Moving on up
| | A new magazine for Year 6 pupils explains the options available when they move up to secondary school.
To download the magazine visit Online Publications for Schools: Moving on up (Added 03 July 2008)
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Young People, Music and the Internet
| | Childnet has produced a guide which aims to help young people use the internet and mobile phones safely and legally.
To download the Childnet leaflet click here (PDF 275 KB). (Added 28 May 2008)
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 CILT Community Languages National Conference
| | Wednesday 11 June 2008 Holiday Inn Royal Victoria, Sheffield
What is the CILT Community Languages National Conference?
'Community Languages: Developing practice for the 21st century' is a national conference focusing on a wide variety of aspects of community language teaching, run by CILT, the National Centre for Languages in association with Languages Sheffield.
Whatever your specific interests or background, this conference will provide you with the chance to develop skills, ask questions and share expertise, and to network with colleagues from all areas of community languages teaching.
Find out more at http://www.cilt.org.uk/cpd/community.htm (Added 29 April 2008)
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Passport to the EU
| | In order to support Europe Day (9 May) the UK Representation of the European Commission is issuing a free booklet to schools.
The booklet is produced by the European Commission office in the UK and is aimed at children aged 10- to 12-years-old. It includes stickers of coins, flags, buildings and even a map. Children can find places for the stickers in the passport and on the map.
In order to support Europe Day (9 May) activities for young people, the UK Representation of the European Commission is making 100,000 copies of the Passport to the European Union available to UK schools and similar organisations free of charge. Orders may be submitted here. (Added 22 April 2008)
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The Smallpeice Trust
| | This independent educational charity has launched a Nuclear Marine Engineering course for 13- and 14-year-olds.
Getting to the heart of art.
Visit The Smallpeice Trust to find out more. (Added 16 April 2008)
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The World's Biggest Lesson
| | The Global Campaign for Education is launching a campaign on 23 April, which highlights the fact that 72 million children worldwide are missing out on education.
Visit Send My Friend for more information. (Added 16 April 2008)
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Shine Festival
| | SHINE "Celebrating the talent in everyone"
National Schools Festival June 30th-July 4th
This summer, Shine will provide a national platform for schools to showcase the talents and positive
contributions of their pupils. To be part of the first Shine festival and join this national campaign,
schools can schedule special events and celebrations to fit within the festival week and in addition can
have a school profile within the shine website to illustrate the talents of their students.
We can help by sending schools a creative kit of ideas and resources, such as poster blanks,
certificates, stickers as well as assisting with publicity and providing guidelines enabling students to
upload their good work on to the Shine website. We are aiming for a strong media presence across the
country, both regionally and nationally with the endorsement and support of the Prime Minister, Government
Ministers and leaders in business, the arts and the creative industries.
[full details](Added 14 March 2008)
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Consultation on Statutory Orders - new secondary curriculum
| | Section 96 of the Education Act 2002 requires the Secretary of State to
publish draft Orders and regulations, along with any associated
documents, prior to laying new Statutory Orders before Parliament.
The Secretary of State now proposes to make Orders to bring about
changes to programmes of study for the Secondary National Curriculum
from September 2008.
Hard copies of the programmes of study were sent to schools and Local
Authorities in August 2007 in the form of a new curriculum handbook.
They are also available online at http://curriculum.qca.org.uk/. [full details](Added 10 March 2008)
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Assessment for learning
| | The assessment for learning section within the Primary Framework area contains materials to help you use the Primary Framework to develop assessment for learning in your school. The materials draw heavily from Excellence and Enjoyment: Learning and teaching in the primary years and have been updated and repurposed for the Primary Framework.
The assessing pupils' progress (APP) section contains all the guidance, materials and resources you need to support you in assessing children's progress in reading, writing and mathematics at Key Stage 2.
The standards files for reading, writing and mathematics contain examples of children's ongoing classroom work which have been assessed to exemplify the APP approach and show national standards.
Visit assessment for learning at the following URL: http://www.standards.dcsf.gov.uk/primaryframework/assessment/
(Added 05 February 2008)
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The Children's Plan
| | The Government wants to make this country the best place in the world for children and young people to grow up. The Children's Plan sets out how the Department for Children, Schools and Families is going to achieve that – by putting the needs of families, children and young people at the centre of everything we do.
For more information and to download the Children's Plan, please visit http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/publications/childrensplan/ (Added 11 December 2007)
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Anti-social and crime damage webcast:
| | Operation Mullion, 16 Feb, at 3 p.m.
A case study into antisocial behaviour and crime damage, TeacherNet interviews Jackie Jones, Deputy Head,
Mayfield School, Portsmouth and Stephen Hawkins, Police Constable and Neighbourhood Officer, Hampshire
Constabulary.
Visit www.teachernet.gov.uk/community (this link opens in a new window). (Added 25 January 2007)
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Trust School Early Adopters scheme
| | Alan Johnson, the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, today announced further support for Trust School Early Adopters.
Any primary, secondary or special school that is interested in becoming a Trust school can apply for the 'early adopter' programme. Schools will be eligible for a small amount of funding (up to a maximum of £10,000) to assist with set-up costs that they may incur when going through the process to acquire a Trust.
Schools will also benefit from a high level of support from the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT) and the Youth Sport Trust (YST) as well as having access to a toolkit and model documentation which is currently being tested by Trust School pathfinders.
Further information and an application form is available to download from the SSAT's dedicated Trust schools website at http://trustschools.ssatrust.org.uk (this link opens in a new window). (Added 30 November 2006)
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Welcome to the EYFS consultation response
| | The Department’s response to public consultation on the content of the Early Years Foundation Stage framework has been published. Download the response
The consultation was launched on 5 May and ran until 28 July 2006 to seek views on the draft EYFS framework. From September 2008, the EYFS will be the phase of learning and development for children in the age range from birth to the end of the academic year in which they turn five (0-5). It will be implemented in all registered early years settings and maintained and independent schools.
These settings will be required to meet the learning, development and welfare requirements in the supporting EYFS package, and to have regard to the guidance associated with those requirements as appropriate.
This will ensure that all young children have access to an integrated learning and care experience that evidence shows enables them to achieve the best outcomes, and gives parents choice of a consistent quality offer whichever setting their child may be attending. (Added 01 October 2006)
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Primary Framework renewed
| | The renewal of the Primary Framework for literacy and mathematics offers everyone involved in teaching children
aged from 3 to 11 an opportunity to continue the progress made in raising standards by embedding the principles of both Every child matters: change for children (2004) and Excellence and enjoyment: learning and teaching in the primary years (Ref: 0518-2004) into practice.
Visit the Primary Framework site: http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/primaryframework
(Added 07 September 2006)
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Trust school pathfinders announced
| | Twenty eight Trust school pathfinder projects involving nearly fifty schools were today announced by the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, Alan Johnson.
Trust schools are foundation schools supported by a charitable foundation or "Trust". They will be able to employ their own staff, set their own admission arrangements and manage their own land and assets. Trust schools are about building long-term relationships with partners and/or other schools
For more information on what Trust schools are about and to see examples of pathfinder projects, please click here: http://findoutmore.dfes.gov.uk/2006/09/trust_schools.html [full details](Added 07 September 2006)
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The Education and Inspections Bill 2006
| | The Education and Inspections Bill represents a major step forward in the Government's aim of ensuring that every child in every school in every community gets the education they need to enable them to fulfil their potential.
The Bill gives local authorities an enhanced strategic role as champion of pupils and parents, with a duty to promote choice, diversity and high standards for every child. As the commissioner of school places, they will take all decisions relating to school organisation. All schools will be able to become Trust schools and acquire new freedoms, and there will be new safeguards allowing for a Trust and trustees to be removed in certain circumstances. There will be a strong voice for parents through Parent Councils. [full details](Added ) | |
Jim Rose's final report on early reading is published
| | The Secretary of State asked Jim Rose, the former HMI Director of Inspection at Ofsted, to lead an independent review into the teaching of early reading, including the role played by synthetic phonics.
Ruth Kelly asked Mr Rose to provide an interim report by November 2005, and a final report by early 2006. The final report is now available, published on 20 March, on the Rose Review website. To see the press notice click here. A summary of the report can be viewed on the website, and the full final report is available to download (PDF 435 KB). (Added 20 March 2006)
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