Prince Henry's Grammar School

Welcome to Prince Henry’s Grammar School. Here, we’re bringing together colleagues from Business/Economics, Geography, History, MFL, PE/Sport, Psychology, RE/Citizenship and Sociology. Although we’re spread across venues, this is still very much one Red Kite Day, a chance to connect, collaborate and learn together.

Red Kite Day 8 Programme at Prince Henry's Grammar School

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	Panel with Sanjay Bhandari, Chair of Kick it Out, Edward Davies, Centre for Social Justice and Katie White, MP A fantastic opportunity to hear from a highly qualified panel of experts, all related in some way to the political sphere, and all committed to developing a society which can support and nurture the young people in our schools. Panel members will explain their work briefly before tackling questions from the audience. Particular areas of expertise on the panel include: challenging racism; the climate crisis; the 'manosphere'.
11:00-11:30	Break with refreshments
11:30-12:30	Subject Session 1 - please see the drop down boxes below for more information about these subjects.	Room
	Business/Economics	EN1
	Geography	HU4 then IT4
	History	HU3
	MFL	LC1, LC2, LC3, LC4 and LC8
	PE/Sport	PE1, LC5, LC6, LC7 and MS1, sports Hall, Gym, Outdoor courts
	Psychology	EN2
	RE/Citizenship	EN3
	Sociology	EN4
12:30-13:15	Lunch
13:15-14:30	Subject Session 2 with reflection time in school teams Evaluation Form
14:30-14:45	Plenary

Live Keynote Speakers

Further Session Information

Business and Economics

What Gives us Hope in Business & Economics Right Now?

What gives us hope - Reflection on the year

Reframing hope – link back to network priorities and what moved learning along – what will be take forward?

Stop/start/keep activity – what isn’t working any more, what should we start doing? What is having an impact that we should keep?

Looking ahead to next year, how do we better support our key students?

Geography

Developing fieldwork skills and the ability of students to use geographical language when discussing fieldwork

1. Oracy strategies that can be used in the classroom and how the fit in the delivery of fieldwork

2. Implementing oracy strategies within our own fieldwork curriculums

History

Parallel Histories – How to teach controversial histories

MFL

The provisional MFL sessions are:

Effective modelling and scaffolding in MFL
Avoiding passivity with speaking practice in the MFL classroom
How to drill vocabulary so it sticks
Effective use of flashcards to promote vocabulary learning
How to best prepare students for success in GCSE AQA speaking tests
How to best prepare students for success in GCSE AQA writing papers
How to best prepare students for success in GCSE AQA reading and listening papers
How to best prepare students for success in GCSE Edexcel speaking tests

PE/Sport

Theoretical and Practical CPD

The plan will be to have a mixture of classroom based sessions practical based sessions.

Psychology

De-Abstracting AQA Psychology: Interactive Methods for Linear Success.

RE/Citizenship

Teaching Hope - Religious Studies in a Challenging World

Sociology

Bringing Sociology to Life: Ideas, Methods, and Meaning

Session 1: Making Sociology Visible – Connecting Theory to Students’ Lives

Overview: This session will focus on helping teachers make sociology real, relevant, and relatable. It explores how everyday experiences, current issues, and student identities can be used to illustrate key sociological theories and concepts.

Session 2: Teaching Sociology Powerfully – Methods, Dialogue, and Critical Thinking

Overview: This session will examine how sociology is taught, focusing on pedagogy that encourages critical thinking, debate, and sociological imagination. It emphasises classroom methods that move beyond transmission of knowledge.

Arrival and Parking information

There are two school car parks, LS21 2BB or LS21 2BF, and delegates can use either car park. Please wear your school lanyard and report to Main Reception on arrival.

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.