 DASH Summer Conference | Friday 7 July 2017
This all-day Summer
event is returning to the beautiful Bovey Castle in the heart of Dartmoor
National Park.
For more details regarding the event, including speakers and how to book accommodation for the Thursday evening (6 July), view the F L Y E R
Have you booked? Check the current D E L E G A T E L I S T
To check your accommodation arrangements, please contact Bovey Castle directly on 01647 445007.
 Invitation to the Learning Scientists visit at Uffculme School
Tuesday 27 June 2017
message from Nikki Able, Deputy Headteacher at Uffculme School
On 27th June, we will be welcoming
the Learning Scientists to Uffculme School. The Learning Scientists
are cognitive psychological scientists based in Boston USA interested in
research on education. Their main research focus is on the science of learning.
(Hence, "The Learning Scientists"!). Their vision is to make
scientific research on learning more accessible to students, teachers, and
other educators.
The aim of their work is to motivate students
to study, the use of effective study and teaching strategies that are
backed by research and decrease negative views of testing.
They are visiting Uffculme School
as part of their UK tour to work with our year 10 students and present as the
keynote at our TeachMeet. I wanted to invite you to send a colleague(s)
either to our free TeachMeet event or to slightly more bespoke CPD option. I am
offering colleagues from local schools the opportunity to observe the session
with year 10, have an optional tour of the school and attend a Q&A with the
Learning Scientists (lunch included) for £30. Places are limited so if you or a
colleague is interested in attending this event, please get in touch ablen@uffculmeschool.net.
Stakeholder engagement :
Reprocurement of school aged immunisation services
Note: the online survey deadline is
extended to TODAY (Friday 5 May 2017)
You may be aware that NHS England has recently announced its
intention to recommission immunisation services for school aged children across
a large part of the South West (Plymouth to South Gloucestershire) as many of
the contracts are due to expire in 2018. This will include:
- Seasonal
flu immunisation for children in primary schools in the following local
authority areas: South Gloucestershire, Bristol, North Somerset, Somerset,
Devon, Torbay, Plymouth.
- HPV,
MenACWY and teenage booster immunisation in 4 local authority areas:
Somerset, Devon, Torbay, Plymouth.
This procurement
represents a real opportunity to address historical inconsistencies in service
models that currently exist across the local school aged immunisation services,
as well as ensuring that services are in a position to increase uptake and
reduce health inequalities. There are a number of key decisions that we need to
make in the coming months around future configuration of the services and your
views are important to us.
An online survey has
been developed to gather stakeholders’ views and help inform the decision
making process - visit the O N L I N E S U R V E Y
Guidance documents
| SW Schwimms procurement background
AND SW Schwimms procurement options
(anyone completing the survey should have a look at these before completing
their responses).
Contact NHS England
| if you or any members have any queries or would like us to come and
discuss the procurement in more depth please contact us via phcontractssouthwest@nhs.net
When attending
meetings of Devon Education Forum (DEF), its sub-groups and other statutory or
working groups, DASH Representatives provide a summary of key messages and
issues affecting the secondary phase.
- Details
of Membership on DEF, agendas and full minutes of previous meetings
and other information about DEF can be found on the DEF website
- Date
of next DEF 21 June 2017
To contact the Forum: schools.forum@devon.gov.uk
Tel: 01392 382305
To view the
objectives, Terms of Reference and minutes of meetings for Schools' Finance
Group, which is a sub-group of Devon Education Forum, visit the SFG Website
To view the
objectives, Terms of Reference and minutes of meetings for School Organisation,
Capital and Admissions (SOCA), which is a sub-group of Devon Education Forum,
visit the SOCA website.
DSCB Neglect Strategy 2017 - 2020
Read Devon's vision and strategic priorities
regarding the Neglect Strategy on the DSCB website | READ MORE
Child Protection |
Worried about a child's safety?
Visit T H I S L I N K to the Devon
County Council website for more information and how to report your concerns.
For guidance on how to
spot the signs of child abuse or neglect, what to do if you suspect and what
happens when you report it | READ
MORE
M A S H
| the advice to anyone in Devon who may have suspicions of child abuse or
neglect is to contact Devon’s Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH):
Tel: 0345 155 1071
| email: mashsecure@devon.gcsx.gov.uk
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B A B C O C K Safeguarding Update
Read the latest newsletter dated
April 2017 | READ MORE
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For information: Bruising and
injuries in non-mobile children poster
Sent on behalf of
Philippa Geddes, DSCB Board Manager
As you know the DSCB
published three SCRs last year that related to injuries to non-mobile babies.
Please see the 'bruising
and injuries in non-mobile children' P O S T E R that we would ask you to
disseminate across your organisation and ask for it to be displayed in offices
and where appropriate as a reminder to staff about what to do if they observe a
bruise or injury to a non-mobile baby.
Can I also draw your
attention again to the thematic review that was written by Dr Deborah Stalker –
Designated Doctor for NEW Devon CCG in June 2016 on Infants in Devon -
read the executive summary on the DSCB website. The full report is available
upon request.
2017 Children's Services Review
Update
See previous DASH Update newsletter with a message from Jo
Olsson, Interim Chief Officer for Childrens Services regarding further
details of the 2017 Children's Services Review | READ MORE
Preventing Child Sexual Abuse
- The Role of Schools
For your information, read the 'Preventing CSA: The role of
schools' D O C U M E N T dated April 2017’
from the Children’s Commissioner.
SEND | Education, Health
and Care Plan Training
This training is to support a multi-agency approach towards
contributing to an Education, Health and Care Plan and aims to deliver
information about statutory duties and gives both clear guidance and the tools
to support the process. It is open to professionals involved in the SEND
process.
Cost:
These 3 hour sessions are delivered free of charge.
Dates and venues:
- Thursday
25 May 2017 | Tollards Centre, Exeter | 9.30-12.30
or 13.30-16.30
- Monday
5 June 2017 | Caddsdown Centre, Bideford |
9.30-12.30 or 13.30-16.30
B O O K O N L I
N E at: www.babcock-education.co.uk/ldp/cpd
Education Funding Agency (EFA)
e-bulletins
The Education Funding
Agency (EFA) e-bulletins are issued weekly in term time and provide the latest
information and actions from Education Funding Agency (EFA) for academies,
schools, colleges, local authorities and other post-16 providers.
To view/subscribe to the
latest bulletins | READ MORE
About
the Education Funding Agency | READ MORE
Children’s Social Work Contacts
Details of Devon County Council’s Children’s Social Work and
Child Protection area based teams | READ MORE
Introducing Cyber Protect Officer
from Devon and Cornwall Police
Introducing the Cyber Protect Officer whose aim is to provide
cyber and internet security awareness | READ MORE
School Census – Summer 2017
Initial communication to schools regarding the
School Census – Summer 2017 | READ MORE
Accessing Devon County Council’s
Apprenticeship Levy Fund
This message only applies to Community and Voluntary Controlled
schools, who are paying into Devon County Council’s Levy account
Community and Voluntary Controlled schools will
be able to access funds from the Council’s Levy account to fund apprenticeship
training and assessment for new apprentice starts from 1st May 2017
onwards | READ MORE
Parent Engagement | Fairer Funding for Devon School
With the Fairer Funding campaign continuing, and in light of both local and national elections, schools are urged to encourage their parent communities to become more vocal when approached by their local MPs. The DASH Executive committee have come up with a suggested list of 'parent friendly' questions, please cascade via your school newsletters:-
-
what is the
increase in per pupil funding in education?
- how will you
protect this going forward:?
- what will
you do to stop my local school cutting staff?
- what will you do to stop my local school from
having bigger class sizes?
Representative sought for Devon
Norse Liaison Board
The Devon Norse Liaison Board are seeking a representative (i.e.
Business Manager or similar) from the secondary phase to attend meetings
together with reps from other phase associations.
2 hour meetings are
held quarterly with the next round of dates confirmed as 19 July 2017 and 18
October 2017. Meetings generally take place at the Devon Norse offices at Venture
House, One Capital Court on the Sowton Ind Estate in Exeter.
Ideally the rep will
be from a school that buys in to Devon Norse cleaning and catering services. If
you are interested and would like more information, please email the DAPH
Office at daph@devon.gov.uk.
Blog | Ofsted
Developments in Education Inspection: myth-busting guide launched for early
years
Ofsted inspectors often encounter myths about inspection. These
make its work harder and impact on those inspected. So Ofsted has launched a guide that features the top 10 myths and
facts in five different areas. They should be read alongside the Early years inspection handbook.
Congratulations to...
Congratulations to Samantha Soper-Crook who has recently been appointed as Headteacher at Tiverton High School.
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