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Governors Briefing
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New information for Deputies and Assistant Headteachers
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Early Years Training Programme
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ICT Items
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Welcome to Your Vote Week 2023
Governors Briefing
Governors Briefing Tuesday 24th January 6pm-7pm
All Governors welcome
To Book: Click here
New information for Deputies and Assistant Headteachers
See attached D&AHT January newsletter 2023
New information for Deputies and Assistant Headteachers; training courses and the programme for Halton’s D & AHT Conference (Friday 24 March 2023).
Mark Higginbottom (SSIO) and Hazel Fryman (ASIA) are delighted to announce the programme for the D & AHT Conference. Please do take advantage of this (very reasonably) priced training offer (£50.00 for full day, with refreshments) and support deputies and/or assistant head teachers by booking this great CPD opportunity. The conference has been tailored specifically to accommodate Halton’s experienced to those newly appointed D & AHTs. All are very welcome and Mark and I are really looking forward to working with our senior leaders during the day!
Booking Link: https://forms.office.com/r/ELQpYcSG7v .
Halton Conference for Deputy & Assistant Headteachers
Friday 24 March 2023
DCBL Stadium
PROGRAMME
What makes you an effective leader? Developing in your Role and your Career
Cost: £50.00 per delegate: includes drinks & lunch
Booking Link: https://forms.office.com/r/ELQpYcSG7v
Aims of the conference are:
- to develop deputy & assistant headteachers so that they become more effective and insightful in their current roles
- to support deputy & assistant headteachers as they consider the next steps in their careers
Conference Programme:
‘Why would someone want to be led by you?’ What makes you an effective leader?
- Developing Myself:
- Why would someone want to be led by you?
- What type of leader are you?
- Developing My Leadership Skills:
- Teacher and Headteacher Standards
- Pedagogy – What is it and why is it important?
- What is your school’s capacity to improve? How do you know?
- Ofsted: This session will be led by Rachel Goodwin, Senior HMI and an HMI colleague
- Moving Forward:
- What knowledge, skills and understanding does leadership require?
- Developing self in your career as a leader
- Review and Key Learning Points
Another D & AHT training opportunity will be taking place on Tuesday 7 February (1:00 – 4:00 pm) at the DCBL Stadium.
Deputy & Assistant Headteacher Training: How rigorous and robust is your school’s self-evaluation cycle and its monitoring?
What is your school’s capacity to improve and how do you know?
How do you (rigorously and robustly) monitor to ensure your school is successful as it can be?
How do you evidence impact?
Participants will engage in discussion and will be asked to bring along samples of children’s work to monitor during the session.
We will be considering:
How effective are leaders in monitoring, evaluating and planning for improvement in outcomes for pupils?
How effective is your school’s monitoring and self-evaluation, especially its impact in terms of improved performance?
How effectively do you (leaders) use challenging targets to raise standards for all learners and eliminate any low attainment, or progress (for example, children with special educational needs)
Booking Link: https://forms.office.com/r/Qd9Fi7EwNE
The January D & AHT Newsletter has all the latest information about the sessions for D & AHT and leaders – including:-
D & AHT Network Meeting – Thursday 19 January 2023 (3:30 – 5pm)
Booking Link: https://forms.office.com/r/Xdh0uNSGuH
Aspiring to Headship Meeting – Thursday 26 January 2023 (3:30 – 5pm)
Booking Link: https://forms.office.com/r/QbNzgdm2Rq
Planning for Inspection (P4I) Meeting – Friday 27 January 2023 (09:00 – 12:00) Mark Higginbottom SSIO
Booking Link: https://forms.office.com/r/iK734wTJUa
D & AHT Network meeting – Thursday 2 March 2023 (3:30 – 5pm)
Booking Link https://forms.office.com/r/XbCZd4PkaT
Disadvantaged Working Group Meeting – Wednesday 15 March 2023 (09:00 – 12:00) Mark Higginbottom SSIO
Booking Link: https://forms.office.com/r/B08wBChTfb
Aspiring to Headship – Thursday 16 March 2023 (3:30 – 5pm)
Booking Link: https://forms.office.com/r/QpVqeRYeyZ
Mark and I look forward to working with colleagues at these sessions throughout the next term and beyond, please do book to ensure you have a place reserved on your chosen sessions,
Early Years Training Programme
Please see attached link to the Early Years Spring Term Training Programme.
ICT ITEMS
ICT Update – DfE Connect the Classroom
The DfE Connect the Classroom Programme is finally being introduced in the Halton Area.
This Programme provides funding for qualifying schools to upgrade their internal networking and Wi-Fi infrastructure. Qualifying schools will receive an email from the DfE inviting them to apply for funding. If you have not already received an invitation, we would encourage you contact the DfE directly on ConnectTheClassroom.DfEICT@education.gov.uk to ensure you do not miss out.
If you receive an invitation from the DfE you will be asked to complete a network asset form. Your ICT Support provider will be able assist you with completing this form.
ICT Update – SIMS Next Gen – SIMS Online Pupil Contacts and Landing Page – For Information only
SIMS Homepage Online: https://www.learners.sims.co.uk
What’s coming?
Here are some key updates that will be happening over the course of the next few weeks.
New landing page live on the 11th of January
SIMS are creating a new landing page to make it easier for you to navigate Next Gen, as more functionality becomes available.
Pupil Contacts
We will be adding additional indicators to improve contacting parents/guardians.
Search suggestions will also be added to the Pupil Contacts search bar, allowing you to get to your desired search result much quicker.
What’s new?
The Pupil Contacts sync from SIMS 7 is now from overnight to hourly. This means that the waiting time in-between data being updated and being available to view online, is significantly reduced. Your data will be more accurate.
New Feature: A pupils attendance for the day from Take Register is shown in the Pupil Profile
Your Halton SIMS and ICT Teams are continuously working with ESS SIMS to enable these features as they are released, if you have further questions please contact the SIMS Helpdesk on 0151 511 7272.
Welcome to Your Vote Week 2023
Schools are being encouraged to get involved with Welcome to Your Vote Week 2023, taking place from 20 January to 5 February, and start the conversation about democracy and politics with the young people they work with.
For 2023, Welcome to Your Vote Week’s theme is ‘our democracy’, emphasising that democracy is for everyone, and that democracy is taking place all around us.
The Electoral Commission is asking teachers and educators to help young people to learn more about democracy and their vote by delivering democratic education during the week. Councils and schools are encouraged to use the resources linked below to run activities to discuss what democracy means, and how everyone can be involved and have their say.
You can sign up to be a part of the week and receive free Welcome to Your Vote Week downloadable resources, which include presentation slides, social media graphics and posters.
More information and resources:
https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/welcome-your-vote/resources-educators