Communications
The way that the Education Service for Children Out of School (ESCOS) reports to schools, for the pupils they are supporting, is changing. For further information, please see letter attached below.
Please find the latest newsletters from Schools Forum and SSSAB (Solihull Schools Strategic Accountability Board) attached below.
Mosaic are offering training on “Improving the teaching of Reading” on 15th November and “Phonics for teachers and teaching assistants” on 22nd November. Please see document attached below for full details.
Tutor: Charlotte Hacking from The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education - CLPE
Monday 20th May 2019, 10.00am – 4.00pm
Sans Souci Training Centre, Tanworth Lane, Shirley, B90 4DD
Target Audience: KS1 and Lower KS2 Teachers
Charge: £150 per person - including a light lunch
Course Content: This one day course will develop an understanding of how early reading develops, including how to teach and apply phonics to ensure progress in reading and writing. Teachers will deepen their subject knowledge in teaching the basic and complex phonic codes and will learn how to support children to use and apply phonic knowledge as part of a rich reading curriculum, leading them to reading fluency. They will explore the continuum of development through the CLPE Reading scales and consider how to provide a range of strategies and resources to ensure progress for all.
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Solihull and Heartlands hospitals, is asking all schools to pass on an important message to parents about where to take their children in the event of an accident. Attached below is a brief letter to headteachers, a letter to send to parents and a poster which can be put up at school.
