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The month of Ramadan begins around the 10th March 24. Please use the link to access information and advice on Ramadan for all schools.
Religious Education - Learn Together (cambslearntogether.co.uk)
SEND Transformation News Feb 2024 is our update for Parents & Carers, Schools and Professionals in the SEND System. We aim to update you about the work taking place in Cambridgeshire's SEND Transformation Programme. If you have questions, please email SEND.Transformation@cambridgeshire.gov.uk If you know someone who would benefit from seeing this, please pass on the link.
41% of teachers and leaders, who are considering leaving the state sector, cited the challenge of dealing with parents or carers as a reason (according to the recently published findings of the DfE’s annual working lives of teachers and leaders surveys).
A 90-minute session has been created, to assist school leaders with strategies and guidance in dealing with challenging parents. This will cover areas such as social media posts, aggressive behaviour, harassment, and threatening communications. All participants will receive a copy of ‘The Challenging Parents Toolkit’ - a suite of resources to support school leaders in responding appropriately to this growing concern. A course is running on 20 March, or alternatively, a bespoke session can be delivered for a single setting. For more details and to book contact Phil.Nash@cambridgeshire.gov.uk or Rachael.Schofield@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
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Pinpoint (Cambridgeshire’s Parent Carer Forum) is dedicated to ensuring parent-carer voices are heard by those who provide services for our children and young people. How do parents-carers feel about the local SEND services? Could you spare a few minutes and share the survey among your SEND parents and carers? They could WIN a £50 Love2Shop voucher as a thank you for their input. The winner will be chosen at random from the survey entrants. The survey can be found here: Pinpoint Annual Survey 2024. Alternatively you can scan the QR code on the picture above.
Teams of four Y5 pupils (1 team per school) can now be booked onto this year’s Maths Challenge. Heats start on the 17th April and are both fun and challenging. They are held face to face and take place after school in venues across Cambridgeshire & Peterborough. Working together, children take part in two general maths rounds, an estimation round and they will also need to work strategically to tackle the ‘Memory round.’ Successful teams from the heats will then take part in the Challenge Final to be held in July. If you are interested in taking part please follow the link. School Improvement Service online calendar (bookingbug.com) using the Year 5 Maths Challenge tab.
The Easter HAF Programme is operating between 2 to 12 April. Eligible FSM pupils can attend a participating holiday scheme for up to 16 hours for free. Pupils can have a daily meal and take part in enriching experiences with their peers. A voucher was issued by email and text to parents/carers on Friday 1 March. Please display our publicity poster on your school noticeboard.
Additional eligibility criteria details - click here to request a code.
The Cambridgeshire HAF Team: HAF@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Schools are reminded that they should not operate their pool unless the plant is serviceable and is operated by a qualified and trained, nominated Pool Carer. All staff managing school pools, the operation and upkeep of water treatment plant, chemicals, equipment and water hygiene chemicals must be trained on the LA approved course of instruction covering the full scope of their duties.
All Pool managers must obtain the CCC or equivalent Small Pool Operator’s Certificate and must re-validate this training every 3 years by attending an update seminar.
Full details of the CC Swimming Pool Guidance are available on the Swimming and Water Safety page of the Learn Together website and upcoming courses are available at this Physical Education bookings and courses link.
For further information please contact Ian Roberts ian.roberts@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Do you currently have a TA/HLTA suitable to train to teach via the Postgraduate Teaching Apprenticeship route?
Often the main barrier to training is a financial one, where candidates cannot afford to support themselves whilst they train.
Unlike traditional salaried routes, where the school has to pay the tuition fees and a salary, the PGTA tuition fees are funded via the Apprenticeship levy, meaning the only cost to the school is employing them as an unqualified teacher (minimum UQT1) for the duration of the apprenticeship. This makes it an affordable route for both the apprentice and the school.
Many schools are now benefitting from this route, enabling them to ‘grow their own teachers’ to address the current recruitment crisis in teaching.
To find out more visit the TCP website https://campartnership.org/which-route/ or email info@campartnership.org Tel: 01223 491630
Anglia Ruskin University are sponsoring free public speaking workshops that build confidence and employability skills in Year 10 students. The workshops are also a tried and tested method of supporting the speaking and listening part of GCSE English Language. A trainer from Speakers Trust, a charity, will deliver the workshop. The offer includes a full-day where students learn how to deliver short speeches, followed by a chance to compete in a Regional Final for the best speakers. Participation is fully funded, including materials and competition entry as well as the trainer’s visit to your school. Limited workshops are available, so schools should respond promptly to secure dates. Contact hello@speakerstrust.org for more information.
Grafham Water Centre, alongside our partners at BinaryFold, are proud to launch our new website, a fresh first stop shop for everything GWC.
The new website can be accessed using the following link: grafham-water-centre.co.uk.
To ensure we offer the best and most accessible offer to our customers and partners, we have also created the following survey which we invite you to fill in to share your thoughts: https://forms.office.com/e/hgYcJuXxqs
As a little sweetener, everyone who completes the survey will have the option to enter a draw to earn 10% off their next day visit.
Thank you in advance for engaging with us – we hope to welcome you to our wonderful site in due course.
Could your pupils take part in this charity Read-a-thon and win a signed book by award winning author Pippa Goodhart, the patron of the charity? The event is taking place this week to coincide with World Book Day. This is a great opportunity to fuel pupils' love of reading and encourage them to visit their local library to seek out new material. The Read-a-thon could be an at home or school activity. Home-Start Cambridgeshire support families across the country during the vital early years period.
The Home-Start Cambridgeshire Read-a-thon Fundraiser
How children and young people learn: using what we know about cognitive science to inform practice across the key stages, with Emma Turner
Wednesday 13th March 5 - 7 pm
Target Audience: All primary and secondary teachers, HoDs, SLT, middle & subject leaders, governors
Venue: Neale-Wade Academy, Wimblington Road, March, PE15 9PX
The East Cambs & Fenland Evidence Network invite you to join us for Evidence Bites #4 - an informal, professionally energising event to meet colleagues, enjoy a bite to eat and hear an inspiring speaker!
£16 a ticket or use the code MULTI for discount on extra tickets.
For more information, please contact: blayfield@robertarkenstall.co.uk
 You may find yourself supporting a parent and wondering whether the behaviours you are seeing indicate domestic abuse or parental conflict. The two are very different (although can look similar), and it is important that we are able to identify which is happening, and know how respond with the appropriate advice and support.
Family Hubs have commissioned Amity to deliver 3 sessions on this topic
- Wednesday 13th March 9:30 – 11:00
- Tuesday 19th March 13:30 – 15:00
- Thursday 18th April 9:30 – 11:00
Book via - https://qrco.de/bemjLT
Have your say about nature in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough!
Cambridgeshire County Council, in collaboration with Natural Cambridgeshire (Local Nature Partnership) has been delegated the responsibility to develop a Local Nature Recovery Strategy for Cambridgeshire and they would like to hear your views.
Our area is one of the most nature depleted in England and your response to the surveys below will help develop a strategy to help our county to become a world-class environment where both nature and people can thrive. Local Nature Recovery Strategies (LNRS) will set priorities for nature recovery across England. Your input will help to identify existing habitats and species which it is important to conserve, as well as opportunities to increase biodiversity and create a landscape more resilient to climate change and other environmental pressures.
Whether you are an individual that cares about nature in your local area, and/or you are a local group, school or organisation that has an interest in nature recovery, we would like to hear your thoughts and ideas to help shape nature recovery in our county.
LNRS Survey for individuals - https://forms.office.com/e/gz7th9AkkE
LNRS Survey for local groups, schools and organisations - https://forms.office.com/e/2ddKrVgDMV
Please visit the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough LNRS website for further information and sign up to our newsletter for more regular updates.
Please note the deadline for response is Friday 5th April.
As part of the strategy to improve the outcomes and management of all children with asthma, schools are encouraged to become “Asthma Friendly” by completing a number of checks and establishing required protocols. To date 18 primary schools have already started their journey and another 5 are about to start. Congratulations are, however, in order for Guyhirn Primary School for being the first school to complete the accreditation in November; the school is now working closely with the team to evaluate the process and make recommendations to other schools. In February Leverington Primary Academy also became accredited.
To start the process simply click this https://forms.gle/pDai7w3YGu2vTaT2A or contact the team at ccs.cypasthma@nhs.net
In addition to the accreditation scheme, we can also deliver an asthma awareness assembly on request as well as online asthma training to school staff. Find out more here: CYP Asthma Training Tier 1
We also have the opportunity to be part of a focus group looking at the use of spacer devices and are looking for young people and parent/carers to participate. For more information, click the link on this Asthma Focus Group document.
Please promote this information in your parent newsletters.
Did you know that Arthur Rank Hospice Charity has over 500 volunteers covering a wide range of roles based in Cambridgeshire including the Fens. Some may even suit you if you’d like to volunteer from home! Many volunteers say they get as much back as they put in. So, if you would like meet new people, enhance your CV, gain new skills or just give back to your community contact Arthur Rank Hospice Charity and become part of something special! Find out more at arhc.org.uk/volunteer or email volunteer@arhc.org.uk or telephone 01223 675872.
Engaging fathers who are resistant to services
This free online training, which is offered via The Fatherhood Institute, will focus on the cohort of fathers who are described as ‘Hard to Reach’ or resistant to services. The session will unpick the evidence behind this, explore why, and how, fathers may resist engagement. We will work on strategies to lower resistance, including the use of motivational interviewing techniques to support relationship-based practice with fathers.
- Monday 11 March, 10 am - 12:30 pm
- Tuesday 12 March, 10 am - 12:30 pm
- Thursday 14 March, 12.30 pm – 3 pm
Online. Free of Charge. Book - rpctraining@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Are you passionate about pets? Would you like to play a vital part in inspiring the future generation of pet owners? Woodgreen Pets Charity are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to join their team who lead and deliver interactive and educational activities on pet welfare to schools and youth clubs. It's a fulfilling and exciting role offering a chance to make a real difference to pets and people in the community!
If this sounds like you, please follow the link below and fill in an application form, and a member of the Woodgreen team will contact you.
MyImpactPage - Educational Delivery Volunteer (betterimpact.com)
A Cambridgeshire NATRE RE meeting is being held on Wednesday 13 March at Thorndown Primary School, Hill Rise, St Ives, PE27 6SE, 4.30 pm – 5.30 pm.
To find out more and to book a place please email Charlotte Newman
Over the coming months there are a variety of RE courses available for all primary schools.
Subject Knowledge in RE – May 2nd 9.00am – 12.00 pm – New Shire Hall
The New Agreed Syllabus – May 22nd 3.30 – 5.00pm – Via Teams
Assessment and the New Agreed Syllabus – May 23rd 9.00am – 12.00pm New Shire Hall
Writing a Curriculum with Story – 5th June 3.30 – 5.00pm – Via Teams
Network meeting – 12 June – 3.45 – 4.45pm – Via Teams
Creative RE – 2nd July 9.00am – 12.00pm – New Shire Hall
Bookings and Reservations for Religious Education Service courses and events
Practical Approaches to Teaching PSHE
19th March 2024, 9.30am-12.30pm. Armstrong House, Huntingdon. £70 for subscribing schools, £80 for non-subscribing schools.
Audience: ECT’s, or primary teachers looking for practical ways of teaching PSHE & Citizenship.
Teaching RSE in Primary & Special Schools
29th April 2024, 3.30pm-5.30pm. Online. £40 subscribing schools, £50 for non-subscribing schools.
Audience: PSHE Leads and teachers in primary and special schools.
Collaborative network meeting for PSHE and Computing Leads
For Primary PSHE and Computing Leads to collaborate on crossover curriculum content.
Wednesday 1st May 2024, 2.30-4.30pm at Cambs FA, Histon, OR Tuesday 7th May, 2.30-4.30pm at Hunts FA, Huntingdon. Free for Cambridgeshire PSHE Service subscribing schools, £45 for Peterborough and non-subscribing schools, based on 2 attendees per school.
Audience: PSHE & Computing Leads
Webinar – Network meeting – Primary and Secondary Music
Continuing Professional Development – Cambridgeshire Music - Making Music Happen Across The County
For all staff teaching music in primary and secondary settings
Monday 11th March 16:00-17:00
Cost £30 for 3 or FREE upon completion of School Self-Assessment Survey
Improvising & Composing with Charanga.
Improvising & Composing With Charanga. Co .../Training Events/Home – Cambridgeshire Music (elearningcambridgeshiremusic.org)
For primary staff using Charanga
Tuesday 19th March 16:00-17:30
Location: - Cambridgeshire Music, Histon, CB24 9LL. Cost: Free
English Subject Leader Day
For English Subject Leads in Primary Schools. Monday 22nd April 2024 09.30 – 15.45 – Face to Face St Neots. £75.00 per person
Maths Subject Leader Day
For Maths Subject Leads in Primary Schools. Tuesday 23rd April 2024 09.30 – 15.45 – Face to Face St Neots. £75.00 per person
Moderating Year 6 Writing
For Year 6 Teachers. Monday 29th April 2024 13.30 – 16.00 – Face to Face St Neots. £45.00 per person.
NEW - Managing Complaints (including serial and unreasonable complaints) (Book under Leadership and Management of Safeguarding Tab)
Audience: Headteachers, Senior Leaders, Designated Safeguarding Leads, Governors in schools and academies across all phases.
Monday 18 March 13.30-14.30 Virtual course, £35
NEW Dealing with Challenging Parents (Book under Leadership and Management of Safeguarding Tab)
Audience: Headteachers, Senior Leaders, Governors, Designated Safeguarding Leads, Aspiring Leaders in schools and academies across all phases.
Wednesday 20 March 09.30-11.00 Virtual course, £55 (90-minute course)
Safeguarding for Support Staff (Book under Leadership and Management of Safeguarding Tab)
Audience: Headteachers, Senior Leaders, Designated Safeguarding Leads, Safeguarding Lead Governors in schools and academies across all phases.
Friday 19 April 09.30-11.30 Virtual course, £35
English Subject Leader Day
For English Subject Leads in Primary Schools. Monday 22nd April 2024 09.30 – 15.45 – Face to Face St Neots. £75.00 per person
Maths Subject Leader Day
For Maths Subject Leads in Primary Schools. Tuesday 23rd April 2024 09.30 – 15.45 – Face to Face St Neots. £75.00 per person
Moderating Year 6 Writing
For Year 6 Teachers. Monday 29th April 2024 13.30 – 16.00 – Face to Face St Neots. £45.00 per person
Data Logging without Data Loggers
For Primary computing and science teachers Tuesday 26 March, 16:15 – 17:15 Remote, Free.
Introduction to the Micro:bit at Key Stage 2
For Primary teachers of Computing, Tuesday 23rd April, 15:45 – 17:15 Wheatfields Primary School, St Ives, Free
Getting Started with the Computing Quality Framework
For Primary Computing Subject Leaders, Wednesday 27 March, 15:45 – 17:15 Remote, Free
Supporting PE for TAs & Adults Supporting Learning
11th March 2024 – 1.30pm-3.30pm. Online. £49
Audience: Adults other than teachers who support learners in PE lessons, eg TAs, HLTAs, coaches, instructors and apprentices
Primary PE Subject Leader Network meeting
14th March 2024 – 1.30pm-3.30pm. Online. £49 each
Audience: Primary phase PE coordinators.
Physical Activity in EYFS and KS1 Every Child a Mover
18th March 2024 – 9.30am-4.30pm. Papworth Village Hall, Papworth Everard. Cambridgeshire maintained school £140, all academies and non-Cambridgeshire maintained schools £162.
Audience: Teachers, coaches and assistances in KS1 7 KS2
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