Attendance - Collaborative Conversation

Target Audience: Primary and Secondary - SLT and guidance

An opportunity to share practice, jointly problem solve and identify further developments.

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Date, Time and Venue: 

21 January 2026 - 9.30am - 10.30am - online Ms Teams

6 May 2026 - 9.30am - 10.30am - online Ms Teams

Presenter: Rhianna Brodie - Perth and Kinross Council 

Aims: Share good practice and continue to develop consistent and effective responses to supporting pupils with attendance in PKC schools.

Outcomes: Participants will feel able to effectively support attendance through their use of data, use of the staged intervention framework for attendance and through sharing practice.

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ELC 'Nurturing Relationships' Programme

Target Audience: Partner Provider setting

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Date, Time and Venue:

Module 1: released 3 November 2025

Module 2: released 11 December 2025

Reflective Practice session: 11 December 2025 - between 6.00pm - 7.00pm

Module 3: released 19 February 2026

Reflective Practice session: 19 February 2026 - between 6.00pm - 7.00pm

Module 4: released 2 April 2026

Reflective Practice session: 2 April 2026 - between 6.00pm - 7.00pm

Reflective Practice session: 14 May 2026 - between 6.00pm - 7.00pm

Course ends - 14 May 2026

All sessions online Ms Teams

Presenter: Lee Fairlie, Rachel Rennie and Leah Smart - Perth and Kinross Council

Aim: To promote understanding of the core concepts and theory underpinning the PKC Nurturing Relationships approach within Early Learning establishments and childcare providers. ​

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Applications are welcome through this link: https://forms.office.com/e/2Xcxg3t4GR

Inclusive Assessment and Planning in ELC - the Staged Intervention Approach

Target Audience: ECPs, ELC Managers, Childminders

This programme is designed to support early years practitioners to identify, assess, and plan for children with additional support needs in ELC to meet their needs and achieve their potential.

Please be aware that there are 3 elements to the programme and all must be completed to meet the outcomes set out:

• Pre-learning online resource to be completed at home;
• Face to face session at 2 High Street on Jan 21st;
• Second face to face session at 2 High Street on Feb 25th.

Moving and Handling (Full Training)

Target Audience: Education Staff based in schools and ELC settings

Moving and Handling (Refresher)

Target Audience: Education Staff based in schools and ELC settings

Moving and Handling (ELC – No Hoist)

Target Audience: Education Staff based in schools and ELC settings

PKC Nurturing Relationships – Phase 6

Target Audience: All Primary and Secondary staff along with attached Local Authority ELC settings. Head Teachers are invited to apply for a place on the programme on behalf of their school.

This programme uses an action research model to support schools on their Nurturing Relationships journey. Schools will progress through the six nurture principles, guided by their school leads team over a period of 4+ years. Training and coaching offered to the school leads team and whole staff training is offered to provide a universal level of understanding of the key concepts of nurture.

Applications open throughout Term 2, closing date 22 December 2026. Training commences in term 3.

Positive Relationships

Target Audience: ELC, Out of School Care, Childminders

This is a face to face session that will provide a framework for supporting children who are experiencing behaviour challenges, to enable them to regulate themselves to the greatest extent possible whilst taking on board your own knowledge, skills and experience.

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Date, Time and Venue: 

3 February 2026 - 6.30pm - 8.30pm - North Inch Community Campus, Perth and

10 March 2026 - 6.30pm - 8.30pm - online Ms Teams - follow up sharing practice session 

12 May 2026 - 6.30pm - 8.30pm - North Inch Community Campus, Perth and

16 June 2026 - 6.30pm - 8.30pm - online Ms Teams - follow up sharing practice session 

Presenter: Shona O'Connor - Perth and Kinross Council 

Aims and Outcomes:

• understand what might cause challenging relationships and how to build positive relationships. 
• communicate more clearly and effectively, allowing them to take back the skills they have learned and implement within their setting.
• have a greater understanding of different strategies and techniques when responding to children.

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Relationships and Behaviour - Action Research

Target Audience: Senior leaders of schools wishing to review relationships and behaviour, involving other school staff as appropriate

The programme’s objective will be to support SLTs and practitioners to review their situation, be familiar with all existing materials (and those in development such as work on ‘consequences’ and ‘Rights of the Many vs Rights of the Few’ national work) and target actions accordingly, evaluating the impact as this proceeds. The overall aim will be to support positive, sustainable context-based improvement in individual schools and draw together authority wide themes for further service level improvement.

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Date, Time and Venue: 

Session 1 - 3 September 2025 - 4.00pm - 5.30pm - Ms Teams

Session 2 - 1 October 2025 - 4.00pm - 5.30pm - Ms Teams

Session 3 - 4 November 2025 - 9.30am - 12.00pm - Perth Grammar School

Session 4 - 9 December 2025 - 9.30am - 12.00pm - 2 High Street

Session 5 - 21 January 2026 - 4.00pm - 5.30pm - Ms Teams

Session 6 - 20 May 2026 - 9.30am - 12.00pm - 2 High Street

Note: please attend all sessions as part of the Programme

Presenter: Julie Martin, Hannah Sissons, Connor Caller - Perth and Kinross Council

Aims and Outcomes:

• Clearer understanding of current situation in relation to relationships & behaviour
• Use of PKC tools and resources to identify and target areas for improvement
• Staff confidence in using the action research process to support improvement activity.

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Relationships and Behaviour - Reflective Practice sessions for Individual Staff

Target Audience: Any education staff who have engaged in prior learning linked to relationships and behaviour.

The reflective practice sessions are an opportunity for any staff member who has previously engaged in any professional learning in the area of relationships and behaviour and have an area of practice that they would like to focus on. The three sessions will take the form of a refresh of the core theory underpinning relational and behavioural approaches and an opportunity for peer discussion and coaching from Educational Psychology to help with planning and review around ways to apply learning into practice.

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Date, Time and Venue: 

Session 1 - 20 February 2026 - 9.30am-11.30am - 2 High Street, Perth

Session 2 - 27 April 2026 - 3.30pm-4.30pm - 2 High Street, Perth

Session 3 - 3 June 2026 - 9.30am-11.30am - 2 High Street, Perth

Note: please attend all 3 sessions as part of the Programme

Presenter: Rachel Rennie and Aimee Watt - Perth and Kinross Council

Aims: to provide staff with a space to consider and plan for interventions around areas of prior learning in relationships and behaviour.

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Solihull Approach - Foundation Training 

Target Audience: All staff supporting children, young people and their families.

The Solihull Approach is a framework which helps provide a practical way of working with and supporting families.  It aims to increase the emotional health and wellbeing of children and their families, ensuring children have a good emotional start in life whilst supporting parents in a creative and consistent approach.  The Solihull Approach helps parents process their own emotions and anxieties allowing them to cope and focus more clearly on how to assist their children's emotions, anxieties and behaviours.

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This course will include pre and mid course learning materials, these must be completed within the timeframes provided by the trainers.

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Aims: 

• Introduce practitioners to the Solihull Approach model as applied to working with babies, young children, young people and their families. 
• Introduce practitioners to the developmental effects of childhood trauma in relation to working with children and their families. 
• Introduce a model for understanding the impact of relationships on health and wellbeing and the impact of adverse childhood experiences on health and wellbeing.

Outcomes: 

• Practitioners will be more confident to support children, young people and their families.
• Practitioners will be more aware of the impact of trauma.
• Practitioners will have an effective and consistent approach across agencies as a shared framework.

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Support Staff Development Day - Understanding our Developing Learners

Target Audience: Early Years/Primary/Secondary Support Staff

Supporting the Learning and Development of Boys in the ELC Setting - Closing the Gender Attainment Gap

Target Audience: ELC Practitioners and Leaders, Early Primary School Teachers and Support Staff

During this training, you will hear about the gaps in developmental milestone data between boys and girls in ELC settings.  

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Date, Time and Venue: 

25 March 2026 - 3.30pm - 5.30pm - Glenearn Community Campus (Inch View Primary School)

Presenter: Carly Williams, Catriona Roberts and Sally McDougall - Perth and Kinross Council

Aims and Outcomes: 

• Raise awareness of the developmental milestone attainment gap.  Raise awareness of the differences between male and female brains. 
• Raise awareness of the impact that brain differences can have on learning and development. 
• Raise awareness of strategies that take account of gender difference to support children's learning and development.

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