BARCLAYS LIFE SKILLS WEBSITE A free employability and financial education programme, to unlock skills and employment opportunities for all ages. BARCLAYS DIGITAL WINGS – CODE PLAYGROUND Here, coding becomes a doorway to creativity and innovation, equipping young learners with the skills to thrive in a digital world. Our projects and lesson packs […]
Help parents in your area expand their digital skills and confidence Everyday Digital is a brand new national programme from Parent Zone. Funded by the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT), the programme will benefit families across the UK by helping them build their media literacy, to enjoy the
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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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The latest newsletter for the Summer Term 2024 is now live on the health and safety portal. This is available to schools in the Health and Safety SLA, provided by the NCC Corporate Health and Safety Team. Follow this link to access this and previous newsletters: H&S School Newsletters Remember,
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Please send your requests for topic boxes and other resources to Schools Library Service as soon as possible (and preferably by the end of July) to ensure delivery near the beginning of term in September. Either fill in the General Topic Request Form on our website Home | Schools Library Service (spydus.co.uk) email
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Please find attached the What’s On Guide of activities being held at Hexham Family Hub over the Summer. Please note this guide may be subject to change. Please share with colleagues/network who may find it relevant
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Dear Subscribers If you are an EPRS subscriber, you will have by now have received our message informing you that the Education Policy and Research Service will not be continuing in its present form from September, so sadly, this is our last set of updates. We begin with school security,
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Summer of Stormbreak (SoS) online activities Calling families, parents, carers, children (under 11) this is for you! Support and boost children’s mental health, emotional and physical wellbeing. Take part in a FREE live online stormbreak every week. Expert coaches from the charity Stormbreak will lead stormbreak activities, specially designed to
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Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team SEND Local Offer new website is LIVE Please share the link to the new website with parents and carers of children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Click here to take a look at the new website and to find out more.
Early Years Update Read More »
According to Policy in Practice, a social policy software and data analytics company, an estimated 470,000 pupils nationally are missing out on Free School Meals (FSM). This equates to £600 million a year in lost pupil premium payments. It is believed that in Northumberland over 1,000 pupils could be missing out,
Is your School missing out on Pupil Premium Funding ? Read More »
“The Will Guys offer a fresh way of delivering Wills to customers; without all the fuss and cliches associated with ‘old school’ Will Writers (so we’ve heard). With over 30 years combined experience in the financial and legal sector we really know what we’re talking about and always strive to
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Dear Colleagues As the academic year draws to a close, I am sorry to have to begin this letter with some sad news. Over the last few years, with school and university budgets becoming ever tighter, subscriptions to the EPRS have declined. The University’s School of Education has made the
Education Policy and Research Service July 2024 Read More »
Here’s is the latest Schools Go Smarter Newsletter for the summer term, please get in touch with tracy.aitken@northumberland.gov.uk for further information.
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Please complete this form if your school would like to take part in International Walk to School Month this October, you can also let us know if you’d like resources to run a 5 day walking challenge. We will be sharing an updated version of the 4 week template before September. Any
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To all Headteachers Please read the content of the health and safety bulletin below, issued by the NCC Corporate Health and Safety Team. This covers important information regarding your responsibilities around asbestos management, HSE enforcement action and the new NCC Asbestos Management Plan. The bulletin is being made available to
Important – Asbestos Management in Schools Read More »
Please find flyer attached for AET training for Northumberland schools.
AET training for Northumberland schools Read More »
This opportunity is open to primary and SEND settings who have had MELVA before and new settings too. Text to share in mail outs, emails and newsletters is as below: Calling all Northern Schools! Express your interest in a free MELVA licence TODAY. MELVA is an award-winning Mental Health Education
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Please see attached updated fraud alert, please be extra vigilant where donations require pre-payment for delivery.
Please encourage families to attend the Water Safety education and fun day on 20th July between 10 am and 2pm at Prudhoe Riverside Park. The day is a collaboration between Northumberland Fire and Rescue, Mountain Rescue Water Rescue Technicians and Northumbria Police Marine Divers. The poster is attached.
Our SEND Local Offer is now live! The Local Offer website has been developed with Northumberland Parent Carer Forum and is packed with information, resources and advice on support and services for children and young people with special educational needs and or disabilities. Please take a look, you can access
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This FREE event is open to any practitioner within a small school in Northumberland. Booking link: Northumberland Small Schools Conference (google.com) Please see the attached poster for further information or contact gemma.telfer@northumberland.gov.uk
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Children present differently in the post-pandemic world. There is a need for inclusive approaches to be in place for all students, not just those with SEND. Through The Difference Inclusive Leadership Course we are steadily improving our practice, allowing ourselves the time to trial strategies and refine them, celebrating current successes and using
Results for the multiplication tables check (MTC) are now available within the ‘View pupil results’ section of the MTC service. Schools will see a total score for each pupil. There is no expected standard threshold for the MTC. Schools can download a common transfer file (CTF) containing their MTC results, which
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The results of Key Stage 2 assessments were released to schools this week along with national statistics showing that 61% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, up slightly from 60% in 2023, but still below 2019 when 65% of pupils reached the expected standard. Further 2024
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Dear Subscribers Well, a lot has happened in the last week. The change of government obviously means the appointment of a new Education Secretary, Bridget Phillipson. One of the new government’s big education pledges, as you may have heard in the media, is the recruitment of 6,500 new teachers. Initial
Education Policy and Research Service 2023-2024 Weekly Update 10 July 2024 Read More »
FAO Primary and First Schools- Request from our Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) Child Poverty Action Group are inviting school leaders and trust leaders of primary and first schools to help us to understand the current picture in relation to dinner money debt, including the scale of the issue and
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We’re really excited to share with you Northumberland’s new local offer website for parents and carers of children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). The SEND local offer provides a wide range of information about all the support and facilities which families can expect to find
As part of the Department for Education’s sustainability and climate change strategy, all education settings are expected to have a climate action plan and a sustainability lead climate action plan and a sustainability lead in place by the end of 2025. During the new academic year, a number of organisations will be working
DfE Climate and Nature Action in Education event in September Read More »
Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team Are you registered for Tax-Free Childcare? For more information including how to register, click here! Northumberland Family Hubs Newsletter: Click here to access this month’s Family Hub Newsletter Workforce survey Rise have re-launched our Early Years Workforce Survey for people working in the Early Years
Early Years Update Read More »
New! Upcoming funded seminar for teachers of all subject areas interested in linking with a school in Germany. This can be for any type of collaborative projects, teacher visits, pupil visits, and of course for language learning. The seminar includes school visits to gain insights into school life in Germany.
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