Weekly Flyer 10th July

Archdiocese of Liverpool Secondary School Improvement Trust

Archdiocese of Liverpool Secondary School Improvement Trust Weekly Flyer: 10th July 2020 Dear Colleagues, Please find below details for upcoming events and other information you may find useful.

If you have any queries please contact Vikki Borlase at v.borlase@rcaolp.co.uk Partnership Director, Paul Greenall, can be contacted at p.greenall@rcaol.co.uk

Newsletter—Edition 1 Winter 2015

Pearson’s ‘My Twist on a Tale’ Writing Competition Winners In 2019, Pearson turned the page on traditional tales with a new international writing competition: My Twist on a Tale. It was launched on International Literacy Day 2019 to encourage four to 16-yearolds to tear up the rule book and put their own 21st Century take on classic fairy tales, fables and regional folk stories. Over 3,000 students from across the UK entered the competition, with the hope of winning book vouchers for their school and their winning story being entered into a book of winning stories.

We had three winners, Hope Academy and St Bede’s, from a large entry of schools across the Archdiocese. Huge congratulations to the students, and also to the staff for organising the entries within your school. We certainly acknowledge the efforts of students and staff for participating in this competition and as a result gaining success for the individuals concerned and to their schools.

The winning entries are: 'Melted' by Robbie Smith (Hope Academy) 'Rapunzel With A Twist' by Maddie Parr (Hope Academy) ‘Twisted Story’ by Finn Glover (St Bede's Catholic High School)

You can view the winning entries here https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1aNpyhcxVwiSV0Jt21v2NS0kHu9iDB_tt

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University of Liverpool: July 2020 Bulletin Welcome to the July 2020 Bulletin which is focused on Confirmation, Clearing and Adjustment.

Due to the current pandemic we are changing some of our systems and processes for the confirmation and clearing period detailed below. For your 2021 applicants I have some updated guidance for our clinical programmes.

If you have any questions for our team please email 1us.Winter 2015 Newsletter—Edition The bulletin is attached.

Useful Links: Oak National Academy and Greenshaw Learning Trust Oak National Academy Twitter: Jonathan Dando https://twitter.com/jonathan_dando?s=11 The latest webinar can be watched here crowdcast.io/e/oak-national‌ pic.twitter.com/ddcegEpkRL

Greenshaw Learning Trust Twitter: https://twitter.com/greenshawtrust?s=11 Website: https://www.greenshawlearningtrust.co.uk/ You can access the lessons using the following link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_ryRrwlVMsALmoRmRh_PIsUlZ8ZjO0ig/view

The link to sign up is https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BGh-aahyReu3LSFiYpVlTQ

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Free OCR Teaching Training OCR has developed a NEW range of teacher training and additional resources to support teachers who deliver a wide range of OCR qualifications.

Some of this support may support teachers with the continued delivery of the qualifications during the COVID-19 restrictions but also, some of this training may simply support and refine the generic teaching of these qualifications.

In particular (but not limited too) we have developed a number of sessions to build confidence in delivering, marking and administering internal assessment. These sessions consist of an detailed guidance of internal assessment and standardisation, as well as qualification-specific modules.

These are currently available for: • • • • • • • •

Newsletter—Edition Winter 2015 Cambridge Nationals Creative iMedia Level 11/2 Award/Certificate – J807, J817 GCSE Art and Design - J170-J176 GCE / A Level Geography - H081, H481 A Level / GCE Media Studies - H009, H409 Cambridge Technicals Level 3 Health and Social Care Cambridge National in Information Technologies - J808 Cambridge Nationals Sport Studies Award/Certificate (J803, J813) Cambridge Nationals Sport Science Award/Certificate (J802, J812)

Please can you share this email with your teaching staff and Heads of Department.

The link to register for the free training is here: https://train.ocr.org.uk/login/index.php The link to the OCR Teacher Training and Professional Development is here: https:// www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/professional-development/

Please find the latest updates in the link below from Pearson Centre Assessment Grade Bulletin 6

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Planning for September 2020 – Some useful articles/videos (Repeat item) Colleagues may find the following resources useful in their planning for September.

1. A presentation by Leora Cruddas 'Leadership - Things to Consider for 2020-2021' organised by Chiltern Teaching School Alliance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1_MVLNzlwI 2. Other videos from Chiltern Teaching School can be found here at http://www.bit.ly/CTSAyoutube 3. An article worthwhile reading relating to planning for September from John Thonsett. The link is https://johntomsett.com/

Science: 'The Key Foci from Science Engagement Strategy' (Repeat Item) Session 1: 28th September 2020 Advanced notice of a futureNewsletter—Edition training opportunity for your science 1 Winter 2015team on September 28th at 1.30pm (via zoom) on “The key foci from the science engagement strategy “. The aim being to pull together all the learning from the last years work via a series of training opportunities of which this will be the first.

You can register to attend this first online session via this link http://w.pfrms.co/bgxu3

NPQ Autumn 2020: Applications now open until 24th July (Repeat Item) Funding has been confirmed for the NPQs, with the eligibility criteria unchanged until the end of the academic year - which is great news.

Colleagues can submit their application by the 24th July to secure their place, remembering the following: •

Applicants completing their programme application form will be asked to identify a delivery partner from a drop down list, and then to enter that partner’s ‘partner allocation code’.

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Your partner allocation code is: ALPST

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Your partner name is listed as Archdiocese of Liverpool Primary and Secondary Trust

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Please also select ‘Fully Funded by Scholarship/Government Funding’ in the Invoicing section.

Vacancies There are staff vacancies at different levels on our website https://www.alssit.co.uk/job-vacancies Please consider sharing with all colleagues, as this is a good way to advertise vacancies across the Trust.

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