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Premier Teachers – workshops with an Olympic Volleyball player
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The Social Mobility Commission urged the Government to force schools in Northumberland and other
“low-performing areas” across the country to take part in improvement programmes.
A State of the Nation report by the Commission said that an “unfair education system” is at the core of increasingly worse life chances for this generation of children and young people.
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| Green Paper consultation: please complete this quick survey |
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SCHOOLS NorthEast will be submitting a response to this consultation on behalf of schools across the region. To do this effectively we need to hear from you, so we would really appreciate you taking the time to fill out the following survey. Your responses will help to ensure that we produce a strong and representative response.
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| “Huge amount of interest” in school’s vacancies since using regional jobs board |
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Jobs in Schools | North East, the region’s most cost effective recruitment portal, has grown from strength to strength since it first launched in January this year. Head Teachers who have used it have shared some great feedback with us, click on the button below to hear what they had to say about the recruitment portal.
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| Do Early Years Educators need GCSEs in Maths and English? |
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SCHOOLS NorthEast believes that early years education plays a vital role in our schools system, helping children to develop the skills that they need to be successful throughout their school career and beyond. In recognition of this, we will be submitting a response to this consultation on behalf of our region’s schools.
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WANTED: Social teachers
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SCHOOLS NorthEast is looking to launch a series of Twitter EdChats, and we need your help to reach the widest audience possible.
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Inspect pupil well-being and appoint mental health lead in schools, commission demands
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The Education Policy Institute’s independent commission on children's mental health has warned that schools are struggling to engage with health services because of structural changes, confusing geographical boundaries and staff workload.
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Jeremy Corbyn lodges motion to stop pupil nationality data collection
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If it succeeds, the early day motion will cancel new laws introduced by the Government in September forcing schools to collect the data in their annual census.
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Half of English Literature exam papers not given ‘correct’ grade, Ofqual finds
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Nearly half of pupils in English Literature are not awarded the “correct” grade on a particular exam paper because of marking inconsistencies and the design of the tests, according to the first major study into marking accuracy by Ofqual.
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English schools 'may face shortage of 19,000 heads by 2022'
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Almost one in four schools across the country could be affected by a lack of headteachers, deputy heads and assistant heads, according to a report by three education leadership organisations.
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DfE overruled in nursery costs case
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The Department for Education has been told to re-think a decision not to publish key research it used to set new funding levels for free nursery places.
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English baccalaureate 'creates problems for motivation and behaviour'
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A survey of 1,800 NUT members found a large majority blamed the Ebacc for narrowing the range of subjects being taught for GCSEs, with creative and vocational subjects being squeezed out.
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Top authors call for school libraries to be protected
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Children's laureate Chris Riddell says in a letter to Justine Greening that many lack investment and need funding via a central government grant.
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MP calls for law forcing schools to have defibrillators
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Lewes MP Maria Caulfield has called for a law forcing schools to have defibrillators to save people who have cardiac arrests.
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What is 'The Ace Day'?
The Ace Day is a healthy schools programme designed to help tick off PSHE, P.E and Science national curriculum objectives for KS1 and KS2.
The day’s activities involve an Ace Volleyball master-class, healthy workshops covering the dangers of smoking, nutrition, personal hygiene, the importance of water and dental health, and closing the day with an inspirational whole school assembly.
The whole day is delivered by former Olympic athlete, Nathan French, who represented the Great Britain Volleyball Team at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Classroom worksheets are also provided to engage your pupils in the classrooms before/after their time
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Nursery schools in North East face massive funding cuts which could have a 'devastating impact'
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Nursery schools in Newcastle could see funding cut from £6.51 per child per hour to £4.88. Those in Durham are likely to see funding cut from £6.67 per hour to £4.15 an hour. And those in Gateshead could see funding cut from £8.34 per hour to £4.52.
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Number of male teachers is lowest in the North-East
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Government statistics show just one in four teachers in North-East schools are male, this being the widest classroom gender gap in the country.
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Autumn Term Ofsted Briefings
SCHOOLS NorthEast has set up a series of termly events with Ofsted to support schools in the region to stay current on all information regarding inspections. Our autumn term briefings will include a themed discussion around raising standards in KS3 English, focussing on transition. There will also be contributions from North East Head Teachers who have recently been inspected.
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Making waves: tackling the challenges faced by coastal schools
This full day conference will bring school leaders from across the country together to explore the challenges faced by coastal schools in further detail. The aim of the event is to identify practical solutions to these issues that school leaders can then put into practice on returning to school. The agenda will include a mixture of keynote speakers and solution-orientated, interactive workshops.
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21
NOV
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Read, Write Inc training for teachers and TAs
Transform your teaching of early reading and writing with Read, Write Inc. Phonics. Make learning to read focussed and fun and give children storybooks matched to the sounds they know so they develop accuracy, speed and confidence. This session will demonstrate the reading, writing and spelling process step-by-step, examine footage of real lessons and help you practice and prepare before you teach.
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21
NOV
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Sharing the lessons of becoming a successful Academy Trust
This event includes inputs from a high quality team of speakers who have developed very successful school Academy Trusts and are willing to share their experiences to ensure you are fully prepared if your school decides to become an Academy Trust. This is an excellent opportunity for Heads and SBMs to attend this FREE event, on a development that will be facing all schools in the coming years.
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23
NOV
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Supporting SEND: Transition to Uni 2016
The information evening is for teachers and advisers who support young people in Year 10 and above with specific learning requirements, providing key updates on support available at university and interactive workshops surrounding the application process.
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23
NOV
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Health & Social Care Conference
This conference will focus on many aspects of Health and Social Care in schools. Sessions include Improving BTEC coursework, a focus on Project Based Learning, looking at Learning Spaces and the use of Self Organised Learning Environments (SOLEs), Strategies to Improve Exam Results and a learning walk.
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02
DEC
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Youth Mental Health Conference
A day of sharing ideas, making connections, learning about resources and breaking down mental health stigma for anyone working with children and young people. This FREE conference will be chaired by Dr Pooky Knightsmith, with keynote speaker Natasha Devon MBE.
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07
DEC
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Shaping Behaviour
The aim of this CPD session is to help delegates develop proactive behaviour management strategies, learn how to deal with children in crises and minimise disruption in their class and around school, creating a purposeful climate for learning. Those attending will leave with practical resources and skills to tackle challenging behaviour.
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11
DEC
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Film Skills Workshop: ACTING FOR FILM
Suitable for ages 15-19, this series of practical one-day workshops are an excellent way to explore the key building blocks of bringing a film to the screen. The Acting for Film Workshop includes an introduction to the actor’s role during a production from set calls and script reading to preparing for and shooting a scene.
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In this week's Talking Heads, Jo Heaton - National Leader for Education and Head Teacher of the Federation of St Peter's Elwick CofE and Hart Primary Schools - discusses the clash between education and social care, wondering how we can get the best for our children and families. Mrs Heaton writes: "We need to get away from a blame culture of whose fault something is, or whose responsibility it is and grasp the nettle that it is all of our shared responsibility and we need to work more closely together."
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Grammar schools have been making newspaper headlines for a while now and we've recently debated their planned expansion with Head Teachers in our region. So this week, we propose a short read about the 11-plus test, written by Dr Rebecca Allen of Education Datalab. Her figures, based on high achieving eleven-year-olds in the four fully selective LA areas, show that ethnic minority groups are great at passing the test.
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