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The B Squared team has been hard at work creating our new Early Steps 2021 assessment framework since the launch of the Early Years Foundation Stage 2021 Framework for early adopters, and the release of the new Development Matters 2020. We’re pleased to share the news that it’s now available to purchase.

All 12 SEND expert presentations are now confirmed for the next Virtual SEND Conference taking place on Friday 27 November. It's an EHCP Special, covering everything you need to know about Education Health and Care Plans and how to ensure your pupils with SEND get the support they need.

Great news! B Squared’s assessment frameworks have already been updated to fit the new curriculum. This means teachers can easily assess pupils’ progress in Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Health Education from day one. 

We asked James Waller, Deputy Headteacher at Sunningdale Teaching School Alliance to tell us how he uses our Engagement Steps framework to support his pupils with complex needs.

CPD that you can access online has never been more relevant than in the current national crisis due to COVID-19. The good news is that we now have 33 SEND CPD videos available for your school to access immediately! Purchase all 33 videos for under £150 and share them with everyone in your school.

Exciting news!! We have partnered with The Seashell Trust to bring Parent Talks to parents of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. 

We want to help! We’ve been thinking about how the B Squared team can help our customer schools during this challenging time. We’ve put our heads together (virtually) and come up with 3 ideas for FREE help, information and advice from B Squared.

In these strange times, with many teachers and TAs working away from school, resources to support and train staff around SEND that can be easily accessed online have never been more relevant. So, we’ve put together a list of useful online SEND resources from B Squared that you can access from home or at school.

Maybe your pupils have painted the front of their house as a rainbow for the NHS, maybe they are sewing PPE for the local community, maybe they have raised money like Captain Tom Moore!! Can you see what your pupils are achieving at home?  Feel connected, build positive relationships and get parents on board during the lockdown period.

Last week's Virtual SEND Conference was a great success and one of our busiest yet with over 4000 views on the day! When you purchase access to a Virtual SEND Conference, it's for the whole school! So all staff can get online CPD around SEND, not just the SENCO.

This conference series focuses on helping the whole education sector to get the quality CPD needed to improve outcomes for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). With two successful conferences already delivered in 2019, we can now confirm that the 3rd Virtual SEND Conference will take place on Friday 27 March 2020. 

Get assessment and evidencing advice from Scottish teachers at the Scottish Learning Festival. Come and talk with teachers from Firpark Secondary School (North Lanarkshire) and Ashton Secondary School (Glasgow) on B Squared's stand (E40) about your assessment challenges and how to easily manage evidence of learning.

What's new? EVERYTHING! By everything, we mean EVERYTHING! We have literally taken the previous app, shredded it, shredded it again, thrown it in the recycling (go us) and started all over again! You were all very vocal about the bits you didn't like in the old Evisense app **cough** camera roll access **cough** and we can only thank you for taking the time to tell us.

Following the success of the 1st VSEND Conference back in March we've been working hard to develop a new line up of SEND experts, ready to share their knowledge and provide actionable advice to help teachers in the classroom. We are excited to announce the full programme for the 2nd Virtual SEND Conference taking place live online on 8th November.

A major part of KS4 and KS5 provision for learners with SEND focuses on personal skills that they will need in adult life. Steps4Life is a developmental assessment framework to assess learners working towards being fully independent. See how to easily track a learner’s progress and identify their next steps towards their goals.