Newsletter Edition 12

Archdiocese of Liverpool Secondary School Improvement Trust Newsletter

Edition 12

Archdiocese of Liverpool Secondary School Improvement Trust Newsletter

Spring Edition 2018/19 Welcome back and Happy New Year!

This very busy spring term focuses on our new Hub meetings, ‘Alternatives to GCSE’ meetings and new subject specific workshops. Newsletter—Edition Information on our 1Student Winter Public 2015 Speaking Competitions and Media Competition, which will take place in the summer term, can be found on pages 2 and 3.

All our meetings for this term can be found in the ‘Upcoming Events’ section in the final pages of this newsletter and colleagues should regularly visit the cluster calendars on our website at www.alssit.co.uk for

NQT/RQT 2018/19 New Programme for the East Cluster The East Cluster joins both the West and Central Clusters with their own NQT Programme starting in January 2019.

This first session ‘Planning for SEND’ takes place on 24th January at St Peter’s Catholic High School.

Presentations Please approach your CPD lead if you would like to sign up for this programme.

RQT Sessions for West and Central Clusters Our first sessions aimed specifically at RQTs will take place at the start of February. Please register your colleagues as soon as possible to ensure that these sessions go ahead. Details are as below: Tuesday 5th February 2019 15:30 - 17:00 Central RQT Programme - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/hrfg8 Hope Academy, Newton-le-Willows WA12 0AE 15:30 - 17:00 West RQT Programme meeting - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/8igeo St John Bosco Arts College, Liverpool L11 2DT

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Public Speaking Competitions 2019 “Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel.”

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Following last year’s successful East and West Cluster competitions, we have now extended this event to include the Central Cluster.

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.

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 on 3rd July 2019 http://w.pfrms.co/a4344 East Cluster Competition on 10th July 2019 http://w.pfrms.co/4p4xv Central Cluster Competition on 10th July 2019 http://w.pfrms.co/4p4xv

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Student Media Competition 2019 'We must care for the Earth so that it may continue as God willed‘ Pope Francis

Following last year’s successful Student Media Competition, this event will return allowing all our students to again ‘showcase’ their talents. This year’s theme is ‘Sustainability; 'We must care for the Earth so that it may continue as God willed’. The importance of caring for all creation has been highlighted by Pope Francis and he has appealed to every person living on our planet to take care of our common home. Date and venue information will follow in the next few weeks, but an outline of the competition can be found below.

The Activity

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Schools will be invited to submit four entries, and there will be two categories for judging the best work. That will be from students in Years 7 to 9, and the other for older students in Years 10 to 11 or 13 if the school/ college has a sixth form (entries limited to two from each category). There will be prizes for those judged to be in the top three for each category. It is up to schools to determine how they decide what pieces of work are submitted, but this could feasibly take the form of a house/year competition that captures the imagination of a number of students, or could be subject specific e.g. RE, Art or another subject that would like to approach this from their curriculum perspective.

Entries Schools can choose any form of media to represent the school’s ‘entry’ and this should be accompanied by some descriptive text not exceeding 150 words that gives a context and meaning to the form of media being submitted. If it is dance, drama, ‘film’, etc., the entry should be submitted via DVD with the length of time not exceeding more than 10 minutes.

If the media being submitted is a photograph or painting then the minimum size of the submitted piece of work should be 50 by 50 c.m. and a maximum of 70 by 70 c.m. For presentation purposes each photograph or painting should be mounted and framed and be easy to hang in the areas we use to display our work. Therefore, the frame will be around 80 x 80 cm maximum. Each piece of work should also contain the name of the student, year group and name of the school or college.

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Responding to colleagues, we have liaised with exam boards to hold a series of ‘Alternatives to GCSE’ meetings.

Pearson, Eduqas and OCR have all been invited to present on qualifications that cover ‘Construction and the Built Environment/Engineering’,‘Sports Related’, ‘Enterprise & Retail’ and ‘Health & Social Care’.

Look out for further information, including dates and how to book your place, in our weekly update circulated to CPD leads and Headteachers during January.

Newsletter—Edition 1 Winter 2015 Alternative to GCSE Support Meetings:

Eduqas

Pearson

OCR

Constructing the Built Environment (New for 2018) Level 1/2

BTEC First Award Construction & the Built Environment - Revised

Engineering Design Award/Certificate Level 1/2

BTEC Engineering

Engineering manufacture Award/ Certificate Level 1/2

Construction/Built Environment Designing the Built Environment Level & Engineering 1/2 27th February at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic College (Venue to be confirmed)

Principles in Engineering & Engineering Business Award/ Certificate Level 1/2

Engineering Level 1/2

Systems Control in Engineering Award/Certificate Level 1/2 Sports Related

Sport and Coaching Principles (New for Sport Science Award/Certificate Level BTEC First Award Sport - Revised 2018) Level 1/2 1/2

6th March at Holy Cross Catholic High School

BTEC Sport, Activity & Fitness

Sport Studies Award/Certificate Level 1/2

BTEC Health & Social Care

Health & Social Care Award/ Certificate Level 1/2

BTEC Enterprise

Enterprise & Marketing Certificate Level 1/2

Health & Social Care 20th March at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic College (Venue to be confirmed) Enterprise & Retail 12th March at Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School (Venue to be confirmed)

Retail Business Level 1/2

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Upcoming Subject Specific Workshops We will be bringing colleagues a series of half-day workshops in partnership with Pearson. An outline of each session can be found below and full details will follow in the coming weeks.

Subject

Title

Content

Science

Teaching and Learning workshop: Teaching and Assessment of Maths in GCSE (9-1) Sciences

In this workshop teachers will: Explore and share effective teaching strategies to stretch and challenge their most able students in preparation for the 9-1 GCSE assessments Look at examples of high demand sample assessments and how their students can best be prepared

MFL

This half-day workshop is designed for teachers who are looking to build strong foundations at Key Stage 3 in preparation for GCSE. Delegates will: - Observe Building strong models of how translation and literary texts can be taught and exploited in the Newsletter—Edition 1 Winter 2015 foundations at Key Stage 3 classroom - Work with colleagues to prepare translation activities and activities using literary texts - Learn new methods to help students use the target language more effectively in speech

Developing and maximising pupils’ speaking and writing skills

This half day workshop is aimed at GCSE language teachers looking to develop their pupils’ speaking and writing skills for the new MFL GCSE (2016). The course is run by an experienced teacher and trainer and will be fully interactive.

Throughout the course, there will be a number of activities that will help teachers to explore and acquire strategies to meet their pupils’ needs and maximise their potential as well as giving teachers new ideas to try out in class. The half day course is broken down into the following areas but can be tailored to the school's needs: Translation skills Strategies and activities to support the GCSE writing paper Strategies and activities to support the GCSE speaking paper with a focus on building student confidence and spontaneity

English

GCSE English Language: Students as writers.

Approaches to improving writing skills

This face-to-face event is designed for teachers who are delivering GCSE (9-1) English Language. This half day workshop is split into two sessions. Session 1 (1 hr 15): What do we know about the writing process? This session will consider ideas and research which help us understand the process of writing and the implications for teaching. This will include an exploration of the place of grammar teaching to support writing. Session 2 (1 hr 15): The writing curriculum and approaches to assessment. This session will investigate ways of ensuring that planned activities are appropriately supporting improvements in writing. It will conclude by considering the most appropriate ways to monitor and respond to students writing.

English

GCSE English Literature: Responding to unseen poetry

This face-to-face workshop-style event is designed for all teachers who are delivering GCSE English Literature. It will include teaching and learning activities designed to help students deal with unseen poetry and some poem pairings.

Exam officer training

We are offering face to face training events for exams officers with little to no experience of administering our qualifications. These events cover the lifecycle of our qualifications, from approval to certification, and aim to improve your understanding of our qualifications, processes and deadlines.

MFL

All including vocational

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New Science Hub 26th February 2019 We are trialling a series of Hub meetings and have a new Science Hub taking place on 26th February at St Peter’s Catholic High School in Wigan.

This event will cover: 

Pedagogy of teaching Science in the current educational climate

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The move from Modular to Linear – linking ideas for teaching and learning to the reformed qualifications

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Examples and best practice

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Open forum – Questions and sharing ideas

Newsletter—Edition 1 Winter 2015 Further information will follow in January, but you can book your place now using this link http://w.pfrms.co/c4ea7

Our first Geography Hub meeting took place on 5th December at Holy Family Catholic High School.

Colleagues came together for a twilight session to cover the valuable opportunities that were available for staff and students at the Roxby Lectures. A local SLE outlined local fieldwork opportunities at GCSE and A level and how this can be integrated into everyday teaching. Colleagues also discussed accuracy of predictions, assessments and tracking to inform accurate projections.

Exam board input came from Stacey Hill at AQA who presented strategies to consider to help improve student performance.

The next Geography Hub meeting will take place on 14th March 2019. The agenda will follow at the start of March, but you can book your place now via this link http://w.pfrms.co/2ifd1

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Head of Department Meetings Meetings continue this term with all sessions starting at 1.30pm, with the exception of our Physical Education meeting, that starts at 2.00pm and ends at 4.30pm.

Please use the links below to reserve your place. Confirmation emails will automatically be emailed to the HoD and CPD lead.

Geography

17/01/2019

http://w.pfrms.co/9y7hc

Psychology

24/01/2019

http://w.pfrms.co/a7hgr

P.E.

Newsletter—Edition 1 Winter 2015 30/01/2019

http://w.pfrms.co/bwos8

Science

31/01/2019

http://w.pfrms.co/du5q2

Computer Science

05/02/2019

http://w.pfrms.co/g0d3a

English

06/02/2019

http://w.pfrms.co/2f4f5

History

07/02/2019

http://w.pfrms.co/4eyjt

Music

26/02/2019

http://w.pfrms.co/g3l9j

Drama

27/02/2019

http://w.pfrms.co/5xb0l

Maths

28/02/2019

http://w.pfrms.co/hu1es

Design and Technology

05/03/2019

http://w.pfrms.co/4p8ll

Dance

06/03/2019

http://w.pfrms.co/9x255

Languages

07/03/2019

http://w.pfrms.co/i1lb9

Sociology

12/03/2019

http://w.pfrms.co/g1kle

Art & Design

13/03/2019

http://w.pfrms.co/7wu5m

Food

14/03/2019

http://w.pfrms.co/6avdr

Business

19/03/2019

http://w.pfrms.co/9y18w

Health & Social Care

20/03/2019

http://w.pfrms.co/86xpd

Government & Politics

26/03/2019

http://w.pfrms.co/9nxxk

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SPRING TERM - UPCOMING EVENTS 15 Jan 2019 8.00-10.00 East Cluster Headteacher Meeting - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/dgyq1 St Peter's Catholic High School, Howards Lane, Orrell, Wigan WN5 8NU 16 Jan 2019 8.00-10.00 Central Cluster Headteacher Meeting - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/c4frg Holy Family Catholic High School, Virgin's Ln, Thornton, Liverpool L23 4UL 17 Jan 2019 13.30-16.00 Geography HoD Meeting - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/9y7hc Newsletter—Edition 1 Winter 2015 Holy Family Catholic High School, Virgin's Ln, Thornton, Liverpool L23 4UL Tue 22 Jan 2019 09:15 - 11:15 East Cluster CPD Leads Meeting - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/e4egz St Peter's Catholic High School, Howards Lane, Orrell, Wigan WN5 8NU Wed 23 Jan 2019 08:00 - 10:00 Central Cluster CPD Leads Meeting - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/fn4cm All Saints Catholic High School, Roughwood Dr, Liverpool L33 8XF, UK 14:00 - 16:30 Physics Partners Programme (East & Central) Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/4hwip St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Rookery Ave, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan WN4 9PF Thu 24 Jan 2019 08:00 - 10:00 West Cluster CPD Leads Meeting - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/a40y1 St John Bosco Arts College, Storrington Ave, Liverpool L11 9AT, UK 13:15 - 16:00 HoD Psychology Meeting - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/a7hgr Saints Peter and Paul Catholic College, Highfield Road, Widnes WA8 7DW 13:30 - 16:00 Physics Partners Programme (West) - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/djps4 St Francis Xavier's College, Woolton Hill Rd, Liverpool L25 6EG 14:00 - 16:00 East Cluster NQT Programme (1st Meeting) - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/c0v34 St Peter's Catholic High School, Howards Lane, Orrell, Wigan WN5 8NU

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Tue 29 Jan 2019 15:30 - 17:00 Central NQT Programme - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/fgrbh St Cuthbert's Catholic High School, Berrys La, St Helens, St Helens WA9 3HE 15:30 - 17:00 West NQT Programme meeting - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/e48or St John Bosco Arts College, Liverpool L11 2DT 16:00 - 17:00 Government & Politics AQA Webex Meeting Carmel College, Prescot Rd, Saint Helens WA10 3AG Wed 30 Jan 2019 14:00 - 16:30 HoD P.E. Meeting– Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/bwos8 St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Rookery Avenue, Wigan WN4 9PF

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15.45 - 17.00 Eduqas Art and Design Twilight Meeting Maricourt High School, Hall Lane, Liverpool L31 3DZ 16:00 - 17:00 Government & Politics Pearson Meeting Cardinal Heenan High School, Honey's Green Ln, Liverpool L12 9HZ Thu 31 Jan 2019 08:00 - 10:00 Curriculum Meeting - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/c41x8 Maricourt Catholic High School, 63 Hall Ln, Maghull, Liverpool L31 3DZ 13:15 - 16:00 HoD Science Meeting - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/du5q2 St Peter’s Catholic High School, Howards Lane, Orrell, Wigan WN5 8NU Mon 4 Feb 2019 13:15 - 15:15 SENCO Meeting - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/cae8h De La Salle School, 5 Mill Brow, Eccleston, Saint Helens WA10 4QT Tue 5 Feb 2019 08:00 - 10:00 Post 16 Meeting - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/fmu38 Holy Family Catholic High School, Virgin's Ln, Thornton, Liverpool L23 4UL 13:15 - 16:00 HoD Computer Science Meeting - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/g0d3a St John Bosco Arts College, Storrington Ave, Liverpool L11 9AT 15:30 - 17:00 Central RQT Programme - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/hrfg8 Hope Academy, Newton-le-Willows WA12 0AE 15:30 - 17:00 West RQT Programme meeting - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/8igeo St John Bosco Arts College, Liverpool L11 2DT

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Wed 6 Feb 2019 08:00 - 10:00 Trust Board Meeting St Peter's Catholic High School, Howards Lane, Orrell, Wigan WN5 8NU 13:15 - 16:00 HoD English Meeting - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/2f4f5 Broughton Hall Catholic High School, Yew Tree Lane, Liverpool L12 9HJ

Thu 7 Feb 2019 08:30 - 10:30 Pupil Premium Training - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/hqys6 St John Bosco Arts College, Storrington Ave, Liverpool L11 9AT 13:15 - 16:00 HoD History Meeting - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/4eyjt Hope Academy, Ashton Lane, Newton-le-Willows WA12 0AQ Thu 14 Feb 2019 2015 Newsletter—Edition 1 Winter 13:00 - 15:30 Pastoral Leads Meeting - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/a14nk Holy Cross Catholic High School, Myles Standish Way, Chorley PR7 3LS

Tue 26 Feb 2019 13:15 - 16:00 HoD Music Meeting - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/g3l9j All Saints Catholic High School, Roughwood Drive, Liverpool L33 8XF 16:00 - 18:00 Science Hub - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/c4ea7 St Peter's Catholic High School, Howards Lane, Orrell, Wigan WN5 8NU Wed 27 Feb 2019 13:15 - 16:00 HoD Drama - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/5xb0l Holy Family Catholic High School, Virgins Lane, Thornton, Liverpool L23 4UL Thu 28 Feb 2019 13:15 - 16:00 HoD Maths Meeting - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/hu1es Carmel College, Prescot Rd, St Helens WA10 3AG Fri 1 Mar 2019 08:30 – 10:30 Pupil Premium Coordinator Training - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/6esq4 St Peter's Catholic High School, Howards Lane, Wigan WN5 8NU Tue 5 Mar 2019 13:15 - 16:00 HOD Design and Technology Meeting - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/4p8ll De La Salle School, Mill Brow, St Helens, Eccleston, St Helens WA10 4QH 13:30 - 16:00 Physics Partners Programme (West) - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/ducvt St Francis Xavier's College, Woolton Hill Rd, Liverpool L25 6EG, UK

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Wed 6 Mar 2019 NPQML 2nd Meeting The Wrightington Hotel & Country Club, Moss Ln, Wrightington, Wigan WN6 9PB 13:15 - 16:00 HOD Dance Meeting - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/9x255 St Peter's Catholic High School, Howards Lane, Orrell, Wigan WN5 8NU Thu 7 Mar 2019 13:15 - 16:00 HoD Languages Meeting - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/i1lb9 St Cuthbert's Catholic High School, Berrys Lane, St Helens, Saint Helens WA9 3HE 14:00 - 16:30 Physics Partners Programme (East & Central) - Please book here http:// w.pfrms.co/6bqgm St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Rookery Ave, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan WN4 9PF Fri 8 Mar 2019 NPQSL 2nd Meeting2015 Newsletter—Edition 1 Winter The Wrightington Hotel & Country Club, Moss Lane, Wrightington, Wigan WN6 9PB 09:00 - 12:00 Headteacher Trust Meeting (Wrightington) - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/7qjm0 Wrightington Hotel & Country Club, Moss Lane, Wrightington, Wigan WN6 9PB Tue 12 Mar 2019 13:15 - 16:00 HoD Sociology Meeting - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/g1kle Saints Peter and Paul Catholic College, Highfield Road, Widnes WA8 7DW Wed 13 Mar 2019 13:15 - 16:00 HoD Art and Design Meeting - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/7wu5m Archbishop Beck Catholic Sports College 55 Long Lane, Liverpool L9 7BF 14:00 - 16:00 East Cluster NQT Programme (2nd Meeting) - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/9wnui St Bede's Catholic High School, 4 St Anne's Rd, Ormskirk L39 4TA 15:30 - 17:00 Central NQT Programme - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/bx870 De La Salle School, 5 Mill Brow, Eccleston, Saint Helens WA10 4QH 15:30 - 17:00 West NQT Programme meeting - Please book here Notre Dame Catholic College, 180 Great Homer St, Liverpool L5 5AF http://w.pfrms.co/dc658 Thu 14 Mar 2019 13:15 - 16:00 HoD Food Meeting - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/6avdr Cardinal Heenan High School, Honey's Green Ln, Liverpool L12 9HZ 16.00 - 18.00 Geography Hub Meeting - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/2ifd1 Holy Family Catholic High School, Virgin's Lane, Thornton, Liverpool L23 4UL

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Tue 19 Mar 2019 13:30 - 16:00 Business HoD Meeting - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/9y18w Hope Academy, Ashton Rd, Newton-le-Willows WA12 0AQ Wed 20 Mar 2019 13:15 - 16:00 HoD Health and Social Care - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/86xpd Saints Peter and Paul Catholic College, Highfield Rd, Widnes WA8 7DW Tue 26 Mar 2019 13:30 - 16:00 Government & Politics HoD Meeting - Please book here http://w.pfrms.co/9nxxk Carmel College, Prescot Rd, Saint Helens WA10 3AG, UK

Newsletter—Edition 1 Winter 2015

If you have any comments or observations about this newsletter then we would welcome them. Please forward those comments to Paul Greenall, Partnership Director p.greenall@rcaol.co.uk All dates are correct at the time of printing, but can be subject to change.

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