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Each of the Areas above lists the Governing Bodies which are members of the LASGB. Click on the school name to visit their website.
Please contact LASGB if your website is not here.
lasgb.contact@virgin.net
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| THE LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL GOVERNING BODIES |
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| A REPORT on the 15th ANNUAL CONFERENCE of the LASGB SATURDAY MAY 9th 2009 COUNTY HALL PRESTON SEAL – THE SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL ASPECTS OF LEARNING ‘SEAL relates to the whole agenda of school improvement and the development of lifelong learning skills for students from their earliest years.’ |
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| We were delighted to welcome our special guests: County Councillor Jennifer Mein Cabinet Member for Children and Young People, who opened the Conference. The Director for Children and Young People, Helen Denton, who was attending her second LASGB Conference, gave an update on the main issues arising in the area of Children and Young people and explained the re-organisation of the Directorate. She introduced the newly appointed Director for Schools Bob Stott who spoke about his past role as teacher and Headteacher in secondary schools and his thoughts for the future. Joy Bellis Governor Services Manager, and Stephanie Haywood Governor Services Buiness and Project Manager, are two officers with whom the Association works closely and we were pleased that they were able to join us once again. For the first time the Conference concentrated on one theme only. SEAL is being rolled out in every school in Lancashire - and nationally - and following the Conference all governors who attended were keen to find out how this excellent and effective programme is working in their own schools. Our speakers were Julie Glynn, Senior Educational Psychologist for Lancashire who has a special interest in behaviour. She spoke about how patterns of behaviour grow and develop from the earliest weeks of life and explained the way in which the brain develops so that children are taught and learn specific behaviours through their experiences. Some of this learned behaviour is unacceptable and anti-social and Julie explained how processes can be used to help children unlearn and re-learn. Helen Flanagan is Senior Manager with responsibility for the development of Restorative Approaches and works with the Lancashire Service for Learners Out of School. She covered with the issue of how schools can best deal with children with poor learning experiences of behaviour without the adults concerned falling into the familiar confrontational situation. Lorimer Hayes is a Behaviour and Attendance Consultant with Lancashire and is currently seconded to the post of Co-ordinating Consultant supporting secondary schools in the National Challenge Programme. She is responsible for advising and training staff in all aspects of these issues, including the introduction of SEAL in secondary schools in the county. Zofia Riddell is a Deputy Headteacher at Heysham High School and spoke about the practical work she undertakes in primary and secondary schools making use of the SEAL programme and philosophy. At the end of the Conference the view was expressed by several delegates that all teachers in all schools should be able to hear these speakers, such was the quality of their presentations |
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