Resilience
and Attainment - Are you interested in taking part in a research programme
funded by the Education Endowment Foundation?
Schools
in Nottingham City have been given the opportunity to work with the Education
Endowment Foundation and Partnership for Children in a PSHE research programme
for Year 2 pupils. The programme is called ‘Zippy’s Friends’ and has already
been rolled out in various countries with some success, globally. It focuses on
the development of resilience and motivation and the impact this has on
attainment. The research arm of the programme will be led by Queens’ University
Belfast.
New site new scene - We are working towards a new and improved ‘Nottingham
Schools’ website. Whilst this is under construction SCENE will continue as
normal but we would like to limit links to the current website. If you have
items to submit to SCENE please keep them brief and be aware that if your item
needs a web page creating, this will not automatically be transferred to the
new site. All information for the new site must be submitted
separately. Please e-mail ruth.sherrington-powis@nottinghamcitygov.co.uk
for details.
Young Pea Chef Finalists Announced! – Vote now! -Pupils from Bluecoat Beechdale Academy are
selected as one of ten national finalists in the Young Pea Chef of the Year
2016 competition. To vote for BBA please visit: http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/nottinghamschools/31043
Save the date: Lord Mayor’s Attendance Awards – Thursday 14 July
2016 - The Lord Mayor’s Attendance Awards will again celebrate pupils
with the best school attendance. The date for your diaries is Thursday 14 July
from 4pm-6pm at Harvey Hadden Sports Village in Bilborough. More details in
next week’s Scene.
Important but not urgent stories...!
Grant Opportunity -
The money raised from the 5p bag charge in Tesco stores in England, Wales and Scotland is being used to pay for a large number of local projects to improve green spaces in communities. For more information please visit: http://www.groundwork.org.uk/Sites/tescocommunityscheme/pages/large-grants-tes
Education Services
Nottingham - Has partnered with Kajima Community to give you the opportunity to
generate income from your school. For more information please visit: http://www.eduserve.co.uk/index.aspx?articleid=30986
School Fund Audit due
23 May 2016 - School Fund Audits are required on an annual basis to provide assurance that
records are complete, accurate and clearly show the financial position of the
fund. For more information please visit: http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/nottinghamschools/index.aspx?articleid=18469
Automatic Payroll
Reconciliation - For schools and academies using the LA web-based budget planner, you will be able to do automatic payroll reconciliation from this financial year. For maintained schools using EMSS payroll, you can upload an automatic reconciliation file every month to transfer payroll costs from your Oracle report to FMS easily. For more information please visit: http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/nottinghamschools/index.aspx?articleid=30361
PSHE/PD Secondary Network Event - The next PSHE/PD Secondary Network Event will
take place at Farnborough School on Friday 13th May 10am-12pm. For more information please visit: http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/nottinghamschools/31041
The Nottingham Emmanuel School - Celebrating the outcome of its
first inspection since becoming an academy in 2013. Ofsted found that Emmanuel
continues to be good school where the 'ethos empowers all children to achieve
as they should'. Central to this ethos was the 'palpable' strong culture
of care and support providing a safe environment. Students appreciated 'the
opportunity to learn with pupils of differing cultures and religions to their
own, they said it added a richness to their learning'. This inspection follows
an Outstanding Church Schools' (SIAMS) report in November. Derek Hobbs,
Principal, said 'I'm delighted that the inspection team saw the school as it
is; a community of young people who come together from over 40 different
primary schools across the city and the county to both excel academically and
to flourish socially, morally, spiritually and culturally." To read
the full report click here, http://www.emmanuel.nottingham.sch.uk/ Twitter: @emmanuelnotts
Smokefree Summer - schools poster competition - We're asking Nottingham primary schools, perhaps as part of a wider lesson plan on smoking, to have their pupils design a poster which urges smokers not to light up at summer events this year. For more information please visit: http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/nottinghamschools/index.aspx?articleid=31032
My Beautiful Nottingham Art & Photography - Nottingham in Bloom is running photography and art competitions to celebrate the beautiful green landscapes and corners of Nottingham. Keen young artists, along with photographers of all ages, are invited to take inspiration from the city's abundance of parks, gardens, local landmarks, flowers, trees and nature through the seasons. The 'My Beautiful Nottingham' art and photography competitions are being run by Nottingham in Bloom and sponsored by Capital One. Entries are welcome from young people who live, go to school or are members of community groups in Nottingham. Closing date 13th May 2016. For more information & entry forms please visit:
http://www.nottmbloom.org.uk/competitions/
Nottingham Contemporary presents the largest ever exhibition in the UK of the works of Simon Starling - the Turner Prize winner who studied at Nottingham Trent University. This exhibition includes a new commission, and some of his major projects, most of which have never been shown in Britain before. For more information please visit: http://www.nottinghamcontemporary.org/
Scene!
news articles are now available without having to log-in, but please note that
some sensitive content will only be available on the secure part of the
extranet.
If
you can never remember your log-in details for the school's extranet you can
now access the extranet here using the generic
log-in and password below [your existing log-in details will still work too].
Login:
nccextranet
Password:
nccintr4net
Our
contact details are available at the very bottom of this message, so if you do
have difficulties accessing any information or stories, drop us a line and
we'll do what we can to help.
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