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That's another week survived!!
We are back to weekly newsletters on a Friday packed with crucial information as well as bits from people that would love to speak to you. The newsletters will be as concise as possible to enable you to speed read through them and pick out the pieces relevant to you.
Please feel free to share with colleagues in your school.
Safeguarding mini survey - please complete
The Education Safeguarding Team have commissioned an online safeguarding training package for schools and colleges. It is in its final stages and your help is needed to decide on the final price.
This survey take no more than two minutes, please take the time to complete.
Click here to begin
The package will cover the objectives from the whole school training package that is available on My School which includes information on updates to statutory guidance, signs and indicators of abuse and harm, the Prevent Duty, dealing with concerns and disclosures, safer working practice and allegations against adults. It includes a number of activities that will need to be completed to assess understanding.
The package can be used by schools if they have new staff / volunteers start during the academic year so therefore likely to have missed the whole school face to face training delivered at the beginning of the year.
The online package is not intended to replace whole school face-to-face training for all staff and DSLs will need to ensure that anyone completing the online package has understood the content and are aware of the procedures within the setting.
Read LessOfsted 2020-2021 current updates
- Interim visits confirmed for the Autumn term, inspectors will be looking at the management of the return to school https://www.gov.uk/guidance/education-plans-from-september-2020
- Formal inspections expected to begin Jan 2021
- Ofsted updated the guidance on what needs to be on your website. (pro tip from a headteacher: Ask isolating staff working from home to check and update this for you)
- We will have Ofsted input at the next Leadership Update
- If you have been involved in an inspection in the Autumn term an would be willing to share your experience please get in touch.
Our Ofsted page provides categorised links to the most useful .gov pages https://educatenorfolk.schoolzineplus.co.uk/ofsted
Amanda Speilman was in schoolsweek yesterday:
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/spielman-not-realistic-to-expect-schools-to-provide-full-online-teaching/
Read LessThis page https://www.schools.norfolk.gov.uk/coronavirus/health-safety-and-wellbeing
provided by the Norfolk Outbreak Management service provides the most upto date information on reporting cases, risk assessments and communication with templates.
The flowchart at the bottom (as a result of last nights LA alert is currently incorrect but is about to be updated) is VERY useful, I will let you know as soon as it has been amended to reflect the current reporting process to the LA and not the DFE. I will then include a PDF of the document in my email for your ease.
Read LessUseful from the government this week.
No pun intended!
Please see the links below to documents we think you will find useful to refer to or pass to a colleague:
Your responsibilities with regards to school meals
Support for 6th form students who have deferred university places
Teachers and leadership pay and conditions update Sept 2020
NHS COVID 19 app - guidance for schools
There were lots more but these seem the most pertinent for you to be aware of this week.
Read LessTeaching and Research School CPD
The Teaching and Research School's run out of Notre Dame High School have added some further sessions to their FREE quick start programme that many schools have signed up to.
Please see the link here for the session details: http://bit.ly/QuickStartWeb
Read LessThe CYPMHS team (Children and Young People's Mental Health Services) would like to ask schools to sign post their new EVERY MIND MATTERS website and resources to students and parents. www.everymindmatters.co.uk
This has been developed in response to the impact of COVID on children and young people's mental health.
There are some suggestions below to help you share this information:
Suggested Social Copy
Please support the Every Mind Matters campaign through your own social media channels by creating your own posts or liking and sharing the social content posted from Public Health England’s Facebook account, @publichealthengland Instagram account, @PHE_uk Twitter account, the NHS Facebook account and @NHSuk Twitter account.
Please find below some example Instagram posts, Facebook posts and Tweets that can be posted on your social channels from Tuesday 8 September onwards.
Remember to use the campaign hashtag #everymindmatters when you can and include the assets mentioned below.
Assets
- 1 x 60 second PR film for use on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or YouTube
- Still images of the talent featured in the PR film and the EMM hub
- Interview availability for regional case studies, spokespeople and data
Suggested Posts
- The past few months have been hard on everyone, including children and young people. But there are lots of things we can do to support their wellbeing at this time. #EveryMindMatters will help you find what’s right for the children in your life, visit www.everymindmatters.co.uk for tips and advice
- New NHS-approved guidance from #EveryMindMatters offers tips and advice for parents and carers on how to support children’s mental wellbeing ---> www.everymindmatters.co.uk
If you’d like access to further details and downloadable assets, you can register with PHE’s campaign resource centre website: https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/resources/
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