Scene! Tuesday 18th July 2017

Lord Mayor's Attendance Awards 2017 - A huge thank you and well done to your amazing pupils who joined us for the Lord Mayor’s Attendance Awards last week! It was great to see so many children having fun with their friends and families at Harvey Hadden on Thursday and was a fantastic way for Nottingham City Council to acknowledge their achievement. To read more about the event, please visit: http://bit.ly/2v9d0Ik. Photographs of the event can be viewed here: http://bit.ly/2v9MOgQ. Please be aware that the folder contains all pictures taken at the event (including every individual pupil photo with the mayor), so the decision will be up to you to decide if you are happy to share the link above or would prefer to download your pupils’ pictures and send on to their parents. Just click on ‘Thumbnails’ in the top right-hand corner to see all images.

Urgent and important stories...!

Child Sexual Exploitation Training - The offer for schools to have CSE training delivered is still available up to the summer holidays and continuing in the new term. This is a workshop style which can be done as part of an inset day or twilight session whenever is convenient for the school. It is suggested that secondary schools have a minimum of 2 hours and primary 1.5 hours if possible. So far Trinity, Emmanuel, Djanogly Academy, NUAST and Ellis Guilford have all had the workshop. CSE is an ongoing problem and school staff are key in picking up signs and indicators. For further information please contact: Vanessa.mcfarlane@nottinghamcitycare.nhs.uk

Important but not urgent stories...!

Michael Rosen is coming to Nottingham - The Primary Teaching and Learning team are delighted to announce Michael Rosen as their special guest at the 2017/18 Teaching Assistant Annual Conference. This English-themed event will focus on how teaching assistants can support and inspire children’s love of literature, sharing strategies and tools that will excite and engage learners. The Primary Teaching and Learning team are exclusively offering Nottingham City Schools two places each for their teaching assistants if booked by 21.07.17. For more information please visit: http://bit.ly/2sm9Ob9

SRE Support - There is an offer of support to schools throughout the year with their SRE provision whether this is in an assembly, drop down day or when the school may be covering a particular topic area. Work has been done with NUSA, NGA, Emmanuel, Djanogly, NUAST and Fernwood Primary School. For more details please contact: Vanessa.mcfarlane@nottinghamcitycare.nhs.uk

FPA Sexual Health Week 2017: 11th - 17th September - This year’s theme will look at pornography. This is a huge issue for young people and impacts how they view sex and relationships. There will be resources on the FPA website nearer the time. In preparation for sexual health week, schools can be offered assemblies and support with SRE sessions around the theme. This is also a great time to remind the students that their CPHN (School Nurse) is there for all their health needs including sexual health. For more information please visit: http://bit.ly/1B9DaHL

Tour of Britain cycle race passes through Nottingham on Wednesday 6th September 2017 - The OVO Energy Tour of Britain cycle race passes through Nottinghamshire, in what will be the biggest free-to-attend sporting event the county has ever seen. The race takes place in 175km of the county’s roads starting in Mansfield and finishing in Newark on the same day. This will be a unique opportunity for the residents of Nottinghamshire and the surrounding areas to see some of the world’s top cyclists. The information pack below is designed to help teachers and parents get young people aged 4 to 11 years old excited and involved. For more information and to view the information pack please visit: http://bit.ly/2sEm3yo

Young Black Achievers' Awards 2017 - Nottingham City Council's Equality and Community Relations Team alongside IDEAL are organising the Young Black Achievers' Awards. Children/young people of African, African-Caribbean and Black Mixed Heritage between the ages of 5 and 18 years who live in Nottingham City or are studying in Nottingham City schools/academies are eligible for nomination. For more information on the awards please visit: http://bit.ly/2tZ3FFN

Safer Recruitment Training - From September 2017, the HR Advisory team will be running a half-day Safer Recruitment course. This course has been designed to meet the requirements of the School Staffing (England) Regulations 2009 to ensure that at least one person on any appointment panel has undertaken safer recruitment training. It will cover your legal duties and vigilance to keep children safe at all stages of the recruitment process, warning signs, how to interview and test applicants, pre-employment checks and how to address concerns. For more information please visit: http://bit.ly/2uYpzWN. To book onto a course, please email delegate(s) name, job title, school, email, phone details and first and second preferred dates to: school.hrqueries@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

Mental Health and Wellbeing in Nottingham: How we can all make a difference (2nd - 6th October 2017) - This event is a series of sessions over one week period open to everyone who works within the Children and Adults Workforce in the City of Nottingham. These are free raising awareness sessions run from 1 to 3 hours; giving you an opportunity to learn something new and network with the workforce from a range of different organisations. To find out more about these FREE sessions and how to request a place please visit: http://bit.ly/2tSRasp

Pupil Record Cards – Education Services Nottingham order Pupil Record Cards in bulk and sell them to schools and academies for 40p each. Due to their weight postage can end up costing more than the Pupil Record Cards. From September 2017 onwards you have the choice of picking up your order at Loxley House at your convenience, paying for postage or we can package them up and have them ready for collection at the termly Admin Meetings. The next Admin Meeting is 21st September at Loxley House. To order Pupil Record Cards please email: CHSSales.Database@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

The Nottingham Big Tent Project: Virtual gallery - Schoolchildren in Nottingham created 80 pieces of artwork to fill an exhibition promoting cultural diversity. The works were displayed in a marquee in the Old Market Square in June. The project involved 35 local schools and was funded by a grant from the Scape Group. The aim was to celebrate Nottingham’s rich diversity and community cohesion. To view the Nottingham Big Tent virtual gallery, please visit: http://bit.ly/2ugekvt

DfE Collection: National curriculum assessments: information for parents - Information for parents about the key stage 1 and key stage 2 national curriculum tests (often referred to as SATs). For more information please visit: http://bit.ly/2uztnRt

Congratulations to Sarah McLeod at Haydn Primary School - Reaccreditation of the International School Award 2017-2020. After a well-received application from Sarah McLeod, Haydn Primary have been informed that they have been approved for International School Award by the British Council who stated, “This is a lovely application from Haydn Primary School through which the school’s commitment shines, demonstrating how it meets the criteria for International School Award Reaccreditation in every respect. Well done!…One great strength seems to be Nottingham civic links with Kigali and Ningpo which have created a framework in which individual schools can work.” For more information please visit: http://bit.ly/2t7xu2I or email: headteacher@haydn.nottingham.sch.uk

DfE Oral Statement to Parliament: Justine Greening statement to parliament on school funding. For more information please visit: http://bit.ly/2tlmxPd

Stories you might find interesting...!

Cheap, reading t-shirts for Dolly – We have managed to get hold of a small number of  limited edition, near vintage t-shirts, promoting reading. These could be yours for just £2, which all goes towards the Dolly Parton Imagination Library. XL sizes are available so what are you waiting for? For more information contact: Sukhmanie.Kaur@nottinghamcity.gov.uk or call 0115 87 65514

Diabetes awareness training for school and social care staff – The next training date for diabetes awareness is Tuesday 12th September. The event will take place at the Poppy and Pint in West Bridgford and there will be both a morning session (08:15-12:00) and an afternoon session (13:00-16:45). There are 50 spaces available for each session and places can be booked via the link below. We ask that staff book the event themselves where possible, using their work email. For more information please visit: http://bit.ly/2tTvH4O

Talking about abuse that happened in childhood – The revised leaflet signposts people to those local support services that are available. It has been produced under the direction of the multi-agency Strategic Management Group set up under Operation Equinox – the police investigations into historical child abuse in Nottinghamshire. For the revised version of the leaflet which provides advice and signposting for victims and survivors of abuse please visit: http://bit.ly/2sUn0Ty or for further information on historical abuse please visit: http://bit.ly/2sO65Xt

Designated Safeguarding Lead Network Conference – Save the Date. Designated Safeguarding Leads please note that the DSL Conference will be held on 18th October 2017, 9.00am to 3.15pm - one delegate per school. Further details and booking information will be available on the DSL webpage shortly: http://bit.ly/2pNjwEv