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Please note the arrangements for the Director's termly meetings with headteachers:-

Primary Headteachers Meeting
Thursday 21 June 2007
Conference Area, Building 5, North London Business Park

Secondary Headteachers Meeting
Friday 22 June 2007
Room 5, Building 5, North London Business Park

Agenda for these meetings are included in the enclosures section of this week's School Circular. The meetings will start at 8.30am, with refreshments available from 8.00am.

Pete Comley
Assistant Information & Communications Officer

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Regulations passed under the Health Act 2006 come into effect on 1 July 2007, making it illegal to smoke in almost all enclosed work places. Health & Safety Bulletin 194 provides detailed information about this and is included in the enclosures section of this week's School Circular.

Ian Kimmett
Health & Safety Consultant

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Please find included in the enclosures section of this week's School Circular a flyer regarding the Barnet Youth Festival. An A5 flyer pack is also in this week's secondary schools' School Bag.

The festival, aimed at the 13 to 19 age group, is taking place at Copthall Stadium on 30 June 2007 from 1.00pm to 5.00pm. Entry is free.

Jo Domingo
Barnet Youth Board Support Worker

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Congratulations to the following schools and educational settings:

Moss Hall Infant School has been awarded the Artsmark Gold Award and Mapledown School has been awarded the Artsmark Silver Award. This is in recognition of their provision in art, dance, music and drama.

Pavilion Study Centre has been awarded National Healthy Schools status.

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Lights Out London
Capital Radio 95.8fm are organising Lights Out London on Midsummer's Night, Thursday 21 June 2007. It has been organised to invite the public to prove that everyone can make a difference to the planet's future:-
http://www.lightsoutlondon.com/find_out_more.asp

Food Partnership Week (25-29 June 2007)
Free regional sessions are available to find out about the DfES-accredited scheme that links primary teachers with food-education professionals:-
http://www.foodinschools.org/news_events/index.php

Keeping Every Child on Track
Education Secretary Alan Johnson has announced that 484 schools across England have been chosen to run a major two-year pilot from September 2007. The pilot will trial new ways to assess, report and stimulate progress in schools, so that no child falls behind or gets stuck at any stage:-
http://www.dfes.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2007_0101

Pete Comley
Assistant Information & Communications Officer

• Letter re: Standards Fund Grants - Infant Schools
• Letter re: Standards Fund Grants - Junior Schools
• Letter re: Standards Fund Grants - JMI Schools
  All Primary Schools 
  

  Letters regarding Raising Achievement through the Primary National Strategy. Standards Fund 107 - Allocation of funding for Personalisation and Raising Standards in Literacy and Mathematics. Information about allocations to be released in the September auto payment to Infant, Junior and JMI schools. Please click on the above links for further details.

• Letter re: Specialist Teacher Assistant Course
  All Primary Schools
  Response required by: 6 July 2007

  A letter regarding the Specialist Teacher Assistant course for Teaching Assistants 2007-2008. The closing date for applications is Friday 6 July 2007. Please click on the above link for further details.

• Flyer re: Barnet Youth Festival - 30 June 2007
• Flyer Pack re: Barnet Youth Festival - 30 June 2007
  All Secondary Schools  (On BGFL and hard copy in School Bag)

  Two flyers regarding the Barnet Youth Festival taking place at Copthall Stadium NW4 on 30 June 2007. Entry is free. Please click on the above link and see enclosure in the school bag for further details.

• Agenda re: Director's Meeting with Primary Headteachers - 21 June 2007
• Agenda re: Director's Meeting with Secondary Headteachers - 22 June 2007
  All Schools 

  The agendas for the Director's meetings with headteachers taking place at NLBP on the 21 and 22 June 2007. Please click on the above link for further details.

• Flyer re: Health and Safety Bulletin 194 - Smoking at Work
  All Schools
  Action required by: 1 July 2007

  Regulations passed under the Health Act 2006 come into effect on 1 July 2007, making it illegal to smoke in almost all enclosed work places. Health & Safety Bulletin 194 provides detailed information about this. Please click on the above link for further details.

• Letter re: Certification of the Teaching of PSHE
  All Schools
  Response required by: 6 July 2007

  A letter detailing the National PSHE Certificate in the Teaching of PSHE. This programme of continuing professional development (CPD) has been developed to enable teachers to gain recognition of their experience in teaching Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE). The deadline for application is 29 June 2007. Please click on the above link for further details.

• Flyer re: Return to Teaching Course
  All Schools
  

  A flyer regarding the Return to Teaching course taking place from September for qualified teachers who have been away from the profession for at least 12 months. Please click on the above link for further details.

• Instructions for Accessing NQT Database on BGfL
  All Schools (On BGFL and hard copy in School Bag)

Instructions for accessing the NQT database on BGfL. Please click on the above link and see enclosure in the school bag for further details.

• Flyer re: NASUWT Barnet Association General Meeting - 20 June 2007
  All Schools (Not on BGFL: Hard copy in School Bag) 

  A flyer regarding the minutes for the NASUWT Barnet Association's general meeting. The meeting will take place at St. Mary's & St. John's CE Primary School NW4 on Wednesday 20 June 2007 from 4.30pm to 6.00pm. Please see enclosure in the school bag for further details.

Please click the relevant links below for all of the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Flyers.

All CPD Flyers organised by Programme Strand

Primary CPD Flyers organised by Issue Date

Secondary CPD Flyers organised by Issue Date