SPEED LEARNING - MANCHESTER - Thursday November 21st

If you haven't attended a Teachmeet or Speed learning event, you are really missing out! These free CPD events can be incredibly inspiring and will have you buzzing with new ideas to try in the classroom. After attending a speed learning event at St Silas last year, our school Davyhulme Primary, has decided to host a Manchester event on Thursday 21st November from 4pm - 5.45pm.

 What is Speed Learning?
Knowing how precious everyone’s time is, Speed Learning aims to provide an intensive but fun learning opportunity after school. You will leave each event having picked up a series of top tips and short term strategies to support learning as well as one or two longer term ideas and thoughts.
When you arrive you will be warmly greeted by teachers, teaching assistants, heads and leaders – all of whom are part of the Primary Network – the largest school-led national network of primary practitioners.
Running from 16.00 – 17.45, you can have a well-earned cup of tea and a few biscuits whilst you hear a 15-minute keynote on the latest educational developments from one of the school leaders. Then, choose five tables to visit that reflect your highest priorities. Move around the carousels, ‘speed-dating’ style, to hear three minute nano-presentations at each table followed by discussion with like-minded colleagues on practical, relevant classroom topics.
Each Speed Learning event is different, with different people hosting tables. So far for the event in Manchester we have the following people hosting a table: 
Mr Parkinson Mr Parkinson - will be leading the keynote looking at building an audience for your children's work.

Rob Smith Rob Smith - (Creator of the Literacy Shed) - Animation to inspire writing.

Miss Gardner Sarah Gardner (Davyhulme Primary) - Using Picture books for cross curricular writing throughout a whole Primary school.

Emma Brundrett Emma Brundrett (Davyhulme Primary) - Stimulating learning using puzzles and games.

Mr May ICT David May (St Christophers) - Using QR Codes and Survey Monkey as a cross curricular tool.
Mat ✎ Inspired Minds


 Mat Sullivan - Using comics in the classroom.

Jon Chippindall Jon Chippindall (Crumpsall Lane) - Programming and Coding in KS1/2.

CD Cherise Duxbury - 

Gina Donaldson

 Gina Donaldson (St Silas) - 

EducationCity UK Education City (Sponsors) - 

We are looking at potentially one more host for the event so if you are interested please contact - davyhulme.ipad@gmail.com.
The event is completely FREE and will be an exciting evening, if you want to attend all you need to do is fill out this sign up form. You may want to use this event as your weekly staff meeting and have your whole staff attend. The event is hosted at Davyhulme Primary, Canterbury Road, Urmston, Manchester M41 0RX. The school is located close to the Trafford Centre. 

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