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Archdiocese of Liverpool Secondary School Improvement Trust

Archdiocese of Liverpool Secondary School Improvement Trust Weekly Update Dear Colleagues, Please find below a list of Archdiocesan events taking place in the coming weeks.

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 Next Week’s Events Tue 22 2019 2015 Newsletter—Edition 1 Jan Winter 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 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 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

Upcoming Archdiocesan Events 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 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

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Deadline for Archdiocesan Awards Entries is Friday February 1st 2019 (Information from Tim Warren) Time passes quickly and there are now less than 3 weeks to go before the final deadline passes for nominations for the 2019 Archdiocesan Awards. There are 12 categories for nominations and it would be really great if every single school were able to make a nomination in at least one category and of course you are free to make nominations in all 12 categories should you wish to do so! February 1 st is the deadline for nominations so you still have time to showcase something special about your school. Don’t forget you can submit a nomination in any format you choose via the website link attached.

Liverpool Archdiocese School Awards 2019 Who knows, your school or someone special in your school could then be one of a shortlist of three resulting in Newsletter—Edition 1 Winter 2015 an invitation for 3 school representatives to join the Archbishop in attending the Awards lunch at the Liver Buildings in Liverpool on Tuesday May 21st. That will be an event of joy to remember and who knows you may take home a winners trophy. Help us celebrate all that is good in our Catholic schools and get that entry underway asap!

Thanks to our Sponsors, Liverpool Hope University and Teaching Personnel for making this possible.

Tim

Maths Hub Meeting 27th February 2019 A Maths Hub meeting will take place at Hope Academy, Ashton Road, Newton-le-Willows WA12 0AQ on 27th February from 3.45pm - 5.00pm. The agenda for the meeting is as below: 

Intervention strategies/Tiering decisions & strategies for FT students (Chris)

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Mocks review – what schools did for mocks & how they inform entries and T&L (All)

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All to bring in examples of this to the network

Please note that schools do not have to be Edexcel centres to book a place - it is open to all schools and will also be about sharing good practice.

Please use this link http://qualifications.pearson.com/en/support/training-from-pearson-uk.html? stp1=9&stp1Name=GCSE&stp2=243&stp2Name=Mathematics#step1 to book a place on the course which is free of charge. Click register, you do not need your Edexcel online account number to book your place, but if your exams officer is able to provide you with the number please include it when you make your booking.

If you have any difficulties please contact mathsevents@pearson.com

Travel and Tourism BTEC There has been a request for a briefing from Pearson on Travel and Tourism. If your school would be interested in attending this, please use this link http://w.pfrms.co/c4ewx to advise by Friday 25th January 2019.

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Pupil Premium Review Training 7th February 2019 Pupil Premium Review training will take place at 8.30am-10.30am on 7th February at St John Bosco Arts College, Storrington Ave, Liverpool L11 9AT. The session will be led by Phil Mooney and will enable participants to join future review teams. This opportunity of reviewing the work of other schools has proved to be invaluable to the fourteen reviewers already trained. This training must be completed if you want to be part of a review team.

If you want to participate in this training opportunity please book here http://w.pfrms.co/hqys6 Next week’s flyer will contain a reminder about our Pupil Premium Coordinators training on 1st March that will focus upon reviewing school’s Pupil Premium Action Plans in triads.

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Girls into Physics: Drayson Project The Institute of Physics (IOP) are looking into delivering an exciting programme that will be joint funded by the DfE entitled the Drayson Project which has a key focus of getting more girls into Physics.

The IOP have undertaken research and working purely with science/Physics and this showed limited impact. The Drayson Project however, had much more impact as it was a whole school project with three main strands: Strand 1 Building girls’ resilience and self confidence Strand 2 Working with teachers in the classroom Strand 3 A whole school approach and working with SLT re unconscious bias of staff and gender balance The programme will be supported by a Physics Partner Ambassador and a coach who will work directly with SLT and the Science Department.

Funding in March/April so programme will start process immediately.

Programme runs for 2 years (Funding cycles run for 2 years).

Physics Partners are currently waiting on signatures from DfE to confirm the funding for the continuation of their project, but we would ask that schools register their interest by 25th January 2019 via this link http:// w.pfrms.co/fh4t5

Catholic Schools Sports Federation of Great Britain 71st FISEC Games: Bucharest, Romania 15th-21st July 2019 Information can be found on page 5 for the FISEC Games, a prestigious international event where selected athletes will be representing the Catholic Schools of Great Britain.

For further information please contact Mr Steve Sanderson (Athletics) at valiantpv@gmail.com, or Mr Mark Harrington (Swimming) at mark.harrington88@hotmail.com

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GCSE Tiering Decisions for Summer 2019 Ofqual yesterday published the following blog on their website: https://ofqual.blog.gov.uk/2019/01/15/gcse-tiering-decisions-for-summer-2019/ It is essentially confirming that the exceptional arrangements that were in place last summer will not be repeated in summer 2019.

Newsletter—Edition 1 Winter Supporting SEN students – opportunity for ‘mixed 2015 ability’ rugby with Sale Sharks

John Foster from the English Rugby Football Union will address SEN Leads at their next meeting on Monday 4th February at De La Salle. He will make colleagues aware of a unique opportunity for our SEN students to be involved in a rugby programme supported by Sale Sharks. However, prior to that meeting there is an opportunity for our older SEN students (age 16+) to play ‘mixed ability’ rugby at West Park Rugby Club (see flyer below).

Further information will be delivered to colleagues on the 4th February and you can confirm your attendance via this link http://w.pfrms.co/cae8h

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71st FISEC Games: Bucharest, Romania 15th – 21st July 2019 The CSSF executive committee are delighted to announce that we are now taking athletics and swimming nominations for the 2019 FISEC Games.

The FISEC Games is one of two world competitions for school based sport; the other being the ISF. This competition is recognised by the International Olympic Committee and follows international rules. Over the years, CSSF through FISEC, has provided the opportunity for young people to experience international sport for the first time with many going on to achieve full international honours in Athletics, Football, Swimming and Volleyball. The dates for this year’s competition may clash with the other National Competitions, but is obviously a prestigious international event where selected athletes will be representing the Catholic Schools of Great Britain.

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The age group is set from 1st January, not the school year. Competitors born in 2002, 2003 and 2004 will be eligible to compete. The cost will be somewhere in the region of £895 and we will be flying from London Heathrow.

We look forward to receiving nominations by email as outlined below. We hope to be able to notify successful squad members of their selection, through their school, before the Easter holiday.

Emailed nominations should be sent to the relevant team manager Athletics: Mr Steve Sanderson: valiantpv@gmail.com Swimming: Mr Mark Harrington: mark.harrington88@hotmail.com Details should include: name; contact telephone number and email address; date of birth; sport; full details of achievements/representative honours, including personal best performances and where and when they were achieved (swimmers should provide a copy of their ASA swim times from the website); school address; school telephone number and the name of a school contact together with their email address.

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