Weekly Flyer 3 May 2019

Archdiocese of Liverpool Secondary School Improvement Trust

Archdiocese of Liverpool Secondary School Improvement Trust Weekly Update - W/E 3rd May 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

Newsletter—Edition 1 Winter 2015 Next Week’s Events Tue 7 May 2019 NPQML (Wrightington) Day 1 The Wrightington Hotel & Health Club, Moss Ln, Wrightington, Wigan WN6 9PB Wed 8 May 2019 08:00 - 10:00 East Cluster Headteacher Meeting St Peter's CHS, Howards Lane, Orrell, Wigan WN5 8NU - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/fkkzs 14:00 - 16:30 Physics Partners East & Central Clusters Meeting St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Rookery Ave, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan WN4 9PF Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/br6zo

Thu 9 May 2019 08:00 - 10:00 Central Cluster Headteacher Meeting St Cuthbert's Catholic High School, Berrys La, St Helens, St Helens WA9 3HE Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/3x4bc

Upcoming Archdiocesan Events Tue 14 May 2019 08:00 - 10:00 West Cluster Headteacher Meeting The new Sixth Form Centre at Bellerive FCJ High School - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/5ug1x Wed 15 May 2019 15:30 - 17:00 West RQT Programme meeting St John Bosco Arts College, Liverpool L11 2DT - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/7qvv3

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Archdiocese of Liverpool Secondary School Improvement Trust Events, External Courses and Grant Opportunities

Senior Leaders Conference 2019 This year’s Senior Leaders Conference will take place on 2nd July at LACE Conference Centre, Croxteth Drive, Sefton Park, Liverpool L17 1AA This event is aimed at Deputy Headteachers/Senior Leaders of our Catholic High schools and colleges. The day will focus upon Catholic Leadership in the morning and in the afternoon the new Ofsted framework and preparation for inspection. Details of the full programme can be found on the homepage of our website www.alssit.co.uk Please book your place via this link http://w.pfrms.co/9pv5s The deadline to register is Friday 24th May.

Newsletter—Edition 1 Winter 2015 Post 16 Conference 2019 This year’s Post 16 Conference will take place at LACE Conference Centre, Croxteth Drive, Sefton Park, Liverpool L17 1AA on Thursday 4th July 2019. Refreshments will be available from 8.30am for an 8.45am start, ending at 3.45pm. The cost of attending is £70 for the first delegate, which includes refreshments, lunch and resources.

Additional colleagues can attend at a reduced price of £30 to cover lunch and venue costs.

Agenda items: •

New Ofsted Framework and Implications for Post 16 Education

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Exit Process and What is Learnt from Students’ experiences of Sixth Form Life

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Mental Health and Responding to Sixth Form Students with Merseyside Youth Action

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Table Discussions and Bring and Brag Session - Focus: Attendance, Behaviour Systems, Preparing KS4 Students for Sixth Form Life, Retention, Monitoring and Intervention

Please register attendance via this link http://w.pfrms.co/80xo8 The deadline to register is Friday 24th May.

NQPSL Project Request We would like to produce a library of projects for schools to access. Lots of good work has been done and it would be a shame not to share this across the Trust. If you have recently attended the NPQSL programme and would be willing to share your project with us, we will create a link via our website to enable schools to access this information.

You can upload your project as a Word document, providing the theme and title, via this link http:// w.pfrms.co/5y1mg

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Archdiocese of Liverpool Secondary School Improvement Trust Events, External Courses and Grant Opportunities

Public Speaking Competitions The contest is open to 11–14 year old students (Year 7, 8 and 9 only). The overall aim of the contest is to foster presentation and communication skills in young students, as all walks of life, especially the business world, are increasingly reliant on these abilities.

There is a trophy for the winning school to retain for one year and certificates for all those taking part.

We do hope you can put forward a candidate/s (maximum of 2), boys or girls, as representative/s of your school. We are sure all participating students will have much to gain and nothing to lose in taking part in a friendly and stimulating atmosphere.

Newsletter—Edition 1 Winter 2015

This year’s topics are: •

Animal testing for the purposes of scientific research is a necessary evil.

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Britain should pay reparations for harm done by the Empire.

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The media controls how and what we think.

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Children should be encouraged to start earning their own pocket money as soon as possible.

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Learning philosophy is as valuable as learning mathematics.

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Any book worth banning is a book worth reading.

Schools can register via these links: West Cluster Competition either 1st or 5th July 2019 (TBC) http://w.pfrms.co/a4344

Central Cluster Competition on 10th July 2019 http://w.pfrms.co/fj13y East Cluster Competition on 11th July 2019 http://w.pfrms.co/4p4xv Closing date extended to Friday 17th May. Our booking forms offer the opportunity to register and provide details at a later date.

Vacancies

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

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Archdiocese of Liverpool Secondary School Improvement Trust Events, External Courses and Grant Opportunities Information from St John Bosco: Science CPLD and Curriculum Conference There are only a few places left on the free CPLD for Science staff across our networks. Details and the booking link are below. Please note that although aimed at Chemistry, this is also beneficial for teachers who are not chemist specialists but are required to teach Chemistry, similar to the Physics Programme but also aimed at Chemist specialists.

Rates of reaction “This is an area of chemistry focussing on kinetic theory and rates. In this course you will explore teaching approaches for Rates of reaction chemistry through the medium of experimental work.

The practical investigations are an essential core of the course. You will examine rate theory with an Assessment for Learning (AfL) opportunity to identify the limits of current understanding. The Newsletter—Edition 1 Winterof2015 course places considerable emphasis on the importance careful and detailed observation and record keeping to provide a basis for understanding the underlying theory of rates. Students can share a range of misconceptions concerning rate theory and the course provides opportunities both to identify the common ones and to develop strategies to overcome these basic misunderstandings.”

The training will be held at St John Bosco on 21st June 2019 from 1.30 – 3.30pm.

Places are limited and should be booked using this link https://events.rsc.org/rsc/1679/register

A Curriculum Conference will be held on 18th June at Liverpool Hope University

The flyer attached includes a promotional code that you can enter into the booking form to receive conference places for £75 each, if you book before 3rd May. Thereafter, places will revert back to £245 each. The booking link is embedded into the attachment.

If you have any queries, please contact Natasha Waters at natasha.waters@stjohnbosco.org.uk

April news from Liverpool CAMHS Liverpool CAMHS are offering Liverpool Schools the opportunity for free training. Full details of events on offer can be found via this link https://www.liverpoolcamhs.com/training/ but include: •

Resilience Training

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Eating Disorders

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Anxiety in Children

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Mental Health and Technology

If you require further information for these events, please contact mentalhealthpromotion@mya.org.uk

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Archdiocese of Liverpool Secondary School Improvement Trust

Design Technology Courses at St Edward’s College: Saturday 11th May & Saturday 15th June

Newsletter—Edition 1 Winter 2015

If either of the above Design Technology events are of interest, please contact Kerry Cave at St Edward’s at kerry.cave@st-edwards.co.uk

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