We specialise in creating spaces for relational learning. If you're looking for a learning partner and know what you want to focus on then we invite you to contact us to talk through your idea. If you're not sure and simply want to explore some of our forthcoming learning opportunities then we share our current calendar below.
RELEASE CONTRIBUTION now applied to all CPD for 2025. ALL courses now only £85/person.
We know that costs are tough for schools right now and so we want to help. We have managed to secure support to lower our standard CPD rate from £225 to £95 per person. You'll still get the same high quality facilitated input, but we're freeing up the £130 difference back to schools to help them pay for the costs of release.
We're not sure how long we will be able to sustain this in-kind contribution but we have committed to it for all courses booked before 1 March 2025 so book now to take advantage of these subsidised rates.*
2025
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The Greenhouse at Barnes Close
Chadwich Manor Estate
Bromsgrove
Worcestershire
B61 0RA
[Course Code: TBC]
Getting to Grips with Geography Fieldwork
This course will enable you to 'Get to Grips' with the key fieldwork techniques that can be applied to any local area. We will use experiential approaches to generate enquiry questions and then find out how to apply fieldwork techniques to explore them. The Greenhouse at Barnes Close and the neighbouring Waseley Hills Country Park, provides a stunning backdrop to explore the geography of this local area, and apply that to your own settings. In addition we will consider the links between the local area, Birmingham and beyond, and consider how the approaches we have used can be applied to other parts of the curriculum. This course is led by Jackie Zammit, one of our geography specialists and a GA consultant.
Full Day / Introductory/ Primary / £95 BOOK HERE
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The Greenhouse at Barnes Close
Chadwich Manor Estate
Bromsgrove
Worcestershire
B61 0RA
[Course Code: TBC]
Getting to Grips with Peace Education (in collaboration with Peacemakers)
Our 'Getting to Grips' courses introduce pedagogical ideas using experiential approaches and meaningful connections to existing practice. This course focuses on peace education with an emphasis on understanding what peace means for us, and explores approaches that help children and adults learn the skills needed to nurture healthy relationships and peaceful spaces in schools, including the school grounds. The course draws on the values of restorative practices, mediation and conflict resolution. Led by a specialist peace educator you will be introduced to key ideas, tools to use in your setting and opportunities for further learning. Useful for senior leaders, PSHE leads, learning mentors and pastoral leads.
Full Day / Introductory / Primary / £95 BOOK HERE
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The Greenhouse at Barnes Close
Chadwich Manor Estate
Bromsgrove
Worcestershire
B61 0RA
[Course Code: TBC]
I'm a learner, get me out of here - outdoor/nature learning
An active day course that focusses on taking learners outdoors to learn with nature and bringing nature indoors too! It explores how nature connectedness can help children and adults to thrive in their learning. We will share practical ideas and insights from emerging research and an animation project that will be used as part of the session. You will leave with many ideas and activities to use in your own setting and having had the chance to try some of them out during the day.
Full Day / Introductory / Primary & Secondary / £95 BOOK HERE
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The Greenhouse at Barnes Close
Chadwich Manor Estate
Bromsgrove
Worcestershire
B61 0RA
[Course Code: TBC]
Reading Our World - literacy and picture books
This course deepens the power and potential of picture books and children's fiction to meaningfully engage children in learning and in the world around them. You will have the chance to explore a diverse range of books with different styles and from different parts of the world as well as frameworks to bring these into areas of national and whole school curriculum. Our specialists will share practical activities for the classroom together with practice-based experiences from 20 years of running this course.
Full Day / Introductory / Primary / £95 BOOK HERE
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The Greenhouse at Barnes Close
Chadwich Manor Estate
Bromsgrove
Worcestershire
B61 0RA
[Course Code: TBC]
Real World Maths - seeing the maths around us
This course takes a practical and applied approach to enliven maths through real world contexts. You will consider how mathematical thinking can help us to decode and understand the complex world in which we live. We will share activities that encourage the development of a mathematical eye and provide you with ideas to take back to your own setting. Led by our Maths Mastery specialist this course will also make unique use of The Greenhouse grounds to expand our mathematical imagination. This course would be useful for Senior Leaders, Curriculum Leads, Maths Leads and Phase Leaders, together with any teacher with a passion for maths, or who wants to connect maths within other curriculum areas.
Full Day / Introductory / Primary / £95 BOOK HERE
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The Greenhouse at Barnes Close
Chadwich Manor Estate
Bromsgrove
Worcestershire
B61 0RA
[Course Code: TBC]
Learning Through Values - Getting to Grips
'Values' are everywhere in the life of a school and in our teaching and learning, but how much do you really understand about values and about how they work? This course introduces you to the fascinating world of values and their implications for your school culture and curriculum. From practical classroom examples to important leadership considerations, you will be guided by a leading authority in this area. Participants will each receive a copy of the Learning Through Values guidebook to support the application of their learning and be given options to further their learning in an online follow-up course.
Full Day / Introductory / Primary & Secondary / £95 BOOK HERE
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The Greenhouse at Barnes Close
Chadwich Manor Estate
Bromsgrove
Worcestershire
B61 0RA
[Course Code: TBC]
2 Day LEVEL 1: Philosophy for Children (P4C)
This is an official SAPERE P4C Level 1 course that will be led by our SAPERE registered trainer and enable participants to receive their Level 1 P4C certification. The course is open to all and does not assume any previous experience with P4C. You will be led through the principles and practice of P4C and have the opportunity to take part in enquiries and sample a selection of the tools and techniques that can be used with learners in a classroom setting. Attendance at both days of this course is required to be put forward to SAPERE for the certification at Level 1.
TWO Full Days / Introductory / Primary and Secondary / £325 BOOK HERE
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The Greenhouse at Barnes Close
Chadwich Manor Estate
Bromsgrove
Worcestershire
B61 0RA
[Course Code: TBC]
Time to Think... about thinking and metacognition
This course explores the pedagogical implications of metacognition for practice and the learning culture of schools. We emphasise that metacognition is not an 'add-on' or 'standalone' but should instead be woven throughout learning as a core transferable element of learner capabilities. The course will share a range of approaches and tools for bringing metacognition into your own learning spaces, using hands-on activities and by signposting further support and development opportunities. If you know thinking about thinking is important, but need to time to think this through for yourself, then this is for you.
Full Day / Introductory / Primary & Secondary / £95 BOOK HERE
Conditions of offer
* The release contribution of £130/person is an 'in-kind' contribution reflected in the reduced booking cost (£95 instead of £225). There is no direct cash value or payment to the school in this offer.
To make this offer work we have minimum numbers required for a course to be viable and reserve the right to postpone, merge or cancel courses should numbers be insufficient. We will give at lease 2 weeks notice of any such action to those who have booked on a course.
Owing to the nature of P4C Level 1 training and affiliation charges and conditions with the national body SAPERE, we are unable to offer a release contribution for this course.