Solve for Tomorrow is a UK-wide initiative that forms part of Samsung’s global commitment to education. The company aims to empower future innovators to achieve their full potential and become the next generation of leaders to pioneer positive social change. The competition invites young innovators who have tech ideas for […]
The consultation aims to collect the views of parents and carers in Northumberland to help identify the key priorities for families in Northumberland communities at present. The survey goes live on Tuesday 29th October and will close on Friday 29th November. We would like to hear from a diverse range of families
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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
Health Improvement (HIMP) Training Programme Read More »
Please see attached flyer for more information.
Relationships Belong in Northumberland Conference Read More »
The DfE have updated the ‘test, exam and assessment results’ section. Some of the information which academies should publish has changed in that section. They have updated information for academies in the ‘behaviour policy’ section. They have also made changes to the ‘pupil premium’, ‘PE and sport premium’, ‘complaints policy’
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The DfE updated the ‘test, exam and assessment results’ section. Some of the information which schools must publish has changed in that section. They have added detail on what schools should publish about governors in the ‘governance information’ section. They have also made changes to the ‘pupil premium’, ‘PE and
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North East Ambition look forward to welcoming you to our Autumn Regional Primary Careers Conference at the NHS Northumbria Health and Care Academy. The conference will bring together primary school careers leaders to share best practice, look ahead to the future, and consider ways to demonstrate and maximise impact of
North East Ambition Primary Careers Conference – Friday 6th December Read More »
Date: 7 November 2024 Location: South Shields Museum and Art Gallery This is a teacher CPD session at South Shields Museum and Art Gallery on Thursday 7 November, 1.30-3.45pm. This session is run by the National Gallery. The National Gallery is offering a range of free activities as part of the Art Road
On Thursday, 7th November 2024, the Holocaust Educational Trust invites you to mark 86 years since Kristallnacht by joining our Multi-School Outreach event. We’ll be hearing from Eve Kugler BEM who was a firsthand witness of Kristallnacht and former Jewish child refugee, having fled Nazi persecution during the Second World War. Students from Year 6 and above
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Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team Training Update- cancellation and non-attendance We now have an updated system via the School Readiness Passport that automatically issues invoices due to non-attendance or late cancellation of training courses. The fees and details for late cancellation and non-attendance are outlined in the SLA agreement
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Final Reminder Thanks to all who have completed the MI return as requested. We still have a number of schools yet to complete their MI return. This is a gentle reminder the deadline is this Friday. Please check your emails for further details. Data Return All providers looking to expand existing
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The government has committed an initial £15 million pounds of funding to help schools make spaces on their sites that are suitable for nursery provision. Updated information from the Government can be found here. Read the full press release here: School-based nurseries plan kicks off with £15 million funding –
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Dear All We’re thrilled to invite you to our special upcoming KoothKlass webinar especially catered for primary school children aged 10+ on Friendships and Boundaries. This is a FREE, 30 minute webinar designed for whole- class involvement taking place in the first week of November 2024. The session will include why friendships are important, why finding the right friends
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Welcome to Issue 7 of the Safer in Education newsletter, brought to you by the Virtual School Service on behalf of the local authority and safeguarding partnership (NCASP).
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We are hosting a joint conference event for school leaders with our colleagues in Yorkshire on 6 December at the Hospitium in York 6 December NAHT joint North East and Yorkshire Conference- The Hospitium York (open to non members) A must attend event for school leaders from the North East
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Two online training sessions have been scheduled for School360 schools to help you get up and running with Canva. Canva accounts are included with the School360 learning platform for both teachers and pupils. What is Canva? These sessions will be presented by our new UK based Canva trainer, Naomi. Canva
All providers looking to expand existing wraparound provision or create new wraparound provision for primary aged children are required to complete a DfE termly MI data return. Providers who have recently received or expect to receive grant funding up to 14th October are required to complete the first termly return. The
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Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team Childcare Recruitment Campaign As part of a national recruitment campaign, the Dfe produced an A5 flyer‘ Do something big, work with small children’, which you may have received through your locality Performance Partner. This digital version is designed to accompany the flyer and can be
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Each year, Inter Faith Week begins on Remembrance Sunday, and runs until the following Sunday. Inter Faith Week 2024 will take place from Sunday 10 – Sunday 17 November. Remembrance Sunday was chosen as a start day to encourage people to remember together the contributions of all faiths and none, and
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The need to measure the impact of your careers programme has never been greater. How do you know that what you are doing is working? And what to do if it isn’t? What do you use already to measure impact? Careers Leaders already use a variety of data to measure
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Dear Colleagues During the 16 Days of Action and Activism as part of the White Ribbon campaign, we have an online training session about the impact of domestic abuse on children and young people. This training will be in conjunction with education DA champions in North Tyneside. The training will
Careers Talks with Deloitte Northumberland County Council are working with the consultancy firm Deloitte on our flagship transformation programme. As part of this partnership, Deloitte are available to provide some career talks with groups of students who are starting to think about their career choices. About Deloitte Deloitte is the
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Your school can get involved with Water Night this October As your water retailer, Wave want to help make sure there’s enough water to go round for the next generation. And what better way to achieve that than to get schools and students involved? Thursday 24th October is Water Night.
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Work Experience and Preparing for Adulthood sessions for our young people with Special Educational Needs provided free of charge by Choices College. At choices College we recognise how important Preparing for Adulthood and transitions are to young people taking their next steps into adulthood. Therefore we have the following offer
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Dear All We’re thrilled to invite you to our upcoming KoothTalks webinar for Local Services and Healthcare professionals on supporting young people with Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA). The webinar will detail how our digital platform can support young people presenting with EBSA, information from our Kooth Clinical Team and EBSA
I wanted to pass through some information around our COP29 Event, which is being held at County Hall, Morpeth on Friday 22nd November, from 9:30am – 1pm. We are holding an in-person COP29 focussed in-person event, which will look at climate action across the world, as well as what more local
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Northumberland County Council are share the following road safety events that you may be interested in sharing with your children and parents: If you are interested in any of the above please complete this form and they will reply to you as quickly as possible.
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As you may already be aware, Family Hubs have purchased a multi-user license for The Solihull Approach (inourplace.co.uk) which has FREE online courses dedicated to improving emotional health and wellbeing in parents, children, teenagers, adults and grandparents. Solihull have designed a campaign for schools to use to help promote this fantastic
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The Northumberland and Tyne & Wear Secondary PE Lead Conference takes place Wednesday 16th October 2024, 9:15am – 3:30pm at Northumberland College, College Road, Ashington, NE63 9RG. The agenda is here, and booking details here.
PE Conference – Wednesday 16th October Read More »
I sent through information earlier this week around our climate change and sustainability work, and wanted to pass through more information around our COP29 Event, which is being held at County Hall, Morpeth on Friday 22nd November, from 9:30am – 1pm. We are holding an in-person COP29 focussed in-person event, which
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