CAPH Spring Conference - Collaborative Cornwall
Our spring conference this year will brought together a number of inter locking initiatives and strategy updates that are available for you to access and implement, at no cost to your budget.
Our theme—attendance, inclusion, and SEND—is not just a policy focus or a box-ticking exercise.
It goes to the very foundation of what we do. These are complex and interconnected challenges that demand strategic thinking, operational precision, and, most importantly, a school culture rooted in empathy, equity, and high expectations for all.
It is amazing what has been produced collaboratively in Cornwall, for Cornish schools, by committed teams that have worked together across the education sector.
Please find the introductory video from Eveleen Riordan and the presentations from our guest speakers below:
Conference Introduction - Eveleen Riordan
Education and Children’s Community Health priorities in Cornwall
Safeguarding and Child Protection Update including the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Transforming Attendance in Cornwall
Parent Carer Engagement Framework
SEND Strategy 2024 - 2029
Afternoon Round Table Workshops and Discussion: Delegates to chose 4 x 25 minute sessions
Parental engagement workshop:
“Parent carer engagement is now a thread that runs through all of our decision making when working at a strategic level. We continue to use our findings to help shape our provision and offer based on what we now know better about our families,” said L. Vallance, Deputy Head, St Day and Carharrack School.
Join Nicky Hepworth and Laura Vallance who will focus on a specific case study where St Day and Carharrack School will demonstrate how they used the Framework to support a planned approach to working in partnership with parent carers. Impact, key learning, and next steps will be shared. The workshop will also promote opportunities to ask questions and engage in discussion about parental engagement.
SEND – Special Partnership Trust – Managing SEND in the Classroom:
Join Emilie Warren from the Special Partnership Trust as she presents three effective strategies that the Outreach team has successfully observed in mainstream schools. Additionally, gain valuable insights from the joint initiative between Special Partnership Trust and Cornwall Council- the Specialist Information Advice and Guidance (SIAG) project, highlighting immediate, actionable steps schools can take to improve SEND provision.
Implementing the Attendance Strategy:
Join Chris Coyle-Chislett and Cassie Pamplin for an insightful round table discussion on the practical implementation of the Attendance Strategy, building on Jen Blunden's morning session. Drawing from their experiences at Penpol and Portreath schools, they will share what has worked well, the challenges faced, and the key lessons learned. This session will highlight quick wins that schools can adopt immediately, as well as longer-term strategies to sustain and improve attendance. Come ready to discuss, ask questions, and explore practical approaches that can make a real impact in your setting.
Supporting Mental Wellbeing:
As educators we play a crucial role in shaping the environment in which children learn and grow.
As more research becomes available, so too does our knowledge and understanding of the importance of creating spaces where children feel psychologically, emotionally and physically safe.
Health promoting and health protecting education settings is fundamental to good educational attendance, attainment and most importantly to support children’s social, emotional mental health & wellbeing.
Join Ness Little (Headstart Digitial Resilliance, Parent, Carer and Family Lead) and Shelly Jameson (Healthy Schools) to explore practical strategies and resources (available from Headstart Kernow and Cornwall Healthy Schools) that can be implemented in your school to help grow a nurturing environment. One which fosters a sense of belonging and connection for children to their peers, family, school and wider community. A particularly powerful antidote for those children that have experience the impact and effects of adversity and trauma.
A schools Guide to Implementation and Sustainability:
Join John Rodgers to examine the evidence from the new and updated EEF Guidance Report “A School’s Guide to Implementation” and include a facilitated activity to explore the crosscutting behaviours that drive effective implementation and the contextual factors that influence implementation efforts.
Winning With Numbers:
Join Beth Harding MBE to understand Winning With Numbers and it’s structured and systemised number curriculum and learning platform that ensures children are fluent and confident with number by the age of ten. Winning With Numbers is like phonics for maths!
The Winning With Numbers curriculum identifies 300 small steps of progression and puts them in a straight-line sequence of learning making it easy for staff and parents to support children to move from one WIN to the next.
Four Elements to Success – How to Access Funding and Support:
Join Vanessa Morley to see how the Kernow English Hub can help you!
They may be able to fund books, resources or training for your SSP. There are also webinars, courses and conferences which they run throughout the year and the best bit is that they are all free!
Curriculum, Culture and Ethos:
Join Ben Towe to discuss the significance of culture and ethos in the delivery, design and future development of a school’s curriculum. How does content embrace diversity and inclusivity and provide children with a global perspective and sense of place?
Does our curriculum reflect the values of our school community and are they lived through our children’s learning and the opportunities we provide them with?
Wolferstans – Navigating New Directions.
Join Victoria Sargeant to understand how Labour Government reforms will reshape employment, explore the practical implications of what the Employment Rights Bill and other proposed changes to employment law will mean for schools and their staff.
Victoria will also touch on strategic absence management, focusing on the rise of mental health absence, sharing tips and techniques to manage the rise in absences related to mental health; particularly long term. She will share best practice negotiating the fine line between being a supportive employer and managing a child’s education.