I have recently been elected to the Governors' Forum and as part of that volunteered to be part of a group with some form of oversight onto LEA purchasing; I may try to get onto the Schools Forum; I already attend 'Wedge' meetings (for governors from schools in a defined geographical area of the city) as well as my two governing bodies and a reference group on revamping special needs education in the city...
A bit more than many I suspect yet I still occasionally wonder if we really make any difference!
How much different would schools be if we had some city-wide or wedge-wide strategic governance with HTs and senior staff doing the implementation? (Large scale Federation might be one way to look at it.)
What difference do these various reference groups (for that is what most of them are as they have few executive or decision-making powers) make in the real world?
Are we just feeding our egos and taking up lots of time and cost for the LEA that might be better spent on the kids?
Discuss freely....please....
Tuesday 25 August 2009
Friday 7 August 2009
Help improve the chances for children with Special Educational Needs
Once again the Leeds NW SILC has the opportunity to win support for a project designed to improve their school’s environment. The Sun are working with Dulux to make a difference to the community – their ‘Paint for Change’ project gives us the chance to have the main hall at Penny Field repainted. All we need is lots of votes – yours counts, so please go to:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/advertisement_feature/dulux/ click on Yorkshire to read a little about our project and then vote for us
(you might even win £1000 yourself, what more incentive can there be?) Do it now.
The Painting for Change project will benefit the pupils at the NW SILC, Penny Field Specialist site by creating an improved learning environment that will extend opportunities for disabled and/or multi-sensory impaired children and young people to experience their world through their senses and improve the quality of life in school as well as pleasure and self-esteem.
All the pupils have statements of special educational needs. All are either disabled and/or multi-sensory impaired. All are considered to be ‘vulnerable’.
In its present state the hall is drab and shabby and the walls are unpainted grey breeze blocks. The hall is the focal point of the school and needs to be visually stimulating to support our pupils to enjoy this multi-purpose area e.g. social and dining experiences, therapeutic activities, music, creative arts and school performances.
The Paint for Change Initiative would make a massive difference towards improving the learning environment for our pupils. The NW SILC is an all age, generic special school providing education for pupils aged 2-19 with a wide range of special needs including; moderate; severe; profound and multiple learning difficulties; emotional and behavioural difficulties; physical and or sensory impairment; specific medical conditions such as epilepsy; and autism. We work with other agencies and services e.g. health, social services.
Vote for us now – it only takes a minute of your time and will help these disadvantaged kids for a lifetime http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/advertisement_feature/dulux/
It seems that you can vote with each individual email address you have!
Thank you – now get your friends and colleagues to vote too, why not ‘Forward’ this info to all your contacts?
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/advertisement_feature/dulux/ click on Yorkshire to read a little about our project and then vote for us
(you might even win £1000 yourself, what more incentive can there be?) Do it now.
The Painting for Change project will benefit the pupils at the NW SILC, Penny Field Specialist site by creating an improved learning environment that will extend opportunities for disabled and/or multi-sensory impaired children and young people to experience their world through their senses and improve the quality of life in school as well as pleasure and self-esteem.
All the pupils have statements of special educational needs. All are either disabled and/or multi-sensory impaired. All are considered to be ‘vulnerable’.
In its present state the hall is drab and shabby and the walls are unpainted grey breeze blocks. The hall is the focal point of the school and needs to be visually stimulating to support our pupils to enjoy this multi-purpose area e.g. social and dining experiences, therapeutic activities, music, creative arts and school performances.
The Paint for Change Initiative would make a massive difference towards improving the learning environment for our pupils. The NW SILC is an all age, generic special school providing education for pupils aged 2-19 with a wide range of special needs including; moderate; severe; profound and multiple learning difficulties; emotional and behavioural difficulties; physical and or sensory impairment; specific medical conditions such as epilepsy; and autism. We work with other agencies and services e.g. health, social services.
Vote for us now – it only takes a minute of your time and will help these disadvantaged kids for a lifetime http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/advertisement_feature/dulux/
It seems that you can vote with each individual email address you have!
Thank you – now get your friends and colleagues to vote too, why not ‘Forward’ this info to all your contacts?
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