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The Teacher July August 2018 SEND funding cuts Michael Rosen Making your school refugee friendly Warwick Mansell Fundraising for Medical Aid for Palestinians Crossword Recipe Yoga Diversity in the curriculum THE TEACHER July/August 2018 ‘We realised our power’ US teachers take their strike to the streets Your magazine from the National Education Union: NUT section 1 The Teacher July/August 2018 Welcome 20,000 striking education workers, wearing ‘Red for Ed’, shut down the school system for six days in April-May in Arizona; winning increased funding and better pay. See page 15. Photo: Valerie Thomas twitter.com/Valerie4AzEd SEND funding cuts Michael Rosen Making your school refugee friendly Warwick Mansell Fundraising for Medical Aid for Palestinians Crossword Recipe Yoga Diversity in the curriculum AS I write this, some of you will be organising leaving parties for THE TEACHER colleagues who are sadly quitting the profession. July/August 2018 ‘We As the recruitment and retention crisis in our schools grows, we realised our power’ US teachers take their strike to are still waiting to hear what recommendations the School Teachers’ the streets Review Body has made to the Government. Will it recommend a pay rise for September to help stem the staffing crisis? And will it propose that Government fully funds the award so no school will be expected to meet additional costs from diminishing budgets? It’s not clear why Damian Hinds is so reticent to publish the Your magazine from the National Education Union: NUT section 1 recommendations. Last year, there was the excuse of a General President: Kiri Tunks Election. But why is it taking him so long now? The Union has written to the Government to demand a five per Joint General Secretary: Kevin Courtney cent pay rise, fully funded. Schools are barely scraping by on what they have and more money needs to be made available. As soon as we find Editor: Helen Watson out what Government is saying, we’ll be in touch about what we want Journalists: you to do. Keep an eye out over summer for further news. Emily Jenkins, Max Watson While pay is a big factor, we know excessive workload is still the Administration: Maryam Hulme major reason why teachers are leaving. The Government has devised Newsdesk a toolkit to reduce excessive workload. We haven’t seen a final version t: 020 7380 4708 but will work to promote it in our schools. e: [email protected] However, we are putting the Government on notice. If measures Design & subbing: Amanda Ellis to reduce workload don’t work this time, it must expect that teacher neu.org.uk anger and concern will boil over. Whether it be on pay or workload, the National Education Union facebook.com/ will lead the way in winning the changes that education needs. nationaleducationunion Finally, in this edition there are lots of stories about how teachers are working to create refugee-friendly schools. I am so proud of our twitter.com/NEUnion members, changing these young To advertise contact: people’s lives for the better. Jonathan Knight, Century What a good profession One Publishing, Alban Row, 27-31 Verulam Road, we are in. St Albans AL3 4DG Kevin Courtney, t: 01727 739 193 National Education e: jonathan@centuryone publishing.uk Union, Joint Except where the NEU has formally negotiated General Secretary agreements with companies as part of its services to members, inclusion of an advertisement in the Teacher does not imply any form of recommendation. While every effort is made to ensure the reliability of advertisers, the NEU cannot accept any liability for the quality of goods or services offered. The Teacher is printed by Wyndeham Southernprint Ltd. Inside pages are printed on paper comprised of 100% recycled, post-consumer waste. The Teacher: July/August 2018 3 NEWLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS You could move into your first home with just a 5% DEPOSIT We consider you permanently employed after securing your first 12 month teaching post - no employment history necessary. We can release the mortgage funds up to a month before you start work. Call: 0800 378 669 Visit: teachersbs.co.uk Your home may be repossessed if you do not keep up repayments on your mortgage Authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority (Register no 156580). Teacher Mag June.indd 1 08/06/2018 09:50:21 The rest is history July 1936 Contents The Spanish Civil War begins when a group of generals instigate a coup against the elected Popular Front government. The regular army is dissolved and the military take power, under fascist General Franco. The Labour movement worldwide responds by forming the International Brigades and groups of volunteers prepare to travel to Spain to fight fascism. For more information on the Spanish Civil War, visit international-brigades.org.uk Features Regulars 06 News 19 Union people 23 Michael Rosen 31 Warwick Mansell & Polly Donnison 33 Class act 34 Ask the Union 38 Web, app & book reviews 40 Letters & teacher’s pet 45 Noticeboard 47 Staffroom confidential & yoga 49 Crossword & recipe “You’re driving down the highway and see all these cars painted 15 All-American heroes 29 From refugee to head boy red. It was an A strike wave hit US schools this spring with staff Sirazul Islam grew up in a refugee amazing visual protesting over pay, the rising cost of health care camp in Bangladesh and came to presence” and funding. Max Watson speaks to teachers Britain under the UN Get Away page 15 who organised the action (above). programme. He spoke to Helen Watson about the power of 24 The law of the Jungle education and the campaign for A refugee crisis is sweeping Europe, with justice for the Rohingya people. thousands fleeing war and violence only to 37 Charity ride for Palestine endure a life of hardship in northern France. City & Islington teacher Jane Hartley Emily Jenkins spoke to one refugee (left) who got on her bike and rode through the escaped Dunkirk’s notorious Jungle, and meets West Bank to raise funds for Medical some of the teachers (below) giving up their Aid for Palestinians. She told the holidays to help. We also find out how you can Teacher about her trip. make your school refugee friendly. 50 Diversity in the curriculum Educationalist Jane Bednall talks about what teachers can do to develop a truly inclusive curriculum. The Teacher: July/August 2018 5 News Shocking poll results WARWICKSHIRE NEU recently ran a Twitter poll to determine the number of hours teachers work. After a week-long poll, with 547 votes cast, the results are shocking. n Fifty five per cent stated they work 50+ hours a week. n Thirty seven per cent work between 41 and 50 hours. n Only eight per cent said they worked less than 40 hours a week. The poll gave participants the chance to add comments, which make for grim reading. JOINT General Secretary Kevin Courtney accommodation and 300 tower blocks “I’m at school from 7am to 6pm (pictured above) represented the Union across the country are still covered in every day,” wrote one. “If I get an hour at a Justice4Grenfell march to Downing the cladding used on Grenfell Tower. for lunch/coffees/toilet, that’s 50 Street in June. The material has also been found on hours work just at school. Then I mark/ Organised on the anniversary of some schools. The Union has also been plan/prep another 10-15 hours at the tragic fire that took 72 lives the campaigning on fire safety issues such as home in the evenings and weekends. demonstration, organised by the Fire compulsory installation of sprinklers in all Some weeks are better than others Brigades Union, highlighted the trail of new school buildings. but that’s average for me.” broken promises from the Government Kevin said: “We need to improve fire “I previously was ‘paid for’ following the tragedy. regulation in such towers and in schools, three days a week,” wrote another. A year on, 50 per cent of survivors and both for our members and the children “But I worked (marking, planning, displaced families are still in emergency we teach.” Photo by Kois Miah assessments, data etc) on my days off to ensure I had a weekend with my family. When I was last full time, I regularly worked 60+ hours a week. ” Urgent call for SEND funds Seán Slinn, electronic media secretary, Warwickshire NEU: NUT section THE School Cuts coalition and 39 local cash injection for SEND does not introduce authorities have written to the Education any new money into local authority Don’t do that… Secretary expressing deep concerns about budgets, and lack of adequate SEND inadequate funding for children and young funding is limiting local authorities’ ability to MANY tasks that take up teachers’ people with special educational needs and meet their statutory duties.” time are activities that the DfE and disabilities (SEND). The coalition calls for a significant Ofsted say are not required and which Currently, more than 2,000 children increase in high-needs block funding head teachers should not ask for. and young people with SEND are sitting to local authorities, and an immediate Things such as overly prescriptive at home with no education provision at all. increase in funding for schools to allow marking policies, the requirement to This is leading to huge stress and anxiety for them to deliver additional support for SEND produce detailed individual lesson parents and their children. children. It also asks for a fair and sustainable plans and endless data captures add funding system for SEND that will respond to workload but do not contribute to Families struggling with little or no help to the individual needs of each local area.
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