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Issue 294: 04 September 2009 to 11 September 2009

News

NCC Correspondence

External Correspondence

Upcoming Events

MI Sheet

Type	Audience	MI Number	Title	Date To Be Completed
Action	Headteachers and Governors	134/09	Disability Discrimination Act and the Schools Access Initiative	30/09/2009
Action	Headteachers of all Norfolk Schools	136/09	Collection of Unfilled Teaching Vacancy Data as at the First Day of the Autumn Term 2009	12 noon on 23/09/2009
Information	Headteachers and Governors	135/09	Workshops for Headteachers and Governors on Developing a Single Equality Scheme and Action Plan
Action	Headteacher and Chair of Governors	139/09	Moving MRS Forward - Briefing sessions for Headteachers and Chair of Governors.	18/09/2009
Action	Headteacher, all Non-Teaching staff and all School Governors.	140/09	MRS Newsletter no. 23 - August 2009	18/09/2009
Information	Headteacher / SENCO / Chair of Governors / SEN Governor	142/09	Complex Needs Schools and Change of Designation - Statutory Public Notice
Information	Primary Headteachers and Middle Leaders	138/09	Changes to 'Leading from the Middle'
Action	Headteacher and Chair of Governors	141/09	Changes to Inspection of Maintained Schools as from September 2009	18/09/2009
Action	All Schools	143/09	Autumn 2009 School and Pupil Census	01/10/2009
Action	Headteachers of All Primary Phase Schools	144/09	Checking 2009 End of Key Stage Results - EYFSP, KS1 and KS2	02/10/2009
Action	Heads of Premises Supplied by Bulk Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Tanks and Governors	145/09	Replacement of Buried Pipe Work to Premises Supplied from Bulk Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Tanks	30/09/2009
Information	Headteachers and Governors	146/09	Threshold Assessment in Round 10 (2009/10)
Information	Headteacher	149/09	Rolled up Holiday Pay
Information	Headteachers, Administrative Staff and Governors at all schools	147/09	Schools Workforce Census : Schools Information Bulletin No 3
Information	Headteacher and Governors	148/09	Pupil Forecasts to 2018
Information	Headteachers/School Business Managers/Governors	150/09	DCSF Value for Money Consultancy Service
Information	Headteachers, Governors, School Business Managers & Finance Staff	151/09	Financial Management Standard in Schools (FMSiS) Update
Action	Headteachers and Governors	152/09	Termly Financial Checklist - Autumn Term 2009	18/12/2009

News

• Steppers is Changing!

• Training for Senior Designated Professional for Safeguarding

• WAMG Note 24 Threshold and Performance Management Arrangements for Teachers from September 2009

• Updated Guidance for School Imprest Accounts

• Fire Risk Assessment Training Sessions

• Financial Monitoring Report 2008/09 Outturn

• New Page for Corporate Purchase Card Information

• TOMS VAT Changes January 2010

• Application for Assistance with Necessitous School Clothing - Form Updated

• New Masters Level Degree in Early Childhood Studies - UEA

• Hockey Goalkeeping Day - 6 September 2009 - Dereham Hockey Club

• Health and Safety Awareness Training for Managers

• Young People of the Year Awards

• Gifted and Talented Education 'Guidance on addressing underachievement-planning a whole school approach'

• Important Information For Headteachers About Modern Reward Strategy (MRS)

• Norfolk School Library Service News

• Transformation of Short Breaks (respite) Services for Disabled Children and their Families

• Extended Schools Disadvantaged Subsidy Norfolk Launch Event - 25 September in King's Lynn

• Primary Schools - Letters and Sounds Courses

• Elgg Website Downtime

• Visits to Norwich Crown Court

• In Your Post Bag This Week...

• The Teaching of Religious Education

Norfolk County Council Correspondence

Key: Urgent Normal Low

Type	Audience	Link
CPD	PSHE Co-ordinators & Headteachers	Free Training for Primary PSHE and Citizenship
Information	Information	Latest Demographic Information Note - 2006 and 2007 Parish Population Estimates for Norfolk
Information	All Primary Schools	Verification of Judgements for Foundation Stage Profile
Information	Primary and Secondary Schools	Gifted & Talented School Questionnaire
Information	All School	Norfolk's War Project - Learning Resources for Schools
Information	All Schools	What is your school doing during anti-bullying week?
CPD	First, Primary, Junior, Middle and Special Schools	One to One Tuition Leader Briefing (Primary)
CPD	Infant, First, Primary and Junior Schools	Assessment in Science at Key Stage 2
CPD	All Schools	A Practical Insight into the Risk Management of Trees for Outdoor Learning and Site Management
CPD	All Schools	Story Telling in the Outdoors
CPD	Nursery, Infant, First, Primary and Junior Schools	Primary Geography Conference
CPD	All Schools except High Schools	Raising Achievement in Science Through the Outdoors: Creative Science - Early Years and KS1
CPD	All Schools	Structures at Forest School
CPD	All Schools	Introduction to Cob - Learn to Build a Cob Pizza Oven
CPD	All Schools	Emotional Literacy - Increasing Emotional Literacy Using the Natural World
CPD	High Schools	New and Aspiring Subject Leader Development Programme (Science)
CPD	All Schools except High and Nursery Schools	Improving Standards in Drawing (Working with Children)
CPD	All Schools except High and Nursery Schools	Improving Standards in Painting (Working with Children)
CPD	High Schools	The Management of Safety for Heads of Science or their Deputies - CLEAPSS
CPD	High Schools	Health and Safety Course for Experienced Science Technicians - CLEAPSS
CPD	High Schools	Maintenance of Design and Technology Workshop Equipment and Machines
CPD	High and Special Schools	Space, Place, Character, Action! (KS3, 4 & 5)
CPD	Primary and Junior Schools	Exploring Ways of Combining Widening Opportunities (Music) with D4LC (Drama) at KS2
CPD	Nursery, Infant and First Schools	Stepping from Role Play Areas to Whole-Class Drama in the Early Years
CPD	First, Primary, Junior and Special Schools	Juliana Jones Meets Vitruvian Man - How to Get Other Subjects into Mathematics and Still do APP
Information	All Schools	So Sad, So Young... So Listen! Twilight Sessions - November & December 2009
Information	School Governors	Clerks Newsletter - No 41 Autumn Term 2009
Information	Article for Parents	Connexions Monthly Article - Choices Choices!
Information	All Schools	Finance & Financial Software Training
Information	All Schools - Headteachers/CPD Co-ordinators	Project Opportunity for CPD Leaders/Co-ordinators
Information	Central Area Headteachers including Special Schools	Central Area School Support Team 2009-10 Arrangements
CPD	All Schools except High Schools	Primary Conference - Developing Global Awareness, Diversity and Community Cohesion Through Geography and History
CPD	All Schools except High and Special Schools	SEAL and Circle Time
CPD	All Schools except High and Special Schools	SEAL and MSAs
CPD	All Schools except High and Special Schools	SEAL and Peer Mediation
CPD	All Schools except High and Special Schools	Letters and Sounds in Y1 and Y2
CPD	All Schools except High and Special Schools	Leading Improvement for English Subject Leaders
CPD	All Schools except High and Special Schools	Letters and Sounds in YR
CPD	All Schools except High and Special Schools	Letters and Sounds in Y3 and Y4

External Correspondence

Type	From	Link
Newsletter	The Teacher's Guide	The Teacher's Guide Newsletter Issue 40 - Summer 2009
Flyer	Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service	Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery - Programme of Events September 2009 - July 2010
Flyer	City of Norwich Aviation Museum - Registered Charity	City of Norwich Aviation Museum - School Visits
Flyer	Groundwork South East - Registered Charity	Reaching For Gold - Application Deadline Extended to 2 October 2009
Flyer	Luton Borough Council	Free Conference - Community Cohesion and Learning to be Safe together Toolkit for Schools - To Support the Preventing Violent Extremism Agenda - 16 October 2009
Flyer	Futurelab	Futurelab's Annual Conference - 8 October 2009 - Bristol
Flyer	Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service	Autumn Events at Colchester and Ipswich Museums
Flyer	Caroline Chivers - Chivers Trust	Need funding for arts projects? Primary Heads only
Flyer	Mrs Kate Ashcroft - Diocesan Schools Secretary (Tel: 01603 882355)	The "Open the Book" Project - Training Sessions 19 September and 14 November 2009
Flyer	Richard Vince	Nobody Picks on Me Now - E Book available for ways to tackle bullying
Flyer	Autism Anglia	Useful Information and Support for Autism and Aspergers Syndrome
Flyer	MacMillan Cancer Support	Feel Good! Be Part of the World's Biggest Coffee Morning - MacMillan Cancer Support
Flyer	Break	E Mentoring Project - for Children in Care and Care Leavers
Flyer	CPRE Norfolk Anti-Litter Group	Campaign to Protect Rural England - Norfolk - Make Your School Litter Free (Primary Schools)

Upcoming Events

Start	End	Event
07/09/2009 09:00	07/09/2009 17:00	Hospital Service Review Workshop
09/09/2009 09:00	09/09/2009 13:00	Provisional date - Norfolk Schools Forum Meeting
11/09/2009 09:00	11/09/2009 16:00	Annual Norfolk Headteachers' Conference
18/09/2009	01/01/2009	Mibungsy
22/09/2009	01/01/2009	Uatqiodg
25/09/2009	01/01/2009	Vbhdjcet
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