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Archdiocese of Liverpool Secondary School Improvement Trust

Weekly Flyer: 12th May 2023

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

SIP Coordinator, Anne Pontifex, can be contacted at a.pontifex@rcaol.co.uk

Our website can be accessed here www.alssit.co.uk

Newsletter Edition 1 Winter 2015

Next Week’s Meetings

Tue 16 May 2023

08.00-10.00 Trust Board Meeting

13:30 - 16:00 SENCo Meeting

Venue: St John Bosco Arts College, Storrington Ave, Liverpool L11 9DQ

Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/1n4tygy2h

Upcoming Meetings

May Half Term 29 May 2023 - 2 Jun 2023

Thu 7 June 2023

09:00 – 11:00 School Business Managers Meeting

Venue: St John Bosco Arts College, Storrington Ave, Liverpool L11 9DQ

Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/1orhjfu38

Fri 16 Jun 2023

09:00 - 12:00

Headteacher Trust Meeting (All Headteachers)

Venue: The Wrightington Hotel

Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/7kj2y8k5

Thu 22 Jun 2023

09:00 - 12:00

Phonics, Reading and Literacy Workshop

Venue: The Mecure Hotel, Penny Ln, Haydock, St Helens WA11 9SG

Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/1ctq4f199

Tuesday 27 Jun 2023

9.00-12.30 New Languages Specification Event (AQA, Pearson, Eduqas)

Venue: Broughton Hall Catholic High School, Yew Tree Lane, Liverpool L12 9HJ

Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/1i1e63fuh

Wed 28 Jun 2023

CPD Workshop (Day 2) with UCL

Venue: Mercure Haydock Hotel, Penny Ln, Haydock, St Helens WA11 9SG

Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/1pftrzdk9

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Newsletter Edition 1 Winter 2015

During the last two summer holidays, we have helped to deliver some very successful summer school programmes with partner schools. These have included Year 5 pupils developing their reading and maths skills before they start Year 6, Year 7 transition programmes with incoming Year 7 pupils working on English, maths and science at their new secondary schools and Year 10 pupils receiving some targeted tuition to get them ready for Year 11. We have greater flexibility with these programmes, so we do not have a prescribed number of desired tuition hours per pupil. We can also accommodate groups of up to six pupils per tuition group in this context.

At a time when school budgets are particularly challenging, we are offering a discount of 50% for all tuition in the summer holidays. Instead of the current standard hourly rate of tuition at £54, each hour of tuition will cost £27. If you apply your 60% NTP subsidy to this, the school will only pay £11 per hour: this is less that £4 per pupil per hour for a group of three pupils. For a group of six pupils, this is less than £2 per pupil per hour!

Don’t forget that next autumn term, the DfE will clawback any of your school’s unused National Tutoring Programme funding for this academic year so do make sure you make the most of your allocation!

Depending on your school’s needs and priorities, our tutors may in some cases be able to offer some wellbeing, creative or sporting activities to supplement the academic tuition.

Please find attached Tutor Trust’s summer school offer flyer.

Empowering Literacy Through Speech-to-Print: A Virtual Conference with over 35 Expert Sessions, for Educators Professionals, and Parents.

The Symposium is our online literacy conference, featuring more than 30 expert speakers, with decades of experience in literacy education, phonics, and more.

The aim is to share what works, including new approaches, discussions, and methods that are taking literacy education to a whole new level.

We last ran the Symposium back in 2021, and had over 15,000 people take part from all over the world, so we are extremely excited to be bringing it back for this second version.

Book your ticket here: https://symposium2023.soundswrite.com/?ref=em2

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Please find below instructions on how to set up access to Pastoral Genies.

Please use the link below: https://schoolgenies.co.uk/pastoral-genie/school-purchase-request/ and fill out the order details using the PO number ALSSIT, the form on the website will take individual schools through the details needed to set up the Pastoral Genies and generate the license code.

Please note that although this link asks each school to register individually and shows the invoice amount at £295, that no invoice will be issued, as the cost is being covered by ALSSIT. (Licenses will be live as soon as they are processed and run until 31st August 2024, being renewed going forward.

Licensing questions - Jason Bastow Jason.Bastow@schoolicts.co.uk

Technical difficulties - John Madden John.Madden@schoolicts.co.uk

Phonics, Reading and Literacy Workshop 22nd June 2023

Please note that we will be holding a Phonics, Reading and Literacy Workshop, 9.00am until 12.00pm on 22nd June 2023 at Mercure Haydock Hotel, Penny Ln, Haydock, St Helens WA11 9SG.

A number of schools will share good practice, what they do so well in their schools and there will be an opportunity for questions regarding their set up process and delivery in Phonics, Reading and Literacy. Colleagues can now book their place or send apologies via this link http://w.pfrms.co/1ctq4f199

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New Languages Specification: Exam Board Presentations 27th June 2023

We have invited AQA, Pearson and Eduqas to present on the new MFL specification on 27th June at Broughton Hall Catholic High School, Yew Tree Lane, Liverpool L12 9HJ. The event will start with refreshments from 8.30am for a 9.00am start and end by 12.30pm.

Colleagues can confirm their attendance or send apologies via this link http://w.pfrms.co/1i1e63fuh

CPD Leads Workshop 28th June 2023

We are holding a one-day follow-up workshop in partnership with UCL which will support you in aligning your professional learning and development planning with your school improvement planning for 20232024. The day will provide a space for reflection, discussion and action.

During the day, we will:

• reflect on and share your school’s (emerging) 2023-2024 school improvement priorities

• support you to build a whole-school CPD plan for next year that includes all staff and draws on your local networks

• act as critical friends for each other's CPD plans

• consider the role of professional conversations in CPD plans

• consider budget planning to deliver your CPD plan

• develop your personal CPD plan

This full day session will take place on 28th June 2022 at The Mecure Hotel, Haydock.

Colleagues can book their place, or send apologies, via this link http://w.pfrms.co/1pftrzdk9

Please note this form will close on 5th June as a questionnaire will be circulated to allow colleagues to be grouped.

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The School Bus

You should recently have received an activation email to an online school improvement tool that all ALSSIT schools have been subscribed to; TheSchoolBus. Please follow the link, create a password and join the system. Each school within the trust will have a master user (usually the HT/SBM) that will have the option to add users.

If you have any problems setting up your account please contact the dedicated Customer Engagement Team who will be able to get you up and running: info@theschoolbus.net

If you wish to arrange some web training please use the link below: Book your free web training here!

Here is a short video introduction to TheSchoolBus Why have I been added to TheSchoolBus?

TheSchoolBus in short, is online support for school leaders and governors that's so personal, it's like having an extra member of staff!

Benefits (Full details can be found in the attached document):

• Helps school to stay compliant with the latest DfE and Ofsted changes, keeping school in-the-know and allowing immediate action to take place

• Lightens workload with risk free, ready-made solutions in one place

• Shared practice strategies from a network of school leadership experts – bringing tried and tested methods

• All content undergoes a thorough quality assurance process to ensure school is always acting on accurate information

• Compliant policies - Access all statutory and over 300 model policies, all made in-house and compliant with the latest legislation

• The latest thinking - 3,000+ good practice articles on the latest issues in Education, created by sector specialists

• Instant updates - Receive an email whenever a watch list article is updated to meet revised standards

• Ready-to-use templates - for everything from risk assessments to job descriptions

• My Task List - Takes control of mounting to-do lists by prioritising actions

• Bespoke document creation service

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REPEAT ITEMS

School Business Managers Meeting 7th June 2023

St John Bosco are running a meeting for all School Business Managers at 9.00am on Wednesday 7th June at St John Bosco Arts College, Croxteth L11 9DQ. Parking is available onsite and a light breakfast will be provided. If you wish to add further items to the agenda, please either email Stephen Johnson at stephen.johnson@stjohnbosco.org.uk or use the booking form below.

Please use this booking link to confirm attendance or to send apologies http://w.pfrms.co/1orhjfu38

A copy of the agenda will be emailed to those who register via the link.

Post 16 Meeting 30th June 2023

Please note that the summer term Post 16 Leads meeting will take place 8.00-9.30am on Friday 30th June 2023 after the A Level exams have finished.

We are asking that colleagues think about what they would like to see on the agenda, what is important to you and your school at this time, as this will help discussion. Please either use the link below, or respond via email with agenda suggestions.

Colleagues can now book their place or send apologies via this link http://w.pfrms.co/1btrp3gzb

Archdiocese of Liverpool Secondary School Improvement Trust

Merseyside Youth Association’s mental health promotion team (RAISE Team) deliver a range of bite-size courses covering a range of mental health issues that impact children, young people and their families.

Bite-size sessions coming up in May, June and July, delivered via Zoom unless otherwise stated :

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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. To advertise on the LACE website, please forward your advertisements to Hannah Blabey at h.blabey@rcaol.org.uk

Google Drive ‘Drop Box’ Resources

Colleagues can access subject specific resources and upload directly to these folders using the ‘Resources’ link on our website https://www.alssit.co.uk/shared-resources/shared-resources

Please get in touch for login details