KEYNOTE: DfE representative

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Katherine Wilson & Rebecca Scrace, Teachers, Danesfield

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Giles Hill, Digital Learning Lead, Aspire Academy Trust

Beginning with a brief presentation on the major updates and intricacies of using Tapestry in remote learning circumstances, leading into Q+As across the whole system including classroom app usage. If you are new to online learning journeys; are finalising and distributing your current year’s work; are thinking about enrolment of new children / relatives and setting up for September; or simply have nagging questions that need answers – come along and pitch into this informal and friendly session.

Chris Rothwell - Director of Education, Microsoft UK

Chris will be talking about what schools were doing with technology before Covid and what the opportunities and requirements are now as we emerge from the other side.

Tonia Dudley and Lucy Runham, Teacher, Cornerstone and Regional CPD Manager, 2Simple

This session will provide an overview of the ‘Evidence Me’ product, exploring how it can be used across the primary age group to record observations, track progress and share learning between school and home. We’ll include how to use new features to blur faces in photographs,  add mark-up to work and share documents and weblinks between users. Teachers at Broadclyst Primary will share how they have used Evidence Me to strengthen home-school links, assess progress and inform future planning.

Vicky Kennard and Lucy Lees, Literacy Specialists, Cornerstone

 Understanding how using a range of digital tools can enhance Phonics teaching is both essential to 21st Century learning and navigating the uncertainties of the current educational climate. We will look at the requirements of a teacher in leading an effective synthetic phonics system and how this can be supported through the virtual delivery of lessons. We will consider the role of expert reading leaders in supporting their team through virtual CPD and digital assessment tracking, as well as the challenges around closing the word gap. Q+A session to follow the presentation.

Tonia Dudley, Early Years Phase Leader, Cornerstone

This session will provide an overview of the ‘Evidence Me’ product, exploring how it can be used across the primary age group to record observations, track progress and share learning between school and home. We’ll include how to use new features to blur faces in photographs, add mark-up to work and share documents and weblinks between users. We will share how Cornerstone Academy has used Evidence Me to strengthen home-school links, assess progress and inform future planning.

Anthony Salcito - VP Worldwide Education, Microsoft

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Chaired by Ty Goddard, EdTech Demonstrator Programme

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Vicky Kennard, Sarah Gomersall and Katie Hopkins, Teachers, Cornerstone, 2Simple

In this session, join a group of year 1 children as they continue their journey of reading serialised stories online using Purple Mash. We will be reviewing previous chapters read and making some predictions for what might happen in the next instalment of the story. Additionally, children will be discussing new vocabulary in terms of spelling and definitions. We will round off the session with a group read where children can practise reading the new words and have a go at using expression in our reading. Finally, we will talk about our favourite parts of today’s chapter before taking the comprehension quiz available.

Beth Schoter, Teacher, Cornerstone

John Laramy - Principal and Chief Executive, Exeter College

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Abi Copley, Teacher, Cornerstone

Reading is an essential part of all children’s progression. Storytelling widens a child’s vocabulary, and a wide vocabulary is decisive in becoming a confident reader. The session will focus on the importance of storytelling and how to make this engaging for children in a Virtual world.

Abigail Fleming, Teacher, Cornerstone

In this session, join a group of Year 2 children as they continue to develop their understanding of melody and composition using online resources. We will be singing a song about friendship before using Slido to collaboratively come up with ideas on what makes a good friend. Additionally, the children will learn about pitch and ascending and descending melody. They will then use this learning to compose a melody. We will have a go at writing lyrics about friendships using our responses from earlier in the lesson. Finally, we will perform our lyrics alongside the melodic compositions.

Vicky Kennard, Phase Leader, Cornerstone

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