Crawshaw Academy

Welcome to Crawshaw Academy. Here, we’re bringing together colleagues from Art/Photography, Drama, English and Music, alongside Teaching Assistants. Although we’re spread across venues, this is still very much one Red Kite Day, a chance to connect, collaborate and learn together through a programme of subject and role-specific sessions.

Red Kite Day 8 Programme at Crawshaw Academy

Time	Session
08:30-09:10	Registration and refreshments
09:15-10:00	Keynote - Sanjay Bhandari, Chair of Kick it Out 'Reasons to be Cheerful' Why, in Education, not only do we have reasons to be optimistic but that optimism is an essential ingredient to leading change. It's an obligation.
10:00-10:10	Comfort Break
10:10-11:00	Keynote - Nick Barley, Director, National Poetry Centre, Leeds
11:00-11:30	Break with refreshments
11:30-12:30	Subject/Workshop 1 - please see the drop down boxes below for more information about these subjects.	Room
	Art/Photography	AD3 and AD4
	Drama	DR1
	Music	Mu1
	English	Lecture Hub - English Corridor
	TAs	Strive Block - STR1
12:30-13:15	Lunch
13:15-14:30	Subject/Workshop Session 2 with reflection time in school teams Evaluation Form
14:30-14:45	Plenary

Live Keynote Speaker

Further Session Information

Art/Photography

Inclusivity and wellbeing through the curriculum

Session 1

GCSE carousel – Staff from each school to bring examples of how they currently teach the GCSE Art curriculum

Session 2

Staff to work in department groups to discuss and plan how this could be implemented/ altered in their current curriculum.

Drama

Creative approaches to delivering script workshops

Offering alternative ways to deliver script work. These can be used and adapted for all key stages.

English

Why does hope matter?

Group discussions: what are the challenges in English; what is there to be hopeful about; how do we encourage students with additional challenges to feel hopeful; how can we use literature to build hope?

Video featuring disadvantaged students discussing challenges they've experienced in English

Unseen poetry [Mary Oliver 'The summer Day', Henley's 'Invictus']

• Ways in to unseen poems

• Grammar in context

• Poetry as a stimulus for talk

• Poetry as a stimulus for creative writing

Music

Inspiring ambition at every level

The session will include discussions on getting students inspired from the ground up, from year 7 and resilience in the practical classroom.

Teaching Assistants

Session 1

Speech, language and communication needs - why, what and how?

Keynote presentation by Kate Freeman, Speech and Language Therapist and Liz Zoccolan, Lead for Inclusion, Red Kite Learning Trust

“Speech, language and communication: How well do you know your pupils? …and the impact of not knowing them”

This would lead participants to :

Consider how to recognise hidden SLCN
Reflect on the role of spoken language in learning
Recognise the impact of unidentified SLCN on attainment
Look at strategies for inclusive classroom practice
Evaluate the importance of collaborative, systemic support
Recognise the need for identification and support of SLCN

Session 2

Colleagues will have the opportunity to attend 2 of the workshops below:

Exploring Selective and Situational Mutism - Josh Smith, Lighthouse Speech and Language Therapist
Elklan - Sarah Byrne, Western Primary School - learn more about the Elklan approach and how it could support SLCN provision in your setting.
Developmental Language Disorder – A personal insight, Kate Freeman, Speech and Language Therapist

Arrival and Parking Information

For satnav purposes use Raven's Mount, postcode LS28 9HT. Entrance is via Robin Lane and you will then be given directions to the car parks. Colleagues will then need to make their way to the main reception at the front of school if parking at the rear.

Please wear your school lanyard.

Photography and Videography

Photography and videography will take place at this event for Red Kite marketing purposes, including (but not limited to) use on our website and social media channels. Attendance constitutes your consent to be included; however, if you prefer not to be identifiable in images, you may opt out by wearing a yellow lanyard. We will make reasonable efforts to respect this, but please be aware that it may not be possible to exclude individuals from large group or crowd shots.