ALPSIT Covid-19 Bulletin - 8

9TH JUNE 2020

ALPSIT NEWSLETTER Improving Our Schools Together

PANDEMIC BULLETIN NO.8 We are always here for you.

Another week has gone and we are here with some fresh updates.

Please be aware of the upcoming deadlines for NPQ's, School Bus and registering onto the amazing ROAR bitesize sessions, created especially for our schools.

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 resources. Please take a look. https://www.alpsit.org.uk/co ronavirus-support page 01

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

Seesaw creates a powerful learning loop between students, teachers, and families

Seesaw, the online task system, are able to offer their limited platform free of charge to any school. In addition, the Archdiocese have an active deal with them for their paid for offer. The fee is currently ÂŁ4.40 per student with 10% discount applied when more than 1000 students are signed up.

If you are interested in accessing this deal please fill out this form https://forms.gle/LJaacXfScnyruVKv5 so we may assess what the discount will be based on numbers. We presume this to be accessible with 5 schools on board.

Teaching Personnel’s Catholic Schools Recruitment Partnerships provide bespoke staffing solutions to Catholic Diocese, Multi-Academy Trusts and individual schools across England and Wales.

The Catholic Schools Recruitment Partnership are arranging Headteacher Forums.

The agenda would include; > Headteacher Priorities for the Summer and the Autumn Term > Online Learning Solutions for Live Interactive Teaching > Support for the most vulnerable pupils > Temporary and Interim Staffing solutions > NQT Pool Recruitment Options > Supporting Education Group offers and incentives available to school Please contact us to sign up - r.jones@rcaol.org.uk / k.rufo@rcaol.org.uk

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Updates

The School Bus renewal date for our schools is the end of term.

If your school is already signed up and you wish to keep it that way you don't need to do anything and we will invoice you for the great price of ÂŁ300 +VAT in September. If you are signed up and wish to cancel please inform us as soon as possible so we can cancel your renewal. Finally, should you wish to sign up with this great discount please let us know so we can add you to the group, with access and invoicing to take place from September.

Remember if you decide to sign up for School Bus mid-term this would be on their pro-rated renewal option and you would not benefit from the group discount.

Again, please email Rhi to respond to any of these options r.jones@rcaol.org.uk

Subject Leads - Sharing Good Practice We have collated a great team of Subject Leads now and look forward to kick-starting these with our launch meetings next week.

Don't worry there is still time to sign up if you haven't already. Simply complete the form below and we will contact you with the meeting details. https://forms.gle/5swNntPyeCXb7Kmq9 page 03

Courses/CPD Available

NPQ's Applications for NPQ's are open until the 24th of July and remain free to all ALPSIT schools.

You can apply via this link https://www.bestpracticenet.co.uk/npq then when prompted enter these details; training provider: ALPSIT unique code: ALPST* (*please note we had misprinted these details last week) Find more information on the courses via our website https://alpsit.org.uk/cpd/npq/autumn-19-and-spring-20-course-update We have also updated our their partner page to include the NPQ comparison chart - https://alpsit.org.uk/partners/best-practice

The Roar - Response to Mental Health in Primary Schools "The ROAR Response is an evidence-based resilience-focused mental health response model, created specifically for primary schools to support the whole school in developing and supporting children’s mental health. It aims to equip the staff member with signs and symptoms of a child experiencing mental distress and will also gain more insight into ways they can respond and build resilience for the school. ROAR also acknowledges the impact of ACE on children’s lives and provides tools which can support building resilience."

Roar have created two zoom session dates especially for our schools. These will take place via Zoom on the 9th and 13th of July.

To join onto this great bite-size session please book on via this link https://www.roarresponse.com/overview/book/ page 04

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

This wonderful video was made by the junior choirs from both the Metropolitan and Anglican Churches!

https://youtu.be/2UcqEQjwgGA

Look at this beautiful prayer and reflection garden the staff and key-worker children at St Bartholomew's in Rainhill have built!

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