Welcome to our first training brochure which includes all of the courses we provide in Birmingham and Staffordshire in one practical edition. We are now pleased to offer all delegates from our SIMS supported schools, a consistent programme of SIMS development opportunities across both regions, whether you are attending at Fort Dunlop (Birmingham) or Entrust HQ (Stafford).

In this edition, We bring you the latest blog posts from Bren Taylor and Andy Pyper. Bren looks at the current debate about the use of mobile phones in the classroom, meanwhile Andy considers what an online summer may hold for pupils and what support schools can provide. We focus the spotlight on Guardian Angels and how they are using BGfL 365 and the iPad in early years. With the holidays in mind we introduce the j2e Summer Maths Challenge – a fun (and FREE) activity with a chance to win some great prizes, we share an end of year update - all the information you need before heading off for your well-deserved break, we highlight how to keep pace in the modern classroom, plus there's our regular online safety and MIS updates and much more, not forgetting those all-important dates for your diary.

In this edition, we bring you the latest blog post from Bren Taylor, where he considers when we "think it's all over", the reality can be quite the opposite, we invite you to the Learning Technologies Annual Conference in Stafford and the Learning to Shape Birmingham conference - events you will not want to miss, we introduce our new GDPR Assist package - a spectrum of support options offering real choice for schools and academies, give you the opportunity to trade the device you have for the device you want, highlight how to keep pace in the modern classroom, this month's Focus on Training places the spotlight on the diverse range of development options available to you, plus there's our regular online safety and mis updates and much more, not forgetting those all-important dates for your diary.