Cognus – Page 23 of 30 – No limits on learning

PostPosted: 21 Jun 2021Posted in Headlines

Measuring the Financial Capability of 4, 5 and 6 Year old Children

Nicholas English from the Educational Psychology Service was commissioned by the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS), to be a part of a workshop exploring what is possible, in terms of measuring and recording financial capability and meaningful financial education for children of four, five and six years of age and their primary carers. This […]

PostPosted: 18 Jun 2021Posted in Headlines

Cognus Education Safeguarding Manager visits the KMTV Studios at The University of Kent (Medway)

On May 28th, Hayley Cameron, Education Safeguarding Manager, was invited along to the KMTV Studio in Medway, to record a visual podcast on the topic of learning from serious case reviews, with a focus on multi-agency working. With poor multi-agency working being referenced time and time again within child protection cases and serious case reviews, […]

PostPosted: 16 Jun 2021Posted in Headlines

Supporting practitioners and parents to meet the needs of young people with SEND in Sutton’s education settings

“It’s the best job in the world, but one of the hardest, loneliest, most misunderstood roles in a school.” – Helen Curran, Bath Spa University. SENCOs and parents now have access to a new resource to provide guidance and information for those working to meet the needs of children and young people with SEND in […]

PostPosted: 14 Jun 2021Posted in Headlines

Traveller Pupil is top of the class!

As part of an initiative funded by the Department for Education in response to Covid-19, St Elphege’s RC Infant School were offered access to a programme called Nuffield Early Language Intervention (NELI). The programme is designed for Reception pupils and involves providing targeted small group and one-to-one support for children who would benefit from additional support with their language […]

PostPosted: 11 Jun 2021Posted in Headlines

Hearing Impairment Service opening up

This half term, the HI service have been enjoying being back out on home visits. Prior to this, we were only back in schools. Being back in the homes, working with our babies and families, has been wonderful, feeling almost normal! It was super to see one of our almost 2 year old’s, who had not been […]

PostPosted: 10 Jun 2021Posted in Headlines

Making Music with Students with PMLD

Sutton Music Service’s mission is to provide access to music in all its forms for every young person in the borough. With support and training from Open Orchestras, SMS has been working with Sherwood Park School (an all-age foundation special school) to create an orchestra accessible to young disabled people. The sessions take place each […]

PostPosted: 10 Jun 2021Posted in Headlines

Executive functions: emotional control and response inhibition

Sasha-Gay Brown (Trauma and Attachment Advisor, Virtual School) and Dr Kate Payne (Educational Psychologist) introduce two components of executive functions: emotional control and response inhibition. ‘Emotional control’ is the capacity to manage emotions and feelings to respond appropriately. ‘Response inhibition’ is the capacity to think before acting. Some children or young people may have difficulty […]

PostPosted: 9 Jun 2021Posted in Headlines

Partnership training boost for the next generation of music teachers

Future secondary school music teachers, working towards their Newly Qualified Teacher (NQT) year in their first teaching post have been supported in their development by Sutton Music Service, lead partner in the Sutton Music Education Hub. Since 2019, Sutton Music Service has been working with the Music PGCE team at Sutton SCITT and Roehampton University […]

PostPosted: 3 Jun 2021Posted in Headlines

Executive functions: organisation, planning and prioritisation

Dr Kate Payne (Educational Psychologist) introduce two components of executive functions: organisation and planning and prioritisation. ‘Organisation’ is the capacity to create and maintain a system to keep track of information and materials. ‘Planning and prioritisation’ is the capacity to plan out steps to reach a goal and prioritise which is most important. Some children […]

PostPosted: 28 May 2021Posted in Headlines

Supporting Families Arriving in Sutton Through the Hong Kong Resettlement Scheme

This scheme is expected to see hundreds of thousands of families relocate from Hong Kong to the UK over the next 5 years. The precise numbers who are likely to settle in Sutton are unknown, however, estimates from local groups supporting families estimate this to be over 1000, the majority of which will arrive in […]