Communications (test)
F.A.O. Headteacher, Head of English and Literacy Co-ordinator
Dear teacher,
Hopefully, since I last wrote to you, your students have had a chance to begin creating their poems to enter into Lichfield Cathedral’s poetry competition The Word. But I do understand that the end of term is a busy period for teachers and students alike, so don’t worry if you’ve not had a chance yet. There is still time: the deadline for entries is the 3 October 19, National Poetry Day.
As you prepare for the next academic year, perhaps you could think about including this into your lesson planning – it would be a great way to start the new term and to engage your students in poetry.
Mr. Alexander Dawson | Executive Assistant to the Dean
Lichfield Cathedral
Deanery Office
16 The Close
Lichfield
Staffordshire
WS13 7LD
t. 01543 306250
e. alex.dawson@lichfield-cathedral.org
w. www.lichfield-cathedral.org
Please find below the documents relating to the Schools Forum meeting held on the 9 July 2019.
The Inter Faith Network for the UK has officially launched the 2019 Inter Faith Week programme. We hope that you will be getting involved this year and also encouraging your organisation, members and contacts to get involved! Inter Faith Week 2019 will take place between 10 November 2019 and 17 November 2019.
Please visit the Inter Faith Week website to learn more.
You must publish details of how you spend your PE and sport premium funding by the end of the summer term or by 31 July 2019 at the latest.
Requirements include publishing the percentage of pupils within your year 6 cohort in the 2018 to 2019 academic year who met the national curriculum expectations.
For more details, please go to the DfE website.
The autumn term programmes are now available to view.
Due to increased non-attendance at core activities and briefings, we will be charging a nominal amount of £10 per delegate to cover administration costs if cancellation is not received at least 24 hours in advance of the event.
Solihull Council has developed guidance to help schools make sure that mobile devices - including mobile phones, cameras, tablets, and similar devices - are used safely in schools and elsewhere when used for school business. The guidance has been presented to the safeguarding sub-group, the consultative committee, and SSSAB. It is aimed to apply to all adults working in and with schools.
The document is in rich-text format (RTF) so schools can amend the guidance as necessary. It also includes signage templates for use around the school.
The guidance is available on the Solgrid website, on the safeguarding online safety page. You can get to the page by clicking this link.
The purpose of this guidance is to equip professionals in education settings to respond to concerns regarding girls at risk of FGM.
The contents include:
- General information on FGM & the law
- FGM risk indicators
- Requirements of the RSE guidance regarding FGM
- How to explore concerns with children and parents/carers
Solihull schools' forum receives an annual report from education unions through its finance work group. This information is available to all schools.
Schools' forum is a public meeting. The next schools' forum meeting is on Tuesday, 9 July 2019 at 5.30pm in room 1 Civic Suite.
Members will have received the agenda and papers by email, but if you are interested in attending as an observer on 9 July 2019, please contact Alison McWilliam on amcwilliam@Solihull.gov.uk or 0121 704 6297.
Primary and secondary schools currently served by the Solihull catering service may have been notified directly from Parent Pay that the software allowing their tills to talk to the Parent Pay (e-payments) system will no longer be working as of 31 October 2019. Solihull catering service has stepped in to negotiate with the provider so that it will continue to operate safely until February 2020.
Solihull catering services will now go to the market this July to buy new tills and an associated operating system. It is anticipated that a new contract will be awarded by early October 2019. Once the new contract is in place each school will be contacted with regard to individual ‘go live’ dates once an implementation plan has been developed, with full implementation to be completed by February 2020.
This area of technology has developed significantly since the original rollout of the cashless system for schools. Alongside additional functionality that a new till will bring, there will also be further benefits for those schools wanting to support the healthy eating agenda. The new tills will provide improved data; helping both the caterer and schools to support pupils and parents to make better decisions about the food our children eat.
If you would like any further information please do not hesitate to contact us on cateringadmin@solihull.gov.uk
Safeguarding
- attendance and safeguarding (3)
- child on child sexual violence and sexual harassment (2)
- child protection (19)
- specific safeguarding issues (4)
- mental health (1)
- online safety (1)
- specific safeguarding issues (4)
- education safeguarding training and support (17)
- emergency planning (2)
- environmental health (3)
- health and safety in education (6)
- management of safeguarding (10)
- managing allegations (4)
- MASH (multi-agency safeguarding hub) (4)
- safer recruitment (9)
School improvement support
No listing categories found.
Support services
- admissions (0)
- alternative provision (7)
- complaints (1)
- education psychology (2)
- elective home education (EHE) (4)
- engage (3)
- English as additional language (2)
- human resources services to schools (including recruitment) (8)
- IT and information systems for schools (3)
- music service (3)
- SACRE (Standing Advisory Council for RE) (1)
- Schools' Forum (14)
- SEND (15)
- Solihull school improvement fund (SSIF) (0)
- Solihull schools’ strategic accountability board (SSSAB) (35)
- virtual school (0)
