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YORK CONFERENCE May 23rd, 2010 Congratulations
on a super day. It was very successful indeed and I could see people fired up. Everyone clearly found something useful. A
ground breaking occasion. I very much enjoyed the day too and met most interesting people not least the priest
with whom I had lunch. Thank you for inviting me.
NEDFOS is making a very important
contribution to Catholic education. What I found missing in the presentations, is the Headteacher's DUTY to train tomorrow's
headteachers. Probably this is in fact being done but it was not explicit. I mentioned this to my priest lunch companion and
hope that I did not upset him and others - but the lack of suitable Catholic candidates is indeed alarming and threatens the
whole RC schools sustainability.
But I am sure that you have
this in hand! Dame Mary Richardson
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Building Community/Building the Kingdom
“BUILDING COMMUNITY / BUILDING THE KINGDOM” has been created and collated by Anam Cara Educational Support with the
support and contributions of many friends and colleagues in Church schools. The
CD contains a huge selection of material that Church primary schools, rooted in their parish communities are invited to adapt
to their local context. The material is not copyright and may be freely used or adapted by schools. Catholic primary schools, Joint Catholic and Church of England primary schools and Church of England primary
schools will find this a most useful resource.
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21st September 2009
200 teachers and support staff from all the Catholic primary schools in Wakefield LA gathered in Ripon Cathedral
on Friday 18th September to the words of Neil Diamond’s powerful song – “Pretty Amazing Grace”. This unique
training day organised by the Wakefield Partnership of nine Catholic Schools was facilitated by Frank McDermott, Anam Cara
and former Director of Schools for the Diocese of Hallam. The day began early with pilgrimage prayers being said on the five coaches that
departed from around Wakefield LA to make the journey to Ripon.
Mr Kieron Flood, headteacher of St Joseph’s Castleford and Chair of the Partnership
concluded the day with a final prayer that the schools continue to touch lives as part of the mission of the Church, to serve
the common good and to contribute to community cohesion. The Wakefield Partnership of
Catholic Primary Schools is one of the strongest in existence.
Photographs
of the day are available on the gallery page of the Catholic Post website for the Diocese of Leeds.
BLOG.............
Support for schools
I
enjoyed the Conference day - it was a great opportunity to share experiences and hear about other Federations and Collaborations.
The
website is very clearly set out and easy to navigate. I hope it proves a valuable support for schools exploring federation
or collaborative activity. I have looked at the report [section] and
it is an accurate reflection of my report.
I hope that NCSL can continue
to support your work and the activities you arrange as it is very valuable.
Derek |
Meeting of staff
It would be interesting to meet up with staff at differing levels another year to enable sharing of practice and ideas.
The perception of federation from 'the shop floor' would be interesting to explore - LSA's/teachers/admin etc. We now
have the Foundation Stage teacher at Our Ladys mentoring our NQT Foundation teacher at St Joseph & St Teresa's.
It seems to be working well but it would be interesting to see how the actual staff involved feel. It's certainly a good way
of sharing knowledge and expertise which is unique to federation and demonstrates to possibilities for sharing knowledge and
expertise to benefit both schools.
Linda
Logo competition
The website looks much better. I do prefer the side menu bar & like the photo. It's easy to manoeuvre around
it.
I hope we still have the pupil competition for a logo/picture. I thought that was a good idea.
Jane
Children's Logo
I've looked at the 'nedfos' website and there seems to be very few pictures of what we are all about - children. I know
there's always the problem of media permission from parents but it would be beneficial to make them central to the website.
In our group in the 'attic' we talked about having a competition in schools where children come up with a logo to represent
what we are about - working together and promoting Gospel values. This logo doesn't have to represent 'Federation' just a
desire to work together and share good practice.
The best ideas and winning design could be used on the website (they could
also be displayed in the cathedrals of the Diocese).
Apart from this, the website looks infomative and I like the links
to other Catholic sites. Eventually it would be nice to see more projects shown which Catholic schools have worked jointly
on e.g. joint INSET topics / themes etc.
Kevin
Welcome
Welcome to our Blog. If you would like to add any comments or observations, we would be very grateful to hear from you.
Send your thoughts to liam@nedfos.org
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