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NGN Summer School 2016

NGN Summer School

2016The Ron Cooke HubUniversity of York26–28July 2016

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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 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 Attachment Theory and Practical Strategies Exhibition space

Lakehouse one Mindfulness in the nurture room

Lakehouse two High Performing Nurture Groups and the Marjorie Boxall Quality Mark Award

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Medium pod Think Strong Be Strong The Tree of Life Methodology Working with Parents Plenary

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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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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

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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

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MasterclassesNGN Summer School 2016

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 stallsand 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.’

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 bookand 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

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Kevin Kibble

Fundraising for your Nurture GroupFunding can be an issue, especially in times of austerity. If you need to raise funds for a specific event, or to establish yournurture group, Kevin will show you how to craft a grant applicationform so your application stands above the rest.

Jaki Reid

YogaJaki Reid has been working with vulnerable young peoplefor 23 years, as a teacher for the last 10 and in a nurturegroup for the last two. She also currently teaches fouryoga classes per week locally and has trained in givingreiki and Thai yoga massage.

Jaki started yoga in her 20s and returned to it as aregular practice in her 30s as a means to balance out thestresses she faced as a NQT. Six years ago, she decidedto explore the practice further and trained as a yogateacher with the Classical Yoga School (CYS) and yogissuch as David Sye, David Swenson and David Kyle. Thetraining was based on ashtanga and explored the conceptof teaching seasonally.

This session will focus on seasonal yoga, which isfounded on the knowledge that we are a part of natureand therefore part of its changes, which allows us toadapt our practice to promote health on every level.Seasonal yoga assists us to cultivate an awareness ofthese changing energetic states and then how to usethem to complement the season we are in, or to adapt towhat is going on in the world around us. Seasonal yogaclasses change five times a year to reflect seasonalchanges, and work with these energies and qualities tosupport individual organs and systems, encouragingphysical, mental, emotional and spiritual health. Delegates are encouraged to bring a yoga mat or towel touse if possible.

Nicola Furey

Therapeutic Practice Nicola Furey is an experienced early years practitioner whobelieves in educating the whole child - 'the head, the heart andthe hand' for a future world not yet known. Nicola has developedthe nurture group at Laurence Haines School in the last threeyears to be an integral part of school life which was deemed goodwith outstanding features by Ofsted in 2014. Her passion fortherapeutic approaches to learning have extended from within thenurture group to the whole school.

This workshop aims to show attendees how to give childrenand young people the power to question and not accept life as itappears. Through a very practical session the participants willgain underpinning knowledge about philosophy for children (P4C)and how a session runs. It will demonstrate the benefits of ‘P4C’to adults and children, why we need to build children’squestioning techniques to face an ever-changing and evolvingworld, and therefore build resilience and buoyancy. The workshopaims to prove P4C can develop a growth mind set in all areas oflife.

Nicki Jennings

The Wellbeing ToolkitNicki Jennings is a former County Trainer in charge of SEMH CPDacross Kent, where she facilitated a wide range of trainingcourses, including Team Teach & the SEBDA and Nurture GroupNetwork’s Wellbeing Toolkit as well as many others. Nicki hasbeen part of SEBDA since 2006 and was chair from 2011 until2016, during which time she re-established the charity as thevoice of SEMH workers. Nicki is currently based at Langham OaksSEMH School.

Nicki has an in-depth knowledge and wealth of experience inteaching children with extreme and challenging behaviours inspecial and mainstream environments. She is passionate aboutthe inclusion of all children, enabling them to reach their fullpotential in the right setting. She uses her experience to buildcapacity within the schools she supports, giving realisticstrategies and experiential training that meets individual needs ofstaff and pupils.

In her summer school workshops, Nicki will introduce theWellbeing Toolkit, developed by Dr Tina Rae in association withNurture Group Network and SEBDA. It gives you the tools youneed to build your understanding of the complex needs we arenow increasingly seeing in our pupils. The toolkit was developedas a direct response to the rapidly changing demands on teachingand support staff. The kit has also been adapted to support andbuild capacity within foster carer teams. 20 topics are designed touse as single sessions or as part of your setting’s continuousprofessional development programme. Nicki will share herexperiences of the differing approaches she has used withinGoldwyn school (an Outstanding SEMH school) as part of theircore 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 SocialInclusion coordinator in a secondary school she wasresponsible for developing and managing provision forpupils with a wide range of additional needs. It was duringthis time and through links with the first primary nurturegroup in Cumbria that she realised the potential ofnurture groups.

Working as a Behaviour and Attendance ImprovementProgramme coordinator involved working with schools todevelop innovative approaches targeted towardsaddressing some of the ‘barriers to learning’ experiencedby children and young people. Aiming to raise aspirationsand ‘narrow the gap’ to secure active engagement andpositive outcomes. As part of this programme a number ofschools developed nurture groups. She coordinatednetworking and professional development opportunitiesincluding an annualnurture group conference in Cumbria.

Wendy will be helping people who are currently in thetraining process, completing applications, or just needsome advice on the best trainingpath.

Ben McDonald

Coaching Children into Empowerment Ben is a family support worker at Laurance Haines School and hasbeen a certified NLP practitioner and personal development coachfor the past six years, empowering children, young people and adultsto overcome limitations and grown in personal confidence.

This interactive and informative workshop will focus on thesubject of coaching children into empowerment and emotionalmanagement. For children this technique is called ‘The Confidentand Happy Me’. Emotional management is a skill that is taught topeople of all ages and in all walks of life. There is often anexpectation that children should be able to adopt greater controlover their emotions, even ‘in the moment’. Yet for children to be ableto win in moment of emotional difficulty (anger, sadness, anxiety)they need to be able to access positive emotions that are strongenough to undo the effects of negative ones.

Ben will demonstrate fun and simple tools and techniques thatcan be taught to and used by both children and adults to overcomefeelings that hinder their progress.

Keanu Chan, Sue Ackerley &Tiffany Kearns

Think Strong Be StrongThis workshop hopes to provide an overview of theThink Strong Be Strong programme, due to be releasedin the Autumn. The workshop will give practitioners anopportunity to experiment with the associatedresources and collaboratively think about how theymight use them in practice. Think Strong Be Strong is a five week programme thatapplies positive psychology to achieve the followingaims: • Raise children’s awareness of their strengths to

help them recognise their own self-worth, problemsolve and build positive relationships

• Promote positive discussions around children’s strengths in order to enrich the supportiveenvironment surrounding them

The presenters; Keanu Chan, Sue Ackerley and TiffanyKearns; are trainee educational psychologists workingin different local authorities within England. They havedeveloped this preventative intervention as a part of thecourse requirements for the Professional Doctorate inEducational and Child Psychology at the University ofEast London.

Claire ReedNurturing TalkClare Reed has over 20 years teaching experience,mainly in inner-city schools working across thePrimary phase. Over the last eight years, Clare hasworked as a Speech, Language and CommunicationConsultant. During this time she developed, wrote anddesigned the Talk across the Curriculum, NurturingTalk, Talking Families and TalkingPartners@Primary.She has also collaborated with colleagues to writeTalk Volunteers, TalkingPartners@Secondary andTalk4Maths.

These programmes support the development ofspeaking and listening skills to enhance not onlychildren's learning but also their social and emotionalwellbeing, and can be adapted for working either atwhole class level, small groups or with individuals.

Clare now provides training and consultancy inthese areas plus bespoke SLC training for Quality FirstTeaching. Clare is also a trainer in Talking Maths andan Elklan Tutor. Clare has worked extensively for LocalAuthorities, educational establishments and schoolsacross England. She has also delivered TalkingPartners in Canada and Thailand.

This workshop is an introduction toNurturingTalk@Primary; a flexible interventionprogramme to support the development of Speech,Language and Communication for children with socialand emotional health issues. It will outline theunderlying concepts of behaviour and communicationand give a brief insight into some of the activities andtechniques that are used during the programme.

Colette Marston and Lesley Colclough

Working with Parents Colette joined the Nurture Group Network before there was anetwork to join. In 2001, Marion Bennathan OBE (now Life Presidentof NGN) invited her to a meeting in London and since then Colettehas been involved with developing nurture groups, training,publications and helping to develop the original Marjorie BoxallQuality Mark Award.

During a long career in teaching, Colette has run a classic modelsecondary nurture group and a new model primary KS2 nurturegroup. After retiring from teaching, Colette joined WarwickshireCounty Council where she is now a specialist advisory teacher fornurture groups. Colette’s passion for nurture has grown over theyears from seeing first hand, the way in which nurture groups canchange lives.

Lesley works at St Paul's C of E Primary School in Nuneaton andis an experienced practitioner, having co-managed the school'sShining Stars Nurture Group for over ten years and achieved theMBQMA twice. She is also a member of Warwickshire's NGNaccredited training team, helping to deliver The Theory and Practiceof Nurture Groups course.

Engaging and working with parents is a key part of running asuccessful nurture group, but sometimes it can be difficult. Coletteand Lesley will show delegates how to engage parents who are hardto reach, and give lots of practical advice on how to have successfulinteraction in the nurture group.

Workshops

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Jeni Barnacle

Nurturing MathsJeni was the head teacher at St Andrews Primary School,Norfolk, where she embedded the nurture principles acrossthe whole school from 2002 to 2013. The school washighlighted in 2006 on a TV programme ‘Happiest Day’, and thestory shared at a range of conferences. Jeni is now anassociate trainer and regional co-ordinator for the NurtureGroup Network, as well as a nurture consultant andpractitioner based in East Anglia.

This workshop will show how a nurturing environment isthe best place for developing mathematical language andsupport problem solving skills. It will also show theimportance of using experience to consolidate understanding.Delegates will have an opportunity to explore a range ofmathematical activities and ideas to use in their own setting. Aresource will be provided.

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 withsituations that threaten their wellbeing. Delegates willlook at how to teach children to recognise when they feelsafe and when they do not, and will provide strategies tomaintain calmness and seek help. Also covered will behow to build children’s understanding of risk preventionand resilience. Finally, delegates will explore ways toencourage children and young people to identify a rangeof feelings, their actions as a result of these feelings, andhow 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 MarjorieBoxall Quality Mark Award in 2015 after only two and ahalf years.

This workshop will outline a ‘typical’ day in terms ofcurriculum and routines of a QMA nurture group. Adelewill cover subjects such as which resources are used, howthe day 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 socialand emotional difficulties was ignited when she beganteaching in SEBD provisions more than seven years ago.Her most recent role as specialist teacher for wellbeing inthe Bridgend County borough council combines anadvisory role in schools and settings, including nurturegroups across the country, as well as still working withpupils delivering a range of interventions. She alsodelivers training to colleagues across the country, sharinggood practice and helping schools to build capacity.

Kate’s Summer School workshop is a play therapybased intervention, originally targeted at ASD pupils toimprove social communication, using a structured,inclusive approach. Lego clubs also benefit pupils withsocial and emotional difficulties; developing andreinforcing 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 thetheory behind the approach, its benefits and the rationalefor using the approach in a nurture setting. Delegates willexperience first-hand how a Lego club works, as well asproviding guidance and resources needed to set up theirown 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 ofEngland.

In this practical and interactive workshop, they will sharetheir experience of setting up a secondary nurture group andbeing awarded the QMA. This is a great opportunity forsecondary practitioners to gain useful resources and take partin a Q&A session to help support delegates in their secondarynurture journey.

Antonia Farino

Musical Interaction in the Nurture GroupAntonia Farino is a nurture group teacher. She trained atRolle College, gaining a BEd (Hons) in Early YearsEducation with Expressive Arts. She has taught inmainstream education for over 20 years and has spentthe last four years setting up and running a clusternurture group that in July 2015 achieved the QMA.

This is a practical workshop that explores the use ofmusic and songs in circle times to develop socialinteraction, language skills, self-esteem and emotionalregulation through singing and rhythm games. Mostchildren respond very positively to music and aretherefore motivated to engage in the shared play. Theworkshop aims to give practitioners the confidence to usea range of songs, musical instruments and props in theirown nurture groups to help support the development ofearly conversation skills such as eye contact, turn taking,use of facial expressions and gestures.

Catherine Beal and Helen Waters

The Tree of Life MethodologyCatherine Beal is an educational psychologist based in Leeds.She has previously been a member of the Yorkshire regionalNurture Network Steering Group and has also been a bigsupporter of development and embedding of nurture practicethrough training, support and supervision. Catherinecontinues to develop understanding of therapeutic approachesrelevant to nurture group practices, such as those coveredwithin her Diploma in Narrative Therapy. Her publicationwithin Youth Justice provides insight into young people’sexperiences of transition from a young offenders institute intothe community.

Helen Waters is an educational psychologist based inLeeds. She has supported settings in Leeds with thedevelopment and embedding of nurture practice throughtraining, support and supervision. She has continued todevelop understanding of therapeutic approaches which maybe relevant to nurture group practice such as those coveredwithin her Diploma in Narrative Therapy. Helen is currentlyexploring how narrative therapy connects with VIG (VideoInteractive Guidance) principles in her practice, as a way ofidentifying and promoting possibilities for change.

The Tree of Life Methodology is an approach based onnarrative therapy that can be used in individual, small groupor whole class level. It is based on the ideology of drawingupon people’s personal stories and using creative approachesto develop connection and belonging in relationships. Somenurture groups have used it as a tool for responding to anindividual’s needs, supporting transitions into and fromnurture intervention and supporting whole class relationships.This workshop will provide an introduction to intervention,insight into the experiences of support staff and reflection onhow the approach could be applied to your nurture group.

NGN Summer School

2016Closing date 1stJuly2016

MASTERCLASS Choose ONE CLICK IN BOX to choose session, reverse procedure to change choice of session BIG PICTURE SESSIONAttend up to ALL3

WORKSHOPS Choose one from each timeslot CLICK IN BOX to choose session, reverse procedure to change choice of session

14.00 - 15.00 Tuesday26July The Changing Role of Educational Psychologists10.05 - 11.00 Wednesday 27July A Journey to Outstanding12.20 - 13.20 Thursday 28 July The National Nurturing Schools Programme:

Our Journey So Far

Monday 25 July

Tuesday 26 July

Wednesday 27 July

Thursday28 July

9.00 - 10.00 10.05 - 11.00 11.00 - 12.00 12.00 - 13.00 13.00 14.00 14.00 - 15.00 15.00 - 16.00 16.05 - 17.00

BookingformMasterclass and Summer SchoolPlease complete sections 1 to 5 as required

Attachment Theory and Practical Strategies

Mindfulness in the Nurture RoomHigh Performing Nurture Groups and the Marjorie Boxall Quality Mark AwardSeminar 103 Managing Actual and Potential Aggression

Attachment Theory and Practical Strategies

Mindfulness in the Nurture Room

High Performing Nurture Groups and the Marjorie Boxall Quality Mark Award

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 in theNurture GroupYogaBuilding Resilience through PhilosophySafety First - EmpoweringChildrenThe Value of Play in a Nurture Group

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

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

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

The Tree of LifeMethodologyCoaching Children intoEmpowermentSecondary Nurture GroupsSafety First - EmpoweringChildren Establishing a LEGO Clubto Improve SocialInteraction

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 Support

Think Strong Be StrongNurturing MathsYoga

A Day in the Life of aNurture GroupThe Wellbeing Toolkit

60 Sensory Minutes

Masterclass and Summer SchoolSummer School only

Costs£655plus VAT for Masterclassand Summer School£495plus VAT forSummer School only

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£100 bursaryavailable 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 bursariesare on a first-come first-served basis and are non-transferable between delegates. To apply for your bursary, please contact Gillian Fewins inthe London office on 020 3475 8980 or emailgillian.fewins@nurturegroups.org

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