Happy Wednesday!
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What's new from WELL?
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We hope you managed to get a break over half term, and wish you and your school community a successful second half of the school year!
Marc Rowland Disadvantaged Project
This half term, Marc Rowland and his colleagues will be in West Cumbria working with 25 WELL schools to support the development of Pupil Premium strategies.
We are sure that the schools will really benefit from this expertise. The learning from this work in our region and in our context will be shared with all WELL schools later in the year.
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Cumbrian Award
There have been some exciting developments with the University of Cumbria for this award, stay tuned for a press release!
If you would like the team to come to a cluster meeting or arrange an online briefing with interested staff to explain a bit more about the award, please email WELL@cumberland.gov.uk and we will arrange it with you.
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Action Research
It is not too late for WELL schools to access an internationally acknowledged expert in the development of evidence and research informed practice.
Workshops start next Tuesday (27th) and will be repeated the following day, details are below:
- Tuesday 27th February 13:00 - 15:30, Energus
- Wednesday 28th February 09:00 - 11:30, Whitehaven Golf Club
Professor Philippa Cordingley together with Bart Crisp will be working with the schools involved for the rest of this year.
Sign up to the session with the School development team.
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Sellafield Laptops
It's great to hear those schools who had previously requested laptops through WOW, have already had or will shortly receive their first delivery from Sellafield volunteers.
Any future opportunities for laptops will be communicated through WOW.
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The latest from ERA this week!
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Labelling Pupil Premium and SEND Pupils
As part of Disadvantaged lead Marc Rowland's continued commitment to ERA and WELL schools, Marc has shared the article ''Pupil Premium and SEND: learning without labels' published by Unity Research School this week.
The article focuses on the problematic approach to labelling pupils and offers some insightful alternatives to consider.
Please click here to read the full article.
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Thank YOU!
We would like to say a thank you to all the schools and valued WELL stakeholders that have agreed to participate in the formative evaluation process of WELL.
Headteachers, senior leaders, local system leaders and implementation team members have been welcoming our independent evaluation team into school and taking part in interviews. MAT CEOs, Council Leaders, key partners have also given their time to support this project.
We do not take this commitment for granted.
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 3 WEEKS TODAY!
We are pleased to say MADE is now full. We are currently in the process of allocating workshops to delegates. If you didn't complete the online form before half term, we will allocate you to your workshops. All delegates will be notified of their workshops on the day of conference.
We are really looking forward to the day and seeing you all there!
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Question to Consider...
To further support our school's sophisticated approach to embedding evidence in school improvement planning, in each WOW we offer a question to promote reflection and discussion as a leadership team.
This week's question is:
"Who are we collaborating with and how and is this supporting our school to improve? Who could we collaborate with to add value and build on the progress we have made to date?"
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Annual Planner 23/24
Click here to view the WELL Universal Grant Offer Annual Planner 23 -24 for all events and training opportunities remaining this academic year.
This planner is a live link and is updated throughout the year.
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Question to Consider...
To further support our school's sophisticated approach to embedding evidence in school improvement planning, in each WOW we offer a question to promote reflection and discussion as a leadership team.
This week's question is:
"Who are we collaborating with and how and is this supporting our school to improve? Who could we collaborate with to add value and build on the progress we have made to date?"
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Spring Term Director Check-In
Thank you all for making the time to meet with Dale for a Spring Term Director check-ins. Meetings began today and will continue over the next few weeks.
If you haven't arranged a slot with Dale yet, please email WELL@cumberland.gov.uk and we will find a suitable time for you.
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Annual Planner 23/24
Click here to view the WELL Targeted Grant Offer Annual Planner 23 -24 for all events and training opportunities remaining this academic year.
This planner is a live link and is updated throughout the year.
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 Strand Workbooks & Passports
We hope the pupils are enjoying the Cumbrian Award strand workbooks. Ben will be delivering the remaining workbooks to schools that still require them in the next few weeks. Ben will also be contacting all the schools who have received the workbooks for feedback on them.
The Sethera and Dovera passports are currently being printed, these should be ready by the end of February and distributed by early March.
We look forward to you receiving them.
Secondary Community Meeting 2
The Reciprocal Reading Secondary Spring Term community meeting will take place - Wednesday 6th March 15:45 - 16:45.
The link for this community was circulated before half term. If you would like to receive the meeting link, please email WELL@cumberland.gov.uk.
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Preparation
Andy Taylor had kindly asked those attending the community to be ready to talk about how you are using Reciprocal Reading:
• As an intervention
• Within English
• Across the wider subject curriculum
Looking forward to catching up with you all then!
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Spring Term Learning Community
The Great Teaching Toolkit Online Spring Learning community is coming up in a few weeks - Wednesday 12th March 15:35 - 17:00.
Please accept the teams meeting invite sent to you separately last year, as confirmation of attendance. If you require the meeting link to be sent again please email WELL@cumberland.gov.uk and we would be happy to do so.
Looking forward to the session and hearing from all the WELL GTT schools!
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ELSA Survey 2023/24
Thank you to the Headteachers and ELSAs who have already completed the ELSA Survey 2023/24. Our current response rate is sitting at 70%, if you haven't yet completed the ELSA survey please complete this by this Friday 23rd February.
The link to the survey was resent yesterday (Tuesday 20th February) from WELL@cumberland.gov.uk.
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Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA)
The fully booked Spring term Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) course will take place on 4th and 5th March from 09:30 - 16:30 at Whitehaven Golf Club.
We are delighted that a further 16 WELL project colleagues will benefit form this training.
Places for the Summer term courses are still available to book with the School Development Team. Full details are below:
Summer Term 1
Day 1 - Monday 22nd April 09:30 - 16:30, Energus
Day 2 - Wednesday 24th April 09:30 - 16:30, Energus
Summer Term 2
Day 1 - Wednesday 5th June 09:30 - 16:30, Whitehaven Golf Club
Day 2 - Thursday 6th June 09:30 - 16:30, Whitehaven Golf Club
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Put these dates in your diary for this term's upcoming WELL events!
A live link to our Annual Planner for all 2023/24 events is available for Universal and Targeted Grant Offer Schools on our website.
SPRING TERM
Action Research Session: Planning for Evidence Collection - Attend 1 Session (Book via SDT)
- 27 Feb 2024 13:00 - 15:30, Energus
- 28 Feb 2024 09:00 - 11:30, Whitehaven Golf Club
YMHFA 2 Day Training - In Person Course (Book via SDT)
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DAY 1 - 4 March 2024 09:30 - 16:30, (Whitehaven Golf Club)
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DAY 2 - 5 March 2024 09:30 - 16:30, (Whitehaven Golf Club)
RR Secondary Community Meeting 2 (Attend via WELL Invitation)
- 6 Mar 2024 15:45 - 16:45, Online
Great Teaching Toolkit - Spring Learning Community (Attend via WELL Invitation)
- 12 Mar 2024 15:35 - 17:00, Online
MADE Conference 2024 (Book via SDT)
- 13 Mar 2024 09:00 - 17:00, 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.
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