Seminar 1
Title: Energy saving and the environment – how you can make a difference in your home and school
Lead: Roy Jordan – Caladen Consulting
Summary: TBC
Seminar 2
Title: Poetry slam dunk (KS2 and KS3)
Lead: Pep the Poet (David Anderson)
Summary: TBC
Seminar 3
Title: Mediation training supporting young people and adults.
Lead: CRESST
Summary: Introducing an evidence-based framework for equipping young people with the skills to handle conflict well, using classroom teaching and volunteer peer mediation schemes. This workshop will be enriched with feedback from schools and young people themselves.
Seminar 4
Title: Transformative conversations – how to tick the boxes whilst growing confidence and conviction in our leaders
Lead: Rachel Higginson
Summary: It is easy to feel as though professional conversations are driven by accountability measures and therefore unsatisfying for all parties. What if we were to view these conversations through a lens of motivation and curiosity? Rachel will explore how taking a conversational approach to professional conversations can radically change culture, motivation, job satisfaction and outcomes.
Seminar 5
Title: An introduction ‘Teach us to Pray’
Lead: Jo boyce
Summary: Jo will introduce the ‘Teach us to Pray’ resource that all MAC schools will be using. The programme mini-courses on various aspects of music, prayer and liturgy. In each module, Jo Boyce presents Church teaching, liturgical principles and practical tips in a way that is engaging, experiential and prayerful. What CJM has always been good at doing is holding on faithfully to our tradition of prayer and liturgy, while giving it contemporary expression. This resource is about helping staff in our schools to do the same, to bring the liturgy to life for our young people.
Seminar 6
Title: Sharing the Church’s Story
Lead: Brendan Thompson
Summary: A discussion to share why all children are loved within a Catholic School.
Seminar 7
Title: Self-care; a moral & ethical obligation?
Lead: Peter Smallwood
Summary: Why self-care is so important, why we ignore it and tips on healthily taking.
Seminar 8
Title: Collaborative learning pedagogy
Lead: Gavin Clowes
Summary: TBC
Seminar 9
Title: If a child feels love they will learn at their optimum ability.
Lead: Dr Andrew Curran
Summary: Neurobiology has advanced a huge distance in the last 25 years. Andrew will share with you in readily accessible and often entertaining ways how this knowledge informs everything you do in the classroom and in your school.