A new choir just for busy adults who work in Northumberland’s schools. For more information please see the flyer attached and information here, or email northumberlandtc@gmail.com.
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Grants of £1,200 are still available to access continuing professional development (CPD) for your school or college’s mental health lead. If you haven’t already done so, claim your grant this term and join the 15,000 schools and colleges that have already accessed a DfE quality assured senior mental health lead course. The
Dear Subscribers Welcome to our last set of weekly updates before Easter! The next set will be out in the week beginning 15th April. In a recent update, I mentioned Ofsted’s Big Listen, a major consultation launched in the wake of the death of headteacher Ruth Perry. A children’s version of
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For all professionals in schools, including Designated Safeguarding Leads, Designated Teachers and Attendance Leads. Dear Colleagues, Please find attached Issue 4 of the Safer in Education newsletter. Safer In Education Welcome to Issue 4 of the Safer in Education newsletter, brought to you by the Virtual School Service on behalf
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Colours of Summer Free Book and School Event/Presentation Read More »
Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team Farewell to Lesley Kelly A little message to let all providers know that our colleague, Lesley Kelly, will be taking her retirement at the end of this term. Lesley has worked for the County Council and Early Years Team for a long time and
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Dear Colleague, The purpose of this survey is to establish an understanding of current and future needs for alternative provision beyond the mainstream and specialist offer of schools in Northumberland. This will then be used to determine deficits in current provision with a view to shaping provision in the future.
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Are your pupils ready to discover The Magic of Walking? This year’s challenge encourages children to travel actively to school every day of the week. Meeting various magical beings along the way, they will learn about the important reasons to walk or wheel and its benefits for individuals, communities and the planet!
Walk to School Week 20-24 May Read More »
How to implement RSE effectively in your school: Monday 22 April 2024, 3.45-5pm Many teachers report that they lack confidence and need support when it comes to delivering the puberty and statutory RSE elements of the DfE RSHE requirements and also how to approach the recommended non-statutory sex education elements.
Free webinar for primary teachers in the North East from the Coram SCARF team Read More »
With the Easter break fast approaching, at Kooth Digital Health we appreciate there will be some young people who may struggle during the holidays without the access to the daily pastoral support, trusted adults, and friends that the school community provides. I have included two links below to help share
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Our next Hive Meeting will take place on 29.04.24 Hive Meetings are network meeting for Senior Mental Health Leads of all Northumberland schools. For this meeting we will be joined by Northumberland Educational Psychologist Jill Sandeman. She will talking us through an exciting Emotion Coaching training opportunities for all Northumberland
Dear Colleagues As the Easter break approaches (yes, honestly, not too far to go now!), I am pleased to bring you the March summaries. A great range of themes this month including school funding, the value of extra-curricular activities, the attainment gap, and free childcare. This month there is a
Education Policy and Research Service March 2024 Read More »
The DfE provide ad hoc updates via email to schools and settings. The latest was published today (25 March). The content is available here.
From the DfE, “the guidance will support schools to offer equal sporting opportunities for girls and boys, alongside a minimum of 2 hours of PE per week, helping to build a brighter future for our children. Drawing on exemplary case studies from across the country, the new guidance provides inspiration
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As we head towards the main exam time it’s worth revising how we can support young people at what can be a very stressful time. Young Minds have a series of support pages aimed to help with exam stress and anxiety. Their advice is available to help school staff, parents
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eSchools are releasing a new website editor in the Spring. Make sure you’re prepared by joining one of our introductory sessions, led by Nick Neal at eSchools. Each session will last for approximately 40 minutes with time for a Q & A afterward. Monday 22nd April – 1.45pm Tuesday 30th April – 3.45pm Please email
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Dear Subscribers The March summaries will be with you this week, and I trust that there will be something of interest to everyone! As we race through the Spring term, I bring the weekly updates. Teacher recruitment is always a hot topic in the world of education. The DfE has
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HINT team activity: From September 2023 there has been a new annual approach to support for settings by the HINT teams. The offer and approaches can be found at www.NorthumberlandEducation.co.uk/HINT As shared, in advance of and since the start of the new academic year, new ways of working continue to ensure
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Dear Colleague I am writing to you about an exciting opportunity for your school to be involved in a randomised control trial of our Teaching Mathematical Reasoning to Y2, a whole class programme which focuses on two independent but related strands. In a previous, independent evaluation, 1365 children in 37 schools made on average
Oxford University, EEF and NFER – Teaching Mathematical Reasoning to Y2 Read More »
The Jerusalem Trust’s Small Grants to Schools Scheme supports the teaching of Christianity within Religious Education. The scheme operates by providing schools with grants of up to £600 to purchase resources for use in RE lessons. The scheme is open to state funded schools in England and Wales. For further
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Please find details of our training courses below. Please also see the attached document which gives further details on all of our courses which are currently delivered over Microsoft Teams, unless otherwise stated. Please feel free to forward this email to any of your contacts who you think would be interested
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Dear Colleague, The purpose of this survey is to establish an understanding of current and future needs for alternative provision beyond the mainstream and specialist offer of schools in Northumberland. This will then be used to determine deficits in current provision with a view to shaping provision in the future.
Alternative Provision In Northumberland Survey Read More »
Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team Key Dates Summer Term 2023-24 Please find attached the key dates for Summer 2023-24. Early Years Alliance Free Training The Early Years Alliance are offering some FREE training to help you support families whose children are moving on to school. There are plenty of
Early Years Update Read More »
The DfE Governance guides were published in March 2024 to replace the Governance Handbook. The new documents are the primary source of governance information from the DfE. The role of the Maintained Schools Governance Guide is to: There are no new requirements, so your board doesn’t need to do anything other than
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For SMHLs, DTs, DSLs, SENDCos and Headteachers. At our Relationships Matter conference last year schools all over Northumberland were inspired to begin or further develop their relational approaches and trauma-informed practices. This year we are even more excited to be joined by Paul Dix, author of “When The Adults Change”
Relationships Still Matter Conference – 24.04.24 Read More »
Northumberland Skills Welding and Fabrication Technical Training Centre at the Port of Blyth is hosting two free taster days this weekend. Young people aged 15 and above are invited to come along, with or without their parents and carers, and discover more about careers in the renewable energy and engineering sectors. The
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Dear Subscribers I am pleased to bring you the weekly updates! Last week, the Education secretary, Gillian Keegan, and the new Chief Inspector, Sir Martyn Oliver both addressed the Association of School and College Leaders annual conference. Gillian Keegan highlighted several ways in which she says the government has listened
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Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team Recruitment Financial Incentive Northumberland are one of 20 LA’s selected to offer the DfE Financial Incentive Pilot. If you missed the information that went out, please see attached for more details, eligibility criteria and how to apply. To help maximise your recruitment opportunities you
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Dear Careers Leads. The Careers & Enterprise Company and North East Local Enterprise Partnership are delivering a free in person training session on the Future Skills Questionnaire function of Compass+, looking at how it is delivered and how it should be analysed afterwards. Sessions are two hours, either in the
In-person Compass + Training – 2 hours duration – Wednesday 27th March Read More »
The DfE provide ad hoc updates via email to schools and settings. The latest was published today (11 March). The content is available here.
