Weekly newsletter of headteachers.org 🙋🏻♂️ 👂 — Issue #9
Good Morning,
I hope you’ve had a lovely weekend. As always, here are the latest updates for you.
Thank you to those of you who joined us Research ED, Norwich on Saturday. It was great to meet you in person, and it was an honour to be asked to speak. Our chosen topic was establishing effective routines and habits as a school leader. For those of you who missed the session, we will upload the key points as a blog to our website this week.
Updates from the DFE:
Sport and music education championed with new investment
New sport and music opportunities announced to better support children’s development
Press release
Sport and music education championed with new investment
New sport and music opportunities announced to better support children’s development
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/sport-and-music-education-championed-with-new-investment
PE and sport premium for primary schools
The power of music to change lives: a national plan for music education
Free school travel: funding allocations
Funding for local authorities to spend on home to school travel for children from low-income families from 2019 to 2023.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/extended-rights-to-free-school-travel--2
Updates from HSE:
Personal protective equipment (PPE) at work regulations from 6 April 2022 updated to included ‘limb’ workers:
Limb (b) describes workers who generally have a more casual employment relationship and work under a contract for service — they do not currently come under the scope of PPER 1992
https://www.hse.gov.uk/ppe/ppe-regulations-2022.htm
Protecting pregnant workers and new mothers:
You must carry out an individual risk assessment for pregnant workers and new mothers. This applies to workers who:
are pregnant have given birth in the last 6 months, or are currently breastfeeding.
Other News:
Platinum Jubilee book for primary school children
Should be delivered to all schools by the 11th July.
World Wellbeing Day
The first day of World Wellbeing Week 2022 is today. World Wellbeing Week is an annual event that celebrates and promotes everyone’s physical and mental wellbeing.
Wimbledon takes place this week.
The BBC have produced some handy clips, quizzes, interviews and discussions that you may find helpful.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/curations/wimbledon-with-cbbc
HeadteacherChat™ Quick Links:
Book your space at the October Conference, Inspiring Leaders
Join our Private Facebook Group for School Leaders
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Have a lovely week,
Lucy
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