We hope everyone had a lovely start to the week and is feeling prepared for the return of the pupils tomorrow (for most of us).

There have been some interesting announcements in the news in the last few days and we know many of us are on tender hooks awaiting the details of the proposed increases to school funding that are due tomorrow. We will keep you updated. 

Throughout the summer we have continued to work on your behalf with Norfolk County Council, local MPs, The Key for School Leaders, The WorthLess? Campaign and a variety of other partners. We will be bringing you news across the term via our app, our newsletter, our annual leadership conference and the termly Leadership updates, keep an eye on your inbox and phone for more details as things progress.

We want to remind you how it is incredibly important to ensure that you and your leadership team  are the best that you can be, as the saying goes, you cannot pour from an empty cup.

By the end of last term many of us were on our knees, cups were well and truely empty. We recongised this, and as a result decided to welcome everyone back by lowering the cost of the tickets to our annual conference by up to 50%, one of the key themes of this ears conference is wellbeing. We hopee that this prce reduction will make it more affordable to all and that potentially you might be able to bring a long a member of your wider SLT team.  

We really hope that this will help and enable you to put yourself first just this once and give you the best start to the new academic year. 

In addition to these there are also Ofsted Framework briefing sessions being run by Sue Smith and Victoria Broom. Dates and details are avaiable from Educator Solutions. 

Booking is via our website calendar https://www.educatenorfolk.co.uk/calendar

Primary

Central - 30th October 2019 – 1pm-3:30pm – Wensum Valley Hotel

North – 1st November 2019 – 1pm-3:30pm – Holt Hall (booking full)

East – 7th November 2019 – 1pm-3:30pm – Great Yarmouth Racecourse

West – 12th November 2019 – 1pm-3:30pm - Dukes Head Hotel

Secondary

20th November 2019 8:15am -11am - Wensum Valley Hotel

Our 2019 Annual Conference is nearly here and tickets are up to 50% off! We are pleased to announce a fantastic line up of speakers and workshops for you this year in the beautiful and tranquil setting of Dunston Hall on 26th and 27th September 2019.

Each day will open and close with a keynote speaker. Laura McInerney is back for the third year in a row to open our conference and give us the run down on what to look out for on the education landscape in the next 12 months. Laura will also close the day on Thursday, questioning an elite panel looking at curriculum from every angle. Questions can be submitted in advance or on the day.

On Friday we have Rob Carpenter, Tom Rees, Sara Tough and Chris Snudden as our keynote speakers, providing us fantastic insights and takeaways you can use right now. 

Between each keynote is the option to attend 3 of 18 workshops each day. We hope that the choice will enable you to tailor and focus your CPD to ensure everyone finds the conference as valuable as possible. Nothing of interest? Take an hour to have a coffee a snack and book a surgery session with one of our speakers or exhibitors or meet with others from your Trust/Cluster.  

Please keep checking back on this link, as more workshop details are received we will be updating this newsletter. 

We have a full agenda for you each day, opening and closing with a keynote speaker with the choice to attend 3 workshops in between.

The workshops will last 50 minutes, giving you 10 minutes movement and refreshment time in between.

Refreshments are available in the marquee all day and lunch is across two hours. Delegates are welcome to collect lunch and eat it outside the marquee, in the Sunningdale Suite or take it to the workshops with them. 

This is your conference and the aim is both CPD and wellbeing, as such we would encourage you to focus on both. Dunston Hall has beautiful grounds and fantastic leisure facilities which our overnight guests are able to take full advantage of. There are also beauty treatments and golf facilities that can be booked on to via the hotel at your own cost. 

Below are the programmes for the two days - please note these could be subject to change.

We invite you to join us for a three course meal followed by entertainment on the Thursday evening.

Drinks from 6:30pm, sitting down to dinner at 7pm.

We will be asking for dinner choices to please be made by Friday 6^th September.

The link to chose you dinner will be here in the next few days.

Starters:

Ham hock and herb terrine with piccalilli dressing, crisp bread & herb salad

Roasted heritage tomato & Mozzarella salad with garlic ciabatta and olive tapenade

Crab and leek tart with dill & citrus crème fraiche

Mains:

(Awaiting Vegetarian choice)

Breast of chicken stuffed with leek and wild mushrooms served with braised fondant of potato and candied root vegetables.

Rosemary scented lamb leg with sweet potato & red onion bake, red wine and rosemary jus.

Dessert:

Warm chocolate fondant with salted caramel ice cream

Redberry & vanilla crème brulee with cinnamon biscuits.

Clementine tart with orange sorbet & chocolate sauce.

Finished with coffee.

Dinner will be followed by an evening of dancing, with a local DJ and the highly recommended Whirligig, a Norfolk based Ceilidh band. See http://www.whirligig.madasafish.com/whirligig/ to learn more about them.

Dress code is smart casual and with your dancing shoes.  

Please see the ticket options and prices below. 

Package options

Package 1 - Overnight stay in your own room, 2 day conference, dinner and evening entertainment

Package 2 - Overnight stay in twin room**2 day conference, dinner and evening entertainment

Package 3 - 2 day conference, dinner and evening entertainment

Package 3a - 2 day conference

Package 4 - 1 day conference

The dress code for the evening is smart casual, there will be a three course meal followed by dancing and drinks.

** Choice of package:

If you have chosen a shared room and have a preference of who that is with, please tell us the names of the person/people and their school. By doing so you confirm that you have consulted them! While we will endeavour to meet your requirements, please note that it may not always be possible. You will be told who you are sharing with an have the opportunity to change your booking, if you book by July 15^th.

Terms and Conditions

All bookings will be confirmed within 7 working days (term time)

Invoices will be sent 7 days in advance of the conference  

Cancellations of places until June 30^th 2019 incur no charge, cancellations between 1^st July and 31^st August incur a 50% charge and any cancellations in September incur the full cost. A place can be swapped to another appropriate delegate.