Origin Maths Hub - Local Leader for Maths Education briefings
Origin Maths Hub are running two short 20-minute online briefings for Headteachers to share information about the fully-funded Maths Leadership development programmes we provide to Solihull, Coventry, and Warwickshire schools.
We are offering the opportunity for teachers in your school to become a Local Leader for Maths Education through a variety of pathways! Please see below for details:
The briefings will include:
- Key information on each development opportunity on offer including funding details and benefits for the individual and school.
- Input from a local headteacher about why they have LLME, what they think it brings to their school.
- Hear from an LLME: How they gain from being an LLME and what they believe their school gains
- Time for queries
Educaterers roll out their new menu for the summer term
Educaterers is keen to promote its new look menu for the summer term to parents and guardians.
Working with the Soil Association, Educaterers partners with suppliers with green credentials. As a result, its menus are built around sustainability, with all meat, dairy products and free range eggs sourced from within the UK, fish from sustainable sources, while many of its vegan products, such as burgers and plant power balls, are provided by the world’s first carbon neutral football club, Forest Green Rovers FC, via the club’s food manufacturing company.
The new menu includes a variety of meals including Classic mac’n’cheese; creamy chicken korma with wholegrain rice; roast dinners with Red Tractor meat, sweet and sour plant power ‘meat’ balls with noodles, and much more. All meals are served with seasonal vegetables, or fresh salad and a homemade pudding, fresh fruit or organic yoghurt.
Vicki Barnard, MD of Educaterers says:
“Our specialist team ensures there are individual menus to suit the needs of children with special dietary requirements, so they too can enjoy the new summer menus. We also provide frequent themed menus throughout the year - such as this week’s ‘World Book Day’- to make mealtimes an enjoyable event for children.”
Victoria continues: “Lunchtime is an important element of every child’s day - it gives them the energy they need to do well in school, opens them up to a variety of new foods and develops their social skills.”
As well as being tasty, nutritious and healthy, Educaterers menus take into account preferences and feedback from pupils and colleagues. A vegetarian option is offered alongside a meat dish each day, with a ‘Meat Free Monday’ once every three weeks.
Educaterers provide 120,000 nutritious meals per week to over 200 schools in Warwickshire, Coventry, Leicestershire, Birmingham and Oxfordshire. Find out more about Educaterers on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram - @educaterers.
To find out more about Educaterers and to see its new menus, please click here
Educaterers team members enjoy dressing up for themed menu days such as the recent World Book Day.
Warwickshire’s new provision, Young Carers Caring Together Warwickshire, marks five months in service
Did you know the Young Carers Caring Together Warwickshire service was launched on 1st October 2022 by Carers Trust and is commissioned by Warwickshire County Council. We thought it would be an apt time to remind you of the service and what it can offer to young carers.
Summary
Young Carers Caring Together Warwickshire’s service supports all young carers from age 6 years to age 18 years or up to age 25, with regards to a child with special educational needs and disabilities. Many young carers don’t think of themselves as a carer, the caring role often grows over time.
A young carer will likely look after one of their parents or care for a brother or sister. Young carers may do extra jobs around the home, cooking, cleaning or helping someone get dressed and move around. They may also give physical help to a parent, brother or sister who’s disabled or ill.
We can provide the following to any new or existing young carer:
- Provide information and advice on everything around informal carers
- Arrange activities that young carers can get involved in to meet new friends and have some time to themselves.
- Provide one-on-one support with mental wellbeing
- Help to signpost to a network of support services to further help young carers with their caring duties
Young Carer Assessments
Caring Together Warwickshire is commissioned by the Council to carry out an assessment with the young person to see how their caring role affects them. Assessments can be carried out at school, home or anywhere the young person feels most comfortable. Ultimately, it can provide the support a young carer needs to help themselves and the person they care for.
For more information or to make a referral please go to the Caring Together Warwickshire’s Young Carers website.
Would you like to become an Independent Panel Member to hear School Admission Appeals?
Warwickshire County Council are seeking volunteers to become independent panel members to hear school admission appeals. Independent Appeal Panels consider appeals by parents against school admission decisions in relation to schools within Warwickshire and some neighbouring counties. This is an important role and panels are required by law.
The County Council are looking for:
- Lay Panel members - people without personal experience in the management of any school or provision of education in any school.
- Non-Lay Panel members - people with experience in education (such as current and former headteachers) who are acquainted with educational conditions in the area, or parents of a registered pupil at a school.
Panel Members need only dedicate as much time as they are willing to offer to this voluntary role, and exercise good judgement and demonstrate sound reasoning skills to ensure fair consideration of every case.
To find out more visit www.warwickshire.gov.uk/jobs-volunteering/independent-panel-member-hear-school-admission-appeals