Weekly Flyer 18 Oct 2019

Archdiocese of Liverpool Secondary School Improvement Trust

Archdiocese of Liverpool Secondary School Improvement Trust Weekly Flyer - 18th October 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

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Upcoming Events Tue 5 Nov 2019 NPQH Day 1 Venue: The Wrightington Hotel 8:30-10:30 Century Tech Meeting (Central & West) - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/20q0f Venue: Hope AcademyHope Academy, Ashton Rd, Newton-le-Willows WA12 0AQ 13:30 - 16:00 MFL HoD Meeting - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/dqcxp Venue: St Cuthbert’s Catholic High School, Berrys Lane, St Helens WA9 3HE Wed 6 Nov 2019 13:30 - 16:00 Science HoD Meeting - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/caydo Venue: St Peter’s Catholic High School, Howards Lane, Wigan WN5 8NU 14:00 – 17:00 Early Teachers Career Progamme (All Clusters) Session 1 Effective Climate for Learning - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/e0n0g Venue: St John Bosco Arts College, Storrington Ave, Liverpool L11 9DQ Thu 7 Nov 2019 13:30 - 16:00 Design & Technology HoD Meeting - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/bmyh1 Venue: De La Salle School, Millbrow, St Helens WA10 4QH Mon 11 Nov 2019 13:30 - 16:00 Government & Politics HoD Meeting - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/9nxxk Venue: Carmel College, Prescot Road, St Helens WA10 3AG Tue 12 Nov 2019 13:30 - 16:00 Sociology HoD Meeting - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/c1c1o Venue: Saints Peter and Paul Catholic College, Highfield Rd, Widnes WA8 7DW Thu 14 Nov 2019 13:30 - 16:00 Art & Design HoD Meeting - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/htpdm Venue: Archbishop Beck Catholic College, Long Lane, Liverpool L9 7BF Fri 15 Nov 2019 Middle Leaders Conference - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/fmz0b Venue: Broughton Hall Catholic High School, Yew Tree Lane, Liverpool L12 9HJ.

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Archdiocese of Liverpool Secondary School Improvement Trust Events, External Courses and Grant Opportunities High Achieving Pupils (HAPs) Audit: All schools to complete by 25th October Please complete the audit by 25th October accessed via this link HAPs Audit If you have any queries regarding this form, please contact Lesley White directly at Lesley.White@sthelens.org.uk

Century Tech Meeting 5th November: Open to2015 Central & West Cluster Schools Newsletter—Edition 1 Winter A Century Tech meeting will take place 8.30am until 10.30am at Hope Academy on 5th November.

This event is open to schools in the Central and West Clusters.

This event will provide an introduction/overview of the progamme, a learning walk, meeting with teachers and an implementation plan/impact over four weeks.

To confirm attendance, please use this link http://w.pfrms.co/20q0f

Youth Sports Trust Anthony Judge from Youth Sports Trust (YST) recently presented at Headteacher meetings and at our PE HoD meeting. If you wish to contact Anthony to discuss what YST can do in your school, please find the details as below: Anthony Judge Development Manager 07711 927756 anthony.judge@youthsporttrust.org

A copy of Anthony’s presentation from recent meetings can be found attached to this email.

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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Middle Leadership Conference 15th November 2019: Judging the Quality of Education under the New Inspection Framework

On Friday 15th November we will hold two sessions of the Middle Leaders Conference at Broughton Hall Catholic High School, Yew Tree Lane, Liverpool L12 9HJ. Agenda attached.

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Morning session 10.45am start

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Afternoon Session 2.15pm start

Up to three colleagues from each school/college can register to attend using this link http://w.pfrms.co/ fmz0b Please note that places are Newsletter—Edition allocated on a first come,1 first served basis and colleagues will be notified Winter 2015 before the session of which time they have been allocated.

Transformational Workshop 3rd December 2019 (For Headteachers and Senior Leaders) We will hold a Transformational Workshop, 1.30pm until 5.00pm on 3rd December at St John Bosco Arts College, Storrington Ave, Liverpool L11 9DQ. The agenda can be found below: •

‘Taking My School from Special Measure’s to Outstanding’ (Mark Corker, Head of Pleckgate School)

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Changing attitudes, beliefs and outlining key responsibilities - Impact upon a whole organisation (Micky Mello, Manger at Tranmere Rovers Football Club)

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‘Creating a Climate of Change’ (Michael Kinsella, Football Director at Tranmere Rovers Football Club)

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Headteachers’ discussing their challenges when changing systems, culture, attitudes, roles, etc.

(Further information to follow)

Please use this link to confirm attendance or send apologies: http://w.pfrms.co/fng13

Edukey (Class Charts) Safeguarding Model Session 3rd December 2019 This session will take place at 1.30pm on 3rd December at St Bede’s Catholic High School. A free lunch is available from 12.30pm.

Please use this link to confirm attendance http://w.pfrms.co/fkkao

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Quality of Education Reviews: Meeting on 4th December for Maths HoD and Line Managers On 4th December we will run a Quality of Education Reviews session for Maths Leads and Maths Line Managers. This session will be a targeted CPD session around Quality of Education Reviews and will give those attending an understanding of what to expect during the inspection process. This will help to prepare colleagues thoroughly prior to the arrival of the team. An agenda will follow as soon as possible, but colleagues can register to attend via this link http://w.pfrms.co/h6vfp

English GCSE ‘Reaching for the 8/9’ Events 11th December 2019 Newsletter—Edition Winter 2015 We have two English events taking place after half term as1below: •

11th December 1.30pm-4.00pm (AQA) Reaching for the 8/9 in English Language GCSE at Broughton Hall Catholic High School. Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/h5cg7

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11th December 1.30pm-4.00pm (Eduqas) English GCSE Reaching the Higher Grades session at Broughton Hall Catholic High School. Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/4l11v

Pearson's free international writing competition is encouraging 4-16 year-olds (taking in Key Stage 5 up to 19 years of age) to tear up the rule book and give their own 21st Century take on classic fairy tales, fables and regional folk stories.

This free competition empowers children and young people to put themselves at the heart of their own stories as they assert their modern-day stamp on classic tales and create their own stories to reflect their personal interests, background and experiences.

As well as accepting entries into the national competition, Pearson will also be separately judging and providing prizes (1 per key stage) for the Archdiocese of Liverpool Schools across Primary and Secondary.

Further competition details can be accessed here https://drive.google.com/drive/ folders/1aNpyhcxVwiSV0Jt21v2NS0kHu9iDB_tt Entries for the competition close at 5pm on 29th November 2019 and entries should be emailed to MyTwistonaTale@pearson.com Prize-giving ceremonies will take place early in 2020 - watch this space!

It would be helpful for us to know if you intend to enter this competition. Please do so using this link http://w.pfrms.co/3tf0e noting that sending this information to us does not mean that this is passed on to Pearson. To enter you must submit your entry via the email address given above.

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PE Revision Day(s) at Carmel College Please find below the letter for FREE PE revision day(s). Please get in touch with Sean at seank@carmel.ac.uk as soon as possible if you are interested, providing the following information if you can: • • • • •

School name Year group you feel would benefit from attending the sessions Size of cohort Which conference course you would be interested in attending Preferable term dates

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NW Maths Hub Programme 2019/20 - Book your places now!

Please find details below of the NW Maths Hub Programme for 2019/20 for Trust schools. It is suggested that schools send two members of department, ideally one of whom is experienced and has some leadership responsibility within the department.

Full details of each session are attached.

All Sessions start at 1.30pm and will end by 4.00pm Mathematical Thinking for GCSE This programme is for teachers or departments keen to address the reasoning and problem-solving challenges of the mathematics curriculum and its assessment at GCSE. Work groups will explore professional development activities focusing on practical and accessible classroom-based approaches.

Challenging Topics for GCSE

Winter 2015 Within the ‘old’ GCSE there wereNewsletter—Edition a number of topics that1 consistently proved challenging for many teachers and their pupils for a variety of reasons, either that the content itself was perceived to have an inherently high level of challenge or that it was less difficult material but somehow proved difficult to teach in a way that made sense to pupils, resulting, at best, in an instrumental understanding.

With the new GCSE the list of challenging topics has actually changed little from previous years, and an evidence-based list of challenging topics arising in the new GCSE was drawn up with awarding bodies.

Nationally, Work Groups are set up to explore effective ways of teaching some of these topics, both to address the immediate needs of the incoming KS4 pupils, but also taking a longer term view by considering development in KS3.

GCSE Resits There are now a large and growing number of Post-16 GCSE Resit students, predominantly in FE colleges.

GCSE Mathematics is still unfamiliar to many teachers in FE Colleges and Sixth Form Colleges and with a timeframe for resit delivery over 8 months rather than two (or more) years, centres are faced with a number of substantial difficulties.

Topic

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Session 1

Session 2

Session 3

Session 4

Mathematical Thinking for GCSE

St Cuthbert’s Catholic High School

Tuesday 19/11/19

Tuesday 21/01/20

Thursday 12/03/20

Tuesday 23/06/20

St John Bosco Arts College

Thursday 28/11/19

Thursday 30/01/20

Wednesday 18/03/20

Wednesday 1/07/20

Thursday 5/12/19

Wednesday 29/01/20

Wednesday 25/03/20

Thursday 9/07/20

Please register here http:// w.pfrms.co/4m5kq Challenging Topics for GCSE Please register here http:// w.pfrms.co/aeo0h GCSE Resits Please register here http:// w.pfrms.co/fu4p4

Carmel College

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EARLY TEACHERS CAREERS PROGRAMME 2019/20: Book your places now!

The Early Teachers Careers Programme replaces the RQT programme and is open to all schools.

Each session will run from 2 – 5pm.

Gap tasks will be given at the end of each session with time allocated in the following session for feedback/ discussion around best practice.

Sessions will include reference to research and reading material will be recommended to further development in pedagogy and practice.

Venue for all sessions: St John Bosco Arts College, Storrington Avenue, Liverpool L11 9DQ. Colleagues are expected to attend all sessions once registered.

Please use this link to book attendance on this programme http://w.pfrms.co/e0n0g

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DATE

Autumn Term

Spring Term

Summer Term

6th November 2019

11th February 2020

5th May 2020

TIME

2.00pm – 5.00pm

2.00pm – 5.00pm

2.00pm – 5.00pm

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Session 1: Effective Climate for Learning A) Managing behaviour B) Understanding pupil motivation C) Cognitive Load Theory

Session 2: Designing Learning This session will focus on how we plan learning activities effectively including aspects of teacher modelling, scaffolding, guiding practise, questioning, retrieval practice, spacing and interleaving.

Session 3: Pupil Progress This session will focus on SEND & EAL as well as feedback, responsive teaching, approaches to marking, assessment methods, reliability and validity

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Archdiocese of Liverpool Secondary School Improvement Trust Events, External Courses and Grant Opportunities National Centre for Computing Education Offer For teachers in any state-funded school who wish to complete the certificate in GCSE Computer Science Subject Knowledge, all CPD is freely accessible and has a bursary attached.

Teachers in non-priority state-funded schools that have completed the above certificate are then eligible to access the certificate in Secondary Computing Teaching CPD for free, however, there is no bursary.

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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Specialist Leaders of Education Please note that the interview date is 14th November, not 4th November.

For further information please contact Jane Kennedy directly at jane.kennedy@stjohnbosco.org.uk

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