Date and time: Friday, 27 September 2024 between 11am and 3:30pm.

Venue: Kesgrave Community Centre, Kesgrave, Ipswich.

For further details including how to book tickets, please view this Suffolk All Age Advocacy Poster.

Suffolk Safeguarding Partnership, Suffolk County Council and Schools’ Choice are hosting the 2024 Safeguarding Conference on 7 October 2024 at Trinity Park, Ipswich.

This free to attend event covers a wide range of safeguarding related subjects and speakers include:

•  Senior HMI for Ofsted will talk about Safeguarding and Inspections;
•  Prof. Emma Bond, Pro Vice-Chancellor Research & Knowledge Exchange and Professor of Socio-Technical Research at the University of Suffolk
• Chair of the NSPCC Ethics Committee will be talking about developing an online safety culture;
• Tracy Murphy, Professional Advisor Suffolk Safeguarding Partnership will be discussing professional curiosity;
• Graham Abbott, Mental Health Lead, Public Health & Communities Team Suffolk County Council will be leading a session on suicide prevention in schools;
• Charlie Pinnock will be discussing Harmful Sexual Behaviour in Schools. 

Other sessions will include updates from the Suffolk Safeguarding Partnership and the MASH.

Each Suffolk maintained school and each trust can send one delegate free of charge. Registration will take place from 8:45am to 09:15 am, with the day finishing at 3.10pm.

Tea and coffee will be served on arrival and at breaks; lunch will also be provided. To book your place on this free event please visit: Suffolk Safeguarding Conference 2024 – 7th October 2024 | Schools’ Choice – Flexible & Affordable Education Support Services (schoolschoice.co.uk)

Booking closes on 20 September 2024. A charge of £100 +VAT will be made to any delegate who does not attend without giving 7 clear days notice of cancellation.

The Suffolk TA Network Annual Conference 2024 will take place on Wednesday 16 October at Trinity Park, Ipswich, between 9.00 and 15.00 on the theme of Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD) – dyslexia and dyscalculia.

Suffolk TA Network Annual Conference Programme 2024

Bookings for the conference can be made through Suffolk CPD at a cost to schools of £15 per participant.

Please email [email protected].uk if you need support booking.

The Children’s Bookshow showcases the best children’s books with authors and illustrators live on stage at the New Wolsey Theatre.
 
Ele Fountain will talk about her life as an author, share her top writing tips and explain how she came to create Wild, her latest page-turning adventure about the destruction of the rainforest. There will be readings from the book and plenty of opportunity to ask Ele questions about her life and work.
 
Venue: New Wolsey Theatre, Civic Drive, Ipswich IP1 2AS.
Date: Thursday 17 October 2024
Time: 11am
Duration: approx. 1 hour
Age: Years 5 and 6
Tickets: £7 (includes a free book for every child)
 
To book tickets please contact Liz Neville:
[email protected]
07866 311486

Full details can be be found at: The Children’s Bookshow – Autumn Performances 2024 – Ipswich – Ele Fountain performance (thechildrensbookshow.com)

This in-person event focuses on the leadership of SEND and is aimed at supporting SENCOs, aspiring SENCOs and senior leaders in strategic leadership of this area.

Find out more and book tickets

Our ECF and NPQ courses also start this autumn – find out more.

Inspiration Teaching School Hub delivers training for Early Career Teachers (ECTs), National Professional Qualifications (NPQ), Initial Teacher Training and offers Appropriate Body (AB) services

Contact: [email protected]
Tel: 01603 733443

Please note: This conference is only available to those who have completed ELSA Training. Please book your place on Suffolk CPD.

An opportunity for ELSAs to come together to refresh and expand their learning.

Topics will include:

• Working with parents.
• Suffolk’s evaluation of ELSA.
• Social media and the impact on sleep.
• The teenage brain.
• Supporting pupils with ASD.
• What does an ELSA session look like.
• Supporting pupils with language difficulties including selective mutism.

Please book your place on Suffolk CPD. The Conference will run from 9.30am-3.30pm and will cost £100 per ELSA. It will be held at Riverside Centre, 6 Great Glemham Road, Stratford St Andrew, Saxmundham, IP17 1LL.

Contact: Psychology & Therapeutic Services – 01473 264700 or email Psychology&[email protected]

Aim: We want to support relevant school staff to be aware of all the available post 16 options, of opportunities from the voluntary sector and services that can support your students’ successful transition from Year 11 into Post 16 and adulthood, and ultimately reduce the increasing number of young people becoming NEET (Not in Education, Employment and Training) during Year 12 and 13. There will be four 30 minute workshops as well on: SEND, Travel, Financial support, options for those at Risk of NEET.

Stand holders include Post 16 education and training providers, youth support services and youth projects, departments representing Transport, Benefits, SEND and some of the creative and wellbeing services that help build confidence and reduce anxieties.
 
Venue: Endeavour House, Russell Road, Ipswich, IP1 2BX.
      
To attend please sign up using this Positive Post 16 Pathways Attendees form which also ensures attendees have a badge and receive further information on the workshops.
 
If your Sixth Form would like a stand at this event please complete this Positive Post 16 Pathways Stand holders form.

For more information, please contact [email protected]