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28 – 30 July 2015

NGN Summer School

2016The Ron Cooke HubUniversity of York26–28July 2016

www.nurturegroups.org

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L Kevin Kibble, Wendy Roden and Nicola Furey T Schools Programme

S M Think Strong Be Strong The Tree of Life Methodology Working with parents L Nurturing Maths Musical Interaction in the Nurture Group Coaching Children into Empowerment Fundraising for your Nurture Group E Yoga L Secondary Nurture Groups A Day in the Life of a Nurture Group L The Wellbeing Toolkit The Wellbeing Toolkit Nurturing Talk at Primary

S Establishing a LEGO Club to Improve 60 Sensory Minutes The Value of Play in a Nurture Group Social Interaction

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L Coaching Children into Empowerment Musical Interaction in the Nurture Group E Yoga

L Building Resilience through Philosophy

L Nurturing Talk at Primary Safety First - Empowering Children

S The Value of Play in a Nurture Group Improve Social Interaction

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Large pod Nurturing Maths Coaching Children into Empowerment Musical Interaction in the Nurture Group

Exhibition space Yoga

Lakehouse one A Day in the Life of a Nurture Group Secondary Nurture Groups Building Resilience through Philosophy

Lakehouse two The Wellbeing Toolkit Safety First - Empowering Children Nurturing Talk at Primary

Seminar 103 60 Sensory Minutes Establishing a LEGO Club to Improve Social Interaction The Value of Play in a Nurture Group

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Medium pod The Tree of Life Methodology Working with Parents

Large pod Attachment Theory and Practical Strategies Coaching Children into Empowerment Musical Interaction in the Nurture Group Exhibition space Yoga

Lakehouse one Mindfulness in the nurture room A Day in the Life of a Nurture Group Building Resilience through Philosophy

Lakehouse two High Performing Nurture Groups and the Marjorie Boxall Quality Mark Award Nurturing Talk at Primary Safety First - Empowering Children

Seminar 103 Managing Actual and Potential Aggression Establishing a LEGO Club to The Value of Play in a Nurture Group Improve Social Interaction

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Lecture theatre Kevin Kibble, Wendy Roden and Nicola Furey The National Nurturing Schools Programme

Small pod Assignment support Medium pod Think Strong Be Strong Think Strong Be Strong The Tree of Life Methodology Working with parents Large pod Fundraising for your Nurture Group Nurturing Maths Musical Interaction in the Nurture Group Coaching Children into Empowerment Fundraising for your Nurture Group Exhibition space Yoga Lakehouse one Building Resilience through Philosophy Secondary Nurture Groups A Day in the Life of a Nurture Group Lakehouse two Safety First - Empowering Children The Wellbeing Toolkit The Wellbeing Toolkit Nurturing Talk at Primary

Seminar 103 60 Sensory Minutes Establishing a LEGO Club to Improve 60 Sensory Minutes The Value of Play in a Nurture Group Social Interaction

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High Performing Nurture Groups and the Marjorie Boxall Quality Mark Award

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NGN is delighted to present our second annual summerschool, following on from last year’s hugely successfulevent. This time we will be hosting the conference at theUniversity of York, in their brand new Ron Cooke Hubfacility. We will be returning with more workshops, bigpicture sessions, masterclasses, street food festival, a pubquiz and of course our formal gala dinner.

Once again we will have Yoga sessions and full use of the Ron Cooke Hub sports centre for your enjoyment.All meals, refreshments (except alcoholic drinks) are included and accommodation is provided in comfortable en-suite rooms located on the new campus.

SocialprogrammeTuesday 26 July – Street food stalls and pub quizA mini street food festival will be heldoutside by the scenic lake, followed by apub quiz, with prizes.

Wednesday 27 July – The NGN DinnerJoin us for a celebration of the week at ourgala dinner, where we will enjoy a beautiful 3course meal. A great opportunity to cementnew friendships, celebrate nurture and reflecton the progress made throughout the week.

BIG PICTURE SESSIONSTuesday26JulyKate Fallon

The Changing Role of EducationalPsychologistsKate has been General Secretary ofthe Association of EducationalPsychologists (AEP) sinceNovember 2009. Previously shetaught in a special school inManchester before becoming aneducational psychologist forLancashire County Council.Over the years Kate has contributed to a widerange of training courses for practitioners, EPdoctoral training at the Universities ofManchester and Sheffield, and was also partof the steering group for the Department forEducation’s Special Education Consortium.Currently Kate is actively involved in the NCBPartnership for Wellbeing and Mental Healthin Schools and discussions with the DfE onpromoting good mental health for childrenand young people through better knowledgeof child development, with the benefits ofnurture groups featuring in the discussions.Following on from Kate’s involvement withour summer school last year, this year shewill be drawing her experiences, delivering abig picture session on the changing role of aneducational psychologist.

Wednesday 27JulySharon Gray OBE

A Journey toOutstandingThe story of a school, a communityand an approach that truly aimed tonurture the potential of all. SharonGray OBE is an internationallyacclaimed speaker who explorestopics around inclusive education,emotional health and wellbeing. She has 24 years’ experience working withchildren, workforce and system levels. Shehas 9 years of experience as an Ofstedinspector. She is an educational consultantwho puts emotional health and wellbeing andthe heart of everything she does. Shesupports individual and grouped schools,local authorities and communities to ensurethe best outcomes. In this keynote, Sharonwill talk about her experiences withNetherfield primary school inNottinghamshire. Sharon joined the school asa result of Ofsted reports deeming it‘inadequate’. She worked with the school andwithin 9 months, the school past itsinspection. In 2013, the school wasconsidered as ‘Outstanding’ by Ofstedinspectors. Sharon will discuss her journeyfrom failure to success.

Thursday 28 JulyWendy Roden, Kevin Kibble & Nicola Furey

The National Nurturing Schools Programme:Our Journey So FarThe National Nurturing Schools Programme isa new programme that allows staff to developand embed a nurturing culture throughouttheir schools, enhancing teaching andlearning, promoting healthy outcomes forchildren and young people. The programme focuses on emotional needs anddevelopment as well as academic learning in a whole-school environment. For schools to gain recognition forachieving a higher level of nurturing provision, there isThe National Nurturing School Award – assessed andawarded by NGN.

The new programme is based on the six principles ofnurture that have successfully underpinned nurturegroups for over 40 years but does not replace nurturegroups as a more focussed intervention for thoseidentified in need of nurture group provision. The NationalNurturing Schools Programme is to compliment nurturegroups and to also be effective in schools where nurturegroups are not possible for whatever reason.'

For the 2nd Annual Summer School 2016, we arebringing together 3 different perspectives to take youthrough the journey of the Nurturing schools programme.Wendy Roden, our National Trainer, Kevin Kibble, the CEOof NGN, and Nicola Furey, a nurture practitioner currentlygoing through the Nurture programme. This big picturesession promises to be insightful and illuminating, givingyou the opportunity to understand the process and whatto expect.’

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Masterclasses

Claire Eccleshall

Mindfulness in the Nurture RoomClaire recently joined The Nurture Group Network after along career teaching in a mainstream primary school.Claire previously ran a QMA primary nurture group andhas been a NGN associate trainer for many years.A UK study published by the Department for Education found thatpupil wellbeing predicted their later academic progression andengagement in school. Pupils with better emotional wellbeing at ageseven had a value-added key stage 2 score 2.46 points higher thanpupils with poorer emotional wellbeing.

In this practical workshop delegates will use Dr Tina Rae’s 60Mindful Minutes, a resource designed to support children within boththe mainstream classroom context and the nurture group setting.The key aim is to introduce and practise mindfulness, which is anapproach that increases children’s life skills by helping them learn toboth soothe and calm themselves; to pay attention to themselves inthe world and to think about and reflect on their relationships.

Angi FranklinManaging Actual andPotential Aggression in theClassroom “An excellent course. Valuable and relevant toclassroom practice with excellent emphasis onsafety. Care and welfare of the child is at the heartof all procedures taught.” Catherine Garrud, Teacher, St Anne’s School.Management of Actual or Potential Aggression (MAPA®) is anaccredited course from the Nurture Group Network, working inpartnership with the Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI Europe) and theBritish Institute of Learning Disabilities (BILD).This course is of particular relevance to staff, and especiallyteaching assistants, who work with children and young people whohave social, emotional and behavioural needs and who wish toimprove their own practice and confidence when dealing withaggression in the classroom.

For your school, MAPA will:• Develop a consistent approach to behaviour management.• Improve staff retention• Create and maintain a safe, caring and respectful environment.• Demonstrate your commitment to a safe learning environment

For your teachers, MAPA will:• Decrease the risk of injury by reducing physical incidents.• Improve staff communication by establishing a common

language• Minimise the anxiety associated with uncertainty during a crisis.• Enable them to feel confident and supported at work

For your pupils, MAPA will:• Provide guidance about making positive behaviour choices.• Equip them to learn and thrive in a safe and respectful

environment• Show them positive role models who can manage difficult

situations• Develop coping skills by engaging in the debriefing process

In this Masterclass you will receive the MAPA work course book and registration with the Crisis Prevention Institute

Helen Stollery

The Marjorie Boxall Quality Mark Award andOfsted/Estyn/HMIE There is now a more established research base forevaluating the effectiveness of nurture groups. Thepublished outcomes of the research bring added weightto the importance of maintaining the integrity of themodel in its delivery to vulnerable children and youngpeople in schools and other establishments.

The Marjorie Boxall Quality Mark Award involves assessing the workof a nurture group against a set of quality standards. Thesestandards are derived from the six principles of nurture groups andtheir clearly defined operational characteristics.

This masterclass is of particular relevance to practitioners who:• Have completed the accredited training in the Theory and

Practice of Nurture Groups• Are running a nurture group• Are working towards the Marjorie Boxall Quality Mark Award• Want to make specific links to OFSTED

This masterclass will focus on an overview of the Quality MarkAward process and consider the standards with links to OFSTED. Astep-by-step guide to evidence required, along with sample formatsand proformas will be provided. Delegates will create a developmentplan for their nurture group.

Wendy Roden

Attachment Theory andPractical StrategiesWendy has had a long career in teaching and in developingand supporting nurture groups. Wendy joined the NGNBoard of Management in 2010, stepping down when shewas appointed National Training Officer in 2012.

As a SENCO and social inclusion co-ordinator in a secondary school,Wendy was responsible for developing and managing the provision forpupils with a wide range of additional needs. It was during this time andthrough links with the first primary nurture group in Cumbria that sherealised the potential of nurture groups.This masterclass is of particular relevance to members of staff whohave completed the accredited training in the Theory and Practice ofNurture Groups and are running a nurture group. It is also useful for anystaff who are working with, or who come into contact with children andyoung people with behavioural, emotional and social developmentalneeds and wish to improve their practice and make a difference.

This masterclass will include: • An overview of attachment theory with links to neuroscience

in the context of nurture groups• The relevance for learning and behaviour• Links to the six nurture group principles• The presentation of Boxall Profiles and case studies

of pupils• Practical strategies for supporting children and young

people with links to Beyond the Boxall Profile

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Workshops


Kevin KibbleFundraising for your Nurture GroupFunding can be an issue, especially in times of austerity. If you need to raise funds for a specific event, or toestablish your nurture group, Kevin will show you how tocraft a grant application form so your application standsabove the rest.

Jaki ReidYogaJaki Reid has been working with vulnerable young people for 23 years, as ateacher for the last 10 and in a nurture group for the last two. She alsocurrently teaches four yoga classes per week locally and has trained ingiving reiki and Thai yoga massage.

Jaki started yoga in her 20s and returned to it as a regular practice inher 30s as a means to balance out the stresses she faced as a NQT. Sixyears ago, she decided to explore the practice further and trained as ayoga teacher with the Classical Yoga School (CYS) and yogis such as DavidSye, David Swenson and David Kyle. The training was based on ashtangaand explored the concept of teaching seasonally.

This session will focus on seasonal yoga, which is founded on theknowledge that we are a part of nature and therefore part of its changes,which allows us to adapt our practice to promote health on every level.Seasonal yoga assists us to cultivate an awareness of these changingenergetic states and then how to use them to complement the season weare in, or to adapt to what is going on in the world around us. Seasonalyoga classes change five times a year to reflect seasonal changes, andwork with these energies and qualities to support individual organs andsystems, encouraging physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health. Delegates are encouraged to bring a yoga mat or towel to use if possible.

Ben McDonaldCoaching Children into Empowerment Ben is a family support worker at Laurance HainesSchool and has been a certified NLP practitioner andpersonal development coach for the past six years,empowering children, young people and adults toovercome limitations and grown in personal confidence.

This interactive and informative workshop will focuson the subject of coaching children into empowermentand emotional management. For children this techniqueis called ‘The Confident and Happy Me’. Emotionalmanagement is a skill that is taught to people of allages and in all walks of life. There is often anexpectation that children should be able to adoptgreater control over their emotions, even ‘in themoment’. Yet for children to be able to win in moment ofemotional difficulty (anger, sadness, anxiety) they needto be able to access positive emotions that are strongenough to undo the effects of negative ones.

Ben will demonstrate fun and simple tools andtechniques that can be taught to and used by bothchildren and adults to overcome feelings that hindertheir progress.

Keanu Chan, Sue Ackerley & Tiffany KearnsThink Strong Be StrongThis workshop hopes to provide an overview of the Think Strong Be Strongprogramme, due to be released in the Autumn. The workshop will givepractitioners an opportunity to experiment with the associated resourcesand collaboratively think about how they might use them in practice. Think Strong Be Strong is a five week programme that applies positivepsychology to achieve the following aims: • Raise children’s awareness of their strengths to help them recognise

their own self-worth, problem solve and build positive relationships• Promote positive discussions around children’s environment

surrounding themThe presenters; Keanu Chan, Sue Ackerley and Tiffany Kearns; are traineeeducational psychologists working in different local authorities withinEngland. They have developed this preventative intervention as a part ofthe course requirements for the Professional Doctorate in Educational andChild Psychology at the University of East London.

Claire ReedNurturing TalkClare Reed has over 20 years teaching experience, mainly in inner-cityschools working across the Primary phase. Over the last eight years, Clarehas worked as a Speech, Language and Communication Consultant.During this time she developed, wrote and designed the Talk across theCurriculum, Nurturing Talk, Talking Families andTalkingPartners@Primary. She has also collaborated with colleagues towrite Talk Volunteers, TalkingPartners@Secondary and Talk4Maths.

These programmes support the development of speaking and listeningskills to enhance not only children's learning but also their social andemotional wellbeing, and can be adapted for working either at whole classlevel, small groups or with individuals.

Clare now provides training and consultancy in these areas plusbespoke SLC training for Quality First Teaching. Clare is also a trainer inTalking Maths and an Elklan Tutor. Clare has worked extensively for LocalAuthorities, educational establishments and schools across England. Shehas also delivered Talking Partners in Canada and Thailand.

This workshop is an introduction to NurturingTalk@Primary; a flexibleintervention programme to support the development of Speech, Languageand Communication for children with social and emotional health issues. Itwill outline the underlying concepts of behaviour and communication andgive a brief insight into some of the activities and techniques that are usedduring the programme.

Colette Marston and Lesley Colclough

Working with Parents Colette joined the Nurture Group Network before therewas a network to join. In 2001, Marion Bennathan OBE(now Life President of NGN) invited her to a meeting inLondon and since then Colette has been involved withdeveloping nurture groups, training, publications andhelping to develop the original Marjorie Boxall QualityMark Award.

During a long career in teaching, Colette has run aclassic model secondary nurture group and a new modelprimary KS2 nurture group. After retiring from teaching,Colette joined Warwickshire County Council where she isnow a specialist advisory teacher for nurture groups.Colette’s passion for nurture has grown over the yearsfrom seeing first hand, the way in which nurture groupscan change lives.

Lesley works at St Paul's C of E Primary School inNuneaton and is an experienced practitioner, having co-managed the school's Shining Stars Nurture Group forover ten years and achieved the MBQMA twice. She isalso a member of Warwickshire's NGN accreditedtraining team, helping to deliver The Theory andPractice of Nurture Groups course.

Engaging and working with parents is a key part ofrunning a successful nurture group, but sometimes itcan be difficult. Colette and Lesley will show delegateshow to engage parents who are hard to reach, and givelots of practical advice on how to have successfulinteraction in the nurture group.

Nicola Furey

Therapeutic Practice Nicola Furey is an experienced early years practitioner who believes ineducating the whole child - 'the head, the heart and the hand' for a futureworld not yet known. Nicola has developed the nurture group at LaurenceHaines School in the last three years to be an integral part of school life whichwas deemed good with outstanding features by Ofsted in 2014. Her passion fortherapeutic approaches to learning have extended from within the nurturegroup to the whole school.

This workshop aims to show attendees how to give children and youngpeople the power to question and not accept life as it appears. Through a verypractical session the participants will gain underpinning knowledge aboutphilosophy for children (P4C) and how a session runs. It will demonstrate thebenefits of ‘P4C’ to adults and children, why we need to build children’squestioning techniques to face an ever-changing and evolving world, andtherefore build resilience and buoyancy. The workshop aims to prove P4C candevelop a growth mind set in all areas of life.

Nicki Jennings

The Wellbeing ToolkitNicki Jennings is a former County Trainer in charge of SEMH CPD across Kent,where she facilitated a wide range of training courses, including Team Teach &the SEBDA and Nurture Group Network’s Wellbeing Toolkit as well as manyothers. Nicki has been part of SEBDA since 2006 and was chair from 2011 until2016, during which time she re-established the charity as the voice of SEMHworkers. Nicki is currently based at Langham Oaks SEMH School.

Nicki has an in-depth knowledge and wealth of experience in teachingchildren with extreme and challenging behaviours in special and mainstreamenvironments. She is passionate about the inclusion of all children, enablingthem to reach their full potential in the right setting. She uses her experienceto build capacity within the schools she supports, giving realistic strategies andexperiential training that meets individual needs of staff and pupils.

In her summer school workshops, Nicki will introduce the Wellbeing Toolkit,developed by Dr Tina Rae in association with Nurture Group Network andSEBDA. It gives you the tools you need to build your understanding of thecomplex needs we are now increasingly seeing in our pupils. The toolkit wasdeveloped as a direct response to the rapidly changing demands on teachingand support staff. The kit has also been adapted to support and build capacitywithin foster carer teams. 20 topics are designed to use as single sessions oras part of your setting’s continuous professional development programme.Nicki will share her experiences of the differing approaches she has usedwithin Goldwyn school (an Outstanding SEMH school) as part oftheir core CPD, in addition to delivering it as stand-alone topics inmainstream and special school training. The aim of the workshopis to give each delegate an understanding of the flexibility anddelivery of the toolkit.

Wendy Roden

Assignment Support As a Special Educational Needs co-ordinator and Social Inclusion coordinatorin a secondary school she was responsible for developing and managingprovision for pupils with a wide range of additional needs. It was during thistime and through links with the first primary nurturegroup in Cumbria that she realised the potential of nurture groups.

Working as a Behaviour and Attendance Improvement Programmecoordinator involved working with schools to develop innovative approachestargeted towards addressing some of the ‘barriers to learning’ experienced bychildren and young people. Aiming to raise aspirations and ‘narrow the gap’ tosecure active engagement and positive outcomes. As part of this programme anumber of schools developed nurture groups. She coordinated networking andprofessional development opportunities including an annualnurture group conference in Cumbria.

Wendy will be helping people who are currently in the training process,completing applications, or just need some advice on the best training path.

Jeni Barnacle

Nurturing MathsJeni was the head teacher at St Andrews PrimarySchool, Norfolk, where she embedded the nurtureprinciples across the whole school from 2002 to 2013.The school was highlighted in 2006 on a TVprogramme ‘Happiest Day’, and the story shared at arange of conferences. Jeni is now an associate trainerand regional co-ordinator for the Nurture GroupNetwork, as well as a nurture consultant andpractitioner based in East Anglia.

This workshop will show how a nurturingenvironment is the best place for developingmathematical language and support problem solvingskills. It will also show the importance of usingexperience to consolidate understanding. Delegateswill have an opportunity to explore a range ofmathematical activities and ideas to use in their ownsetting. A resource will be provided.

Catherine Beal and Helen Waters

The Tree of Life MethodologyCatherine Beal is an educational psychologist basedin Leeds. She has previously been a member of theYorkshire regional Nurture Network Steering Groupand has also been a big supporter of developmentand embedding of nurture practice through training,support and supervision. Catherine continues todevelop understanding of therapeutic approachesrelevant to nurture group practices, such as thosecovered within her Diploma in Narrative Therapy.Her publication within Youth Justice provides insightinto young people’s experiences of transition from ayoung offenders institute into the community.

Helen Waters is an educational psychologistbased in Leeds. She has supported settings in Leedswith the development and embedding of nurturepractice through training, support and supervision.She has continued to develop understanding oftherapeutic approaches which may be relevant tonurture group practice such as those covered withinher Diploma in Narrative Therapy. Helen is currentlyexploring how narrative therapy connects with VIG(Video Interactive Guidance) principles in herpractice, as a way of identifying and promotingpossibilities for change.

The Tree of Life Methodology is an approachbased on narrative therapy that can be used inindividual, small group or whole class level. It isbased on the ideology of drawing upon people’spersonal stories and using creative approaches todevelop connection and belonging in relationships.Some nurture groups have used it as a tool forresponding to an individual’s needs, supportingtransitions into and from nurture intervention andsupporting whole class relationships. This workshopwill provide an introduction to intervention, insightinto the experiences of support staff and reflectionon how the approach could be applied to yournurture group.

Workshops


Frances Ford

The Value of Play in a Nurture GroupFrances is a trained community, play and youth workerand a BACP registered counsellor. She became interestedin nurture groups in 2007 while working in Birminghamand her passion and commitment has helped her runnurture groups in secondary and primary settings. In herspare time, Frances is a volunteer counsellor for the Rapeand Sexual Violence Project and Walsall BereavementService.

Is play more important than we think? What happenswhen children’s play opportunities have been missed?This workshop will explore the impact of play and how toaddress developmental delays through extending playopportunities. It will also consider anxiety in children andutilising play as an opportunity to engage children withPDA in learning. Practical suggestions of how toincorporate the stages of play development into thenurture routine will be offered and explored. Thisworkshop will help practitioners to build play into thecurriculum to enable children and young people to play bythe teacher’s rules in the classroom.

Elizabeth Somerset-Butler

Safety First – Empowering Children Elizabeth is the deputy head of Laurance Haines School.This workshop looks at ways of providing children withstrategies to keep themselves safe and cope with situationsthat threaten their wellbeing. Delegates will look at how toteach children to recognise when they feel safe and whenthey do not, and will provide strategies to maintain calmnessand seek help. Also covered will be how to build children’sunderstanding of risk prevention and resilience. Finally,delegates will explore ways to encourage children and youngpeople to identify a range of feelings, their actions as a resultof these feelings, and how to develop emotional safety.

Adele Wilkinson

A Day in the Life of a Nurture GroupAdele is a teacher with almost 20 years of varied teachingexperience across primary and secondary settings and iscurrently working as a nurture teacher in a rural juniorschool. Driffield Junior School received the Marjorie BoxallQuality Mark Award in 2015 after only two and a half years.

This workshop will outline a ‘typical’ day in terms ofcurriculum and routines of a QMA nurture group. Adele willcover subjects such as which resources are used, how theday flows, what the children gain from the group, howprogress is evidenced and how the rest of the staffunderstand what the nurture group is all about.

Angi Franklin

60 Sensory Minutes Angi previously worked for a local authority where sheheld posts from teaching assistant to most recently,senior inclusion mentor. Angi has a great deal ofexperience in the training of attachment theory, behaviourmanagement, sensory disorders and much more. In thissession Angi will discuss sensory issues in the classroom.She will equip you with tools and ideas, as introduced inour publication ’60 Sensory Minutes’ that youcan use in the nurture room.

Kate Clarke

Establishing a Lego Club to ImproveSocial InteractionKate’s passion for working with pupils experiencing social andemotional difficulties was ignited when she began teaching inSEBD provisions more than seven years ago. Her most recentrole as specialist teacher for wellbeing in the Bridgend Countyborough council combines an advisory role in schools andsettings, including nurture groups across the country, as well asstill working with pupils delivering a range of interventions. Shealso delivers training to colleagues across the country, sharinggood practice and helping schools to build capacity.

Kate’s Summer School workshop is a play therapy basedintervention, originally targeted at ASD pupils to improve socialcommunication, using a structured, inclusive approach. Legoclubs also benefit pupils with social and emotional difficulties;developing and reinforcing play skills and social skills such as:• Verbal and non-verbal communication• Joint attention• Task focus• Sharing and turn-taking• Collaborative problem-solving

This interactive workshop provides delegates with the theorybehind the approach, its benefits and the rationale for using theapproach in a nurture setting. Delegates will experience first-hand how a Lego club works, as well as providing guidance andresources needed to set up their own Lego club.

Michelle Cutforth and Sharon Carabine

Secondary Nurture Groups Michelle and Sharon run their successful nurture group forapproximately 30 Y7 students and 10 Y8 students in AccringtonAcademy, a large secondary school in the North West of England.

In this practical and interactive workshop, they will share theirexperience of setting up a secondary nurture group and beingawarded the QMA. This is a great opportunity for secondarypractitioners to gain useful resources and take part in a Q&Asession to help support delegates in their secondary nurturejourney.

Antonia Farino

Musical Interaction in the Nurture GroupAntonia Farino is a nurture group teacher. She trained at RolleCollege, gaining a BEd (Hons) in Early Years Education withExpressive Arts. She has taught in mainstream education forover 20 years and has spent the last four years setting up andrunning a cluster nurture group that in July 2015 achieved theQMA.

This is a practical workshop that explores the use of musicand songs in circle times to develop social interaction, languageskills, self-esteem and emotional regulation through singing andrhythm games. Most children respond very positively to musicand are therefore motivated to engage in the shared play. Theworkshop aims to give practitioners the confidence to use arange of songs, musical instruments and props in their ownnurture groups to help support the development of earlyconversation skills such as eye contact, turn taking, use of facialexpressions and gestures.

NGN Summer School

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£100 bursary available for first 100 delegates to book

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BursariesNGN is delighted to announce that once again, we are able toprovide 100 bursaries of £100 for this event. The bursaries areon a first-come first-served basis and are non-transferablebetween delegates. To apply for your bursary, please contact Gillian Fewins in theLondon office on 020 3475 8980 or [email protected]

MASTERCLASS Choose ONE

2MON 13.00-14.00 & TUES 9.00-12.00 Mindfulness in the Nurture RoomMON 13.00-14.00 & TUES 9.00-12.00 Managing Actual and Potential Aggression in the ClassroomMON 13.00-14.00 & TUES 9.00-12.00 The Marjorie Boxall Quality Mark Award and Ofsted/Estyn/HMIEMON 13.00-14.00 & TUES 9.00-12.00 Attachment Theory and Practical Strategies

BIG PICTURE SESSIONAttend up to ALL 3

14.00-15.00 Tue26July The Changing Role of Educational Psychologists10.05-11.00 Wed 27July A Journey to Outstanding12.20-13.20 Thu 28 July The National Nurturing Schools Programme: Our Journey So Far

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WORKSHOP SECTION OVERLEAF

13.00 - 14.00 - 15.00 15.00 - 16.00 16.05 - 17.0014.00Attachment Theory and Practical StrategiesMindfulness in the Nurture RoomHigh Performing Nurture Groups and the Marjorie Boxall Quality Mark AwardSeminar 103 Managing Actual and Potential Aggression

The Tree of Life MethodologyCoaching Children into EmpowermentA Day in the Life of a Nurture GroupNurturing Talk at Primary

Establishing a LEGO Club to Improve Social Interaction

Musical Interaction in the Nurture GroupA Day in the Life of a Nurture GroupThe Wellbeing ToolkitNurturing Talk at Primary Establishing a LEGO Club to Improve Social Interaction

Working with ParentsMusical Interaction inthe Nurture GroupYogaBuilding Resilience through PhilosophySafety First - Empowering ChildrenThe Value of Play in a Nurture Group

The Tree of Life MethodologyCoaching Children intoEmpowermentNurturing Talk at Primary60 Sensory Minutes

Working with ParentsFundraising for your Nurture GroupYogaThe Value of Play in a Nurture Group

Monday 25 July Tuesday 26 July

Wednesday27 July

Thursday28 July

Monday 25 July Tuesday 26 July

Wednesday27 July

Thursday28 July

9.00 - 10.00 10.05 - 11.00 11.00 - 12.00 12.00 - 13.00

Attachment Theory and Practical StrategiesMindfulness in the Nurture RoomHigh Performing Nurture Groups and the Marjorie Boxall Quality Mark AwardManaging Actual and Potential Aggression

Working with ParentsMusical Interaction in theNurture GroupBuilding Resilience through PhilosophyNurturing Talk at PrimaryThe Value of Play in a Nurture Group

The Tree of LifeMethodologyCoaching Children intoEmpowermentSecondary Nurture GroupsSafety First - EmpoweringChildren Establishing a LEGO Club toImprove Social Interaction

Assignment supportThink Strong Be StrongFundraising for your Nurture GroupBuilding Resilience through PhilosophySafety First - Empowering Children60 Sensory Minutes

Think Strong Be StrongNurturing MathsSecondary Nurture GroupsThe Wellbeing Toolkit

Assignment SupportThink Strong Be StrongNurturing MathsYogaA Day in the Life of aNurture GroupThe Wellbeing Toolkit60 Sensory Minutes

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