SWIFT UPDATE Newsletter | Issue 23 | March 2024

We are pleased to bring you this March issue in which Roger Pope CBE, Associate & Strategic Leader of Teaching & Research Schools (ESW) begins with some good news for SWIFT with the successful re-designation as Teaching School Hubs for the next four years.

"It is great news that the Government has renewed its commitment to the Golden Thread of Initial Teacher Training (ITT), Early Career Framework (ECF) and National Professional Qualifications (NPQs), backed up with the task of overseeing the induction and accreditation of new teachers through the Appropriate Body Service (AB)."
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With this renewed sense of purpose, you can read some of the highlights from the Spring Leadership Forum and about Tor Bridge Primary School's commitment to oracy education that will be manifest when Head of School, Olivia Bartlett presents at the “Once Upon a Time” Festival on Saturday 15 June 2024 at Bristol Beacon organised by Helen Prince.

We have a double interview (aptly for Mathematicians) with Laura Clitheroe and David Hick, joint CODE Maths Hub Leads, who are sure to inspire you to discover more about their programmes. Meanwhile,  Helen Thorneycroft from the Kingsbridge Research School considers the teacher as learner and how narrating our challenges can push forward students’ metacognition. Plus two Countdown-style teasers!

If you have ever wondered about the Data Protection protocol for sending home flyers for third-party organisations in your pupils' school bags, then SchoolPro TLC provides some useful clarification on this issue. Whilst ONVU Learning calls for change with a rethink about lesson observations and considers the context of learning and more besides in supporting teaching and learning in your school.

Angelica Anderzon shares her journey as an Exeter Supply Partnership Teacher and we congratulate Director, Dr Sawsan Khuri of Volt Entrepreneurs as living proof of the value of entrepreneurship with her recent Girls to Women Award at the Diversity Business Incubator BAME Gala 2024. 

Educatering inspire with their healthy delicious food and share some of the top tips from their Community Parents Cook Club and previews of some of their new dishes. Whilst Lyfta offers FREE Live Lessons on the topic of 'Water for Peace' to mark World Water Day on Wednesday 20 and Thursday 21 March 2024 when you will join Jordanian farmer, Hassan as he battles the decline of the Dead Sea and take a wider look at the issues of water security in a region affected by historical and ongoing conflict. 

We wish you a continued rewarding and enjoyable term . 

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