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Congratulations to everyone at Palmers Cross Primary School who were rated 'Good' in their recent Ofsted Inspection.
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Awards for Wolverhampton Schools
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Congratulations to two of our member schools, who this week scooped regional awards at the Primary PE and School Sport Premium Conference 2019.
St Andrew’s CE Primary School won the award for most improved school, which resulted from a complete overhaul of their PE curriculum and saw a brand new ethos of sport and physical activity across the whole school.
St Luke’s CE Primary won the award for Innovation. This recognised the positive use of School Sport Premium money to employ a Community Sport and Health Apprentice, and with the support of their mentor, the school have been able to drive and develop new programmes of work during the school day, after school, within the community and for the staff.
Well done to both schools! Keep up the great work!
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ConnectEd Partnership Offer 2019/20
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Information has been sent out to all of our members with regard to your offer for 2019/20.
If you need to renew for the new financial year, or if you had bought in for two years previously, you will receive specific information in regards to your membership benefits and any action you need to take.
If you have any questions about your membership, or you have not received your information pack, then please contact one of the team.
https://www.connectedpartnership.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ConnectEd-Partnership-2019-20.pdf
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Maternity Scheme Membership - 1 Year Membership Form
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Please note the wording on the 2019/2020 membership form is incorrect - it should read "Non-teaching support staff" which includes all non teaching support staff with the exception of Lunchtime Supervisory Assistants.
Please amend your return to include the above.
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Safeguarding Training Matrix
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In response to schools’ requests for clarification around Safeguarding training, ConnectEd have developed, in consultation with Wolverhampton Safeguarding Children Board, a matrix of Safeguarding training available to schools. This document should be used in conjunction with your school’s safeguarding procedures and policies. The matrix can be found here. We hope that you find it useful.
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ConnectEd Teaching School
Secondary Teaching School Lead
Applications are invited for the new secondment position of Secondary Teaching School Lead, ConnectEd TS Wolverhampton.
The Job Description can be viewed here
The Person Specification can be viewed here
For further information please speak to your Headteacher in the first instance. For any additional information relating to the secondment please contact Teaching School Co-ordinator Harinder Jandu at harinder.jandu@connectedpartnership.com
Please return completed application forms by Friday 29 March 2019.
Interviews will be held on Wednesday 10 April 2019.
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Thank you to all colleagues who supported the NQT Pool interviews last week.
We are grateful to you for giving up your valuable time on behalf of partnership schools.
The pool will 'go live' on Monday 18th March and Heads will receive details on how to access the pool, by the end of this week.
Any queries please contact harinder.jandu@connectedpartnership.com
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Deputy and Assistant Headteachers - Save the Date!
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The next Development day has been arranged for Thursday 28th March 2019, 12.30 – 3.30 with lunch provided, and will be held at Perton Golf Club.
For more information on the speaker, and agenda for the day, please click HERE
To book your place please click here
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Teacher Training in the Black Country
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There will be a Black Country Teacher Training event on Thursday 21st March 2019 - 3pm - 7pm.
To find out more about the event and how to book, click here
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Community Sport and Health Apprentice Briefing -Friday 22nd March 2019
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We are excited to start the next round of recruitment for our CSH Apprenticeships and we will be holding a briefing to give you all the details you will need if you are interested in employing an apprentice for your setting. Click HERE for the event flyer.
Also at this briefing, you will have the opportunity to hear from the Local Authority regarding their Teacher Apprenticeship Programme.
You can find more information HERE
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All pupils to be taught about Mental and Physical well being from September 2020
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A Government press release on 25th February 2019 confirmed that from 2020 all pupils will be taught about mental and physical well being. To read the full article click here
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Invitation to a FREE Teachers Retirement Planning Seminar
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You are invited to a FREE Teachers Retirement Planning seminar presented by Wesleyan Financial Services Limited
Date Tuesday 19th March
Time 4pm
Location Berrybrook Education Business Suite, Berrybrook Primary School, Greenacres Avenue,
WV10 8NZ
The Presentation is designed specifically for teachers aged 48 and above. It provides an in-depth view of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme and will cover the following topics:
- Retirement Options
- Early Retirement and Actuarial Reductions
- Phased Retirement
- Enhancing Your Retirement Benefits
- Income and Inheritance Tax
- State Pension
- AVC changes
- Example Calculations
- 2015 Teachers’ Pension Scheme changes
The presentation will last for approximately one hour, with the opportunity to ask personal questions after the session.
To book your place at the event, please email Nichola.Jones@wesleyan.co.uk
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Government to Fund 2,900 School Exchanges for Poorer Pupils
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Secondary schools in England will be able to apply for money to take poorer pupils overseas on school exchanges
The £2.5 million government scheme will enable pupils aged 11 and over "to experience other cultures and go to places they wouldn't normally visit".
Please click here to see full article.
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Growseed are pleased to introduce their free seeds for school project. From class science projects, school garden clubs or a class activity they will provide your school with free seeds.
Please click here to see full article and how to apply.
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DfE launches new ‘Fire It Up’ apprenticeships campaign
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A new government campaign that aims to “shift deeply held views” on apprenticeships has been launched today.
The ‘Fire It Up’ campaign will promote the benefits of apprenticeships to young people, parents and employers through a series of adverts on national TV and social media, featuring real-life apprentices.
To view full article click here
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Free Trees For Schools and Communities
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The Woodland Trust want to make sure that everybody in the UK has the chance to plant a tree. So they're giving away hundreds of thousands of trees to schools and communities - click here for more information
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This fun new project is ideal to get your children moving and monitoring their physical activity and challenging their personal best! Similar to the ‘Mile a Day’, the idea is that you challenge your young people to run a marathon, in bite size pieces, throughout the school year. This is a free tool and can be used to log and record achievement along the way.
For schools wanting to take this a step further, you can choose which marathon you would like to run, such as London or Paris, plotting the course with areas of interest along the way, and link it to other subjects and base a whole scheme of work around it.
The Mile a Day was fantastic at getting young people interested in running, but lacked an end goal. Marathon Kids is a fun and exciting way to reward their run, and help them see the progress they are making each day.
To get started, please use this link - https://www.kidsrunfree.co.uk/#
If you would like some free useful resources to support this programme then please email sam.fullwood@connectedpartnership.com
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Aquathon - 4th April 2019
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We are pleased to offer an exciting new swimming competition for Year 8/9 pupils. Please use the link to view the details and format.
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The Way Wolverhampton Youth Zone
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The Way Wolverhampton Youth Zone are offering 6 week programme for NEET or nearly NEET students. Take a look at the flyer here and contact them directly if you need any further information.
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Youth Sport Trust Membership
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ConnectEd Members should have received log in details to access their Youth Sport Trust membership.
The site is full of resources and guidance that will be of great use to all phases.
If your setting hasn’t received your log in then please let me know - sam.fullwood@connectedpartnership.com. Alternatively, you can go to the Resource Hub within the members area of our website to access the Welcome Pack.
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Connected Partnership, Maternity Paternity & Adoption Leave Pooling Scheme – End of year closure of accounts notice
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The closing date for those schools who submit their payroll claims for the financial year 18/19 ending on 31 March 2019 (i.e. relating to claims up to 31 March 2019) is Friday 26 April 2019.
Late submissions will not be accepted.
Please also ensure you notify the scheme of resignations. Employees receiving occupational maternity pay (twelve weeks at half pay) are required to repay this money if they decide not to return to work. Credits reimbursed to the school for non-returning maternity employees will be repayable to the pool. It is the responsibility of the Head teacher to notify the pool accordingly. In this situation the scheme will invoice the school to recover the amount reimbursed for the employee concerned. Please also ensure you notify the scheme of any payroll overpayment credits so that they can be refunded to the scheme. This can happen sometimes towards the end of the employee’s leave when your payroll provider makes the final SMP credit adjustments.
It is vital that schools notify their payroll provider as soon as possible of intended leave, resignation and return to work dates. Therefore, salaries are adjusted in a timely manner and correct reimbursements can be processed from the scheme to schools.
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School PE and Sport CPD – Spring 2019
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Please click HERE to take a look at the FREE CPD available to all staff within your school.
To book any places, please email Sam Fullwood (sam.fullwood@connectedpartnership.com) with the delegates' name, job role and contact email address.
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Tennis offer From Albert Lawn Tennis Club
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Click here for a link to the offer
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Wolves Disability Hub
Every Thursday
Free of charge
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Frame Football
Is an adapted form of football designed for people who use a walker or crutches.
PAN DIsability
Caters to any impairments with the aim of improving skills, techniques and all round knowledge of the game.
Please click here to view the flyer.
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Swimming Pool Availability
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A swimming slot has become available at our swimming pool for the Spring and Summer terms. It is on Wednesday from 11am to 12pm. The cost is £850 per term and includes all data about progress for the school website and any awards achieved. The sessions are run by Will Brown's swim school and are of an excellent standard.
Any enquiries to plord@westcroftschool.co.uk
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Upcoming CPD Events:
Plus more here
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Wolverhampton Headteachers In the Primary Sector
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The WHIPS group require a Vice Chair. The Chair of the group is Gary Gentle of Bilston CE Primary.
WHIPS meetings are held termly and currently follow the DRB Ignite briefing.
The Vice Chair of WHIPS is also invited to represent Primary Headteachers on the ConnectEd Partnership Board which meets every half term.
If you are interested in this role or would like more information please email kate.hodgetts@connectedpartnership.com
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Diploma for School Business Managers – Level 4
(DSBM)
Spring Term 2019
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This qualification is being re-launched in the Spring Term 2019 with the offer now including:
- The full blended learning Level 4 DSBM programme (4 units studied over 12 months), suitable for school business managers and aspiring school business managers working in primary, secondary or special schools and academies. This programme will be offered regionally or locally dependant on cohort size.
- Individual Level 4 DSBM online units in Finance, Procurement and Marketing, each a qualification in their own right, suitable for school business managers who wish to specialise in a particular field, or school business managers who already hold a CSBM or DSBM qualification seeking an update to learn from new content to meet the demands of an ever-changing school system.
For further details.please click here to view the ILM Level 4 Diploma for School Business Managers (DSBM) amd here for the Level 4 Individual Units flyer.
If you would like further information, or are interested in applying for either of the programmes please send your expression of interest FAO Harinder Jandu to enquiries@connectedpartnership.com
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Complimentary services for your school
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Concero are offering the following complimentary services in conjunction with ConnectEd Partnership to all our member schools:
- E-Safety Sessions (For staff, pupils, parents and governors)
- Development Plan (To ensure your website, infrastructure and IT systems are fully compliant)
- GDPR Consultancy (GDPR overview and outline guidance from the ICO)
For more information click here to view the flyer or contact Alan Foster (Head of Learning Technologies)
Tel: 0333 111 0004
Email: alan@concerouk.com
Website: www.concerouk.com
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Conference, Training & Meeting Room Facilities in Wolverhampton
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The Lawnswood Partnership Centre of Excellence Conference Facilities is dedicated to delivering efficient and sustainable professional learning and is a partnership formed between education providers, mental health and wellbeing specialists and the University of Wolverhampton.
Search for Professional Training Courses:
www.lawnswoodpartnership.co.uk
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NEED BUSINESS SPACE OR SOMEWHERE TO HOT DESK?
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Click here for details of how to access great hot desk facilities
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Professional Learning
Book NOW - places still available
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March 2019:
25.03.19 - DRB Ignite Senior Leader Briefing
May 2019:
08.05.19 - 2 Day DSL Training Course
20.05.19 - DRB Ignite Senior Leader Briefing
22.05.19 - Safeguarding Termly Briefings
22.05.19 - Safeguarding Awareness Termly 'Mop Up' Session
New courses to be added for 2018/19!
An overview of our Professional Learning Programme for 2018/19 and for up to date information view here.
View our events calendar here.
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Network Meetings:
19.3.19 - Tuesday at 1.30pm CN1 - Eastfield Primary School (please note this is a change of date - previously 29.1.19)
Phase Group Meetings:
21.3.19 - Thursday at 8.30am - WHINS - Berrybrook Education Business Suite
25.3.19 - Friday at 11.15am - WHIPS - Perton Park Golf Club (following the DRB Ignite Senior Leader Briefing)
If you would like to add any items to the agenda please email kate.hodgetts@connectedpartnership.com
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Contact us: enquiries@connectedpartnership.com - 01902 290150
For more information on any of our events or to book a place please go to: https://bookwhen.com/connected
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To join the Partnership or for further information about what the Partnership can offer you contact us!
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Comments/Feedback
The Partnership welcomes comments and feedback on activities of the Partnership, and any suggestions for future development. enquiries@connectedpartnership.com
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