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Secondary Newsletter Autumn 2008!

BSF Newsletter - July 08

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BSF Primary Newsletter - July 08

14-19 Update - Jan 08

Governor Update - Spring 2008

We hope you will find this website useful in sharing information and spreading good practice.

The various areas within the site will provide you with information and links on the latest developments within Secondary Standards. It is also useful in providing links and key information and documentation for those looking to use this site as a portal for sharing information.

You will also find a range of the latest bulletins produced within CYPS, in particular, the latest news from the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme. Our monthly Secondary Curriculum Bulletins are packed full of information and a library of these are available in the curriculum link. In the termly Secondary Newsletter you will find a fantastic variety of illuminating articles from colleagues in education across the secondary sector in Newham. We are pleased to say that we seem to have received more articles than ever, reflecting the rich profusion (and complexity!) of exciting developments in our schools today.

We are always looking to improve the website and would be grateful for any ideas, comments or suggestions you may have.

Agenda

Change Management for Transformation - Ros Asher, PfS Education Director

Learning and Teaching Models, Diagnostic Mapping - Ros Asher, PfS Education Director

Lister Transition Curriculum - Janet Hallett, Lister Community School

Maximising Opportunities – 2012 Paralympics Champions’ Forum, 3 December 2008

Rokeby School receives Specialist Status - Watch the Newham Today video feature here

Major reforms to school accountability including an end to compulsory national tests for fourteen year olds

Local university partnership with East London schools: funded Masters courses for teachers

The Curriculum Convention held on 23 June 2008 for Primary and Secondary Governors

Just for Governors - Diplomas - Kings Langley schools' chair of governors Frances Stickley visits Little Ilford School which is piloting the introduction of the new diplomas.

Just For Governors - Building Schools for the Future - Simon Mares, chair of governors at Little Ilford School in Newham, discovers the implications for a governing body of the Building Schools for the Future programme.

Need To Know - Key Stage 3 Curriculum - In this episode of Need to Know, education journalist Mike Baker looks at what the impact will be of the new Key Stage 3 Curriculum when it is introduced in September 2008. He details the ideas behind it, what teachers can expect and how they can be prepared.

Innovation - Science Labs of the Future - A look at innovations in the design of school science labs, with particular focus on Project Faraday which has teamed schools with architects and designers to explore how science teaching spaces can be used differently.

The Jonathan Dimbleby Big Debate - The Poverty Gap featuring Ann Palmer, Headteacher of Eastlea Community School - Despite all best efforts, Britain continues to have one of the greatest class divides in education in the industrialised world.

Talking Women Heads featuring Bushra Nasir, Plashet School, five experienced women Headteachers discuss the issues they face in their work and shed light on the ways things have changed - or not! - for women in the top job.