For Action

Your original budget allocations for 2007/08 are now ready to download.  Please go to the website www.funding.barnet.lgfl.net and follow the links. You will need to enter your school's 4 digit DfES number to see your own school's funding sheets, but you do not have to log in to LGfL.

These allocations replace the Provisional allocations released on 21st February and include all corrections and amendments identified in the last two weeks. 

The letter enclosed with this circular has also been sent in the School Bag to Headteachers.

Carol Beckman
School Funding Manager

For Action

The second of the twice-termly Director of Children's Service Report to Governors (formerly the CEOs Report), Spring 2007, is now available for consideration at your next termly meeting of the governing body.

In line with the council's commitment to open local government, schools should make available certain information to the public. Therefore, a copy of the report should be in a place accessible to parents, school staff, pupils and visitors.

The report can be found electronically at: Governor Services Reports

Sarah Beaumont
Governor Services Manager

For Action

Contained within this week's enclosures is a letter offering training for those staff who will be conducting the performance management of teachers under the new regulations from September 2007.

The letter gives details of ten alternative sessions in the summer term, where to find further details about them and the arrangements for requesting places on these training days.

Mike Horton
School Workforce Development Manager

For Information - Primary Schools

The Copyright Licensing Agency has published a reduced charge of £0.74 per pupil to primary schools for the Photocopying Licence 2007. This will be reflected in the invoices when sent to schools next term.

Pete Comley
Assistant Information & Communications Officer

For Information

Teachers of History, Geography and Citizenship will find valuable resources for KS2-KS3 studies at the Centre in the form of maps, photos, statistics, published histories, reminiscences and other archive materials to support the Curriculum and bring an interesting local dimension to the lesson. For example, comparisons can be made between the likely impact of the proposed Cricklewood Regeneration scheme on housing, communications and employment with the effects of the coming of the railway to Cricklewood in the 19th century. The theme of change can also be explored, by looking at how the lifestyle of local people was affected as a consequence of World War II, e.g. the role of women in contributing to the war effort, or by simply looking at change in and around your school.

View our web page to browse Pocket Histories, an area profile with many photos/links and a brief resource list to sample what the Local Studies service is developing online.

Staff at the Local Studies Centre would be very pleased to talk you about your needs, discuss a project, or to arrange a visit to the school to give an illustrated talk. Alternatively, we would be pleased to host visits by small groups of children to the Centre.

The Barnet Local Studies & Archives Centre
80 Daws La. Mill Hill, NW7 4SL
Tel: 0208 359 3960
Email  library.archives@barnet.gov.uk
Web www.barnet.gov.uk/archives

Yasmine Webb
Local Studies Collection Manager

For Action - Response required by 27 April

As London has been chosen as the host city for the first official stage of this year's Tour De France Transport for London have been actively trying to offer London pupils the opportunity to get involved in the competition and in cycling in general.

TfL would like to encourage your pupils to enter their competitions to design:

• a poster promoting cycling to school
• a cycle jersey promoting London and cycling to school

To enter your pupils for these competitions they need to complete the attached worksheets. They are both double sided and we ask pupils to describe their design to us on page one and then draw (in colour) their design on the reverse side.

Each school is invited to select the best three jersey designs and the best three poster designs and send them to Transport for London.

The closing date for entries is Friday 27 April.

For further details please see the letters and worksheets in the enclosures section.

Alison Sharpe
School Travel Plan Coordinator

For Information

Outstanding Success

You may have read in the national press that the publication of the Key Stage 3 results last week showed that Barnet is in the top ten Local Authorities for value added for Key stage 2 to Key Stage 3. This is a great tribute to all those involved. Congratulations.

Investors in People

Congratulations to Underhill Junior School for their re-accreditation of Investors in People in February 2007.

For Information

Wessex Gardens Primary School have 2 Promethean Interactive Whiteboards which they would like to sell for £250.00 each complete with pens.

They are Activeboard 75's  - size 1m 70cm wide and 1m 20cm high.

The boards are in very good condition and excellent working order. The offer does not include projectors or the Promethean ActiveStudio software. They will have to be collected from the school.

If you are interested please contact Vandana Mayer, Tuesday - Thursday, on 020 8455 9572 or office.wessexgardens.barnet@lgfl.net

Vandana Mayer
ICT Co-ordinator
Wessex Gardens Primary School

For Information

KS3 Results
Schools Minister Jim Knight welcomed the continuing improvement in KS3 results:-
http://www.dfes.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2007_0032

Consultation on Attendance Targets
The DfES is consulting on new proposals for Attendance Targets for persistent individual and pupil group absentees. Further details can be found at:-
http://www.dfes.gov.uk/consultations/conDetails.cfm?consultationId=1460

14-19 Pathfinder Programme: Learning Visits
The DfES is offering the opportunity for Focussed Learning Visits to Pathfinder areas during March 2007. This is the third tranche of these Visits and covers the more difficult delivery issues such as common timetables, curriculum modelling and other subjects. Further details can be found at:-
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/educationoverview/briefing/news/learningvisits/

Veterans Day 2007 - Competition for Schools
As part of the celebration of Veterans Day 2007, the Ministry of Defence has organised a competition for primary schools to create a front page newspaper article covering the Falklands Conflict in 1982. Further details can be found at:- 
http://www.veteransagency.mod.uk/veteransday/index.htm

Pete Comley
Assistant Information & Communications Officer

•  Letter re: Original School Budget Allocations 2007/08
  All Schools (On BGFL and hard copy in School Bag)

A letter regarding your original budget allocations for 2007/08. These allocations replace the Provisional allocations released on 21st February and include all corrections and amendments identified in the last two weeks. Please click on the above link and see enclosure in the school bag for further details.

• Notes re: Director's Meeting with Chairmen and Vice-chairmen of Governors 10 January 2007
  All Schools

  The notes of the Director's meeting with Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of Governors held on Wednesday 10 January 2007 at North London Business Park. Please click on the above link for further details.

• Letter re: Performance Management of Teachers: Training for Reviewers
  All Schools

  A letter detailing arrangements for training those teachers acting as performance management reviewers. Please click on the above link for further details.

• Headteacher's Letter re: Cycling Design Competition for KS2
• Head of Art's Letter re: Cycling Design Competition for KS3
• Head of Design's Letter re: Cycling Design Competition for KS3
• Worksheets re: Cycling Design Competition
  All Schools
  Response required by: 27 April

  Letters and a worksheets pdf regarding Transport for London's Tour de France competitions. The closing date for entries is Friday 27 April 2007. Please click on the above links for further details.

• Flyers re: Individual Area Forums 21 March 2007
• Flyer re: Area Forums 21 March 2007
  All Schools

  Flyers for the Barnet, Finchley and Hendon Area forums to be held on Wednesday 21 March 2007. Please click on the above link for further details.

• Flyer re: Bounce
  All Schools

  In partnership with Sport England, Bounce is a national health and inclusion campaign that raises awareness of the impact that disability and illness can have on the everyday life of everyday children. Please click on the above link 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