For Action

Good news - the parking issue has been resolved!

Please find included in this week's School Bag, a letter detailing the agreed parking arrangements. Also included are parking permits and a map of the areas for which these permits are valid.

Martin Baker
Acting Director of Children's Service

For Information

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

Primary Headteachers' Meeting
Thursday 12 June 2008
Conference Area, Building 2, North London Business Park

Secondary Headteachers' Meeting
Friday 13 June 2008
Boardroom, Building 2, North London Business Park

Please find the agenda for these meetings within the enclosures section of this week's School Circular. The meetings will start at 8.30am, with refreshments available from 8.00am. You will be able to use the permits for parking.

Suzanne Crouch
Schools Information Officer

For Information

The 2008/9 - 2010/11 Barnet Children and Young People Plan has now been published. Two hard copies are enclosed in the school bag, for the attention of the headteacher and the chair of governors. An electronic version of the plan can also be accessed on BGfL.

The plan provides the framework for all work with children and young people in Barnet, setting out our priorities to improve outcomes and detailing what the local authority, schools, the primary care trust and other partners will be doing to meet these priorities.

As mentioned at previous Director's meetings and meetings with Chairs of Governors, all schools must have regard to the Children and Young People Plan in their own school planning.

Martin Baker
Acting Director of Children's Service

For Information

A reminder that the next four Network meetings for all Headteachers will be taking place on Wednesday 25 June from 8:30am to 11:00am in Building 2, NLBP.

Agenda

• Network Specific Issues - full agenda to be emailed to you under separate cover
• AOB

Please note coffee/tea will be available from 8:00am
If you have any queries, please contact Sharon McGovern on 020 8359 7948.

Sharon McGovern
Admin Officer, Schools and Learning

For Information

The new, improved Young Gifted and Talented Learner Academy is now online and the portal is open to young people aged 4-19. The portal is available to all young people as associate members and it also provides a "one-stop-shop" support for educators, parents, and governors. Those pupils identified by their school as Gifted and Talented can gain full, validated access to the portal.

Further to the letter featured in Issue 31 of the School Circular, all schools will receive individual membership packs with their school bag this week.

Wendy Hulme
Gifted and Talented Consultant and Ethnic Minority Achievement Consultant

For Action

Let's Get Cooking is a 5 year, £20 million programme, supported by the Big Lottery Fund, to set up a network of 5,000 cooking clubs across England. Let's Get Cooking will contact schools in early June to invite them to apply. Eleven schools in Barnet will receive funding and training for trainers as well as resources. Priority will be given to schools with a free school meal entitlement of 20% or more.

When you have received the invitation to apply, applications for funding should be made on 24 June for priority schools and on 26 June for other schools. Applications are to be made via the website by completing a brief form and inputting the code provided on the invitation. Allocation of places will be done on a first come first served basis as there is a limited amount of funding. An introductory event for successful applicants will take place at North London Business Park on 15 October at 1.30pm.

For further information, please contact Emilia Arvstrand, Healthy Schools Team, on 020 8359 7343.

Dave Rodgers
Healthy Schools Strategic Manager

For Action

Barnet's Children's Workforce Shadowing Programme was launched on 7 May as an added learning and development opportunity for staff in the children's workforce. The programme aims to improve the ability of the children's workforce in Barnet to work together by fostering good working relationships across the partnership and raising awareness of the range of work being undertaken. It is open to everyone working within the children's workforce across the partnership in Barnet.

Job shadowing opportunities are therefore available within the Local Authority and across the other agencies and services, including health (PCT, Acute Trust, CAMHS), voluntary and private sector, Middlesex University, Barnet College and schools.

Interested participants should discuss with their manager and then submit a completed application form, included in the enclosures section of this week's School Circular, to the Children's Workforce Development Team at the North London Business Park. The team will check that that the arrangement meets the agreed criteria for the scheme, arrange a suitable placement and link up the participants with a named contact in their chosen area of work.

The Children's Workforce Development Team has had a very positive response from various sectors across the partnership willing to have other members of the children's workforce shadowing them. If you and/or your team are available for others to shadow you, please contact the Children's Workforce Development Team at childrens.workforce@barnet.gov.uk and we'll link you up with participants who are interested in shadowing someone in a school.

For further information, please contact Delphine Garr on 020 8359 6392 or at delphine.garr@barnet.gov.uk

Delphine Garr
Workforce Development and Learning Manager

For Action - Response required by 27 June

Due to unforeseen circumstances the Family Learning Training Day, organised by the Community Development Unit, Barnet College, has been changed to Monday 7 July. Please find a letter of invitation, registration form and running order for the day in the enclosures section of this week's School Circular. Please return the registration form by 27 June.

For further information, please contact Janet Abousaada at janet.abousaada@barnet.ac.uk or Sharon Lee at sharon.lee@barnet.ac.uk

Sharon Lee
Community Development Unit, Barnet College

For Information

Diplomas
Announcement of £81 million of additional funding to help deliver the new diplomas.

Joint Birth Registration White Paper
Details of amendments to parental responsibility.

Home Office Roadshows, June - July
Details of roadshows being run by the Home Office focusing on 'honour'-based violence and forced marriage.

Water Safety
An interactive website from The Environment Agency which aims to ensure that children have an understanding of water safety.

Shine
An opportunity to celebrate student's achievements during the national festival 30 June - 4 July.

Assessment for Learning
The strategy can now be downloaded or ordered from the above website.

Joy Court
Schools Information Co-ordinator

• CLEAPSS Primary Newsletter - Summer 2008
  All Primary Schools (Not on BGFL: Hard copy in School Bag)
  

  Issue 41 of the CLEAPSS Primary Science and Technology Newsletter. Please make this available to Science and Technology Coordinators. Please see enclosure in the school bag for further details.

• Letter re: Transfer to Secondary School 2009 
• Transfer to Secondary School 2009 Procedure Notes
• Transfer to Secondary School 2009 Form
• Transfer to Secondary School 2009 Pack for Parents
  All Primary Schools with Year 5
  (Letter, notes and form on BGFL: All inc. pack hard copy in School Bag)
  

  A letter, notes, form and pack regarding the procedure for transfer to secondary schools in September 2009. Please distribute the pack to parents and carers and return the completed form by Friday 20 June. Please click on the above links for further details.

• Letter re: Graffiti Tags
• Photos of Graffiti Tags
  All Secondary Schools
  

  A letter from the Priority Intervention Team regarding graffiti tags in Barnet. Please click on the above link for further details.

• Agenda re: Director's Meeting with Headteachers - Primary
• Agenda re: Director's Meeting with Headteachers - Secondary
  All Schools
  

  The agendas for the Director's meetings with headteachers. Please click on the above link for further details.

• Letter re: Parking at NLBP - Primary Specials PRUs
• Letter re: Parking at NLBP - Secondary
• NLBP Car Parking Map
• NLBP Parking Permits
  All Schools (Letters and map on BGFL and hard copy with permits in School Bag) 

  A letter regarding the parking procedures at NLBP. Included are parking permits and a map of the areas for which these permits are valid. Please see enclosure in the school bag for further details.

• Letter re: Young Gifted and Talented Learner Academy
• Young Gifted and Talented Learner Academy Membership Pack
  All Schools (Letter on BGFL: Pack hard copy in School Bag)
  

  A letter regarding the new, improved online Young Gifted and Talented Learner Academy. The portal is available to all young people as associate members and it also provides a "one-stop-shop" support for educators, parents, and governors.  Those pupils identified by their school as Gifted and Talented can gain full, validated access to the portal. Individual membership packs are included in the school bag. Please click on the above link and see enclosure in the school bag for further details.

• Application Form re: Children's Service Job Shadowing Programme
  All Schools
  

  An application form regarding Barnet's Children's Workforce Shadowing Programme which was launched on 7 May as an added learning and development opportunity for staff in the children's workforce. The programme aims to improve the ability to work together by fostering good working relationships across the partnership and raising awareness of the range of work being undertaken. It is open to everyone working within the Children service across the partnership in Barnet. Please click on the above link for further details.

• Barnet's Children and Young People Plan 2008/9 - 2010/11 
  All Schools (Not on BGFL: Hard copy in School Bag) 

  Barnet's Children and Young People Plan 2008/9 - 2010/11, setting out priorities, actions and performance targets for organisations working with children and young people in Barnet. Please see enclosure in the school bag for further details.

• Letter re: Family Learning Day Invitation - 7 July
• Family Learning Day Registration Form
• Family Learning Day Programme
  All Schools
  

  A letter of invitation, registration form and agenda for the Family Learning Day celebration event, organised by the Family Learning Unit at Barnet College, on 7 July. Please return the registration form by 27 June. Please click on the above links for further details.

• Flyer re: New End Theatre Summer Academy
• Flyer re: New End Theatre Academy
  All Schools (Not on BGFL: Hard copy in School Bag)
  

  Flyers regarding the New End Theatre Summer Academy and year long Academy. The New End Theatre Summer Academy will take place from 28 July - 1 August providing young people from the age of 5-14 with professional theatre training by industry professionals. The year long Academy begins in September and will give young people the chance to build transferable skills in multimedia and radio production. Please see enclosures 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