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- Message from Phil Leivers - Head of Education Excellence
- Early Years
- Public Health
- Information
- Training and Consultation
Dear Colleagues,
Given the rapidly changing national response to the Covid -19 Omicron variant we have decided to hold an engagement session on Friday 3 December 11.30 – 12.30pm. This will allow Public Health to give us a local update, for us to consider and any revisions to our end of term events guidance, and preparations for the new term in January.
In the meantime, thank you for your continued support in trying to minimise any risks in schools and settings.
Best wishes,
Phil
Phil Leivers
Head of Education Excellence
Phil.Leivers@wolverhampton.gov.uk
CO2 Monitor Rollout for Early Years
On 21 August, the Department for Education (DfE) announced that it is providing CO2 monitors to state-funded education settings, including early years providers, backed by £25 million in government funding. The new monitors will enable staff to identify areas where ventilation needs to be improved and provide reassurance that existing ventilation measures are working, helping balance the need for good ventilation with keeping rooms warm.
As the monitors are portable, settings will be able to move them around to test all their rooms, starting with areas they suspect may be poorly ventilated.
Monitors are currently being dispatched to early years providers. Settings will receive an email directly from our supplier, once their monitor allocation is dispatched. We expect all deliveries to have taken place by the end of the Autumn term. DfE has also produced a ‘how to’ guide on using CO2 monitors in education and childcare settings, also available on the Google drive.
If settings have any further queries about their DfE issued CO2 monitor(s) call the DfE COVID-19 helpline on 0800 046 8687.
Lead person to contact in the LA:
Stacey Henderson
Senior Early Years Advisor
Stacey.Henderson@wolverhampton.gov.uk
Guidance Actions for early years and childcare providers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
What childcare services early years settings, childminders and local authorities need to provide during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Updated 29 November 2021
Reminder Spring term deadline for 30 hours applications
Extended Entitlement (30 hours) - In preparation for next term can settings please ensure that any current parents accessing the Extended Entitlement have reconfirmed their eligibility code through the Childcare Choices website. If there are any new families due to start next term have who intend to access the Extended Entitlement, we advise settings to prompt them to make applications as soon as possible so that eligibility codes obtained and validated before the end of term.
The next deadline for 30 hours applications and renewals is 31 December 2021 for parents with three- and four-year-old children who would like to access a 30 hours place from 1 January 2022. We remind you to ask parents to apply in plenty of time ahead of this date, in case HMRC requires additional information.
Rising 3’s – If settings have had any rising 3s this term or any due to start next term, please ensure that eligibility codes have been obtained or manual checks carried out inline with TFT criteria before applying for funding.
TFT and EYPP - https://early-help-support.wolverhampton.gov.uk/
Childcare Choices - https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/
Lead person to contact in the LA:
Claire Hardiman
Early Years and Childcare Development Officer
01902 554213
Claire.Hardiman@wolverhampton.gov.uk
Early Years updates session November 2021
Slides from the latest early years update session held on 10 November 2021 (link to slides)
Lead person to contact in the LA:
Stacey Henderson
Senior Early Years Advisor
Stacey.Henderson@wolverhampton.gov.uk
Reception practitioners’ new early years framework network session 2 Wednesday 8 December 1-3pm
The theme for this session will be skills, knowledge and your personal curriculum. This session is open to all who work with in Reception, please book on through WVES
Nursery practitioners new early years framework session 2 Thursday 9 December 1.30-3pm
The theme for this session will be skills, knowledge and your personal curriculum. This session is open to all who work with children ages 2-4 in a school nursery, a nursery school, or a private nursery. Please book on through WVES
Lead person to contact in the LA:
Stacey Henderson
Senior Early Years Advisor
Stacey.Henderson@wolverhampton.gov.uk
Repeated: Health Related Behaviour Survey (HRBS) 2022
Your school is warmly invited to participate in the Health Related Behaviour Survey (HRBS) 2022 which will be open during spring term 2022.
City of Wolverhampton Council has conducted the Health Related Behaviour Survey (HRBS) with Wolverhampton schools every other year since 2006 (except 2020). In the past, HRBS data has helped schools with their school improvement, curriculum and whole school planning. It has also helped the City council to identify need and plan services for the wellbeing of its young population.
Pupils in years 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 have always taken part in the survey. Additionally, for 2022, students in Key Stage 5 (particularly Year 12) are invited to participate.
Your school can register to participate in HRBS 2022 with our survey provider, SHEU, by using the following link: http://sheu.org.uk/registerw
Instructions and support will be provided to help schools to administer the anonymous online survey. In the summer term, participating schools will receive a detailed report of their school’s results.
Please find attached a letter for further information and the HRBS 2018 executive report for reference.
Lead person to contact in the LA:
Howard Jobber
Senior Public Health Specialist
Howard.Jobber@wolverhampton.gov.uk
Secondment of Key Stage 1 & 2 moderators
The Education Excellence Team in Wolverhampton is wishing to recruit a limited number of new moderators at both Key Stages1and 2to work with the existing team in order to moderate outcomes in schools identified by the sampling process. Please see attachments for further details.
Secondment of Key Stage 1 & 2 moderators
Application form for Key Stage 1 Moderators 2021-22
Application form for Key Stage 2 Moderators 2021-22
Lead person to contact in the LA:
Jo Horlock
ECT and Assessment Advisor
Jo.Horlock@wolverhampton.gov.uk
Reminder - School Net Capacity Assessments
School Net Capacity Assessment are currently being refreshed for all maintained primary and secondary schools across the City. Schools who have not undergone recent building works will be emailed week commencing 29 November 2021 with a current plan of the school and asked to identify any changes to either the building’s layout or room designations. Please could you ensure either changes or a nil return are emailed to the School Organisation Team at school.organisation@wolverhampton.gov.uk by Friday 17 December 2021.
Lead person to contact in the LA:
Lisa Johnson
School Organisation Officer
school.organisation@wolverhampton.gov.uk
Wolverhampton Virtual School Website Goes Live
The website is a one-stop portal for professionals working with children and young people who are or who have been in care. It is a place to access information, advice and guidance, and gain a complete picture of the multi-agency work going on to support our children and young people in care. We hope you will find the site useful and welcome contributions to develop the site further.
Find us at: Wolverhampton Virtual School (wolvesvirtualschool.co.uk)
Lead person to contact in the LA:
Rachel Crowley
Senior Advisory Teacher
Rachel.crowley@wolverhampton.gov.uk
Widening the Curriculum
The Primary Art Working Party are close to publishing our diverse curriculum resources. As part of this resource we would like to share good practice ideas from across Wolverhampton. If your primary school teaches a diverse art curriculum, we would love to hear from you so we can include your ideas in the resources that we will share. Please contact Claire Fereday Claire.fereday@wolverhampton.gov.uk
Lead person to contact in the LA:
Claire Fereday
Literacy & Language Teacher Advisor
Claire.fereday@wolverhampton.gov.uk
Wellbeing Toolkit accreditation
HeadStart have recently gained accreditation from the PSHE Association for the Wellbeing Toolkit. The toolkit is a series of 6 lessons, aimed at KS2, designed to enhance the wellbeing of young people.
If your school is interested having a brief train the trainer session with staff on how it all fits together, please contact Duncan Barrett: Duncan.barratt@wolverhampton.gov.uk. The session will last around 30 minutes and the Wellbeing Toolkit will be handed over to you.
Lead person to contact in the LA:
Duncan Barrett
Mental Health and Wellbeing Navigator
Duncan.barratt@wolverhampton.gov.uk
S175/157 Audit Report 2021
An on-line Audit took place during June and July 2021 (this was extended for 2 weeks until 23 July 2021). WST asked educational establishments to provide assurance that policies, reporting and training were in place in line with the expectations set out in Keeping Children Safe in Education. Please click here to see the audit report.
Lead person to contact in the LA:
Niru Ghai-Read
Integrated Assurance Lead
Wolverhampton Safeguarding Together
Niru.ghai-read3@wolverhampton.gov.uk
Term Dates for the Academic Year 2024-2025
You will have received a letter regarding the consultation on the term dates and holidays for the academic year 2024-2025. Any comments should be returned by Friday 3 December 2021.
LAST CHANCE TO BOOK ON - Wolverhampton Computer Conference – with an ADDITIONAL EXAM BOARD SESSION FOR SECONDARIES
2nd December 2021- 1pm-4pm
The Education Excellence team are working with the Central Midlands Computing Hub and the NCCE to bring you a Wolverhampton Primary and Secondary Computer Conference. The conference will be held virtually and there will be separate programmes tailored for Primary and Secondary colleagues.
The Hub have organised an exam board speaker as an additional session to the computing conference as Secondary colleagues identified that was what they would like.
The session will be 2pm-3pm and cover OCR
• Summer 2022 arrangements
• GCSE CS - looking forward to Summer 2022
• Programming Skills requirement
• Component 02 examination
• A Level CS - managing the NEA effectively for Summer 2022
Please note this conference is only open to Wolverhampton schools.
This conference is open to Computing Subject leaders/teachers in Primary Schools/Academies, Secondary schools/Academies and Special Schools/Academies
Lead person to contact in the LA:
Louise Mututa
School Improvement Advisor
Louise.Mututa@wolverhampton.gov.uk
Promoting Inclusion from the Early Years Project
Following the success of our free training sessions delivered in the Autumn Term, we are pleased to share the training offer for the Spring Term – see attached flyer
The sessions will be delivered by partners from the Educational Psychology Service, Outreach Service, Special Needs Early Years Service and Sensory Inclusion Service. We would encourage staff working in the Early Years Foundation Stage and Year One, SENCos and Head Teachers to take advantage of this opportunity to attend.
Lead person to contact in the LA:
Dr Rebecca Sharpe
Specialist Senior Educational Psychologist
Rebecca.sharpe@wolverhampton.gov.uk
Autumn Training Brochure
Please see the attached Education Excellence Autumn Training Brochure.
Upcoming City of Wolverhampton Governor Training
We offer a wide range of training designed specifically for governors, along with delivering bespoke training on many topics. Please share the training opportunities we offer with your Governing Body.
Lead person to contact in the LA:
Sarah Mcelduff
School Governance Coordinator
Sarah.McElduff@wolverhampton.gov.uk
26/11/21 , 28/11/21 & 29/11/21 – Coronavirus – Daily update to all early years, children’s social care, schools and further education providers.
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