New £4m Nottingham Academy expansion officially opens - Nottingham Academy opened its new £4million primary expansion on
Friday – as part of the City Council’s ambitious plan to increase the number of
primary school places in Nottingham. Based in Sneinton Boulevard, Sneinton, the new building is
creating an additional 420 places for primary pupils. As part of the city’s expansion plan, thousands of school places
have been created by the City Council, thanks to £41.9million investment. Read
more here: http://www.mynottinghamnews.com/official-launch-of-new-nottingham-academy-site/
Urgent and important stories...!
The
Nottingham Big Tent Project - We
are rightly proud of our community spirit across the City and this project is
intended to celebrate Nottingham's richly diverse population. We are inviting
all schools, academies and settings to contribute a 900mm x 900mm panel, or
panels!, to the Nottingham Big Tent that will be on display from Summer Term
2017. It may be a panel to celebrate the diversity in your school, or a single
class group, or individual pupils for their GCSE or A level textiles project,
or a number of panels from interested pupils or staff! For more information please visit: http://www.nottinghamschools.org.uk/scene/september-2016-scene-articles/
Recruiting
Advanced Designated Safeguarding Leads - In the first ADSL recruitment round in
December 2015 eighteen ADSLs were validated and deployment began in April
2016. Due to staff changes we would now wish to validate another five
ADSLs. Are you an experienced DSL in a Nottingham City School/Academy? Would
you like to share your skills and experience with other DSL’s in City
schools? Would you enjoy the opportunity to further develop your own
safeguarding skills and lead forward developments in the safeguarding arena
locally? If so, would you like to become an Advanced Designated
Safeguarding Lead? For further information and application details please
visit: http://beta.nottinghamschools.org.uk/leadership-and-management-support/partnerships/advanced-designated-safeguarding-leads/
Personal Safety and Conflict Resolution Training -
Friday 14th October, venue: Room LB22, Loxley House (9.30am to 4.30pm). Aim: To
enable participants to understand the issues associated with the management of
challenging behaviour and personal safety risk assessment within their work
setting (for colleagues from schools this would enable them to deal more
effectively with parents or 3rd parties rather than students).
By the end of this workshop, delegates will be able to:
• Apply the theory of the crisis cycle/behaviour escalation – relating this to
self and others. • Understand why people challenge. • Use words and body language and active support to respond to and reduce
heightened anxiety and aggression: calming techniques, empathy, active
listening, redirection and planned ignoring. • Communication skills and learning disabilities – what we can do to support
communication. • Work in accordance with NCC policy. • Consider organisational, team and personal strategies in relation to ‘dynamic
and planned’ risk assessment and consistent approaches. • Use appropriate release techniques and understand the Law in terms of
Reasonable Force.
A
Special Invitation to Project Alice! - Following
our 2016 Annual Conference, Early Years are excited to announce we will be
working again with one of our keynote speakers Alice Sharp. This is a unique
opportunity to work alongside an incredibly inspiring early years specialist to
challenge your thinking and improve the quality of teaching and learning for
all children. Are you up for challenge? Project
Alice is a year-long programme that will support you to consider every aspect of
playful and enriched environments that promote learning. Early
Years Specialist Alice is MD of Experiential Play and owner of resource company
Wonderbox. She is a renowned, brilliant speaker and works with many local
authorities and departments across Britain addressing the imminent changes
towards experiential learning throughout nursery and primary schools. Alice
also travels the Globe sharing her ideas and practices so we are enormously
pleased to be able to work with her on a year-long learning environment project
starting in November 2016! Click
this link for more information
Grant opportunity - Would you love to help a local project
that matters to you? The Aviva Community Fund is back, offering support and
funding to causes that make a real difference where you live. Put forward an
idea that will benefit your community and it could get funding of up to
£25,000. For more information please visit: http://www.aviva.co.uk/good-thinking/community-fund/
Sing City Press Release 2016 - Please see the link below to the press release and flyer about the upcoming Sing City 2016 competition. The competition is aimed at singers aged 11-19 who attend a Nottingham City school, academy or college. http://www.nottinghamschools.org.uk/scene/october-2016-scene-articles/
Lets Leonardo - A festival of pupils’
work celebrated in two major events - Nottingham Schools ‘Let’s Leonardo’
festivalis linked to the exhibition Leonardo da Vinci: Ten Drawings from the
Royal Collection at Nottingham Castle and takes place in schools across the
city from 3rd to the 14th October 2016. Schools have created artwork in school inspired by the exhibition at the Castle
or by the life and work of Leonardo da Vinci. During the two weeks, all
festival schools involved will display/exhibit/show/share what it is they have
created. For at least one day, evening or part of a day within the two-week
festival period, each school involved should open its doors to other
schools, parents and/or the wider community to share their artwork. As well as celebrating Leonardo da Vinci, this festival is being organised to
raise the self-esteem of all the pupils involved, by promoting the high quality
artwork being produced in schools and linking schools and pupils directly to
something City wide and high-status. The Caste exhibition Leonardo da Vinci: Ten Drawings from the Royal
Collection runs from 30th July to 9th October 2016.
Let’s Leonardo School’s
Exhibition - An exhibition of pupils’ work at Nottingham Castle - Nottingham Schools ‘Let’s
Leonardo’ exhibition has been created by city schools who have visited Leonardo da
Vinci: Ten Drawings from the Royal Collection and produced work to be
displayed publically in the Castle. This special exhibition opens to the public
on Saturday 8th October and is part of the final weekend of Nottingham Castle’s
celebration of Leonard da Vinci’s work. There will be welcome speeches at
10.30am on Saturday 8th October, admission is 10am – 5pm Saturday 8th and
Sunday 9th October 2016. ‘Let’s Leonardo’ is
a partnership project between Nottingham City Museums and Galleries, Schools
and Arts Education Co-ordinators, Marisa Blissett and Martha Toogood,
Nottingham City Council. For further information please contact Marisa Blissett on marisa.blissett@collegest.org.uk
#Letsleonardo is being used to follow the festivals and exhibitions in schools so join in and tweet!
National Justice Museum to launch in February 2017 - Launching in February 2017 following a £1million
Heritage Lottery Fund supported project, the National Justice Museum
will become the new name for The Egalitarian Trust, which currently
incorporates the Galleries of Justice Museum, the City of Caves in Nottingham
and the National Centre for Citizenship and the Law (NCCL). For the full press release please visit: http://www.creativequarter.com/news/national-justice-museum-launch-february-2017/
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