CROSSPHASE
 Agenda 9th July 2024
We look forward to welcoming you to the final-drop in of the academic year. We will be joined by colleagues as follow:
Update and news- Gillian Cole
Young Carers Support- Ed Ives-Wara
Commissioning Update – Carey Tulloch
SEND Strategy overview- Jonathan Wilding
Forest of Imagination Project – Nicola Peacock
Gillian Cole – Educational Partnership Team Manager
Gillian.cole@wokingham.gov.uk
Draft new Berkshire RE syllabus for comment
Please find here ppt slides from the recent cross phase RE network meeting, led by our RE advisor, Angela Hill, which provide contextual information on the review of the Berkshire RE syllabus which is now reaching its final stages. The current draft of the new Berkshire RE syllabus can be found here, together with notes of the feedback on the syllabus given by teachers at the network meeting. Teachers have been overwhelmingly positive in their responses to the draft syllabus.
Angela, and the two other RE advisors writing the syllabus (Anne Andrews, advisor to Bracknell Forest and RBWM SACREs, and David Rees, advisor to Reading and West Berkshire SACREs) would welcome feedback from teachers who weren’t able to attend the network meeting. Feedback from secondary school teachers would be particularly welcome, as there were no secondary teachers at the network meeting.
Please provide any feedback you would like to give by the 19th July.
Feedback should be sent to Emily Waddilove – Emily.waddilove@wokingham.gov.uk (There is no need to repeat any points that are included in the notes of the feedback given at the network meeting.)
PREVENT Training Portal Demonstration sessions next week
Dear DSL and Prevent Partners,
The Prevent Training Team are running a number of sessions next week to showcase the new Face to Face (F2F) Prevent Training Portal.
During these sessions, they will be demonstrating how to access the training portal, the different areas and functionality of the training portal and examples of the training material that will be used when delivering the training. There will also be time for questions.
- Monday 8 July 11:30 - 12:30
- Monday 8 July 14:00 – 15:00
- Tuesday 9 July 10:00 - 11:00
- Tuesday 9 July 15:00 – 16:00
- Wednesday 10 July 10:00 - 11:00
- Wednesday 10 July 15:00 – 16:00
- Thursday 11 July 10:00 - 11:00
- Thursday 11 July 14:00 - 15:00
Booking
Please note - we have sent the booking links to your School Headteacher who can forward them to the relevant school colleagues. WBC are not taking the bookings.
Have you got a refugee child/young person in your school?
Drawing & Talking Therapy and Sand Play Therapy is available - New cohort to start in SEPTEMBER 2024
Drawing and Talking and Sand Play Therapy is a safe and gentle therapeutic approach, which provides an effective way for children to process emotional pain or trauma they may be experiencing.
Children and young people are impacted emotionally by many different events, struggles or traumas. Sometimes they are unable to make sense of how they are feeling and how those feelings are impacting on their happiness and ability to navigate the world.
Drawing and Talking is a very powerful tool and can help with improving school attendance and support a child with settling in a new school environment.
All sessions taking place in your school setting and are delivered by an Advanced D&T Practitioner employed by the WBC.
This is a free service to all children from Ukraine, Afghanistan, and Hong Kong.
If you have a refugee child in your school and she/he needs emotional support, please contact the Education Welfare Service, or email - Aga.Kudlak@wokingham.gov.uk
Educational Visits / Evolve
For information and queries regarding Educational Visits and Evolve please click on the link below
Safeguarding Updates
Please click on this link for the latest edition of the BWSCP Safeguarding Updates
PRIMARY
  Opportunity to join EEF-subsidised Maths Mastery programme
The Mathematics Mastery programme is a whole-school approach to teaching mathematics, designed to enable teachers to focus on the most impactful teaching while building maths subject expertise and confidence.
Schools in all regions of England can access two years of the programme at 20-30% of the full cost.
The programme aims to deepen pupils’ conceptual understanding of key mathematical concepts.
Previous trials have suggested that KS1 pupils in primary schools which used Mathematics Mastery were more likely to be ‘working beyond the expected level’, equivalent to +2 months’ additional progress.
Sign-up deadline: 31 July, 2024 at 12:00am
Delivery: January or July 2024
Cost per year, for two years:
Schools can sign up to the Reception and KS1 programme for £1,110 per year
or the Reception, KS1 and KS2 programme for £2,150 per year
Further details can be found here: Mathematics Mastery (subsidised programme) | EEF (educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk)
Click on poster to download.
TRAINING: COURSES AND CONFERENCES
 Please check out the Schools Hub for details of training sessions.
NOTE: Not all training is advertised on the Schools Hub. Some training is always or regularly available on 'My Learning' so we recommend checking it out regularly for training such as;
Asbestos Awareness Training
Emergency First Aid at Work
COSHH
Fire Safety
Fire Warden
Managing Health and Safety
Risk Assessor Training
Safer Recruitment
HELP and FAQs
Who do I contact at the council?
Did you know there is a list of useful contacts at WBC on the Schools Hub webpages? Follow the instructions on the page. You will need your school login to access it.
Where can I find training and resources?
Please don’t forget to drop into the Shared Document Store on the Schools Hub for all the resources available from our Roundtable, drop-in and training sessions. You will need your school login to access the store. If you can’t find your login, please email us at EdPartnershipTeam@wokingham.gov.uk and we can send you a reminder.
How do I book a training course with the council?
Most courses are listed on the Training Calendar (wokingham.gov.uk) and will make it
clear how to book.
How do I book a course that is on My Learning?
Courses advertised as being on 'My Learning' need to be booked directly, by the delegate, on the My Learning website. My Learning is a personal training tool it requires the individual learner to book using their email address and password which they set up the first time they log in. My Learning will then be able to keep a record of the training that an individual has completed as well as provide a certificate of completion. This is essential with Health and Safety courses.
How to create a My Learning account
What's the key information I need for emergency planning? Guidance for schools on emergency planning is available in the Rainbow Plan which is available via a ‘login only’ Shared Documents webpages of the Wokingham Schools Hub (WSH). If you don’t know your WSH login details please contact EdPartnershipTeam@wokingham.gov.uk If you have questions about how to complete the Rainbow Plan, contact community.resilience@wokingham.gov.uk.
COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT SCHOOL CLOSURES Confirm decisions to close immediately by email to schools.alert@wokingham.gov.uk and cc’ing your Attached Officer. Contact your Attached Officer if you are looking for advice on a closure, before confirming to the schools alert inbox.
Where multiple schools are closed, the Council will support with communication as appropriate, such as displaying information on our website and communicating with local radio stations, if needed.
EMERGENCY CONTACT NUMBERS
Customer Services 0118 974 6000 (Mon-Fri, 9am to 5pm)
Property services: (0118) 974 6789 (Mon-Fri, 9am to 5pm,)
Out of hours emergencies: 0800 212111 (out of hours, weekends and bank holidays)
Public Health - UKHSA Thames Valley Health Protection Team: 0344 225 3861 (24/7)
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