Cambridge Primary Review
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Details and order form for the report - publication date mid October, exact date tbc.
A programme of 14 regional dissemination conferences for leaders in schools, local authorities and teacher education, running from November 2009 to February 2010.
Launching the debate about the final report: a public event at the RSA, at 6 pm on Monday 19 October.
Chaired by Matthew Taylor (RSA Chief Executive).
Brief presentations and commentaries followed by audience discussion.
Speakers: Robin Alexander (Director, Cambridge Primary Review), Barry Sheerman (Chairman, House of Commons Children, Schools and Families Committee), Mick Brookes (General Secretary, NAHT), Roger Luxton (recently-retired Director of Children's Services, London Borough of Barking and Dagenham), Mary James (Deputy Director, ESRC Teaching and Learning Research Programme), Gillian Pugh (Chair, National Children's Bureau).
To book a place: www.thersa.org/events/our-events/the-condition-and-future-of-primary-education
Anyone interested in primary education might like to know that NET Trustee, Mike Baker, has a new series on this topic starting soon on BBC Radio 4.
'From Abacus to Circle Time: A Short History of Primary Schools' is a three-part series, starting on Tuesday September 15th at 4 pm. Programmes 2 and 3 will follow at the same time in subsequent weeks. After the final programme, there will be a special debate on the future of primary education on Radio 4 on the evening of September 30th.
The programmes trace the history of primary education from Victorian elementary schools to the present day debates about the curriculum and testing. Contributors include: Professor Sir Tim Brighouse, Shirley Williams, David Blunkett, Lord Kenneth Baker, Chris Woodhead, and Professor Robin Alexander, who leads the Cambridge Primary Review, which is due to report next month.
A substantial part of programme 2 looks at the Plowden report of 1967 and includes an interview with the only surviving member of the Plowden Committee, former Oxfordshire primary head teacher, Robert Smith.
The documentaries also include the voices of head teachers, class teachers, parents and former pupils -- including reminiscences of their own primary schools days from three former Education Secretaries.
All the programmes, and the debate, will also be available on Radio 4's 'iplayer/Listen Again': http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/radio/bbc_radio_four
More information can be found via the following link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00mk74t
 StreetGames
StreetGames the only national charity dedicated to developing sport with disadvantaged communities and making sport accessible to young people regardless of their social circumstances. Help individuals develop their sports and leadership skills through participation and volunteering, fulfil their ambitions and help bring communities closer together via sport.
www.streetgames.org
Inspiring our young people and teachers!
Set up in January 2009 by Lon Kwantes, Inspirational Speakers 4 Schools offers pupils and teachers a respite from facts; exams; targets. Lon has brought together a variety of excellent and passionate speakers who offer schools talks about spirituality, holistic health, self esteem, positivity, motivation and achievement, creativity and brilliance, conflict and forgiveness and more.
Lon's motivation in setting up this initiative is to give our kids more than an academic education. Finding the essence of who we are without any particular religious affiliations is the foundation of many of these talks. Inspirational talks/workshops integrate very well with the PSHE/ Citizenship programme and the ECM outcomes. Talks/ Workshops can also be incorporated into teacher training events.
www.inspirationalspeakers4schools.com
JS Media Services
JS Media Services is a consultancy founded by Jeremy Sutcliffe, formerly Associate Editor of The TES. It provides specialist media support and editorial services to help schools, charities and other organisations working in education and children's services.
www.jsmediaservices.co.uk
ASPIRATIONS @ Ashmount Primary School
For the past three years Ashmount Primary School has run Aspirations for year 6.
This project is all about working adults inspiring children and exposing them to career possibilities which they would not ordinarily come across.
People from all walks of life have already shared their experiences with Ashmount Primary School children eg. a QC, a charity worker, a TV runner, a civil engineer, a Royal Navy Lieutenant, a lawyer, an animator, a sound engineer, a magician, two reporters Reeta Chakrabati and Jon Snow, Trevor Philips chairman of the Commission for Race Equality and Shamael Chaudhry, a twelve year old tennis star.
Click to read more, and click to visit the school website.
 How successful head teachers survive and thrive -
FOUR PHASES OF HEADSHIP,
FIVE USES OF TIME,
SIX ESSENTIAL TASKS AND
SEVEN WAYS TO HOLD ON TO YOUR SANITY
By Professor Tim Brighouse
The qualities of head teachers and how they deploy their competencies are widely acknowledged to be the key ingredients to school success. Without the right combination of them, researchers agree that they've never come across a truly successful school.
Click to read this publication ...
 teachers.tv
Former HMI Inspector Roy Blatchford offers his tips on how to prepare a primary school for an inspection, and talks to three primary head teachers about their inspection experiences.
teachers.tv
Richard Howard Leading curriculum innovation in the primary school
Lucy Smith Building a curriculum for the 21st Century
Dr Tony Eaude Enhancing achievement in young bilingual learners
Click for more information and Read the Race Equality Teaching review
 Values-based Education
A values-based school seeks to promote an educational philosophy based on valuing self and others, through the consideration of a values vocabulary ( principles that guide behaviour ) as the basis of good educational practice.
www.values-education.com
 History Off The Page
A company of actors and teachers who bring periods of history marvelously alive for primary children.
www.historyoffthepage.co.uk
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