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Archdiocese of Liverpool Secondary School Improvement Trust Weekly Flyer: 4 December 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 Our website can be accessed here www.alssit.co.uk

Newsletter—Edition 1 Winter 2015

Next Week’s Meetings Tue 8 Dec 2020 15:30 - 16:30 AQA Science Focus Session with Julian Clarke Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/14mfg0hmg NPQML Autumn 2020 Day 1 Thu 10 Dec 2020 Virtual NPQSL Autumn 2020 Day 1

Upcoming Meetings Fri 18 Dec - Tue 5 Jan 2021 Christmas Break Tue 19 Jan 2021 09:30 - 11:00 East Cluster Headteacher Meeting Wed 20 Jan 2021 09:30 - 11:00 West Cluster Headteacher Meeting Thu 21 Jan 2021 09:30 - 11:00 Central Cluster Headteacher Meeting Mon 25 Jan 2021 08:00 - 09:00 SEN Working Party (Booking links will follow)

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HoD Spring Term Meetings: Agenda Suggestions As we look ahead to our spring term HoD meeting, we are seeking information from schools to help shape these sessions so they best serve our schools and colleges.

Therefore, we are asking Heads of Departments to complete this short form http:// w.pfrms.co/13xt96h1g by Thursday 10th December.

Many thanks in advance for your support.

Latest Newsletter is attached

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Banner Pricelist Attached We have agreed a further extension twelve month contract with BANNER. They have held the 40% discount on the core basket of goods. They have also added frequently ordered items to the core list.

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Banner A4 copier paper reduced to £9.00,

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A3 paper down to £21.88

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The range of writing instruments and the Berol Handwriting pens have also been added.

They are popular in schools. They are being offered at a saving of over £3.00 per box on YPO pricing.

To place orders, please contact Natasha Baker as outlined on the flyer. Natasha has been employed to support our schools.

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Updated guidance on new local restriction tiers The government has updated its guidance for schools, further education, children’s social care services and apprenticeships to reflect the end of the current national restrictions. These documents set out how education, childcare and children’s social care settings should operate under the local restriction tiers.

The key point to make is Newsletter—Edition that there are no substantive 1 Winterchanges 2015 for settings to act on. These documents largely indicate a return to the guidance as it was before the current lockdown.

A few things to flag up for schools:

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In Tiers 2 and 3, face coverings should be worn by adults and pupils in settings where pupils in Year 7 and above are educated, when moving around the premises, outside of classrooms, such as in corridors and communal areas where social distancing cannot easily be maintained. In Tier 1, this reverts to being at the discretion of individual schools.

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The following sentence has been added to the section on managing positive cases: “Where individuals who are self-isolating are within our definition of vulnerable, it is important that schools

put systems in place to keep in contact with them, offer pastoral support, and check they are able to access education support”.

• Pupils who are extremely clinically vulnerable are expected to come into school, in all three tiers, unless they have been advised specifically by their GP or clinician not to attend.

• Staff who are extremely clinically vulnerable can also come back into school again. Schools in Tier 3 may “wish to discuss flexibilities that support clinically extremely vulnerable staff, such as staggered start times to reduce travel during rush hour”. ASCL would encourage leaders and employers to have regard to the national advice that anyone who can work from home should do so, and to consider this option strongly when putting in place individual risk assessments for clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV) staff.

• The government continues to advise against overseas educational visits, and overnight domestic visits. This advice will be reviewed in February.

• All breakfast and after-school provision can resume, in all tiers.

• Schools in Tier 3 should not host music or drama performances with an audience. Schools in Tier 1 or 2 wishing to do this should follow the DCSM performing arts guidance.

• Outdoor sports should be prioritised where possible, but schools can hold PE lessons indoors if necessary, within their own system of controls.

• The previous four-tier contingency plans for schools, released as part of the Contain Framework, are being replaced by an updated contingency framework. This has not yet been published.

For FE and skills providers, the main changes include details on the use of face coverings outside of the teaching and learning environment; mitigation of risk to clinically extremely vulnerable staff and students; managing national and local restrictions; and safe behaviour on-site and information for residential providers.

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REPEAT ITEMS

The Leading improvement programme for middle leaders has been designed to inspire, challenge and support individual leaders and managers who are actively seeking to transform their personal effectiveness and professional impact.

This programme is ideal for developing leadership skills1 for new 2015 Heads of department and aspiring/current Newsletter—Edition Winter middle leaders.

The key features of this programme are aimed at supporting learning through individual leadership skill development and through work-based learning.

The programme is delivered over 3 sessions and requires participants to attend face-to-face sessions, complete a 360˚diagnostic work based intersessional tasks and a tutorial session. In the current climate, this will be delivered virtually. Learning is further supported by line manager coaching/mentoring sessions and small-scale research of leadership development. The cost for colleagues following this programme will be £500 based on a minimum of 10 participants.

Please see the attached flyer for further information and/or contact Karl Smith / Janet Gater on 01744-452203 or karl@carmel.ac.uk / janetg@carmel.ac.uk

High Achieving Pupils (HAPs) Working Group Information Hope Academy have created a HAPs Working Group page on their website to help schools who are researching ideas to support their HAPS cohorts. You will have access to case studies from a range of schools who have created video/Loom presentations showcasing successful strategies which have had impact with higher ability students. You will also be able to access the groups google drive containing all documents created and submitted by working party members. Please note that this section is password protected as below. Please manually enter the password details, do not cut and paste. http://www.hopeacademy.org.uk/account/login/?redir=/2772/archdiocese-of-liverpool-secondaryschool-improvement-trust-haps-working-party Username: haps2021 Password: HAPS2)”!

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Registering for Online Zoom Sessions As all our autumn term meetings have moved to virtual Zoom sessions, it is particularly important that all colleagues register to attend or send apologies using our online booking forms. This will ensure that colleagues receive the correct Zoom link to join each session and will allow us to quickly identify them when they join using their school's generic Zoom account .

If they do not register, then the meeting may be delayed as we will need to identify each colleague to accurately record the minutes and in the case of HoD meetings, to allocate them to the correct exam board ‘break out’ session.

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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

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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