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/ Intensive Careers Support - Not everyone knows exactly what they want to do after leaving school so, for pupils aged 16 to 18 who need some extra help working out what their next step is,Nottingham Jobs and Futuresare here to help.Their aim is to inspire young people to learn about and fulfil their career goals and to do this,they work with schools and local communities to help them find a path into training or work which is right for them. There’s no “one size fits all” so the services on offer include:
- Advice about traineeships and apprenticeships
- Raising awareness of careers and opportunities fairs
- Support those who are especially at risk of not finding work or training
- Advice from professionally trained careers advisors
- CV and job application writing
- Interview and communication skills
- Confidence building
- Support into work or training
- Work clubs and group sessions
- Advice in starting your own business
- Welfare advice and guidance
- Support in managing your finances
- Free travel to interviews, new training courses, apprenticeships and jobs
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Broken Dreams: Introduction to Child Sexual Exploitation Training - This training is being offered FREE to schools in the City to increase awareness among staff about the important issue of Child Sexual Exploitation and support staff to safeguard young people. This training can be delivered as a 2 hour workshopor as a 3.5 half day training. It can be delivered as part of an inset day training or as a twilight session. For more information please visit: contact: book a session.
National Justice Museum EducationProgramme- The registered charity, National Justice Museum has launched a new education programme suitable for all ages. For more information on the Education Programme available, please visit:
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National Clean Air Day 15th June - The National Clean Air Day is a national event that is being sponsored by the Global Action Plan (GAP) andtheDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs(DEFRA). This event is an exciting opportunity to raise awareness of how people can take positive action to protect themselves and others from the effects of air pollution. The day will be positive in tone and offer people easy, practical ways that they can reduce their exposure to air pollution and their contribution to the emissions generated. For information on how to get your school involved, please visit: or contact or 0115 87 61564
TeachMeet East Midlands - The next TeachMeet East Midlands event will be onWednesday 7th June from 5:30pm until 8:45pm at the National College, Nottingham. Keynotes: Michael Tidd; Martin Illingworth (Senior Lecturer in English Education at Sheffield Hallam University and Associate with Independent Thinking).Free food and goodies (as per usual).Sign up and further information accessed using the followinglink:
Nottingham City Museum and GalleriesTeacher's Open House - The next Open House this term will be held at Nottingham Castle on Thursday 22nd June. This is a free teacher’s evening in one ofthe flagship museums, and an opportunity to learn more aboutthe service and network with other teachers in the region. For more information please visit:
SHAKE - UP!: Create a version of a Shakespeare play for posterity! - Nottingham Schools are invited to submit their ideas for an exciting partnership between Notts TV, the Cultural Education Partnership – ChalleNGe, UNESCO City of Literature and Nottingham City Council. For more information please visit:
Harmless Free Mental Health Workshops - Harmless are delivering FREE Mental Health Workshops in Nottingham as part of the Wellness in Mind Training Programmeand the Crisis Care Concordat Training Programme. For more details or to book onto a workshop please visit:
Zippy’s Friends: A programme that promotes the mental health and emotional wellbeing of children aged 5-7 -The PSHE Advisory Service in Nottingham is now licensed to train teachers to deliver this resource. Worldwide research provides evidence that Zippy’s Friends has shown significant improvements in the social and emotional skills of the children, helping them to deal with their feelings and cope with everyday difficulties. For more information or to book onto one of the events please visit:
Equation Safeguarding Training Sessions- Equation have developed some new twilight (short) sessions for school staff and others working with children and young people. Each 90 minute session costs £250 with discounts available where more than one session is booked.Half and full day training sessions available – price upon request.For further information about the learning outcomes for these sessions and booking details please visit:
Online Safety Survey Preview for Primary and Secondary Schools and Academies - The PSHE Advisory Service in Nottingham have developed a new online safety survey. The tool can help you learn about your pupils’ access to the internet, their online behaviour and their understanding of how to stay safer online.Find out more at an information twilight in July. The session also provides an opportunity for an online safety update before the end of the academic year. For more information please visit:
Lord Mayor's Attendance Awards 2017 - Information packs have now been sent out for the annual Lord Mayor’s Attendance Awards, and these should be withSchools' attendance leads. The event will take place at Harvey Hadden leisure centre, in Bilborough, on Thursday 13th July between 3.30pm and 5.30pm. Every school in Nottingham can choose two pupils to send along to this fantastic free event. For more information please visit:
Nottingham Summer Development Jam - The Summer Digital Jam will take place between June and September 2017 with the principal aim of inspiring more young people in Nottingham about digital technology and related careers opportunities. The Summer Digital Jam 2017 is an employer led event delivered by the following partners: Capital One, SUMO Digital, Esendex, Dijital and The National Video Game Arcade. For more information on how to get involved please visit:
Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) event - This awareness raising event is aimed at practitioners from any agency who are or who may become involved in the management of MAPPA cases (serious sexual and violent offenders), and managers supporting practitioners. For more information please visit:
DfE Statutory Guidance - Performance (P scale) attainment targets for pupils with special educational needs (SEN). For more information please visit:
DfE Open Consultaion: Analysing family circumstances and education - The DfEare seeking views on the methodology intheir paper analysing the household income and educational outcomes of pupils in England. For more information please visit:
Grant writing service for schools - Many schools struggle to find the capacity to identify funding opportunities and even when they do the time to complete the application forms is overtaken by other priorities. School Business Partner is offering Nottingham Schools a 5% reduction on its normal charge rate for this service.
For more information please visit:
CFR Government Statements -CFR Governor Statements for 2016/17 are available for review here:
Nottingham Injury Minimization Programme for Schools (IMPS) - The Nottingham IMPS Spring Newsletter 2017is available to download. For more information please visit:
Presentation from the Designated Safeguarding Lead Network Meeting – The presentation and other documents from the DSL Network Meeting on 18th May are now available to download from: the ‘Information from previous meetings’ section.
Give your school a head start for 2017/18! - The Primary Teaching and Learning Team have unveiled their enhanced programme of CPD events for 2017/18. The team provides inspirational training focused on English and mathematics, with specialists well versed in the very latest national and international research, so you can stay ahead of the curve. One of the world’s top children’s authors will also be joining one of the events. For more information please visit:
/ Stories you might find interesting...!
Nottingham Contemporary - The Screen at Contemporary's summer season takes a Sci-Fi turn. From films that have been loved, to those overlooked, unseen or forgotten - they are beingbrought to life on the big screen! For more information please visit:
Teeth Tools for Schools - Whilst working with schools in 2011 the Local Oral Health Promotion Team discovered a gap in oral health knowledge and resources. The team collated a resource folder for teaching staff that encompasses lesson plans and resources to aid oral health promotion from foundation to year 6. For more information please visit:
Story Books - The Oral Health Promotion Tooth fairies strive to make positive changes happen: a small sprinkle of fairy dust can make behaviour change! Everyone is unique so the care offered needs to reflect that, by working in partnership The Oral Health Promotion Team strives to ensure all projects work this way no matter how challenging. To read more please visit:
'Brushing Buddies' continues to help save children's smiles! - This fantastic supervised tooth brushing scheme aims to support primary schools to motivate their children and families to take better care of their dental health - and their smiles. Brushing Buddies is now active in over 45 schools across Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire and sees teaching staff educating and inspiring young children to brush their teeth whilst at school. For more information on the scheme please visit:
Nottingham Girls Academy Outreach - Candida Brudenell, Director of Strategy and Resources, Ruby Bhattal, Head of Communications, Beth Hanna, Neighbourhood Development Officer, and Zaineb Syed, Resourcing and Development Facilitator, all previous pupils of Nottingham Girls’ Academy, went to talk at assemblies for years 10 and 11 to talk to the girls about jobs and working at the Council. To read more about the outreach please visit:
Cheap, reading t-shirts for Dolly – We have managed to get hold of a small number of limited edition, near vintage t-shirts, promoting reading. These could be yours for just £2, which all goes towards the Dolly Parton Imagination Library. XL and S sizes are available so what are you waiting for? For more information contact: or call0115 87 65514
Education Endowment Funding: Meta-cognition and self-regulation - Meta-cognition and self-regulation approaches (sometimes known as ‘learning to learn’ approaches) aim to help learners think about their own learning more explicitly. This is usually by teaching pupils specific strategies to set goals, and monitor and evaluate their own academic development. For more information please visit:
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