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Autumn Term 2018

Forest Way Teaching School

Alliance News

Inside this issue:

School Direct Infor-

mation Events

2

New to our CPD

Programme

2

Research Groups 3

Primary Literacy

Network

3

SSIF Projects 3

FWTSA Board 3

New procedure for

EP Reports

4

New SLEs 4

Science Learning

Partnership

4

What’s On for

Autumn 2018

5-7

Welcome back to another new

academic year. We would like to offer

a warm welcome to two schools new

to the Alliance this year, Ashby C of E

Primary and Ashby Hill Top Primary.

Good to have you on board.

We are delighted that

we have recruited 29

trainees to our SD

programme this year,

an increase of 8 on last

year - bucking the

national trend! Thanks

to Sheila Dennis

(Secondary Programme

Lead) and Heidi Malliff

(Primary Programme

Lead) for their

outstanding work with

School Direct Programme 2017/18

Once again we held our

School Direct

celebration event on a

lovely sunny evening at

the end of last term

with the obligatory

cake!

Nine of our eleven

Primary trainees and

seven out of ten

secondary trainees

secured a teaching post

School Direct Programme 2018/19

IT, NQT and RQT

trainees for

FWTSA. We are

so lucky to have

the support from

FWTSA schools in

mentoring and

supporting

trainees.

Don’t forget to put a

link to the ITT pages

on our website from

your website if you have not

done so already. Email

[email protected] if

you would like more

information or a logo.

School Direct Information Events

Forest Way School

Warren Hills Road Coalville

LE67 4UU

Phone: 01530 277363

Email:

[email protected]

www.

forestwaytsa.org

Our first School Direct

Information Event for this year

was held on Wednesday 4

October at Forest Way

School and was very well

attended.

We have three other events

booked, two at local schools

during the daytime and

New to our CPD programme

Holywell Park in

Loughborough.

Teaching Assistants’

Conference

7 January 2019 with a focus

on Behaviour.

SENCO Conference

8 March 2019 with a focus on

Assessment.

Details and booking

arrangements will be sent out

very soon.

We have designed a fantastic

programme of CPD for

FWTSA schools this year,

following the feedback we

have received, and are

delighted to offer the following

new programmes:

Leading a Great School -

Led by Gill Weston using up

to the minute and reobust

research to support your

school improvement.

NPQML, SL & H - we are

now running these

programmes in conjunction

with Thomas Estley Learning

Alliance and have a bursary for

FWTSA schools to reduce

costs.

We have two conferences

focussing on SEND coming up

in the new year, both at

another in the evening at

Forest Way.

These events have proved to

be one of the best ways to

promote our Teacher Training

Programme and recruit

trainees teachers to eventually

work in Alliance schools.

We would appreciate it if

schools could also promote

these events, to staff members

and parents. Please contact

[email protected] if

you would like us to send you

promotional materials to

include in your newsletters.

Dates:

30 October 2018 1.30 to 3.00pm at Castle Rock High School (Secondary)

1 November 2018 1.45 to 3.00pm at Whitwick St John the Baptist Primary (Primary/Special)

16 January 2019 5.00 to 6.30pm at Forest Way School (Primary/Special & Secondary)

Unfortunately the 2 most re-

cent Leicestershire SSIF bids

were unsuccessful and the DfE

has now closed down this pro-

gramme.

Our two current programmes

on literacy will continue until

March 2019.

Forest Way School


LE67 4UU

Phone: 01530 277363

Email:

[email protected]

www.

forestwaytsa.org

This has taken on a new

research focus under the new

leadership of Emma Mitchell

and Alex Whitehouse (English

SLEs).

Thursday 11 October 2018

‘Closing the vocabulary gap’ led

by Alex Whitehouse.

Thursday 28 February 2019

‘Spelling in practice’ led by

Emma Mitchell.

Research Groups

FWTSA Board

The Board works in a similar

way to a school Governing

Body. It meets every half term

and oversees the work of the

Alliance, including strategic

direction, allocation of

resources, membership and

support for schools.

No More Marking Working

Group

This working group was put

together to allow colleagues in

both secondary and primary

settings to come together, to

explore and navigate the latest

research around reducing

workload in schools,

particularly around marking.

The group is facilitated by

SLE’s, but each member of the

group will take on joint

responsibility for

supplementing the research

shared with the group, with

what they have discovered for

themselves. Colleagues are

encouraged to share anything

new that they find with the

group in the spirit of

collaboration which is at the

heart of the alliance. Each

member will then go on to

trial alternative ways of

providing feedback back in

their own schools and to share

their findings. The ultimate

aim is that by the end of the

project we will have a bank of

ideas that have worked/ not

worked in a variety of

different contexts, which

can be built upon and shared

throughout the alliance and

beyond.

'Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress, working together is

success!' Henry Ford

Primary Literacy Network

FWTSA Board comprises of:

6 Primary School Headteachers:

Sylvie Newman - Donisthorpe,/Measham/Hill Top Primary

Paul Driver - Hugglescote Community Primary

Sue Ward - Newton Burgoland Primary

Ed Petrie - New Swannington Primary

Ruth Elmore - St Charles Catholic Primary

Sally Hayden - The Hall School Glenfield

1 Special School Headteacher:

Gail Seaton - Forest Way School

4 Secondary Headteachers;

Anne Marie Blewitt - Ivanhoe College

Jenny Byrne - King Edward VII Sport & Science College

Julia Patrick - Castle Rock High School

Geoff Staniforth - Ashby School

FWTSA Staff:

Lynn Slinger - Director

Helen Joy - Lead Practitioner

The aim is to equip

practitioners with practical

ideas/activities to try and

develop in their own

classrooms, within or across

schools. Our hope is that

schools will be willing to

feedback and share their

work at a feedback meeting

on 23 May 2019 when we

can also discuss areas for

further work in 2019-20.

SSIF Projects

Forest Way School


LE67 4UU

Phone: 01530 277363

Email:

[email protected]

www.

forestwaytsa.org

Please contact Pam Lord at FWTSA [email protected] Tel: 01530 277363

if you would like their assistance.

School Direct Class of 2017/18

Following the many requests

we have received from schools

to have Educational Psychology

Reports sent electronically, we

worked with the Psychologists,

the IT Manager and admin staff

to develop a procedure that

would conform to GDPR and

LA requirements for sending

pupil information by email.

We will now send EP Reports

in pdf format by encrypted

email to the email address

provided by the school at the

time of the EP visit.

Schools can then print out

copies to send to parents and

other interested parties.

New procedure for Educational Psychologist reports

Forest Way Teaching School Alliance now have four

Educational Psychologists on the team. Morag

Gornall, Karen Booth-Clibborn, Rachel Griffiths and

Sarah Godwin are available to work with schools

within the alliance.

Don’t forget to check out our website

www.forestwaytsa.org for up to date information on

Dates and times of Network Groups

On-line course booking

Information about School Direct ITT

NQT and RQT courses

Links to all our partner websites

and see our Facebook and Twitter pages

too.

New SLEs

At the end of last term we

designated 10 NEW SLEs. Please see the LLE/SLE page on

our website and let us know if

you need an LLE/SLE deployed

in your school.

www.forestwaytsa.org/

lles-and-sles

Science Learning Partnership

Our SLP continues to grow and

we are offering many exciting

programmes for primary and

secondary collegues this year.

We also welcome Donna

Tolley from Ashby School who

is now leading our Secondary

programme.

Take a look at our website for details of up-coming science

courses:

www.forestwaytsa.org/science-learning-partnership

Sarah

Karen Rachel

Morag

http://www.forestwaytsa.org/lles-and-sles.html

http://www.forestwaytsa.org/lles-and-sles.html

http://www.forestwaytsa.org/science-learning-partnership.html

Forest Way School


LE67 4UU

Phone: 01530 277363

Email:

[email protected]

www.

forestwaytsa.org

What’s On for Autumn Term 2017

Date/Event Time Venue

Monday 8 October 2018

A Crucial Time for Communicating EYFS 9.30am FWS

Primary Maths Network 1.30pm FWS

Tuesday 9 October 2018

Primary RQT Training 1.30pm The Croft, FWS

Wednesday 10 October 2018

DRB Headteachers Briefing 9.00am FWS

Headteachers Lunchtime Network 11.45am FWS

NPQML 4.00pm FWS

Thursday 11 October 2018

Primary Literacy Network 1.30pm FWS

Friday 12 October 2018

STELLAR Developing the role of the subject leader 9.30am FWS

HALF TERM

Monday 29 October 2018

Deputies & Asst. heads Network 8.00am FWS

Effective Leadership of Others 1.00pm FWS

Secondary RQT Training 3.30pm The Croft, FWS

SENCO Net 4.00pm FWS

Tuesday 30 October 2018

Effective support for pupils with EAL 9.30am FWS

Wednesday 31 October 2018

Primary Music Network 3.15pm FWS

Thursday 1 November 2018

Leading a Mentally Healthy School 2/2 9.30am FWS

Friday 2 November 2018

ELSA Support Supervision Sessions 9.15am The Croft, FWS

IT Technicians Network 1.30pm The Croft, FWS

Monday 5 November 2018

SENCO Collaborative Network 1.30pm FWS


Forest Way School


LE67 4UU

Phone: 01530 277363

Email:

[email protected]

www.

forestwaytsa.org




Maths Subject Leaders Professional Network 9.15am FWS


Maths Greater Depth—Rapid Graspers 9.30am FWS


NPQML 9.30am FWS

No More Marking Group Meeting 4.15pm FWS

Tuesday 13 November 2018

English Subject Leaders Prof. Network 9.30am FWS

Primary Teaching Assistants’ Network 9.30am The Croft, FWS

Primary Languages Network 1.30pm The Croft, FWS

Wednesday 14 November 2018

Introduction to Performance Management 9.30am FWS

Early Years Practitioners Network 4.00pm FWS


STELLAR– Assessment and Progression in

Primary Science 9.30am FWS


Mastery in Maths within the SEN Context 9.30am Thomas Estley CC

Wednesday 21 November 2018

Leading a Great School 9.15am FWS


Primary NQT Training 1.30pm FWS


Makaton Follow Up Training 9.30am FWS


Effective Leadership of Others 9.00am FWS

Primary RQT Training 1.30pm FWS


Computing Projects Network 2.00pm FWS


Cover Supervisors Network 1.00pm FWS

Monday 3 December 2018

Makaton Follow Up Workshop 9.30am FWS

Forest Way School


LE67 4UU

Phone: 01530 277363

Email:

[email protected]

www.

forestwaytsa.org



Tuesday 4 December 2018

Primary & Secondary SD Mentor Training 2.00/4.00pm FWS

Wednesday 5 December 2018

Diving Deeper into Mathematics Year 1 9.15am FWS

Diving Deeper into Mathematics Years 3.4 1.30pm FWS

Thursday 6 December 2018

Secondary NQT Training 1.30pm FWS

Monday 10 December 2018

Secondary RQT Training 3.3pm FWS

Tuesday 11 December 2019

NPQML 9.30am FWS

Wednesday 12 December 2018

Deadline for NQT Assessment Report to be

submitted to FWTSA

To book for courses and events please go to our bookings website

https://bookwhen.com/forestwaytsa

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