ALPSIT Covid-19 Bulletin - 6

9TH JUNE 2020

ALPSIT NEWSLETTER Improving Our Schools Together

PANDEMIC BULLETIN NO.6 We are always here for you.

Hello!

This weeks bulletin includes some great free CPD and links to support and research on how to manage return to some normality.

Please contact us with any suggestions, news or concerns - k.rufo@rcaol.org.uk, r.jones@rcaol.org.uk Best wishes, Klare and Rhi x

COVID-19 UPDATES AND RESOURCES The dedicated Covid-19 part of our site has numerous new updates and resources. Please take a look. https://www.alpsit.org.uk/cor onavirus-support page 01

Great opportunites, savings, and support available to ALPSIT schools.

The Roar - Response to Mental Health in Primary Schools With 1 in 10 children in the UK having a diagnosed mental health condition and many not diagnosed at all The Roar is a programme developed to help staff manage mental health needs within schools.

We are happy to announce they have created two zoom session dates especially for our schools. To join onto this great resource please book on via this link https://www.roarresponse.com/overview/book/ At time of going to press the link may be for 'diocese' please be assured this is for our attention and will read 'ALPSIT' once amended.

It’s school bus renewal time. If you already have School Bus and want to keep it don’t do anything and your great price of £300 will be invoiced to you. If you would like to cancel can you please let us know before the 20th July.

If you would like to join the school bus for £300 a year could you please email Rhi - r.jones@rcaol.org.uk before the 20th July.

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Updates

A Recovery Curriculum: Â Loss and Life for our children and schools post pandemic.

Barry Carpenter, CBE, Professor of Mental Health in Education, Oxford Brookes University, UKMatthew Carpenter, Principal, Baxter College, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, UK This is a great think piece well worth a read for any senior leaders. https://www.evidenceforlearning.net/recoverycurriculum/ This and more support links can be found on our mental health support pages.

Please follow the link below. https://alpsit.org.uk/coronavirus-support/rainbows-bereavement-support

FACEBOOK - SUBJECT LEAD GROUPS Can you suggest an enthusiastic and talented subject lead to head up one of our Facebook subject groups?

Your teacher will get support from us around planning online content and running an online group. If you know the perfect person could you please ask them to fill out our form by following this link https://forms.gle/UvwYnNUcJJ56NRYF9

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Courses/CPD Available

Schudio have two vital courses available for free enrolment.

They both take under 1 hour to complete and are available for all school staff.

PREPARING AUTISTIC & SEND CHILDREN FOR GOING BACK TO SCHOOL THE BIG TRANSITIONS FOR AUTISTIC & SEND CHILDREN AFTER LOCKDOWN If you have any questions about these courses please email - ian@schudio.com.

Available from Best Practice Network - the premium online CPD library - The School Suite.

The introductory offer includes: 15 months subscription for the price of 12 – available to the first 100 schools who subscribe.

Signing up is simple, please either visit https://bestpracticenet.co.uk/the-school-suite or share this link with your school leadership team if you would like your colleagues to benefit from this highly accessible and accredited online CPD.

The BPN team is always on hand to answer any questions. Please call 0117 920 9200 or email cpd@bestpracticenet.co.uk

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Good News Section Thank you for all your messages. There really is no end to your talents, thank you https://www.alpsit.org.uk/coronavirus-support/ourschools Keep it coming and please send us your good news stories, we want to share them amongst our community! r.jones@rcaol.org.uk

St Bede's Chester Project is incredible! https://youtu.be/lND70GMS3RM

This is just the best too! https://youtu.be/_XL90PdOJmc

Look at this FAB collage St Gerard's have put together.

Plenty of fun for years to come! page 05

- FROM CLASS OF 2020 -