Laura

#BlackHistoryMonth has started and our celebrations brought some sunshine on what was a typically autumnal day. A big thank you to our @WhitBAMEnetwork for organising it all and to @StAntsE7 & @ebonysteelband for joining in! We are all looking forward to the rest of the month.

Couldn’t be prouder of Beckford school today! An incredibly successful Parent workshop on Speaking and Listening/Oracy this morning led by enthusiastic and passionate staff. Well done all! @GivingVoiceUK @oracysquad @BeckfordPSA @Afasic @WhitHealth

A fantastic afternoon @GloucesterHous3 @TaviAndPort thanks to our the parents and carers for their enthusiasm and support. Our staff for their commitment @ListenEAR_Cam @Laffers @florenceingall @lucytobin and of course our brilliant children. I’m in the green zone now 🌟🌟

Kicking off Day 1 with the ever-popular Opening Keynote Panel Debate, focusing on SLCN needs in education with @educationgovuk, @WhitHealth, @ICANcharity, @Ofstednews and @BeverleyWalters #TesSENShow #SLCN #SEND #Bercow10

We are delighted to introduce Mindfulness in Schools Project patron: Jon Kabat-Zinn ... mindfulnessinschools.org/jon-kabat-zinn…

2 children in every class of 30 have Developmental Language Disorder, but too few know about it. #DevLangDis #DLDYouAndMe

Inspiring closing quote at a lightning talk with @KHopkins_SLT at @COLA_Highgate just now: "In a world where silent classrooms are often associated with great learning/behaviour, it's easy to forget that it's good to talk." @talkingWhitSLTs

Who’ll be joining me at the Friday Keynote Panel Debate at the #TesSENShow? Myself and other SEND advocates will be debating SLCN in education and the #Bercow10 report. It’s free to attend! Find out more here: bit.ly/2lksucm @SENShowUK

We are honoured to welcome 3 visitors from Tennessee, USA this week. 2 SLTs and one SEN teacher seeing how Listen-EAR works in our schools, and how they can support SLCN in the classrooms more. Keeley and Sarah met Ryan & Cheryl to show off Listen-EAR @holytrinitynw3

End of term celebrations with our lovely first year master's in #mindfulness students! @PsychBangor @BangorUni bangor.ac.uk/mindfulness/po…

Really looking forward to this conference today. We have the whole team here! #SEMH @NASSCHOOLS @TaviAndPort

Did you know that there's a connection between laughter and learning? hpfy.co/happifylaughter

We know a lot of you will have seen it already, but today we’re celebrating this absolutely incredible poem written by @StephFBurgess – a massive thank you from @RCSLT & @ICANcharity to you Steph and to everyone who joined you to #SpeakupforCommunication bit.ly/2SRq67V

Question raised in our Network meeting today: "What do our local parents think about the importance of explicit teaching of communication skills in schools?" @WhitHealth #oracy #IslingtonSchools #SpeakUpForCommunication

For this week's #greatquoteFriday, we're resharing this fantastic question from @pow_rebecca at @educationgovuk questions earlier this week when she highlighted #Bercow10. @nadhimzahawi response may feature in a future week!