Happy Wednesday!
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Head Teacher & WELL Implementation Teams -
Deadline for Grant Offer Letter was yesterday 31st October, to participate in this element of WELL in 23-24.
If you have not contacted the WELL team about your participation in 23-24 please do so by the end of this week.
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Updates This Week
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Welcome Back!
We hope you all had a great half term and a spooky Halloween yesterday.
Thank you to all the schools that have submitted their Grant Offer letter and updated WELL Implementation plans by yesterday's deadline of 31st October 2023.
We will contact any schools we have not heard from by the end of this week, directly to discuss participation in this element of WELL 23-24.
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WELL Pupil Premium Required Workshops with Marc Rowland
Next week we are delighted to welcome Marc Rowland to West Cumbria to run the Required November WELL Pupil Premium Workshops.
Attendance at a workshop is a condition for the 2023-24 grant so please ensure members of your Implementation Team are signed up to one of the below workshops with SDT:
- 6 Nov 2023 09:00 - 12:00, Whitehaven Golf Club
- 6 Nov 2023 13:15 - 16:15, Whitehaven Golf Club
- 7 Nov 2023 09:00 - 12:00, Whitehaven Golf Club
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Cluster Meetings
Dale would value the opportunity to attend your cluster meeting as soon as possible.
If you are happy to invite him, please email WELL@cumberland.gov.uk with possible dates and he will do his best to attend.
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Give us a follow on Social Media!
If you are not already, please follow our social media accounts for all updates, event content and posts on all things WELL. You might even spot yourselves!
All account links are below, please click the link and support us:
Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter (X)
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Image Description: Text reading 'MADE 24: Making a difference in Education'
Booking for MADE 24 has now been opened up to all Cumbrian schools – if you have not booked a place, please do so soon to avoid disappointment.
MADE 24 is available to book with the School Development Team.
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 Branding Developments
We are pleased to share the ERA logo. Look out for press coverage soon!
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Dale, Sue and Patty will be quality assuring your WELL Implementation plans over the coming weeks.
A member of the WELL team will be in contact to confirm any follow up actions. Once all documentation is in place, grants will be transferred to schools by ITAK payment (processed each Friday) or Journal payments (at the end of the month).
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Annual Plan 23/24
Please find the link to our Universal Grant Offer Annual Plan for 23/24 on our website.
This plan is a live link and will be updated throughout the year with all WELL events and how to book each PD programme.
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Image Description: WELL Logo Targeted Grant Offer
Dale, Sue and Patty will be quality assuring your WELL Implementation plans over the coming weeks. A member of the WELL team will be in contact to confirm any follow up actions.
Once all documentation is in place, grants will be transferred to schools by ITAK payment (processed each Friday) or Journal payments (at the end of the month)
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Annual Plan 23/24
Please find the link to our Targeted Grant Offer Annual Plan for 23/24 on our website.
This plan is a live link and will be updated throughout the year with all WELL events and how to book each PD programme.
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Secondary Updates
Thank you to all that schools that have returned their SVOR documents. If you are yet to return this, please do so by the end of the week.
Verony Chalmers from GL Assessment emailed all schools prior to half term. If you have not responded to her email and want to get involved with this assessment please respond to her this week.
An invite to the first RR Community Meeting on the 16th November will be circulated later this week. Please ensure you accept this invite to confirm attendance.
We will cancel the “Optional Repeat” sessions on the 6th December 2023 and the 25th June 2024 as we have received no sign ups to these additional sessions.
Primary School Cohort
We will confirm whether a primary training programme is feasible as soon as possible. If WELL can offer this, the training will be funded but schools would need to purchase resources.
If your school would be interested in this training this academic year, please email well@cumberland.gov.uk.
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Action Research 23-24
Recognising the challenges at this time of year we have decided to postpone the Action Research sessions on the 8th and 9th November 2023.
The three subsequent sessions in 2024 will go ahead with slight adjustments to incorporate the information from the postponed session. We will provide more details later this half term.
Action Research 2024 sessions
1: Planning for evidence collection (Attend 1 Session) –
- 27 Feb 2024 13:00 - 15:30, Energus
- 28 Feb 2024 09:00 - 11:30, Whitehaven Golf Club
2: Re-energiser and stock take session –
- 1 May 2024 09:30 - 15:30, Online
3: Write-up session (Attend 1 Session) –
- 3 Jul 2024 09:00 - 12:00, Whitehaven Golf Club
- 3 Jul 2024 13:00 - 16:00, Whitehaven Golf Club
To sign up to all three session please complete the online form below.
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If you choose this option the WELL team will forward your chosen sessions to the SDT who will book places for you.
Put these dates in your diary for this terms upcoming WELL events!
A live link to our Annual Planner for all 23/24 events is available for Universal and Targeted Grant Offer Schools on our website.
WELL Pupil Premium Workshop with Marc Rowland - Attend 1 Session (Book via SDT)
- 6 Nov 2023 09:00 - 12:00, Whitehaven Golf Club
- 6 Nov 2023 13:15 - 16:15, Whitehaven Golf Club
- 7 Nov 2023 09:00 - 12:00, Whitehaven Golf Club
WELL Pupil Premium Governor Webinar with Marc Rowland (Book via SDT)
- 6 Nov 2023 18:30 - 20:15, Online
YMHFA 2 Day Training - In Person Course (Book via SDT)
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DAY 1 - 8 Nov 2023 09:30 - 16:30, (Whitehaven Golf Club)
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DAY 2 - 10 Nov 2023 09:30 - 16:30, (Whitehaven Golf Club)
YMHFA 2 Day Training - Online Course (Book via SDT)
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DAY 1 - 14 Nov 09.00 – 16.30, Online
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DAY 2 - 15 Nov 09.00 – 16.30, Online
RR Secondary Community Meeting 1 (Attend via WELL Invitation)
- 16 Nov 2023 15:45 - 16:45, Online
Metacognition and Self-Regulated Learning - 3 Days (Book via SDT)
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DAY 1 - 21 Nov 2023 09:30 - 15:30, Whitehaven Golf Club
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DAY 2 - 20 Feb 2024 09:30 - 15:30, Whitehaven Golf Club
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DAY 3 - 23 Apr 2024 09:30 - 15:30, Whitehaven Golf Club
RR Secondary Training Day 2 (Attend via WELL Invitation)
- 22 Nov 2023 09:00 -15:00, Energus
Being an Evidence Informed Governor (Book via SDT)
- 5 Dec 2023 18:00 - 20:00, Energus
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Sign up for WELL Events in the following ways:
- Registered users can book through our online system SLA Online
- By emailing the School Development Team at school.development@cumberland.gov.uk
- By calling the team on 01228 221315 / 221316
Thank you for taking the time to read WOW.
Do you have any feedback for WELL on Wednesdays?
Is there information missing from this newsletter that you would like to see or how we can improve engagement? We would love to hear from you. Please email WELL@cumberland.gov.uk with all comments.
To find this WOW and all previous versions - please visit our website.
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