Schoolsnet Bulletin Board

With many settings moving over to electronic data recording systems, please remind staff of the importance of accurate record keeping, particularly when there is an IT system change.

Record keeping in schools must be accurate, timely and accessible.

Please note that the GSCB e-learning courses will be undergoing an upgrade from the 31^st July 2018.  After this date you will no longer be able to access these courses. 

Following the success of previous years’ CPD programme we will be running a similar programme this year, built around the Teachers’ Standards, supporting NQTs in their induction year.

We will be holding two NQT Induction Tutor network meetings on the afternoon of 27^th September and 2nd October 2018 at the Pavilion in Cheltenham. NQT Induction Tutors can opt to attend either session.

If you have appointed an NQT who has joined your school this term, please complete and return a NQT registration form by 20^th September 2018 to: NQTs@gloucestershire.gov.uk 

The presentations and resources from the Closing the Gap conference on 27^th June have been uploaded.

Beep Beep! Days run every year and you can run your event on any day but the national dates are 27 June 2018 and 21 November 2018.

Coordinated by the charity Brake, the Week is a great opportunity to engage children of all ages with road safety by using free resources (available from September), including assembly and workshop slides, guidance sheets, activity sheets, posters and digital content such as videos and games.

The result of the election for a Primary (Maintained) Governor Representative is Matthew Bishop, St White’s Primary School (Cinderford), is duly elected to the Forum (term of office 2 July 2018 to 31 March 2021).

The Outcome Report from the meeting held on 21^st June 2018 is attached.

BBC Radio Gloucestershire is hosting a debate for the county’s youngsters (suggested age 11,12, and 13 years) on 4 July, 7-8pm at Oxstalls Campus, Gloucester, to have their say on the future of Gloucestershire.

Governing bodies and headteachers are reminded to inform the local authority when considering conversion to academy status and joining a multi-academy trust. The local authority is one of the stakeholders and should therefore be included in the consultation process.

Gloucestershire’s Health and Wellbeing Board has set up a panel to produce a county-wide strategy on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). As part of our strategy work, we want to know how well the term ACEs is used and understood in Gloucestershire, awareness levels and activities currently going on in the county. 

Over the past few years, members of staff from the Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) have been volunteering to run financial education sessions in schools. There are two key sessions: managing money (year 7) and fraud awareness (sixth forms).

Now Summer is here and temperatures are increasing, it is essential that you check all of your heating settings are up to date. This includes diary and temperature settings for the school term time.

This years’ Summer Reading Challenge is Mischief Makers, celebrating the 80^th anniversary of the much-loved comic, Beano.

Make Music Gloucestershire, the County’s Music Education Hub have offers to schools plus opportunities for students.

For the majority of NQTs, completed NQT assessment paperwork should be returned to the LA by 28^th June 2018. 

A reminder that, with changes to the Disclosure and Barring Service over the years, the 2010 blanket letter now no longer applies because not all Gloucestershire County Council posts in schools fall under the definition of a Regulated Activity.   

The School Diversity Toolkit has been created with help from the Teacher Advisory Group to make celebrating School Diversity Week as easy as possible.

Compassionate Class offers schools the chance to inspire the next generation to become compassionate citizens of the future. It also acts as a compelling and interesting way to cover areas of the curriculum whilst learning about what makes animals happy and healthy.

Thursday 19^th July 2018

9.00am – 3.30pm

The Pavilion, Hatherley Lane, Cheltenham, GL51 6PN

The Early Years Business Support Newsletter is now available for download.

A request from SACRE: NATRE needs primary teachers/headteachers to fill in its national primary RE survey.

Schools are requested to submit their GCSE results to the LA as soon as possible.

You may have already heard about the Vision 2050 project, and the conversation taking place with residents to develop a plan that sets out a great future for our county.

The Local Authority offers packages of three meetings across the year for each of English, mathematics and science.

The agendas for the June primary and June/July secondary English, mathematics and science subject leader network meetings  are placed on the web-site at least two to three weeks in advance of each meeting. Please note that the network dates are across the months of June and July so that the agenda for each subject will be added over the next two weeks.

The Standards and Testing Agency (STA) has published guidance for statutory teacher assessment (TA) for the academic year 2018/19 onwards.

The government road safety website, ‘Think’ has developed a whole new suite of resources.  Aimed at teaching road safety to all age groups, the resources are free to download and use.  Find them at http://think.direct.gov.uk/

Network Rail has contacted GCC to assist in making people aware of an increase in rail traffic in the coming weeks.

The NHS has asked that schools with sixth forms share information with parents and carers  about checking Year 13 students (2017/18 academic year) are up to date with their vaccinations.

All EYFS and Key Stage 1 assessments should be returned to the LA from 4^th June 2018 but no later than 22^nd June 2018.

A free taster twilight on 9th July 2018, 4pm-5.30pm, at Kingsholm Rugby Stadium in Gloucester is being run by the Education Endowment Foundation Research Network.

Gloucestershire County Council is supporting Child Safety Week 4 - 10 June by promoting safety messages and advice.

The government has issued a revised Keeping Children Safe in Education that will come into force on 3^rd September 2018.  Schools and Colleges must continue to have regard to Keeping Children Safe in Education 2016 until this point.

You may be aware of recent bomb hoax emails being sent to a large number of schools in the UK. These emails are suspected to have been sent by an online group calling themselves Apophis Squad.  It is suspected that this group is also linked to other cyber activity, including Ransomware and DDOS attacks.

Personal Guidance Fund 2018

Following the launch of our Implementation Plan last month, which outlines how The Careers & Enterprise Company will deliver our areas of the government’s Careers Strategy, we wanted to share with you that we have launched our Personal Guidance Fund.

Schools and academies are required to notify the Local Authority if a registered pupil is not receiving a full-time education. The importance of this has been underlined through recent school inspections in Gloucestershire.

Mental Health Awareness week is 14^th – 20^th May and this year’s theme is stress.

Gloucestershire Local Health Resilience Partnership (LHRP) will test the Pandemic Influenza plans on Friday 8^th June.  The event will be held at Hallmark Hotel, between 9am and 4pm. Parking and Lunch are provided. 

The Standards and Testing Agency (STA) media and training site complements its webpage on GOV.UK.

Phonics training for teachers and teaching assistants will be taking place across the county during the summer term.

‘Click’ has been developed by the creative team behind the hugely successful applied theatre plays ‘Chelsea’s Choice’, ‘In the Net’, Crashing’, Going to Extremes’ and ‘CountyLines’.  

All schools should have received Time to Read packs from The BookTrust. The BookTrust is dependent on feedback from teachers.

You may have already heard about the Gloucestershire 2050 Vision project and the work that is taking place to develop a plan that sets out a great future for our county.

The Early Years Business Support Newsletter is now available for download from the website.

In response to the updated Government legislation ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ the Gloucestershire Safeguarding Children Board will be running two briefing sessions for education professionals.

Jo Johnson-Taylor, has been appointed as the Counter Terrorism Security Advisor Supervisor for Avon and Somerset and Gloucestershire.

GHLL are pleased to let you know that Stonewall are launching their new resource – Celebrating bi inclusion in secondary schools.