End of Another Academic Year

 

As the end of another challenging academic year approaches, I would like to thank you all for your dedication, resilience and commitment in navigating the challenges and adversity you have faced to keep the children and young people of Brighton and Hove at centre of everything you do.  I hope you find time for a well deserved break at some point this summer.

Goodbye and Thank You

It’s that time of year where we say goodbye and thank you to colleagues who have made an amazing contribution to children and families in the city. We would like to wish them all the best for the future. We will miss them all and hope they will keep in touch.   

                                    Zoe McGuigan, Headteacher, Hertford Schools

Chris Taylor, Headteacher, Patcham Infant School

Karen Harrison, Headteacher, Peter Gladwin Primary School

Bill Holland, Acting Headteacher, Longhill High School

Anna Keene, Head of School, Hangleton Primary School

Julie Plumstead, Headteacher, Tarnerland Nursery

We also say goodbye this month to Sue Franklin who will be leaving her role as Principal Educational Psychologist/Head of Learning Support Services (BHISS). We wish Sue all the best for the future.  Tracey Williams, currently Assistant Principal Educational Psychologist, will be taking up the post from 1 September and we look forward to working with her in her new role.

Primary Summer Development Day 2023

A group of thirty primary school PSHE Co-ordinators attended the summer professional development event, ‘Everyone Included’, which was held this year at the Brighton Museum. Staff from Allsorts LGBT+ Youth group gave an inspiring key note speech, ‘LGBT+ Inclusion and Education’ and participants took part in a very useful discussion. Members of the Anti-Racist lead teacher team led a successful session evaluating the new PSHE units of Good To be Me and Growing an Anti-Racist School and presented the next steps in this project. We also welcomed Angie Lynn from City of Sanctuary who relaunched the School of Sanctuary programme. It was a wonderful afternoon of learning and thinking and we received very positive feedback. Well done to Isabel Reid and Sarah Jackson for another brilliant programme.

Secondary Summer Consortium 2023

Secondary colleagues across the city also attended their own Summer Consortium, 'Planning for anti-racism in PSHE as part of a whole school approach’ which was held at Brighton Pavilion.  Participants had the chance to think and discuss implementing and teaching anti-racist work in PSHE and the need for this to be a whole school approach. They had a go at activities and examined lesson plans, giving very valuable and insightful feedback. These resources will be shared next year. Attendees also had an opportunity to look at data around pupil voice and the differences between the experiences of our students across the city.  Thank you to Angela Simmonds and Hannah Kinchin-Frost for another lovely and collaborative programme with plenty of positive feedback.

School Games Mark Award

Congratulations to St Paul’s CE Primary School who have recently been awarded the School Games Mark silver level award. This award is a national grading that examines the levels of participation in all aspects of the PE curriculum. Following the promotion of the Daily Mile, girls' football and Change4Life activities at St. Paul's, the school has now been awarded the silver mark level. Well done to everyone involved.

Goldstone Primary School was inspected earlier this month and we are awaiting the outcome.

 

Best wishes,

Jo

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