The Twilight Collection
A selection of cost effective practical twilight CPD sessions on a range of important topics for schools everywhere
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| Associate | Location | Audience | Session Title | Description |
| Patrick Cozier | Enfield | Any Staff | Leadership, Relational and Inclusive Practices | Leadership and relational and inclusive practices. |
| Ian Timbrell | Cardiff | Primary (KS1–2) or secondary (KS3–5) | Tackling Homophobia: Building a Culture of Belonging | A practical session exploring how schools can challenge homophobic language and behaviour and create an environment where every pupil and family feels valued. Covers age-appropriate approaches, confident responses to incidents, and everyday language and practice that build an inclusive school culture. |
| Ian Timbrell | Cardiff | Primary (KS1–2) or secondary (KS3–5) | Creating an Inclusive Curriculum: Representation and Belonging | Explores how the curriculum can help pupils see themselves reflected in their learning and broaden their understanding of others. For primary schools, focuses on books, role models and meaningful representation in everyday teaching. For secondary schools, draws on Currents of Belonging to explore inclusion and belonging throughout the curriculum. |
| David Hodgson | Sunderland | Any Staff | Learning and Revision Masterclass | Based on Brainbox and research with Warwick University involving top-performing GCSE students. Includes seven practical strategies to boost motivation and learning for all students. |
| David Hodgson | Sunderland | Teachers | Teacher Health and Wellbeing | Explores personality strengths and preferences, and how understanding pupils’ and parents’ personalities can help teachers feel happier and more effective inside and outside the classroom. Personality resources are freely available to schools to support equalex, Gatsby Benchmarks and PSHE. |
| Nathan Arnold | Market Rasen | Educators | Finding Peace in the Chaos | For educators who feel they are constantly firefighting. Explores what creates calm, connection and a sense of control when school life feels relentless, with practical ways to make things more manageable for staff and students. |
| Nathan Arnold | Market Rasen | Any Staff | Creating Classrooms That Engage | A practical look at engagement and motivation: what makes students want to attend, participate and learn? Explores relationships, belonging, environment, challenge, curiosity and learning culture, helping learners feel interested, connected, capable and willing to engage. |
| Nathan Arnold | Market Rasen | Educators | Leading Yourself Through Difficult Moments | Explores energy, motivation and wellbeing when the job feels demanding. Looks at sustaining ourselves, maintaining perspective and finding meaning in the work without wellbeing becoming another task to fit in. |
| Jonathan Lear | Sheffield | Any Staff | Guerrilla Teaching | How to make a difference in the classroom. |
| Dave Mc Partlin | Blackpool | Primary staff | Dare to Dream | Raising expectations and hopes in your school. |
| Jackie Beere | Northamptonshire | All staff | Peer Coaching for All | A practical twilight session teaching staff how to coach each other and students. Explores how peer coaching can help create an inclusive culture of allies, drawing on recent research. |
| Lisa Ashes | Tyne & Wear | All staff (KS2–5) | Adaptive Teaching | Protocols for teaching that make adaptation a seamless part of every day practice. Problem Solving in Education (Teacher in the Cupboard - immersive workshop to explore our problems and design solutions) Literacy Across the Curriculum (Reading, writing, speaking and listening to enhance outcomes in all subjects). Behaviour for Learning (As it says on the tin). Teaching Reading (Cross curricular approaches to embedding reading for purpose in your lessons. Understanding how to apply reading age data to reality). |
| Lisa Ashes | Tyne & Wear | Middle leaders, SLT and teaching and learning teams (KS2–5) | Observing Learning | Embedding literacy in your subject area (Exploring curriculum design for high level literacy)- Difficult Conversations (Leading staff towards excellence)- Leading Teaching and learning (inspirational leadership through excellent practice/ CPD/ collaboration). |
| Dave Harris | Loughborough | All staff all phases | Creating curious learning in your school | An interactive & enjoyable session containing hands on wonders and curiosites, Dave will expolre the neuroscince of learning and how curicoty and wonder can become the perfect 'hook' to maximise pupil (and staff) learning. Dave will be happy to explore how curious approaches can be adapted for your setting and even used to improve transition between the ages. |
| Dave Harris | Loughborough | Middle leaders/ aspirant leaders of any type | Leadership dialogues.. What works and why. | A practical session focusing on becoming a leader who makes a difference in their school. Suitable for anyone either taking first step on their leadership journey or wanting to improve how they lead. |
| Andy Vass | Tonbridge | Not specified | Sanity in the Classroom / Correcting with Dignity / Relational Behaviour Practice | How to talk so children listen. Explores how adult language shapes children’s experiences and how our communication influences behaviour and classroom culture. Offers practical communication skills and positive, influential language to build safety, confidence, trust and a thriving culture of learning. |
| Andy Vass | Tonbridge | Educators | Emotional Agility / Fit Your Own Mask First / Becoming the Best Version of Yourself | Explores skills and insights for handling adversity in a demanding profession. Offers pragmatic ideas, grounded in school life, to help educators thrive in a volatile and unpredictable environment while protecting their wellbeing. |
| Andy Vass | Tonbridge | Not specified | Conversational Coaching | Helping children and colleagues become stronger and more capable through supportive curiosity. Demonstrates how well-focused questions build confidence and responsibility to face challenges and find solutions. Develops coaching language that supports professional influence, independence, creativity and optimism. |
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