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This is a FREE online library packed full of educational resources and activities from the UK’s leading emergency services and safety-focused organisations making it easy to find trusted materials that provide learning opportunities to help keep children safe.
The aim of StayWise is to facilitate a more effective, consistent and curriculum linked way of imparting vital life skills to todays' young people and preparing a safety conscious environment for the generations of tomorrow.
To find out more about Stay Wise click here
The HPV Education Pack has been co-produced by young people and researchers from the University of Bristol and London school of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. It is aimed at year 8 students before they have the vaccine but could support other years too. It includes lesson plans, video and activity resources as well as frequently asked questions for teachers and meets statutory Health Education requirements to ensure students know about:
- personal hygiene,
- germs including bacteria,
- viruses, how they spread
- treatment and prevention of infection
- antibiotics
- the facts and science relating to immunisation and vaccination.
The resource pack may be particularly useful for areas of low uptake.
It can be accessed via the Healthy Schools website: Relationships and Sex Education - Secondary - Healthy Schools (healthyschoolscp.org.uk)
Or here: HPV Vaccine Resource pack
Do you use the Cambridgeshire PE Scheme of Work?
We are pleased to announce that we have spare copies of many of the booklets within the scheme. If your school uses the scheme and has lost/mislaid any of the individual sections, please let us know. We will send out copies if they are available, FREE OF CHARGE.
Please email pe.adviser@cambridgeshire.gov.uk if you would like to take advantage of this offer.
If you would like to purchase an electronic version of the scheme, please contact us for further details.
This year’s Year 5 Maths Challenge returns as a series of 10 live heats held in schools across the county. Over 50 schools are already signed up to take part but there are currently still places available at some of the heats. Schools enter a team of four Year 5 pupils who will take part in 4 collaborative rounds answering a range of maths questions challenging them on their powers of estimation and memory as well as their arithmetic, geometric, statistical and measurement knowledge. Places can be booked by following this link and then using the Year 5 Maths Challenge tab.
After almost forty years promoting environmental education and learning activities for children, the Stibbington centre is closing at the end of the academic year 2022/2023 (September 2023).
However, the fabulous experiences and opportunities that were hosted at Stibbington will not be lost, as Burwell House and Grafham Water Centre work together to ensure the Stibbington Legacy lives on.
For those schools who are looking for day visits or residential experiences then Burwell House will be a great option. It is a perfect centre hosting just one school at a time residentially and set within three acres of grounds, including many specimen trees, an orchard, meadows, a wildlife pond, and a wide array of sculptures complement the house. The centre is ideally placed to offer a great range of high quality education activities.
Grafham Water Centre, although larger and catering for more than one school at a time, has developed its offer to ensure schools visiting the centre have the same friendly and intimate experience that groups had at Stibbington. With its surrounding grounds offering woodland, ponds and renewable energy projects it is also ideally placed to offer high quality environmental education.
As well as the residential provision the ever-popular day visits based at Stibbington “WWII Evacuation days and Victorian days” will be relocated to offer a revamped and improved experience for young people. Initially, the centre will be running WWII days from Nene Valley Railway with an exciting new twist to the evacuation day on offer. Stibbington’s other popular courses will soon follow suit with exciting developments. Watch this space or contact Burwell.house@cambridgeshire.gov.uk to find out more.
Please do keep supporting your Centres and if you are interested in hearing more about their provision then please do contact:
Sarah Crocombe, Head of Centre, Burwell House and Stibbington
Teresa Thorp, Head of Centre, Grafham Water Centre
From September 2023 there will be a new agreed syllabus for Religious Education for all Cambridgeshire and Peterborough schools. The new syllabus will be launched on the 15th June at a conference to be held in Huntingdon and will be available to all schools after that date, on the SACRE websites for each local authority. For any information please contact Amanda Fitton RE Adviser at amanda.fitton@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
The government has announced that the transitional protection for Free School Meals (FSM), due to the roll out of Universal Credit, will continue until March 2025. This means that pupils who are eligible for FSM (1 April 2018 onwards) will continue to receive free school meals, regardless of any change in family circumstances, even if no longer eligible under the low-earnings criteria, up until March 2025. As this entitlement is ongoing parents do not need to reapply.
Should you have any further queries please contact myself or the Education Welfare Benefits Team at EWB.FSM@cambridgeshire.gov.uk.
ReadingWise loves literacy research. In a recent blogpost they explored a study on teaching vocabulary. 3 conclusions from the study:
Firstly, teachers appreciated premade explanations of words and resources. Timesaving is a global issue!
Secondly, time allocation. How much time should we dedicate to explicitly teaching vocabulary? At what cost?
Thirdly, which words? The words you select need to be relevant to your day to day teaching. So – each school may need to select their own sets of words rather than getting an off-the-shelf set.
Read the full blogpost here!
Willingham Primary School has asked us to share the following with you:
We, here at Willingham Primary School, are delighted to be hosting a learning walk, with Ark Curriculum Plus Mathematics Mastery (MM). We are now in our second year of using the Mathematics Mastery programme across all year groups and have been really impressed with how pupils are improving year on year.
This is a great opportunity to find out more about the MM programme of curriculum-integrated professional development, designed to support schools in developing the teaching of mathematics. The information session will be facilitated by a member of MM staff and we will also be on hand to tell you about our school’s journey with MM over the years, including both the challenges and successes.
This year, the DfE, through the EEF, really want to help scale up Mathematics Mastery primary and reach as many schools as possible based on the proven impact from their 2014 study which saw on average an additional 2 months’ progress for pupils in KS1. To incentivise schools to become part of MM, they are offering an 80% subsidy on the cost of their KS1 Tailored package, meaning a school can sign up their whole school for just under £3000.
Full details of the event are:
Date: Tuesday 21st March 2023
Time: 9.15 – 11.30 AM
Location: Willingham Primary School, Thodays Close, Willingham. CB24 5LE
Book your place here
Please book your place early to avoid disappointment. Maximum of two attendees per school.
Full details on the Primary programme can be found here. Their team are also always happy to have a conversation, so please get in touch directly on 020 3116 6363 or email at partnerships@arkcurriculumplus.org.uk.
Please do come along and find out if Mathematics Mastery is also the right fit for your school where you can build on, develop and embed a coherent, effective approach to maths teaching.
David Morel
Headteacher
Honeypot Pre-School and Willingham Primary School
Do you have a Breakfast Club, After School Club or Holiday Scheme running at the school? Is your childcare provision accurately listed in the Childcare Directory?
The Families Information Service is reviewing the listings in the Childcare Directory, specifically Out of School care, to improve information to parents.
Please could you check the entries for your school provision and notify us if there are inaccuracies or missing information. We can make changes for you, or for your provider if the provision is run separately.
Please contact Cambridgeshire’s Families Information Service on fis@cambridgeshire.gov.uk if you would like anything changed.
Heart of England Training Ltd are working with Cambridgeshire County Council to provide the Schools Business Professional Level 4 apprenticeship. This apprenticeship is unique to schools and for maintained schools the cost of the training can be funded by the apprenticeship levy. This role focuses on administration and managing the financial, site and support services within a school context and providing support to school leadership team.
With constant development and input from our schools we continue to offer industry leading training that provides development opportunities for your staff.
If you are interested in finding out more information you can contact the team at Cambridgeshire County Council directly: apprenticeships@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
 Trailblazing Primary Schools in Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and Fenland are invited to be part of a fully funded pilot programme from the Department for Education. This £2.6 million scheme to develop careers-based learning will help young people to be ambitious and hungry for future opportunities; increase the awareness primary children have of the options available when they grow up; raise aspirations; and reduce stereotypes.
Get FREE support and training for a nominated member of staff, so you can embed a careers programme in your school.
Limited spaces remain. To register your interest please complete this form online or email careersatprimary@formthefuture.org.uk
 The East Cambs & Fenland Evidence Network is a new initiative, offering professional development and school-to-school support in engaging with evidence to ensure the best possible outcomes for all our pupils, particularly our disadvantaged pupils, in the context of our rural schools. Visit the East Cambs & Fenland Evidence Network website.
The first East Cambs and Fenland Evidence Network Evidence CPD evening on March 23rd will be fun and informal, but offer lots of substance, as we hear from Marc Rowland, EEF adviser and Pupil Premium expert. This event will be particularly valuable to SLT, PP champions, middle and subject leaders, governors and schools in an Ofsted window. Book the Evidence Bites event on Eventbrite.
The PDPS is a register of Council-approved early years/childcare providers who are interested in operating from Council-owned premises. It will be used to advertise all upcoming opportunities including new premises, including early years facilities within schools. Those who have not joined the PDPS at the time an opportunity is advertised will be unable to apply for it.
If you missed out last time, don’t worry - round two is open! Applications can be submitted now until 29th March 2023. For Details about the application process, and dates for virtual events, see: Pseudo Dynamic Purchasing System (PDPS) - Learn Together (cambslearntogether.co.uk).
We are excited to announce the 2023 County Physical Education conference where the focus will be the legacy that PE can create for young people. Consideration will be give to how well taught PE & Sport can be a tool to strengthen transfers and transitions for young people between phases and help to accelerate progress, increase confidence and reduce anxiety. Teachers will have a choice of innovative practical and theoretical workshops to address focus areas that are relevant to their professional and school needs. We will also be launching the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Strategy for PE & School Sport.
Further details here
Any questions – please contact ian.roberts@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
For Headteachers, DSLs, SENCos, Pastoral Leads, Behaviour Leads, Heads of Year. Wednesday 14th June 2023. 09:00 – 16:00. Online conference. Free.
Our two keynote speakers are:
Betsy de Thierry (a highly specialized trauma recovery consultant; psychotherapist, trainer and charity founder – www.betsytraininguk.co.uk) talking about ‘shame’.
Gerry Diamond from Clydebank High School (Nurture Practitioner and Specialist. Resilience CBT facilitator. School Mindfulness Lead/Teacher) sharing how to cultivate, create and build more sustainable trauma-informed responsive practices into school systems.
Other topics covered will be:
- Mental Health in secondary school (CAMHS)
- The new framework for critical incidents (effects of events happening in school and how to handle them)
- Overview of Cool Connections (CBT programme)
- EBSA updated guidance
- Recovery Through Relationships overview and update
- Cambridgeshire Steps update
Tickets will be bookable through Booking Bug nearer the time.
We hope to see you there!
Identifying opportunities for nutrition teaching and increasing physical activity.
For primary teachers. Tuesday 25th April 15:45 – 16:45. Online webinar presented by Healthy You (Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Healthy Lifestyle Service) and PECT. FREE to attend.
DT Network Meetings
For DT Leads. Thursday 27th April 2023 and Thursday 8th June 2023 15:30 to 16:30
Course Location – Online. Course Cost - £15 per delegate per session
Year 2 Moderation
For Year 2 Teachers. Wednesday 17th May 2023 – 9.30 - Noon
Course Location – St Neots. Course Cost – £45 per delegate
Moderating Year 6 Writing
For Year 6 Teachers. Friday 19th May 2023 – 09:30 - Noon
Course Location – St Neots. Course Cost - £45 per delegate
Maths in Science – Solving & Rearranging Equations
For secondary teachers. 29 Mar 2023, 16.00 – 17.00, remote delivered, from £30
Plants and the Environment in Primary Science
For primary teachers. 17 May 2023, 13.00 – 16.00, West Town Primary Academy, from £95 with £65 subsidy available.
Leading H&S in your Science department
For secondary teachers. 3 sessions starting 21 Jun 2023, 16.00 – 17.00, remote delivered, from £100.
Teaching RSE in Primary & Special Schools
3rd May 2023 – 3.30pm-5.30pm – By zoom – Subscribing schools £40, Non-subscribing schools £50
Target Audience: For Primary and Special School colleagues, especially PSHE subject leads and school leaders.
PSHE Network Meeting for Primary & Special Schools
9th May – Ambury House, Huntingdon OR
23rd May – Cambs FA, Cambridge, 2.30pm-4.30pm
Free for Cambridgeshire schools who have a current subscription to the PSHE Wellbeing Programme, £45 for all other schools.
Audience: PSHE Coordinators
Antibullying for Primary & Special Schools
15th May 2023, 3.30pm-5.30pm – by zoom – Subscribing schools £40, Non-subscribing schools £50
Target Audience: For Primary and Special School colleagues, especially PSHE subject leads and school leaders.
What Does Outstanding PE Look Like in Primary Schools
20th March 2023, 1.30pm-3.30pm - £49 – By zoom
Audience: This course is for any teacher, coach or assistant in the primary phase.
Pool Carers Courses – Two Day and One Day Update
March and May 2023 – Bassingbourn Primary School & Swaffham Prior Primary School
Audience: This mandatory training is for all pool carers to ensure all have current and valid knowledge concerning the operation of a small swimming pool
Physical Education & School Sport Conference
7th June 9.30am-4.30pm – One Leisure, St Ives – EARLY BIRD OFFER AVAILABLE
Audience: All people involved in delivery of PE & School Sport in Primary, Secondary & SEND Schools and Settings.
Adult Mental Health First Aid Enhanced package [2 day course] See “Mental Health” tab. For any member of staff wishing to activity support all adults’ mental health and wellbeing. 08th & 09th June 2023 (9.00-17.00), Plus Suicide First Aid Lite [Adult] on the 04th July 2023 (13.00-16.30). £365 per person. Non-refundable
Adult Mental Health First Aid Enhanced package [1 day course] See “Mental Health” tab. For any member of staff wishing to activity support all adults’ mental health and wellbeing. 13th June 2023 (09.00-17.00), Plus Suicide First Aid Lite [Adult] on the 04th July 2023 (13.00-16.30). £250 per person. Non-refundable
Suicide First Aid Lite [1/2 day course] See “Mental Health” tab. For any member of staff wishing to activity support all adults’ mental health. 04th July 2023 (13.00-16.30). £58 per person. Non-refundable
Level 4 Certificate in Supporting the Learning of Learners with SEND.
For Teaching Assistants and support staff. 6 taught days across the year. Starts Wednesday 26th April 2023, 9.30am-3.30pm. Virtual classroom. Subsidised for CCC maintained schools and academies £80. All other settings £360.
SIS - Preparing for Assessment – Leadership Development Tab
Audience: Headteachers & Assessment Leaders
Date, Time & Location: Thursday 23rd March – 09:30 until 11:30 – Online
Friday 24th March - 09:30 until 11:30 – Online
Cost: £35 per place for Cambridgeshire LA schools and £45 per place for Academies and out of county schools. No charge for schools who have purchased Element 2 of the Primary Offer.
SIS - English Conference 2023 – Empowering Writers - Conference Tab
Audience: English Subject Leaders, Senior Leaders, KS1 & KS2 Teachers
Date, Time & Location: Thursday 13th July 2023 – 09:00 until 16:00 at the Huntingdon Marriott Hotel
Cost: £130
Religious Education Conference
15 June 2023, Marriott Hotel, Huntingdon.
The new agreed syllabus for Religious Education from September 2023 will be launched at this conference. There will be keynote speakers and a choice of workshops through the day. Cost £96 per person.
Ordinarily Available Provision SEND – How Do We Plan & Deliver?
Audience: Any Teachers, SENDCos, SLT
Thursday 16th March 2023 (15:30-16:30). Online & Free to Attend.
The Neuroscience of Learning (OAP SEND) – The Biology of Stress
Audience: Everyone is Welcome!
Thursday 29th March 2023 (15:30-16:30). Online & Free to Attend.
Ordinarily Available Provision Engagement Model – (Both sessions must be attended)
Audience: Everyone is Welcome!
4th May 2023 & 18th May 2023 (15:30-17h). Online & Free to Attend.
‘Start Small, Dream Big’ – embedding careers-related learning in the Primary Curriculum
For Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and Fenland Primary School headteachers and teachers. Summer 23 – Spring 24. Online webinars and online learning resources. Free.
RE and Ofsted – Primary Schools – 21st March 2023, 3.30 – 5.00pm, via Zoom, £29 for LA schools and £39 for academies. This session will consider the requirements for OFSTED and Religious Education and the deep dive process. To look at how RE can fit into the broader curriculum and to understand the requirements of RE as a core subject.
New to Leading PSHE in Primary & Special Schools
6th March 2023, 1.30pm-3.30pm – by zoom – Subscribing schools £40, Non-subscribing schools £50
Target Audience: For Primary and Special School PSHE Coordinators, particularly those new to subject leading PSHE.
Digital Lifestyles for Primary & Special Schools
8th March 2023, 9.30am-11.30am – by zoom – Subscribing schools £40, Non-subscribing schools £50
Target Audience: For Primary and Special School colleagues, especially PSHE subject leads and school leaders.
Teaching RSE in Primary & Special Schools
3rd May 2023 – 3.30pm-5.30pm – By zoom – Subscribing schools £40, Non-subscribing schools £50
Target Audience: For Primary and Special School colleagues, especially PSHE subject leads and school leaders.
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