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Attachment Aware Schools Programme
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A Safe Space, a Nurturing Learning Community
Derbyshire’s Virtual School wants to work in parthership
with you to raise understanding of the issues faced by
Children in Care and vulnerable learners. We have developed an
exciting and innovative year long programme described below.
ATTACHMENT AWARE
AWARD SCHEME
TAUGHT
PROGRAMME
Developing a Derbyshire
recognition award
for good practice
in schools and settings
Led by the Virtual
School and nationally
acclaimed trainers
from Kate Cairns
Associates (KCA)
FREE Ignition Event
An innovative programme
with a unique
resulting award
for all schools
ACTION RESEARCH
Action research
projects in selected
schools and settings
Support from a
Project Associate in
each school
and setting
Bursaries available
to resource your
school project
Development of
best practice
examples
Tangible school
improvement through
the projects
Attachment Theory
and good practice
explored
FREE year long
programme for
selected schools
Adding to the national
debate on improving
outcomes for
Children in Care
Be the first schools
to obtain this award
For further information contact the Virtual School on 01629 538020 or email: virtualschool@derbyshire.gov.uk
Lizzie Watt - Assistant Head Teacher: Innovation & Learning
Dr Paul Kelly - Specialist Senior Educational Psychologist
Attendance at the Ignition event on April 17th is a pre-requisite to being on the whole programme.
Attachment Aware Schools Programme
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A Safe Space, a Nurturing Learning Community
IGNITION EVENT - 17th April 2015.
The Whitworth Centre, Darley Dale, Derbyshire.
The Attachment Aware Schools Programme is a year long partnership project with schools and settings
working with Derbyshire’s Virtual School. The programme starts on the 17th April 2015 for ALL schools
and settings at the Whitworth Centre, Darley Dale and on this first day further details will be explained
about how you can apply to be part of the full programme.
Dates for the full programme are - Ignition Event on 17th April and the following workshop days:
21st May , 26th June, 16th September, 20th October and 20th November
Part of the selection for the whole programme will be to ensure that 2 members of your staff will attend 100% of the
training and then lead a supported action research project back in your school or setting plus share your findings with
the Virtual School to the whole Derbyshire learning community.
Bursaries will be available for selected schools to resource the action research project work.
Our commitment to you:
FREE training (6 days in total)
Improved knowledge and skills for your school community
Project Associate to support your action research project
Bursaries available to support projects
Opportunies to share your great practice with the whole of Derbyshire and beyond
Be the first recipients of Derbyshire’s Attachment Aware Award for schools and settings
Access to E-learning package and downloadable materials free to participating schools
Fantastic CPD opportunity for your staff and for whole school development
Your commitment to us:
100% attendance at the taught days (including the Ignition event)
2 members of your staff to consistently attend the whole programme
An agreement to undertake an action research project in your school setting
Work collaboratively with the Virtual School and others on the programme
Evaluate and share your work
Mentor other schools
For further information contact the Virtual School on 01629 538020 or email: virtualschool@derbyshire.gov.uk
Lizzie Watt - Assistant Head Teacher: Innovation & Learning
Dr Paul Kelly - Specialist Senior Educational Psychologist
A Safe Space, a Nurturing
Learning Community
When: 17 April 2015
Where: Whitworth Centre, Darley Dale
Cost:
Free
This one-day event is to launch
the Attachment Aware Schools
programme in Derbyshire and is a
collaboration between Derbyshire
County Council Virtual School and
Kate Cairns Associates.
„„ About the speakers
Kate Cairns is an author, speaker and trainer with an
international reputation for her work around attachment,
trauma and resilience, particularly in relation to vulnerable
children and young people. She was a foster carer for twentyfive years, and a social worker for forty years.
Chris Stanway has decades of experience in state secondary
schooling, including working as a SENCO and running an inclusion
unit within a mainstream school. With Kate Cairns, she has written
about the nature and effects of trauma on children’s development,
and the devastating effect it can have on a child’s education.
„„ About KCA
For over twenty years Kate Cairns has been turning research and theory about
trauma and attachment into knowledge that has changed lives. Kate Cairns
Associates take this applied knowledge and understanding and making it
available through training and consultancy.
„„ The venue
The Whitworth Centre, Station Road, Darley Dale, Derbyshire, DE4 2EQ
„„ Booking
This Ignition event is free of charge to school staff across Derbyshire as it is
funded by the Derbyshire Virtual School working in partnership with Derbyshire
schools to raise understanding of the issues around Children in Care and vulnerable learners.
To book your place, please visit the web page below; spaces will be limited
to 100 people (one per school).
www.katecairns.com/register.cfm?form=AASIgnition-2015
„„ More information
Contact the Derbyshire Virtual school on 01629 538 020.
Lizzie Watt – Assistant Head Teacher: Innovation & Learning
lizzie.watt@derbyshire.gov.uk
Dr Paul Kelly – Specialist Senior Educational Psychologist
paul.kelly@derbyshire.gov.uk