Read Write Inc. Phonics Training
Grange View Primary School have places available at their Read Write Inc training in September. Click here for further details.
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January 2024
Fraud Alert
One of our schools within Northumberland has been the subject of a debit card fraud. 4 payments (£171, £171, £118, £40) were debited from a school bank account on the same day at the same time, the payments were made to Wizz Airlines with the reference Hungary. On contacting Barclays,
Education Policy and Research Service 2023-2024 Weekly Update 31 January 2024
Dear Subscribers The weeks fly past (is it too soon to say that half term fast approaches?). So, time for some more weekly updates. Let’s start with some depressing news from the world of higher education. The DfE has published an equality analysis, looking at the impact of a 2.5%
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NCC Volunteering Opportunities January 2024
Please see attached details on volunteering opportunities with NCC, for further details please email us. This month we are looking for: A storyteller at Bedlington Station Library Chatty Cafe Volunteers in our hubs at Alnwick, Cramlington and Newbiggin Third party opportunities: The Minors Lamp – Looking for volunteer chef and
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Beat Anaphylaxis Friendly Schools – pilot schools
Expression of Interest Opportunity Deadline: Friday 16th February 2024 It is estimated that 1 in 50 school-age children have peanut allergy, a condition accounting for around half of all anaphylaxis reactions. Combining this and the incidence of other food allergies, means that there is often more than one child per school
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Free career-related learning training for primary school staff
We are delighted to contact you with an opportunity for your school to join the Start Small; Dream Big pilot (see attached flyer). This national pilot is a free career-related learning programme for primary schools, delivered by The Careers & Enterprise Company in conjunction with Teach First and backed by
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Early Years Update
Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team Recruitment campaign and support to advertise vacancies Over the past few months, many of you have told us about the challenges you are facing with recruitment. As always, we have listened to what you have to say and have explored how best we can
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Free Webinar – Excellent Vocabulary Instruction
At Shotton Hall Research School we are committed to using the latest research evidence to improve pupil achievement. Our FREE one hour twilight session on Tuesday 6th February at 4pm on ‘Excellent Vocabulary Instruction’ will support you to effectively implement the explicit teaching of vocabulary in your school. The webinar will cover
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North East Middle Schools Conference 2024 – Thursday 21st March
The National Middle School’s Forum is holding a conference for north east middle schools on 21 March in Newcastle. Please see the flyer for more details.
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Family Hub Satisfaction Survey 2024
The Family Hub Family Satisfaction Survey for 2024 is now live. We are really keen to hear views from both parents/carers who use Family Hubs as well as those who don’t. As you may know, one of the key outcomes for Family Hubs is increasing their reach to help as
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Writing moderation meetings for year 2 and year 6 teachers
Louise Mallin will be running focused writing moderation meetings for year 2 and year 6 teachers across the county this term. The meetings will take place at a number of different venues and will run from 3.45pm-5.00pm (arrival at the venues from 3.30pm for a 3.45pm start). During the first
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Key+ Transitions – fully funded project
Working together, The Key and Children North East (CNE) have been funded by the North of Tyne Combined Authority to provide 12 North of Tyne schools with an intervention for pupils struggling with the KS2 to KS3 transition. The Key and CNE will supply your school with a skilled youth
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Free webinar – Improving Primary Science
oin the Newcastle Research School for a free webinar surrounding the EEF’s new Improving Primary Science guidance report. Please see joining details in the attached flyer.
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Health Improvement Training (HIT) Programme
Please find details of our training courses below. All courses are currently delivered over Microsoft Teams, unless otherwise stated. Please also see the attached document which gives further details on all of our courses. Please feel free to forward this email to any of your contacts who you think would
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Spring Mode of Travel Data Collection
It’s that time of year again when we ask all schools to complete a Mode of Travel survey to see how pupils are travelling to school in Northumberland, your help in collecting this data is greatly appreciated. Please refer to the attached letter and instructions and if there is anything
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School Charity Cheque Fraud Alert
Please see attached, school are asked to check records and be extra vigilant. Northumberland County Council has a dedicated Corporate Fraud Team within Internal Audit, and are here to offer advice and support in any matters including suspected fraud. Reports can be made via – If any staff would like to
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Primary Careers Education: Start Small; Dream Big
This is an opportunity for your school to join the Start Small; Dream Big pilot. This national pilot is a free career-related learning programme for primary schools, delivered by The Careers & Enterprise Company in conjunction with Teach First and backed by the Department for Education (DfE). Following the success
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Mars Day – 5 March 2024
Mars Day 24 is an exciting free virtual event adventure for schools, presented by the UK Space Education Office (ESERO-UK) at STEM Learning and in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA) and the UK Space Agency. Once again Mars Day has an out-of-this-world programme of live link-ups, activities and resources, talks
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Free training sessions for Primary Educators
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums are offering FREE online CPD sessions for primary teachers. These curriculum-linked sessions cover history, science and art; each one maps curriculum content, making links to Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums’ collections, and also features a guest expert speaker. You can read more about
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Chris Drinkwater Creative Health in Primary Schools Award
One of the Child Health & Wellbeing Network’s key cross cutting themes is Arts and Creativity. As such the Network has always promoted work in the creative arts and this has led to the creation of an awards programme for primary schools, in honour of our former Arts and Creativity
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Education Policy and Research Service 2023-2024 Weekly Update 24 January 2024
Dear Subscribers Last week, I mentioned that Ofsted would respond to the coroner’s recommendations following the tragic death of headteacher Ruth Perry. Ofsted’s response letter sets out actions taken before and immediately after the inquest and proposes a range of new measures. These include training inspectors to recognise and respond to signs
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Dads Matter Summit 12/02/24
Further to the email of 2nd January advertising the Dads Matter Summit this is a gentle reminder to book a place if you and any of your colleagues haven’t already done so but wish to attend. Places are going fast but there is still time to book using the Eventbrite link
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Measles outbreaks
In Monday’s email update to education settings from the DfE, the department included the following information about measles outbreaks: “There have been recent localised outbreaks of measles centred around the West Midlands. There is a risk of further outbreaks in other areas unless urgent action is taken to increase Measles,
2024/25 Service to Schools SLA Portal
The Services to Schools SLA Portal is now open for Schools to use in relation to their Service Level Agreement requirements for 2024/25, please see the link http://sla.northumberland.gov.uk/default.aspx . Please take the time to review the information on the portal, as in some cases services will have changed from that offered in the previous year.
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Canva training courses – open to all schools
The Northumberland ICT and eLearning team, along with Canva, are hosting two training sessions to help you get the most out of Canva – a fantastic digital design tool. These two sessions are open to all schools regardless of SLA. Please read this flyer for full details and email jennifer.harris@northumberland.gov.uk to reserve
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Early Years Update
Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team EY Funding Consultation 24-25 Please find attached a letter detailing the proposed funding rates for next financial year and details on how to engage in the consultation process. To clarify the point on the Teachers Pay and Pensions Grant this is in relation to the
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Equalities Update: Spring term
Please note the link to the opportunities, resources and dates on the spring term equalities update Padlet
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Free career-related learning training for primary school staff
We are delighted to contact you with an opportunity for your school to join the Start Small; Dream Big pilot (see attached flyer). This national pilot is a free career-related learning programme for primary schools, delivered by The Careers & Enterprise Company in conjunction with Teach First and backed by
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Equality information and Objectives: Final Year of the 2021-25 cycle
31 Jan 2024 10-11.30 by Teams Equality information and Objectives: Final Year of the 2021-25 cycle. The session will cover: What do we need to publish or amend? By what date? Are there any changes to the law or to protected characteristics? How do the Northumberland Inequalities Plan and Poverty Proofing relate to
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