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Thursday 22nd AprilThursday 14th April
Peter Toft, HMIKeynote 1 - Inspecting D&T in English Schools: Current Issues and Future Methodology
KS3 StrategyKS3 Strategy - Lessons from the Pilot and Futures
Matthew WhiteKeynote 2 - The place of design and technology within the transforming education agenda
Alison WillmottKeynote 3 - Customise Your Primary Curriculum
OptionsOptional groups
Friday 23rd AprilFriday 15th April
Richard KimbellKeynote 4 - Against the odds: the challenge of assessing design innovation
Anita CormacFocus on Food; a National Agenda
WorkshopsWorkshops
Richard GreenNational Initiatives: Primary & Secondary Update
Saturday 24th AprilSaturday 16th April
Ian WilliamsKeynote 6 - Electronic Portfolios and Assessment
David PrestKeynote 7 - Strategies for Developing Designing - Early Years to KS3

NAAIDT Conference 2005 Brands Hatch

14th - 16th April 2005
Brands Hatch Thistle Hotel, Kent
Excellence & Enjoyment; Opportunity & Excellence

P R O G R A M M E

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Thursday 14th April

11.00 Arrival at Brands Hatch Thistle, Brands Hatch, DA3 8GN or
Alternative Welcome at Emmerich (Berlon) Ltd, Wootton Road, Ashford, TN23 6JY, for a factory visit (one hour)
"From Beech to Bench."
12.30 Return of colleagues from Emmerich (Berlon) Ltd.
Lunch in Restaurant at Brands Hatch Thistle
13.30 Welcome to the 2005 conference
Training Room 1
Paul Shallcross Hon. President, NAAIDT, and,
Judith Webster Kent Cluster Chair, Swanley and District,
The Value of Design and Technology Creativity with Infants (chair Paul Shallcross)
13.45 Keynote 1 : Inspecting D&T in English Schools: Current Issues and Future Methodology
Training Room 1
Peter Toft, HMI
OfSTED Specialist Subject Adviser for D&T
(chair Barry Lewis, scribe Julie Halley)
 
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  Will focus on:
  • New Inspection System
  • Evidence Overall
  • A major D&T Inspection Project - Food Education in Secondary Schools
14.30 Questions
14.45 Tea
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15.15 KS3 Strategy - Lessons from the Pilot and Futures
Training Room 1
Tim Brotherhood, Angela Sach and Sue Woodhead
(chair Richard Green, scribe Terry Bendall)
 


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Scribe's notes

16.05 Domestic notices
16.10 Keynote 2 - The place of design and technology within the transforming education agenda
Training Room 1
Kevin Jones
National Specialism Coordinator: Technology Colleges Specialist Schools Trust
(chair Graham Edwards, scribe Val Pridmore)
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  Keynote 3 - Customise Your Primary Curriculum
Training Room 6
Alison Willmott
Programme leader, QCA 3-14 Curriculum Team
(chair Sandie Kendall, scribe Gareth Pimley)
 
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17.15 Options
  Regional Discussion Groups
Rooms TBA
Reg. Co-ordinators
The position in changing NAAIDT Status
Room 4
Graham Edwards
OfSTED 2005 New Framework and Support Material
Training Room 1
Keith Remnant
Senior Adviser Standards, Kent
(chair/scribe Andrew Shears)
19.00 President's Reception for New Members and their Area Representatives
19.30 Dinner
Restaurant, or Buggatti Bistro - informal dress
21.30 The "Banned"
Buggatti Bistro
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Friday 15th April

07.00+ Breakfast
9.00 Domestic notices
9.05 Keynote 4 - Against the odds: the challenge of assessing design innovation
Training Room 1
Professor Richard Kimbell
(chair Gilly Browning, scribe Jonathan Gershon)
 
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10.10 Focus on Food; a National Agenda
Training Room 1
Anita Cormac
Director Focus on Food
(chair Jon Parker, scribe David Tuck)
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10.30 Coffee
Reception area - informal networking (and arrival of some invited teachers)
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  Workshop choice 1
11.00 - 11.50 Session 1 'A' : ICT Overview
John Myerson
National Trainer
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'B' : Health and Safety - Core accreditation, training update and recent subject issues
John Chidgey
Vice President
'C' : New Primary Strategy and D&T
Sandie Kendall
Education Consultant
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Resources exhibition
12.00 - 12.50 Session 2 'D' : Business Industry - Keeping up with initiatives - Funding Streams and work related learning
Tony Slonecki
EBP Manager
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'E' : Departments and Schools for the Future
Bernard Cooper
LEA Adviser, and
Neil Logue
MD, Thorpe Kilworth

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'F' : Handling Products and Strategy Support
Jane Snelling
Spice
Spice workshop activity
Spice website
Resources exhibition
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12.50 - 13.50 Lunch
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  Workshop choice 2
13.50 - 14.40 Session 3 'G' : New 2D and 3D Design - ICT Futures
Andrew Gregory
Techsoft Design
'H' : Vocational Education in Kent "One Step Beyond"
David Burns
Deputy Head, Vocational Centre, Whitstable Community College
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'I' : Textiles - ICT the industrial context
Lindsay Fidler
Textile Consultant, EDCON
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Resources exhibition
14.50 - 15.40 Session 4 'J' : Embedding ICT in Primary DT
Gareth Pimley
Primary Adviser
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'K' : Food Technology; Health, Wealth or Just Fun?
Stephanie Valentine
British Food and Nutrition Foundation
'L' : 14-19 From Desk to Engineering and Manufacturing
Jenny Dein and Nick Baldwin
Resources exhibition
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15.40 Tea
16.00 - 16.30 National Initiatives: Primary & Secondary Update
Training Room 1
Richard Green
Chief Executive, DATA
(chair Steve Hickman, scribe Sue Langdon)
 
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16.30 Domestic notices
19.15 President's Reception, De De Havilland Suite, followed by Annual Dinner
Guest Speaker, John Styles MBE
"The hand is quicker than the eye"
  Installation of Barry Lewis as President for 2005-6
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Saturday 16th April

07.00+ Breakfast
09.15 AGM
Training Room 1
Chaired by Barry Lewis, President 2005-6
10.45 Coffee
11.00 - 11.45 Keynote 6 - Electronic Portfolios and Assessment
Training Room 1
Ian Williams
QCA Subject Adviser
(chair Kate Marks, scribe Graham Cooper)
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11.45 - 12.30 Keynote 7 - Strategies for Developing Designing - Early Years to KS3
Training Room 1
David Prest
Adviser, Cornwall
(chair Michelle Parker, scribe Robin Pellatt)
Materials and resources available from:
Design and Making Centre, Church Road, Pool, Redruth, Cornwall, TR15 3PZ. Tel: 01209 719354 Fax: 01209 715138 Email: dmcentre@cornwall.gov.uk
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13.00 Close of Conference and Lunch
(Packed or Buffet)