NEWSLETTER - 09/20

4TH SEPTEMBER 2020

ALPSIT NEWSLETTER Improving Our Schools Together

WELCOME BACK! We are always here for you.

A huge welcome back to you all! Here's hoping you managed to have some kind of break and time to relax, what a coronacoaster we have been on!

This is the first of our termly newsletters for this academic year. Our bulletins will continue on more of an ad-hoc basis when we need to update you with time sensitive information.

All the best to everyone here's hoping for a smooth transition back into the classrooms and we hope to see you soon.

UPDATES AND RESOURCES

Please contact us with any questions k.rufo@rcaol.org.uk, r.jones@rcaol.org.uk

We have kept up with our Corona pages. You will find new resources dealing with managing being back to school. And plenty more.

Best wishes, Klare and Rhi x

https://www.alpsit.org.uk/coronavir us-support

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

The NGA have created some really useful documents to support Governors.

The documents cover continuity and recovery and offer all the information needed to carry out their roles successfully.

Please direct your Governors to our dedicated pages https://alpsit.org.uk/governors/nga-guidance-for-governing-in-covid-19

We have included the link to the David Wells free reflection resources to our Covid-19 pages. These videos and handout aid in supporting teachers coming back to school after 6 months away and will be very beneficial to all the leads and new starts within our schools. Please notice the added link to donate also - https://alpsit.org.uk/coronavirussupport/free-reflection-resources-david-wells

POLICY UPDATES This term's policy update is now online - https://alpsit.org.uk/goodpractice/general-update-documents

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

The School Bus renewal date is here and we need everyone to let us know as soon as possible if they want to sign up or continue or cancel their renewal. We only have until the 11/09 after this date any sign ups will be charged the full cost.

Don't miss out on this great price, available to all ALPSIT schools. For more information head to our funding page https://alpsit.org.uk/funding/special-fundingdiscounts/the-school-bus Again, please email Rhi for any further information - r.jones@rcaol.org.uk

The NAHT have created a new guidance document to help in supporting children in the aftermath of the pandemic. There's great resources from Mental Health charities and wellness techniques as well as practical tips from the PHSE on curricula recovery.

Find a copy in the Mental Health and Bereavement support section of our Covid pages - https://alpsit.org.uk/coronavirus-support/rainbowsbereavement-support/naht-coronavirus-supporting-pupils-mental-healthand-well-being

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Updates

Subject Leads - Sharing Good Practice Plenty of people have been joining the Subject Lead Groups on Facebook over the holidays with some great content coming through from our leads. Please join the groups to find out more.

Due to the level of interest we are keen to get more Subject Leaders willing to run groups for a term. If you know someone please ask them to fill out this form https://forms.gle/5swNntPyeCXb7Kmq9 Here's the links to all the groups please share them with your colleagues; English - https://bit.ly/englishslgroup Maths - https://bit.ly/mathsslgroup Science - https://bit.ly/scienceslgroup Computing - https://bit.ly/computinggroup Music - https://bit.ly/musicslgroup Art and Design - https://bit.ly/artanddesignslgroup Physical Education - https://bit.ly/pegroup History - https://bit.ly/historyslgroup Geography - https://bit.ly/geographyslgroup Curriculum - https://bit.ly/curriculumleadgroup Design & Technology - https://bit.ly/designandtechslgroup Languages - https://bit.ly/languagesgroup Citizenship - https://bit.ly/citizengroup Once we have a few more sign ups we will be arranging some Zoom meetings to discuss our plans and complete any training for those that need it.

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Courses/CPD Available

Please note it is your very last chance to sign up to The National College platform as part of our great partnership. This offer is not to be missed and we have been receiving some excellent feedback from those already using the platform, with particular appreciation for their current CPD piece - Coronavirus (COVID-19) catch-up premium, we have included this on their partner page on our website .

The National College are the leading provider of remotely accessible online CPD, trusted by over 18,000 schools and 120,000 users. There are already over 200 webinars available to access at your leisure in a huge variety of topics. With new ones being added every month. The National College are the provider currently hosting Barry Carpenters fabulous sessions exploring the Recovery curriculum. The offer they have made us is unmissable.

We encourage you to take a look at this offer found in our funding page and apply via the form below. Again further details on the benefit of the membership and the cost of this exclusive ALPSIT deal can be found here https://alpsit.org.uk/funding/special-funding-discounts/thenational-college

If you are interested in signing up for the offer then please complete the following form. https://forms.gle/VgX8CHDZSGwYk46B8

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Good News Section

We know we're back at school but we couldn't resist sharing more of your amazing videos etc. This page will remain as a reminder of the love, joy and sharing that is apparent throughout our community. Send your good news stories and things to make us smile to Rhi - r.jones@rcaol.org.uk

https://youtu.be/1Y0-NrKSVXQ

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