Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's visit to Nottingham - Prince Harry and Ms. Markle visited Nottingham Academy Ransom Road Campus on Friday 1st December. The couple were in Nottingham for two separate engagements on subjects that Prince Harry is passionate about raising awareness of: HIV/AIDS and youth crime.
First they met with local primary school's head teachers as well as Full Effect staff and mentors. Full Effect is a programme that has been supported by The Royal Foundation since 2013. The programme supports children and young people in St Ann's and helps to prevent young people becoming involved in youth crime through a combination of early intervention, mentorship and training. The focus of much of this work is during the transition phase into secondary school.
For more information on the Royal visit please click on the following link: http://bit.ly/2BwTJmz
Urgent and important stories...!
Nottingham PlayWorks Survey - PlayWorks are committed to improving the quantity and quality of Play provision across the city. However, to make sure their services are relevant and deliver what the city needs, they need feedback from as many individuals and organisations as possible. Specifically those who interact with children and young people. Your opinion is valued so much that PlayWorks are offering a goodie bag to all Schools who respond to their survey. For more information please visit: http://bit.ly/2nesH0U
Important but not urgent stories...!
DfE Open consultation: Changes to Ofsted’s statistical reporting of inspection outcomes for maintained schools and academies - Ofsted would like your views on proposals to change the way we report statistics on inspection outcomes for maintained schools and academies. This consultation closes at 11:45pm on 18th January 2018. For more information please visit: http://bit.ly/2irc6FS
DfE Open consultation: Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision: a green paper - This green paper sets out the ambition that children and young people who need help for their mental health are able to get it when they need it. This consultation closes at midday on 2nd March 2018. For more information please visit: http://bit.ly/2jfjlhl
DfE Press Release: New children’s services inspections announced - Ofsted inspection of local authority children's services is changing in 2018. For more information please visit: http://bit.ly/2k91BHr
DfE Research and analysis: English and maths for 16 to 18 year olds: effective teaching - Report into effective teaching and provision of English and mathematics to those without GCSE grades A* to C. For more information please visit: http://bit.ly/2BwgkR0
DfE Research and analysis: Attitudes to education and children’s services: BSA 2016 - British public attitudes to education and children’s services: part of NatCen’s British Social Attitudes (BSA) Survey 2016. For more information please visit: http://bit.ly/2ikoiIv
DfE Research and analysis: Reception curriculum in good and outstanding primary schools: bold beginnings - This report looks at the Reception curriculum in successful schools and how well it prepared 4 and 5 year olds for the rest of their education and beyond. For more information please visit: http://bit.ly/2BtZu5f
Ofsted News: Latest Documents - Latest information and documents from Ofsted. For more information please visit: http://bit.ly/2ATUpGv
Financial Administration and Control Policy: November 2017 update - The Financial Administration and Control Policy template has been updated with new links to relevant documents on the Nottingham Schools Website. You will find this in the Financial Guidance and Policies section of the Schools Finance pages on the Schools Website. For further information contact Schools Finance Support on 0115 87 65053 or email: schools.finance@nottinghamcity.gov.uk
Grant Opportunity: The Edina Trust Science Grant Scheme - The Edina Trust Science Grant Scheme (SGS) offers small grants to all state-funded primary schools, nurseries and special schools in designated educational areas. For more information about the grant please visit: http://bit.ly/2oiKCAB
Nottingham Sexual Violence Action Network - In collaboration with Nottinghamshire Police, the SVAN is conducting research into the understanding of sexual consent in Nottinghamshire and has released the first Sexual Violence Survey for Nottinghamshire. For more information or to complete the survey please visit: http://bit.ly/2i0k7O6
Education Endowment Foundation: Families of Schools Database - The Families of Schools database is a tool to help facilitate collaboration between schools facing similar challenges to help them learn from one another. To visit the database please click on the following link: http://bit.ly/2jKzdaX
Lessons in Spiritual Development: Learning from leading Christian - The Church of England in association with Canterbury Christchurch and Warwick Universities recently published research from a project investigating spiritual development. The aim of work was to highlight features of secondary schools that contribute to the positive spiritual development of students, often operating within diverse social contexts. The Ten Leading Schools research team would like to thank their partners
the Ten Leading Christian-ethos secondary schools for their on-going support of
the research which includes The Nottingham Emmanuel School. For more information please visit: http://bit.ly/2kjS7JK
Flu Clinics - The School Aged Immunisation service is offering clinics for children who missed their vaccination in school. Children born between 1st September 2008 and 31st August 2013 are eligible. For more information please click on the following link: http://bit.ly/2BwviFV
White Ribbon Campaign - The White Ribbon Campaign takes place from 25th November (the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women) to 10th December (Human Rights Day). The 16 Days of Action against Gender-Based Violence Campaign is a UN campaign designed to galvanise action to end violence against women and girls around the world. For more information please visit: http://bit.ly/2By1E3aSEND
Strategy Consultation Meeting - Thank you to all headteachers and SENCOs who contributed to the recent SEND strategy consultation meeting. The presentation and a summary of the key areas for development, identified through the discussions, may be found here: http://bit.ly/2AUn9yY. The Lenehan Review, which is referenced in the presentation, is also included. The next steps for the strategy and the action plan will be developed following further consultation with other stakeholders. If you would like to support the work in any of the key areas identified, please contact: alison.weaver@nottinghamcity.gov.uk or: janine.walker@nottinghamcity.gov.uk
Stories you might find interesting...!
Nottingham Contemporary - Join Nottingham Contemporary for the launch party of their next exhibition, From Ear to Ear to Eye, exploring sounds and stories from across the Arab world. For more information please visit: http://bit.ly/2zC7AHM
'Three': A trio of well-known fairytales with spellbinding storytelling and live music coming to Nottingham - Three wishes, three witches, three sisters, three pigs, three bears, three musketeers...Three singing actors weave together famous tales, which all feature the elusive number three! 'Three' comes to the Dales Centre Saturday 9th December, 11am-11:50am. Tickets: £2 (accompanying adults free). Book in person at the library or call 0115 876 1990. For more information please visit: http://bit.ly/2zKCQW5
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