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09:00 to 09:40
09:00 – 09:40
Registration and refreshments
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09:40 to 09:50
09:40 – 09:50
Chair's Introduction & Welcome
Chair's Introduction & Welcome
Box Cox, Director of Searching for Excellence Ltd
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09:50 to 10:50
09:50 – 10:50
Breaking Down the Barriers
Boys will be….brilliant:
Learn how to break down the barriers to boys’ achievement and take away proven strategies which actually support progress
Gary Wilson, Education Consultant
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10:50 to 11:20
10:50 – 11:20
Engaging Groups
White working class or white “deprived” class?
Who is this underperforming group and how can your school work with students and their parents to change attitudes towards learning
Sam Baars, Director of Research and Ellie Mulcahy, Researcher, LKMCo
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11:20 to 11:30
11:20 – 11:30
Questions
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11:30 to 12:00
11:30 – 12:00
Morning Refreshments
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12:00 to 12:50
12:00 – 12:50
1A - Disaffected Boys - Secondary
Proven ways to engage disaffected boys with low level achievement: Encourage them to take pride in their work and effectively change attitudes towards school and learning
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12:00 – 12:50
1B - Writing - Primary
Practical strategies to build resilience in boys’ creative writing, develop their life experiences to draw on and support them to want to edit and improve their writing
This workshop will provide strategies to support pupils with their writing in EYFS, KS1 and KS2
Box Cox, Director of Searching for Excellence Ltd
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12:00 – 12:50
1C - Parental Engagement
Learn how to engage parents, increase their expectations and aspirations and turn around negative mindsets to support the progress of boys
Pete Wilkes, Headteacher, Candleby Lane Primary School
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12:50 to 13:40
12:50 – 13:40
Lunch, Networking & Exhibition
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13:40 to 14:10
13:40 – 14:10
Motivation & Attitudes
The psychology and mindset of learning for underachieving students:
Practical ways to create an environment in your school that encourages motivation, resilience and learning
Bradley Busch, Director, InnerDrive
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14:10 to 14:30
14:10 – 14:30
Boys Literacy
Writing for boys and supporting boys’ literacy – an author’s perspective on what works
Dan Freeman, Journalist
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14:30 to 14:35
14:30 – 14:35
Questions
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14:35 to 15:25
14:35 – 15:25
2A - More Able Boys - Secondary
New ways to engage your more able boys who are underachieving: Ensure they strive for the top grades and successfully change their attitudes and work ethic to avoid ‘corner cutting’
Ruth Powley, Deputy Headteacher, Wilmslow High School
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14:40 to 15:30
14:40 – 15:30
2B - Reading - Primary
How to develop a love of reading in boys and pitch the text appropriately to support deeper understanding, develop vocabulary and encourage reading for longer periods of time
This workshop will provide strategies to support reading in EYFS, KS1 and KS2
National Literacy Trust Representative
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14:40 – 15:30
2C - School Culture
Changing attitudes that school is ‘uncool’: How we as a whole school turned around the stigma attached to working hard and made it the norm to do your best in our school
Richard Burrows, Assistant Principal, Healing School
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15:25 to 15:45
15:25 – 15:45
Afternoon Refreshments
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15:40 to 16:30
15:40 – 16:30
3B - Environment & Curriculum - Primary
Create an inside and outside environment that meets the needs of boys and build a curriculum offer that inspires boys in your school
Nicola Wileman, Headteacher, Totley Primary School
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15:40 – 16:30
3C - Building Resilience
New ways to build self-esteem and confidence in boys: Effectively build their resilience and develop independence to support learning
Jody Walshe, Educational and Child Psychologist
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15:45 to 16:35
15:45 – 16:35
3A - Envrionment & Curriculum - Secondary
How to build a curriculum offering that provides relevance and interest to your underachieving boys in light of the Progress 8 agenda
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16:35
16:35
Conference Close
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