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Early years reforms

DfE have issued an invitation to heads of schools to offer them the opportunity to voluntarily participate as an early adopter of the revised EYFS framework in academic year 2020/2021. They are asking schools to confirm participation at this early stage (by 7 February) to prepare for early adoption, once final policy decisions have been made.

We have decided to cancel the head reacher early years briefing, 9 March, and attach some reflections for your consideration and to help with your decision-making.

Schools will need to respond to the DfE invitation before the planned March meeting. Early years leaders and managers meetings (spring 2020) will explore the way forward and share arrangements to manage the change. Apologies for the cancellation, but this invitation has been issued ahead of the spring consultation response.

ELG Current and early adoption advantages

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Period product scheme for schools and colleges in England

The DfE have now published guidance on how to access free period products in their place of study for learners at all state-maintained schools and 16 to 19 education organisations in England.

To make sure organisations have access to a wide range of period products in the most cost-effective and efficient way, the DfE have a contract with Personnel Hygiene Services Limited (phs). This allows you to order period products and have them delivered when you need them.

This guidance contains information on:

  • choosing and ordering period products
  • distributing products within institutions
  • tackling stigma

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/period-products-in-schools-and-colleges/period-product-scheme-for-schools-and-colleges-in-england

The following websites contain useful resources for schools to consider their own practice in supporting young people who are menstruating and addressing the stigma around menstruation with all pupils:

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Holocaust Educational Trust – 75th anniversary year

2020 will mark 75 years since the end of the Holocaust and the second world war.

Secondary schools and colleges are eligible to take part in the lessons from Auschwitz (FLA) project, which is open to two post-16 students comprising of two seminars and a one day visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Further information is available on the attached flyer.

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Primary assessment and moderation guidance for governors

This guidance provides governors with knowledge about the statutory moderation processes in EYFS, KS1 and KS2 and information about unnanounced monitoring visits for the phonics check and SATs.

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Holocaust Memorial Day 2020

This year's Holocaust Memorial Day will be held on Monday 27 January 2020. The theme for this memorial day is stand together.

For further information,  please see Holocaust Memorial letter 2020 for all schools.

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STEM CPD session for teachers in Solihull

We are holding a free primary STEM CPD session for teachers in Solihull on Thursday 12 March, 4:45-6:00pm at Solihull Civic Suite.

This session delivered by NFU Mutual will present STEM learning within the context of engaging, real life problems to give children a sense of the purpose and direction of their learning, consequently improving their motivation and perseverance when tackling tricky topics. As former primary school teachers, NFU Mutual understand the challenges faced by the profession and have designed their resources with three main goals in mind: to save teachers time and reduce workload; to spark learners’ passion and enthusiasm for STEM subjects and to convey important messages about food and nutrition through a cross-curricular, project-based approach.

In this exciting practical session, they’ll be throwing elements of Ready Steady Cook, The Apprentice and Countryfile into a blender and producing some brilliant learning outcomes. Expect a session of ideas for exciting practical activities and projects and a free scheme of teaching and learning resources that will allow you to infuse your wider curriculum with engaging STEM learning opportunities (see attached Stemterprise training flyer).

This is aimed at science or maths lead/STEM lead.  Please email hcolson@solihull.gov.uk to confirm your attendance for the session.

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Mosaic spring term 2020 training

Mosaic are offering training this term on “Spelling/Handwriting” and “Cohesion in Writing”. Please see Mosaic spring flyer 2020 for full details.

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