season. In the AQUA ADVENTURE Challenge, more than 40,000 children will navigate the uncharted waters of this important resource. Find out where the water you use in your daily life comes from, and what happens on its way to you. Where will this

KS1 and lower KS2 teachers

current voyage carry you?

Each year, FIRST LEGO League Junior presents a new and exciting challenge to ignite the creativity of children age 6 to 10. Each team of up to 6 children begins the exploration of this real-world theme with an exclusive LEGO Education Inspire Model. Using this model as a starting point, they design a new model of their own with LEGO elements. As they work, they learn basic engineering and programming skills with LEGO Education WeDo and apply those concepts to make their model move. Teams also document their work in an Engineering Notebook and share their journey through a team Show Me poster. Throughout their experience, teams operate under the FIRST LEGO League Junior Core Values, celebrating discovery, teamwork, and Gracious Professionalism.

22.3.18 9.30 - 4pm

Apple RTC Conference

HOLD THE DATE

Our 2018 Conference following on from the successful event this year

This is an opportunity for schools who are using Apple Technology, including I Pads to look at their strategic use across the school. We look at new developments in deployment of mobile devices and explore new apps that can be used to enhance learning and teaching.

AGENDA to be published closer to the event

Head teachers and Computing subject leaders.

5.7.18 9.30 - 4pm

ICT in Schools Conference

HOLD THE DATE

Keep up to date with current developments by attending our first conference held at The Word. In this session we explore recent developments in ICT,computing, and look at implications in schools.

AGENDA to be published closer to the event

Head teachers and Computing subject leaders.