FREE Level 2 Distance Learning Qualifications

In this time of uncertainty, professionals are pulling together and supporting one another. Below are a list of courses that you can complete at home. All recognition goes to Milton Keynes College.

Milton Keynes College are delighted to announce that they offer the following Distance Learning courses. These courses are usually available at no cost to the individual.

All courses are accredited to NCFE/CACHE Level 2. Please book early to secure your place.


Certificate in Understanding Autism


Certificate in Awareness of Mental Health Problems


Certificate in Principles of Working with Individuals with Learning Disabilities


Certificate in Understanding Behaviour that Challenges


Certificate in Understanding Specific Learning Difficulties


Certificate in Children & Young People’s Mental Health


Certificate in Understanding Safeguarding and Prevent

For further information on these Distance Learning courses or any other training requirements, please contact our Distance Learning Team on:


01908 684154 or email distance.learning@mkcollege.ac.uk

Free online training

Understanding Young Minds

https://www.virtual-college.co.uk/courses/safeguarding/understanding-young-minds

Keeping them safe: Sexual exploitation

https://www.virtual-college.co.uk/resources/free-courses/keep-them-safe

Introduction into safeguarding

https://prosperoteaching.com/free-accredited-online-safeguarding/

Keeping them safe

https://paceuk.info/training/keep-them-safe/

Female Genital mutilation

https://www.virtual-college.co.uk/resources/free-courses/recognising-and-preventing-fgm

Prevent training

https://www.elearning.prevent.homeoffice.gov.uk/edu/screen1.html

Caring for vulnerable children

https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/vulnerable-children

Listening to young children: Transition

https://www.open.edu/openlearn/education-development/listening-young-children-supporting-transition/content-section-0?active-tab=description-tab

Attachment in the Early Years

https://www.open.edu/openlearn/education-development/early-years/attachment-the-early-years/content-section-0?active-tab=description-tab

Understanding Early Years Environments

https://www.open.edu/openlearn/education/professional-development-education/understanding-early-years-environments-and-childrens-spaces/content-section-0?active-tab=description-tab

Exploring Children’s learning
https://www.open.edu/openlearn/education/educational-technology-and-practice/educational-practice/exploring-childrens-learning/content-section-0?active-tab=description-tab

NQT Programme - Session 1

NQT Session 1 - Personal Wellbeing and Mindfulness

This week we started our first NQT session for 2018/19. The first session was to think about Personal Wellbeing and Mindfulness through discussion and thought provoking activities, led by AHT and facilitator, Georgina ward.

Katherine Weare Emeritus Professor, Universities of Exeter and Southampton skw@soton.ac.uk report discusses that research identifies that the wider adult and workplace literature on the impacts of mindfulness, show:

• reductions in stress, burnout and anxiety, including a reduction in days off work and feelings of task and time pressure, improved ability to manage thoughts and behaviour, an increase in coping skills, motivation, planning and problem solving, and taking more time to relax. 
• better mental health including less distress, negative emotion, depression and anxiety. 
• greater wellbeing, including life satisfaction, self-confidence, self-efficacy, selfcompassion and sense of personal growth. 
• increased kindness and compassion to others, including greater empathy, tolerance, forgiveness and patience, and less anger and hostility. 
• better physical health, including lower blood pressure, declines in cortisol (a stress hormone) and fewer reported physical health problems. 
• increased cognitive performance, including the ability to pay attention and focus, make decisions and respond flexibly to challenges. 
• enhanced job performance, including better classroom management and organisation, greater ability to prioritise, to see the whole picture, to be more selfmotivated and autonomous, to show greater attunement to students’ needs, and achieve more supportive relationships with them. 

We look forwrad to welcoming our NQT back for the seocnd session on Tuesday 27th November.

Google Level 1 Bootcamp

We were delighted to welcome 37 educators from 10 different schools to Mead Primary for a Google Level 1 Bootcamp on Thursday 3rd May. This was a change for teachers and leaders to become familiar with the different tools and apps available in Google G Suite, while imagining how they could then apply them in their school.

My mission is to now get my application and admission process to a completely paperless state. I had no idea about the power of Forms and the kind of information that I could collect.
Central Park Primary

100% of the delegates agreed (67% strongly) that they were now more confident with Google G Suite and felt empowered to advance adoption in their schools.

Google G Suite has been transformational at Broadford and Mead Primary. The collaboration that the apps unlocks is amazing and has dramatically improved communication, increased efficiency and reduced workload. 
M Drakes - Executive Headteacher

Key to the success of the workshop are the Facilitators. Apps Events provided a brilliant team who kept the tone light, fun, enjoyable... yet incredibly informative.

If you are interested in attending a Google Bootcamp then check out the Apps Events website, or contact our teaching school:
http://appsevents.com/
bookings@teachingschool.havering.sch.uk