Time: 2:30-4pm

Audience: This event is suitable for school leaders, teachers, GP’s, youth workers, parents and carers. 

This webinar will help professionals working with young people and families to better improve their understanding of disordered eating. The webinar will explore the key principles and learning from our recently published Disordered Eating Guidance in more detail. 

Aims

• Raise awareness of Disordered Eating 

• Improve understanding of the referral process for Disordered Eating and Eating Disorders 

• Improve support for young people and families before, during and after any treatment

The Young Gamers and Gamblers Education Trust (YGAM) are working across all 32 London boroughs with the London Safeguarding Children Partnerships Leads to offer training

YGAM are committed to a social purpose to inform, educate, and safeguard children and young people against gaming and gambling harms. 

YGAM have arranged a number of sessions across the 11 January and 2 February for a range of professionals working in the London Boroughs

The FREE training sessions re relevant for teachers, youth workers, health professionals, social workers, foster carers, universities, and community leaders 

Thursday 2 February 2023

For teachers and youth workers – 15:45-17.45 – Click here to register
For health professionals – 13:00-15:00 – Click here to register
For foster carers – 11:00-13:45 – Click here to register
For social workers – 09:00-11:30 – Click here to register
For university staff – 15:00-17:00 – Click here to register
For faith and community leaders – 10:00-12:00 – Click here to register

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Time: 3.45pm to 5pm, South Grove Primary School

In this free training and networking event teachers from Whitehall Primary School and South Grove Primary school will share:

• their approaches and top tips for teaching the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the UN Rights Respecting programme
• how they've become part of the school curriculum and culture

We'll discuss how these initiatives relate to climate justice, which is one of the themes in the Waltham Forest Schools & Collages Climate Charter.

In support of Children's Mental Health Week which runs from 6 to 12 February, Thrive LDN are running two webinars on supporting the whole school approach to mental health and wellbeing.

National Apprenticeship Week (NAW) 2023 is the 16th annual week-long celebration of apprenticeships.

This year, NAW runs from Monday 6 to Sunday 12 February 2023.

The 16-17 Participation Service is hosting online webinars on post 16 options, apprenticeships, and traineeships.

Monday 6 February marks the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation. 

On this day the Waltham Forest Council will be hosting an FGM conference aimed at spreading knowledge to eradicate FGM. 

The event will have keynote speakers who will share information around FGM and what support Is being provided and response for those affected or those at risk.   

This event will take place on Monday 6 February 2023, 10:00 – 12:00 GMT Council Chamber, Waltham Forest Town Hall Forest Road London E17 4JF.

12 - 4pm (aged 14-19)

London Academy of Sustainable Construction Hollydown Way London E11 4DD

Ever considered a career in construction?

Whether construction is in your DNA, or you've never considered it, the LASC Construction Jobs Fest at the London Academy of Sustainable Construction will offer access to some of the most exciting jobs and apprenticeships in construction and the built environment.

Taking a coordinated and evidence-informed approach to mental health in schools and colleges leads to improved pupil and student wellbeing, which, in turn, can improve learning. By joining this webinar, you will hear from school teaching staff who will share their experiences and examples of how they’ve been implementing this in practice and the positive outcomes of this in their school since.

The webinar will also provide information about accessing Department for Education’s (DfE) grant funding of £1,200 for eligible state-funded schools and colleges in England to train a senior mental health lead to develop and implement a whole school or college approach to mental health and wellbeing.

The session is an opportunity to ask questions and hear from fellow education professionals. There is no cost to joining the webinar, but pre-registration is required.

Confirmed speakers for the webinar include

• Emma Scelsi, Teacher & Wellbeing Lead, St Vincent's Primary School, Barnet
• Claire Cleary, Deputy Headteacher, Gateway Primary School, Westminster
• Dr Jackie Chin, Consultant in Public Mental Health Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID), London Region
• Kirstie Stroud, Regional Mental Health Strategic Lead, South, Public Wellbeing and Safety, Depart for Education

The Youth At Risk Service are working in partnership with the Police and CGL (Change Grow Live) to offer virtual support awareness workshops for parents.  

The target audience are the parents/carers of primary school aged children transitioning into secondary education. These workshop which will be delivered via Microsoft Teams and will inform and empower parents/carers to be able to safeguard and support their children.  

Please contact Safeguarding in Education (email below) to obtain more information and a weblink which can be shared with parents.

The session is an opportunity to ask questions and hear from fellow education professionals. There is no cost to joining the webinar, but pre-registration is required.

Confirmed speakers for the webinar include:

• Carmen Martos, Teacher, The St Marylebone CofE School, Westminster
• Siobhan Lowe, Headteacher, Tolworth Girls’ School, Kingston-upon-Thames
• Dr Jackie Chin, Consultant in Public Mental Health Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID), London Region
• Kirstie Stroud, Regional Mental Health Strategic Lead, South, Public Wellbeing and Safety, Depart for Education

10:00 - 4:00pm

Walthamstow Library High Street London E17 7JN

Apprenticeships offer the opportunity to learn new skills and while gaining amazing experience in a wide number of industries and this is now your chance to discover more about how apprenticeship can shape your career.

This event will provide the chance to meet with direct apprenticeship recruiters, learn about new industries and opportunities, discover exactly what it mean to be an apprentice and receive tips and help on getting the role you really want.

For Waltham Forest LA, Perspective Lite is a key communication portal with schools

As we make better use of technology supporting our work with you, we also want to make sure you are fully up to speed with how it all works and invite you to a 60-minute showcase for schools.

In cooperation with the Perspective Lite Team, the session is scheduled outside the 'normal' school day for the benefit of school staff.

The session is ideal for Headteachers, SLT and school assessment / data leads who want a reminder of the features of the Perspective Lite platform. 

In this session we have invited Angel Solutions to show you how to:

• Find all the latest information on Ofsted, its Inspectors and Parent View alerts.
• Turn Census data into a shareable infographic at the click of a button.
• Use interactive data reports and real time data dashboards before DFE statistical first release
• See early benchmark data; local and national
• Access timesaving readymade data analysis with plain English descriptors and data visualisations
• Pick up key announcements, news and alerts

Location: KPMG Canary Wharf 15 Canada Square London E14 5GL

Careers Leaders working in secondary special schools are invited to a networking event to share best practice hosted by the Local London Careers Hub East.

Agenda

• How to best work with your Enterprise Adviser and develop a close partnership - Speaker, Emily Carlson, Digital Accessibility Manager - KPMG.
• How to successfully develop your Careers Programme and embed careers in to the curriculum - Speaker, Candice Smith, Assistant Head and Career Lead, Marlborough School.
• Networking between Career Leaders for you to share challenges within your school, what is working well, what could work better and hear best practice from other Career Leads.

A 1½-hour free online overview session of the FFT Aspire system that forms part of the Families Business Intelligence Team’s traded package offer

The session is ideal for SLT and school assessment / data leads who want a reminder of the features of the Aspire platform as well as an update on the new services provided by FFT.

For Waltham Forest LA, Perspective Lite is a key communication portal with schools

As we make better use of technology supporting our work with you, we also want to make sure you are fully up to speed with how it all works and invite you to a 60-minute showcase for schools.

In cooperation with the Perspective Lite Team, the session is scheduled outside the 'normal' school day for the benefit of school staff.

The session is ideal for Headteachers, SLT and school assessment / data leads who want a reminder of the features of the Perspective Lite platform. 

In this session we have invited Angel Solutions to show you how to:

• Find all the latest information on Ofsted, its Inspectors and Parent View alerts.
• Turn Census data into a shareable infographic at the click of a button.
• Use interactive data reports and real time data dashboards before DFE statistical first release
• See early benchmark data; local and national
• Access timesaving readymade data analysis with plain English descriptors and data visualisations
• Pick up key announcements, news and alerts

The annual Waltham Forest Education Conference will be taking place between Monday 27 February to Friday 3 March 2023. 

This year's conference theme and focus will be: Building Excellence through strong partnerships and successful systems. 

During the week there will be information, discussion and training opportunities for school leaders, specialist staff and business staff in a range of topical areas including Climate Change and school asset management, Post-16, Jobs Skills and Growth, Safeguarding, Financial Resilience and health in schools and much more.  

Time: 2-3:30pm 

Audience: This event is suitable for health professionals supporting young people with disordered eating including CAMHS, Pediatricians, Community Eating Disorder services, alternatives to admissions, DBT teams, Neurodiversity teams.  

Aims:

This webinar will support health professionals to improve their understanding of disordered eating and explore joint working approaches. The webinar will explore the key principles and learning from our recently published Disordered Eating Guidance in more detail. 

• Raise awareness of Disordered Eating Guidance
• Share practice on joint working approaches between teams (mental/physical health teams, inpatient/community/alternatives to admission)
• Share practice on management approaches from referral, treatment to recovery 

A 1½-hour free online overview session of the FFT Aspire system that forms part of the Families Business Intelligence Team’s traded package offer

The session is ideal for SLT and school assessment / data leads who want a reminder of the features of the Aspire platform as well as an update on the new services provided by FFT.