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Updates for Course and Conference Cancellations in Adverse Weather Conditions
We will be keeping you updated with any course and conference cancellations during the winter months. For any updates regarding cancellations due to adverse weather conditions, please continue to monitor the Services for Schools banner, which you will find on the public portal. We will aim to give you as much notice as possible. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the S4S Training Team on 01629 536546 or via email S4S.Training@derbyshire.gov.uk
Health & Safety Training - forthcoming events
We have released some new health and safety training courses. On the 26th February we are running our course for new/acting Headteachers and Business Managers, 4th March a Fire Safety Management Course and on the 29th March an Accident Reporting and Investigation Course. If you have bought into our health and safety training package there is no additional charge for these courses. Details of the courses are in the health and safety training brochure but if you require further information you can give us a ring on 01629 536525 for further details. Booking for these training courses is available on the S4S website
Free Staff Learning Tours along the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site
Come and find out about the wealth of learning opportunities available to your pupils along the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site. 8th March 2019 - learning tour for teachers, teaching assistants and group leaders of Key Stage 1 and 2 pupils. 13th March 2019 - learning tour for teachers, teaching assistants and group leaders of Key Stage 3, 4 and Post 16 students. The tour will be led by experts and includes travel by minibus along the valley and access and entry to a wide range of sites including: Cromford Mills Birdswood trip boat on the Cromford Canal Sir Richard Arkwright's Masson Mills Derbyshire Record Office High Peak Junction Railway Workshops Strutt's North Mill Belper. Come and find out why this special area was inscribed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site and the wide range of learning opportunities, trips, visits, projects and experiences that your young people get involved in. Full details are available here. or on the attached flyers. Places are limited. To reserve your FREE place please email environmentalstudies@Derbyshire.gov.uk or call 01629 533439. These opportunities are being offered as one of the projects forming part of the Vital Valley Great Place Scheme funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and Arts Council England.
Cabinet Approval of ThinkIT framework
We are pleased to confirm that Cabinet approved the use of the ThinkIT framework by Derbyshire County Council and schools for the procurement of IT equipment and services. The framework is available for call off quotes (direct award), three quotes, mini-competition and full tender. ThinkIT framework has undergone the OJEU compliance process and due diligence carried out on all suppliers on the framework, with a range of categories from equipment, cloud services, audio visual, licensing, print to name a few. Accessing the framework can be direct, however we do provide the option of reviewing your requirements prior to submitting quote requests, and as a trusted support partner for schools in Derbyshire and beyond we are working closely with the framework on the delivery of major school infrastructure projects. To place a request for quote directly to the ThinkIT Framework please use the online form REQUEST A QUOTE To find out more about how your school can benefit from a safe, compliant and DFE recommended procurement route please contact Paul Livingstone at paul.livingstone@derbyshire.gov.uk ThinkIT Please click here for a Youtube Video Details on the DFE’s deals for schools can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/deals-for-schools/deals-for-schools
December 'Snippet' Available Now
The RM Integris Training & Support Team are pleased to bring you the latest newsletter; the December edition of the 'Snippet' including articles on the new DfE Sign-in and the January 2019 Pupil Census. We would also like to wish you all a well deserved break over the festive season. .
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Derbyshire SchoolsNet
Non-traded resources for all Derbyshire schools and academies are available on our SchoolsNet website. Please click HERE to view our SchoolsNet website or copy the link: https://schoolsnet.derbyshire.gov.uk/home.aspxThe resources area on the Services for Schools website is where you will find resources related to the services you have purchased from us.
Other Training Opportunities
Here you can find training courses offered by various teams within Derbyshire County Council and external partner agencies. These training courses are currently not bookable on Derbyshire S4S, please use the contact details listed under each team for more information and to book a place.
Health & Safety - Resources area
This section contains all the guidance, information and tools produced by the Authority to help you meet your statutory obligations under health and safety legislation. It will also help you satisfy the requirements to ensure health and safety is considered as part of the safeguarding agenda.
Budget Advice and Planning - Resources home
Welcome to the School Support Finance resources area. For extensive information about the services we offer to schools and to view and buy please see our Services page here If there is any information you are struggling to find or have any queries please contact: Ruth Lane 01629 532957 ruth.lane@derbyshire.gov.uk or contact your finance patch officer as below.
HR (Advisory) - Resources area
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21 Jan
SENCO Briefing
SENCO briefings are your opportunity to keep abreast of national and Derbyshire initiatives in Early Years Special Educational Needs. This year we are running seven of these 3-hour briefings throughout Derbyshire, all FREE and open to all Early Years practitioners working with or managing staff who work with young children with special needs. Parents are also welcome to attend. This year’s briefings will focus on: • transitions - identifying key elements to making successful transitions for children with SEN. For many young children with SEN, change can be a significant challenge. In this briefing, we hope to provide you with ideas and pathways to support your children’s transitions • Health Care Plans – clarification of the role of health care workers and the responsibilities of schools and settings to provide for a child’s medical needs • updates on funding, resources (including the new EYFS Social Communication small step profile) and training opportunities throughout the county And there is always time for your questions!
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22 Jan
Derbyshire Development Days 2018/19 - Winter Term (North of County)
Our Winter term Derbyshire Development Day features the following workshops to choose from: WORKSHOP ONE An Active Curriculum - Delivering core subjects through the physical OR Dance - Get them active and keep them busy WORKSHOP TWO KS1 Fundamental Movement Skills - Back to basics OR Times and Places - Multicultural themes in PE WORKSHOP THREE Assessment in PE - Simple and effective steps to drive progress OR Developing Resilience Through PE 2 - In and through activity
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22 Jan
Secondary Senior Leaders Network
Co-ordination of self-support and professional development network for Secondary phase Deputy and Assistant Headteachers.
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23 Jan
Safer Recruitment Training
The training workshop is intended to provide a consistent national minimum standard of good practice, indicating measures that organisations will adopt when recruiting and selecting people, including volunteers, to work with children. The trainers have undertaken training for trainers delivered by Lucy Faithfull Foundation (LFF) and have subsequently registered as "accredited" with LFF to deliver Safer Recruitment training using the Safer Recruitment Consortium materials.
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23 Jan
SENCO Briefing
SENCO briefings are your opportunity to keep abreast of national and Derbyshire initiatives in Early Years Special Educational Needs. This year we are running seven of these 3-hour briefings throughout Derbyshire, all FREE and open to all Early Years practitioners working with or managing staff who work with young children with special needs. Parents are also welcome to attend. This year’s briefings will focus on: • transitions - identifying key elements to making successful transitions for children with SEN. For many young children with SEN, change can be a significant challenge. In this briefing, we hope to provide you with ideas and pathways to support your children’s transitions • Health Care Plans – clarification of the role of health care workers and the responsibilities of schools and settings to provide for a child’s medical needs • updates on funding, resources (including the new EYFS Social Communication small step profile) and training opportunities throughout the county And there is always time for your questions!
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