12th December 2022
Dear Colleagues,
Ongoing reminders: |
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Schools can sign up to Inspection Training by LA Primary Education Advisor, Jason Hughes. Please use this form to register | By 13th January 2023 |
Schools can sign up to the Hillingdon Learning Partnership courses here | Ongoing |
Governors can sign up to events & briefing sessions here | Ongoing |
Ofsted Webinar on How Schools are Inspected
Schools may find this Ofsted webinar useful. It explains the inspection process by going through the practicalities of school inspection from the initial notification of inspection right through to the publication of the final report.
Click here to access the webinar: https://youtu.be/MqR51lzUF1Q
Winter Wellness - please share with staff, parents and carers
We are resending the Winter Wellness Directory and Warm Centre Locations across Hillingdon and ask that this is shared with all your staff members, parents and carers. This will help to ensure that support is promoted widely for our vulnerable families.
You can find these documents on LEAP: Winter Support for Families 2022 - Leap (hillingdon.gov.uk). Please note that the LEAP portal is for professionals only and not for parents and carers, therefore please download the documents first and attach them separately to your newsletters etc.
CO2 Monitors and Air Cleaning Units - reminder
Last year, the DfE provided carbon dioxide (CO2) monitors for 50% of teaching spaces in state-funded education settings. The DfE will now be providing additional CO2 monitors for the remaining 50% of classrooms, to help balance ventilation with energy costs. Good ventilation in education settings remains important, both for managing the transmission of airborne illnesses like COVID-19 or flu, as well as aiding concentration and alertness.
Further education and a small number of early years settings, namely eligible childminders, will be contacted separately with more information on how to receive additional monitors.
The DfE is also reopening their programme for DfE-funded air cleaning units. These are for use in classrooms where it is not possible to maintain adequate ventilation and where CO2 levels are consistently over 1500ppm. Air cleaning units can help reduce airborne contaminants while remedial work is undertaken. DfE is providing guides on how to apply and on how to use an air cleaning unit.
Please see useful guides below:
How to apply: HowtoapplyforaDfEfundedaircleaningunit2022.pdf
Click here for Application Form
Deadline to apply is 10th February 2023.
Team Teach Level 1 Course (low risk settings)
On: Thursday 20th April 2023
Times: 09:00 - 3:45
Venue: St Mary's Catholic School, Rockingham Close, Uxbridge UB8 2UA
Cost: £85 per person
Aimed at low-risk service settings: Mainstream Secondary, Primary Schools, Nurseries, Children's Hospitals, Elderly Care etc. Typically, staff supporting individuals without any documented challenging behaviours that pose a physical risk to self or others.
This course covers: personal safety, team building, non-verbal and verbal de-escalation communication strategies, some positive handling techniques- if required, together with documentation and legal guidance, listening and learning, recording, reporting and reviewing.
Settings must send at least two members of staff PLUS a senior member of staff (SENCO/SLT) unless a member of SLT has a current Team Teach certificate.
To book your place please contact Clare Edmondson Freelance Training - changingbehaviouruk@gmail.com Tel: 077895 16413 www.Changing-behaviour.co.uk
Squash Stars - primaries please share with parents / carers
Designed and supported by England Squash and aimed at 5-11 year olds, Squash Stars is a new junior programme at Hillingdon Squash Club that builds fundamental skills and confidence, encouraging kids to reach for the stars on and off court. This six-week junior beginners programme focuses on guiding children in skills such as hand-eye coordination, racket work, movement, balance and match play. Each Squash Stars session is led by a trained leader and will give children the chance to explore, play, and make friends in a fun and safe setting.
Priced at £42, children will get six one-hour sessions and a kit bag which includes a racket, ball, Squash Stars t-shirt and a pair of goggles. There are 2 sessions to choose from:
Thursdays at 4:30pm - starting 2nd February 2023
Saturdays at 10:15am - starting 4th February 2023
Find out more at squashstars.co.uk
