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Independent Evaluation Survey 2024

Closes for all responses 5pm Friday 28th June 

Thank you again to all the schools that have already completed or intend to complete the annual Independent Evaluation Survey.

A polite reminder, that the closing date for all survey responses is 5pm Friday 28th June. If you are a Headteacher and you have not received an email with the link to the survey from noreply@qemailserver.com, please check your 'spam'/ 'junk' folders or contact WELL@cumberland.gov.uk to ensure that you receive the link to the survey from the University of Nottingham.

To support your survey completion, Headteachers received a list of all WELL opportunities accessed by your school between 2021 - 2024 from Vicki.Clarke@cumberland.gov.uk on Wednesday 5th June. If you would like this list to be sent again, please email WELL@cumberland.gov.uk.

WELL Phase 3

Save the Dates - Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th October 2024 

We are hoping to hear the outcome of our funding application before the end of June.

Subject to this being successful, we are working with a range of high quality partners to develop exciting opportunities for WELL Schools going forward.

This includes, a professional development session for all WELL implementation leads with Professor Jonathan Sharples, author of the EEF Implementation Guidance. Jonathan is due to join us on Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th October 2024, so please hold one of these dates in your diary.

We are also in the process of designing the 2024-25 WELL Annual Planner, which will be shared in WOW on Wednesday 3rd July, funding allowing.

Cumbrian Award Briefing

Tuesday 2nd July 13:30 - 14:30, Whitehaven Academy

The number of schools preparing to join the Cumbrian Award family is growing rapidly.

On Tuesday 2nd July, the WELL & Cumbrian Award Team will be delivering a briefing for a number of interested Whitehaven schools at the Whitehaven Academy from 13:30.

This will include an outline and update of the Award, hearing experiences of current Cumbrian Award schools and clarifying everything you need to know about participating from next year. If you would like to attend this briefing, please email WELL@cumberland.gov.uk  and we will arrange this, subject to capacity.

Annual Planner 2023/24 

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.

RR Mixed Phase Training - Day 2

Tuesday 25 June 09:00 – 15:00, Energus

Please 'accept' the meeting invite from WELL@Cumberland.gov.uk as confirmation of attendance to this event, if you haven't done so already.

RR Secondary Celebration Event 

Tuesday 9 July 09:00 – 15:15, Energus

Please 'accept' the meeting invite from WELL@Cumberland.gov.uk as confirmation of attendance to this event, if you haven't done so already.

Session Preparation

Celebration Event

Andy would like you to be prepared to give a short presentation (up to 15 minutes) on the way you have used reciprocal reading.

This is likely to be in one of these areas: as an intervention with students who can decode but struggle to understand, in English teaching, or when reading texts in different subjects across the curriculum. However please don’t feel restricted to these areas! There will also be time in the afternoon to ‘write up’ the work you’ve done.

Full details of the event are included in the email sent to all attendees from WELL@cumberland.gov.uk on Friday 7th June. If you would like this to be re-sent to you, please email WELL@cumberland.gov.uk.

Summer Learning Community

Thursday 11 July 12:30 - 15:15, Energus

A polite reminder that the Great Teaching Toolkit Summer Term Learning Community will take place on Thursday 11 July 12:30 - 15:15 at Energus.

Please 'accept' the meeting invite from WELL@Cumberland.gov.uk as confirmation of attendance to this event, if you haven't done so already.

We look forward to seeing all GTT schools there.

Action Research: Write-Up Sessions 

Wednesday 3 July 09:00 - 12:00 & 13:00 - 16:00- CANCELLED 

Unfortunately, the ‘Action Research – Write-Up’ Sessions due to take place on Wednesday 3rd July have been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.

The WELL Team will be in contact with any further communications relating to Action Research in due course.

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.

SUMMER TERM 2024

RR Mixed-Phase Training Day 2 (Attend via WELL Invitation)

• 25 Jun 2024 09:00 - 15:00, Energus

RR Secondary Celebration Event (Attend via WELL Invitation)

• 9 Jul 2024 09:00 - 15:15, Energus

Great Teaching Toolkit - Summer Learning Community (Attend via WELL Invitation)

• 11 Jul 2024 12:30 - 15:15, Energus

AUTUMN TERM 2024

Finding your Oomph, Getting Motivation & Joy back in the Classroom and Staffroom - Laughology (Book via SDT)

• 3 Sep 2024 (INSET DAY) 13:00 - 15:30, Energus