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SUMMARY:Supporting boarders with homesickness
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ From £90\n🎧 All boarding staff\, senior leaders\, pastoral staff\n📍 Online\n🎥 Watch live or on catch up\n✅ Included in BSA CPD Pass \n\nCourse outline: \nHomesickness is a genuine and sometimes underestimated challenge for many boarders. When overlooked\, it can hinder a young person’s ability to settle\, succeed\, and flourish both in the boarding house and the wider school community. For staff working closely with boarders – particularly during the early weeks of term or following returns from extended leave – having the tools and confidence to support those struggling with homesickness is vital. \nThis practical and reflective webinar will help staff understand the emotional dynamics of homesickness\, how it manifests\, and its potential impact. Participants will explore effective\, compassionate strategies and resources to support boarders\, alongside guidance on how to create an emotionally nurturing boarding environment. Emphasis will be placed on proactive identification\, personalised care planning\, and fostering resilience among boarders. \nLearning outcomes: \n\nDevelop a deeper understanding of homesickness and its effects on boarders\nGain practical tools to support boarders through the adjustment process\nLearn how to design and apply effective\, individualised care strategies\nContribute to a positive\, supportive boarding culture that prioritises wellbeing.”\n\nBOOK NOW \n\nSpeaker: \nAlly Onions\,  Head of Safeguarding and Mental Health at St George’s School Windsor Castle \nAlly Onions is currently the Head of Safeguarding and Mental Health at St George’s School Windsor Castle. With her husband Jonny\, they run the boarding house\, which includes looking after the choristers who sing in St George’s Chapel. Ally has worked in boarding education for over 20 years. She has completed an MA in Boarding Education\, looking at resilience and prep boarders. Ally is a trained Mental Health First Aider and Instructor Member.
URL:https://www.boarding.org.uk/event/supporting-boarders-with-homesickness/
LOCATION:Online – Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Certificate in Boarding Practice – Pastoral Care - November Module
DESCRIPTION:  \nWe offer a self-funding route for all courses.  We can arrange payment plans for manageable monthly amounts to make training accessible and affordable.  To find out more\, please e-mail Liz McDonald at  liz.mcdonald@bsagroup.org.uk \n\nThe BSA’s Programme of Professional Development and Training is the most comprehensive CPD package offered to staff in boarding schools\, and includes a series of professional practice Certificate courses specifically designed to meet the practical needs of boarding staff and provide an internationally recognised qualification in Boarding Education. \nThis is a two-year modular course aimed specifically at staff working in and around boarding. Over the last 20 years approx. 3000 House Tutors\, Matrons\, Support Staff\, School Nurses\, Assistants\, House Parents and HsMs have completed this Award. \n\nPart 1: BSA Certificate in Boarding Practice – Pastoral Care\n\nand one of these: \n\nPart 2: BSA Advanced Certificate in Boarding Practice – Boarding Management\nPart 2: BSA Advanced Certificate in Boarding Practice for School Nurses\nPart 2: BSA Certificate in Boarding Practice – Pupil Support and Welfare\nPart 2: BSA Advanced Certificate in Boarding Practice – International Students\n\nWhat does this course cover? \nThis course is taken by both graduate teaching and non-graduate house staff\, including matrons\, assistant house staff and house parents\, with responsibility for the care and welfare of boarding pupils. The course sessions will broadly cover the following areas: \n\nIntroduction to the Course – Issues & Concerns\nWhat Does Good Pastoral Care Look Like?\nThe Module Assignment\nRelational Approaches for Supporting Children and Young People\nMeeting the Needs of Boarders\nIssues Facing Pupils\nEmerging Risks:  E-safety Risks and how to best engage with them\nDeveloping a Culture of Wellbeing\nEmerging Risks\nMental and Emotional Health\nPutting it all into Practice 1: An Unfolding Exercise\nPutting it all into Practice 2: Supporting Vulnerable Pupils\nLooking After Yourself\nSubmitting the Module Assignment/Course Reflection/Next Steps.\n\nHow will this course help me to develop personally and professionally? \n● Be able to evaluate and have a clear appreciation of the personal and professional needs and skills involved in your boarding role; \n● Develop greater knowledge and understanding of the issues covered in the syllabus; \n● Develop\, through support and guidance\, the range of personal strategies you use to resolve relevant welfare concerns for your pupils; \n● Develop your ability to reflect critically on your work and evaluate the need for change or action; \n● Develop your study and planning skills and your ability to analyse reading and reference material; \n● Be able to communicate and defend your views and opinions orally and in writing; \nIn addition\, at graduate level\, successful completion of the course will enable you to: \n● Develop a clear vision of the school’s management strategies for providing good pastoral care; \n● Develop your study and time management skills and your ability to analyse reading and a wide range of reference sources; \nHow is the course organised? \nThe course is organised around a combination of intensive study days which contain a variety of teaching methods and opportunities to learn in different ways; short lectures\, presentations and discussions led by students\, together with group problem solving exercises and case studies. Group discussion is a particularly important aspect of this module\, enabling you to look at the theory in the light of your own practical experience. You will be encouraged to contribute ideas\, opinions and questions\, take responsibility for your own learning and\, by sharing\, to contribute to the learning of the group as a whole. \nThere are some 12 courses running at any one time; four of the Pastoral Care and four Boarding Management and two of BSA Advanced Certificate in Boarding Practice for School Nurses and BSA Certificate in Boarding Practice – School Support & Welfare\, BSA Advanced Certificate in Boarding Practice – International Students. \nStudy day dates for the November Module are: \n\nStudy Day 1\, November 27\, 2026\nStudy Day 2\, March 05\, 2027\nStudy Day 3\, April 29\, 2027\nStudy Day 4\, June 07\, 2027\n\nAll study days will be online via Zoom. \nTO BEGIN YOUR QUALIFICATION IN NOVEMBER\, CLICK HERE \nCancellations\nIf cancelling four weeks before Day 1 of the course\, a refund will be given. Cancellation after this period and before Day 1\, a cancellation fee will be charged. \nAll amendments and cancellations to bookings must be made in writing to BSA@Boarding.org.uk \nNB: Please be aware that it is crucial to remain on your assigned course path and tutor group to gain the very best out of your training. Of course\, we understand some things are unavoidable however we cannot guarantee alternative placement days\, and this may incur an admin charge.
URL:https://www.boarding.org.uk/event/certificate-in-boarding-practice-pastoral-care-november-module/
LOCATION:Online – Zoom
CATEGORIES:Accredited Training,Online
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