Flyer 13 Dec 2019

Archdiocese of Liverpool Secondary School Improvement Trust

Archdiocese of Liverpool Secondary School Improvement Trust Weekly Flyer: 13th December 2019 Dear Colleagues, Please find below details on upcoming events. Dates for all events can be found on our website https://www.alssit.co.uk/ If you have any queries please contact Vikki Borlase at v.borlase@rcaolp.co.uk As this will be our last flyer for 2019, we would like to wish you all a Peaceful and Holy Christmas.

Newsletter—Edition 1 Winter 2015 Christmas Break 19 Dec 2019 - 3 Jan 2020

Upcoming Events Tue 7 Dec 2020 NPQH Day 2 Venue: The Wrightington Hotel, Moss Lane, Wigan WN6 9PB Wed 8 Jan 2020 NPQSL Day 1 (Wrightington Group 2) Venue: The Wrightington Hotel, Moss Lane, Wigan WN6 9PB Thu 9 Jan 2020 NPQSL Day 1 (St John Bosco Group 2) Venue: St John Bosco Arts College, Storrington Ave, Liverpool L11 9DQ Mon 13 Jan 2020 13.30 – 16.00 OCR GCSE P.E. Understanding the Assessment - Book here http://w.pfrms.co/c0slc Venue: St Edmund Arrowsmith CHS, Rookery Ave, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan WN4 9PF Tue 14 Jan 2020 NPQML Day 1 (Wrightington Group) Venue: The Wrightington Hotel, Moss Lane, Wigan WN6 9PB Wed 15 Jan 2020 NPQSL Day 1 (Wrightington Group 1) Venue: The Wrightington Hotel, Moss Lane, Wigan WN6 9PB Thu 16 Jan 2020 NPQML Day 1 (St John Bosco Group 2) Venue: St John Bosco Arts College, Storrington Ave, Liverpool L11 9DQ Fri 17 Jan 2020 NPQSL Day 1 (St John Bosco Group) Venue: St John Bosco Arts College, Storrington Ave, Liverpool L11 9DQ

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Fully Funded NPQ Programmes (Deadline extended until 18th December 2019) Best Practice Network have advised that there are still 200 government scholarships available and that the deadline for registration has been extended until Wednesday 18th December. Please use this link to apply for an NPQ course https://ccms.bpnsystems.net/applications/ When completing your application form please select the ‘Archdiocese of Liverpool Primary and Secondary Trust’ as the delivery partner andNewsletter—Edition under the invoicing tab ‘Fully funded by scholarship/Government 1 Winter 2015 funding’ (as demonstrated below)

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Free OCR PE Training Sessions Understanding the Assessment: OCR GCSE P.E. 13th January 2020

The 'Understanding the Assessment: OCR GCSE P.E.' session will take place 1.30pm until 4.00pm on 13th January at St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Rookery Ave, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan WN4. This will be a practical based session.

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To reserve your place, please use this link http://w.pfrms.co/c0slc

'Understanding the Assessment of Internal Units: The Grade in Cambridge Nationals Level 1 and 2 in Sport Studies' 24th February 2020 Jane Fleming will present the 'Understanding the Assessment of Internal Units: The Grade in Cambridge Nationals Level 1 and 2 in Sport Studies' session, 1.30pm until 4.00pm on 24th February at St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Rookery Ave, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan WN4 9PF. To reserve your place, please use this link http://w.pfrms.co/5xbek

National Literacy Trust: Teaching Vocabulary within the Curriculum 28th January 2020 This half-day workshop helps secondary teachers develop students' academic language and subject-specific vocabulary.

Recent recommendations from the EEF suggest that to improve literacy in secondary schools, teachers should ‘provide targeted vocabulary instruction in every subject’. Focusing on the importance of disciplinary literacy at Key Stage 3.

The course costs £125 for the first participant, then £75 for each additional delegate you bring. *Existing National Literacy Trust members receive a £25 discount per school Please use the booking form accessed via this link to book your place https://literacytrust.org.uk/events/

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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National Centre for Computing Education Offer Please see flyer for further details. If you would like more information, please contact Amy Welsh at welsha@bca.warrington.ac.uk

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National Literacy Trust Gender and Literacy: Improving boys' reading and writing on 31st January 2020 Improving Boys' Literacy is a two-day CPD designed to help teachers and literacy leaders in Key Stage 2 and 3 understand the factors impacting on boys' literacy, explore the role of societal attitudes towards gender and develop strategies to use in the classroom. £400 for the first participant, £300 for each additional colleague.

We invite a head or senior leader from each school to attend the first session free of charge.

Attendance includes one year's membership of the National Literacy Trust giving all teachers in the 1 WinterLiteracy 2015 Trust members receive a £50 school access to a range of Newsletter—Edition resources. Existing National discount per school.

Please use this link to book your place https://literacytrust.org.uk/events/gender-and-literacyimproving-boys-reading-and-writing-liverpool/

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