TRUST UPDATE #15 Partial School Opening/Closure Monday 6 July, 2020 MALTBYLEARNINGTRUST Exceptional Experiences. Successful Lives. MALTBY LEARNING TRUST|WEEK 15 UPDATE MESSAGE FROM THE CEO EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE TRUST Maltby Learning Trust (MLT) is a successful Multi Academy Trust that is committed to placing the school at the heart of the local community and serving the children and families in the immediate locality. In many of our settings the school employs a large number of its workforce from the surrounding areas and contributes significantly to the regeneration of the local area. Our Trust is committed to ‘Exceptional Experiences, Successful Lives’. We take pride in not only developing our young people in order for them to realise their aspirations, but for our employees too; expanding on their skills and knowledge and offering them the opportunity to progress within or beyond our Trust. A career with MLT has unlimited opportunity. We are passionate in supporting staff with their professional development and believe that the more we invest in our staff the more successful we will become as a Trust. A major advantage to joining an Academy within our Trust is the greater potential for opportunities including cross phase and organisational professional learning and development, secondments and promotion. Maltby Learning Trust is an ambitious and innovative organisation. We are always looking for highly committed professionals who are passionate about our young people, staff, families and the wider communities that we serve. A key strength of the MLT is the team of ambitious staff that work tirelessly to support the children in our schools and to drive the continuous improvements across the Trust. There are many opportunities in a school setting to develop your specialist skills and experiences both inside and outside the classroom. Please read over the page to see the plethora of roles available in a school beyond teaching. If you share our vision and passion for improving the life chances of children, young people and their families then we would like to hear from you when an opportunity becomes available in the future. Please follow us on Twitter and keep an eye on our regular vacancies updates. Keep safe and well. Dave Sutton MALTBYLEARNINGTRUST Exceptional Experiences. Successful Lives. MALTBY LEARNING TRUST|WEEK 15 UPDATE ROLES IN SCHOOLS Our schools benefit from a variety of different staff that either work inside or outside of the classroom to support the learning and welfare of students or help with the smooth running of the organisation in other ways. These staff are typically called Associate Professionals and make up half of the workforce in our schools. Associate Professional (Non-Teacher) roles are grouped into a number of different categories. Examples are outlined below: BUSINESS SPECIALIST STUDENT SUPPORT FACILITIES TEACHING AND ADMINISTRATION LEARNING SUPPORT AND TECHNICAL AND WELFARE Premises Manager Data Officer ICT Network Manager Student Welfare Officer Caretaker Cover Supervisor Examination Officer ICT Technician Head of Year Cook in Charge Early Years Practitioner Finance Officer D&T Technician Learning Mentor Catering Operative Higher Level Teaching Assistant Marketing/Communications Officer Food Technician Pastoral Manager Cleaner Teaching Assistant HR Officer PE/Sports Technician Lunchtime Supervisor School Business Professional Science Technician Safeguarding Officer Administration Officer Sports Development Officer Mental Health Practitioner Governance Professional Librarian At Maltby Learning Trust we not only invest in our own staff but also the future workforce. If you are interested in working in one of our schools, please register your interest at www.maltbylearningtrust.com/careers QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “Ability is what you are capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.” Lou Holtz American Football Coach MALTBYLEARNINGTRUST Exceptional Experiences. Successful Lives. MALTBY LEARNING TRUST|WEEK 15 UPDATE PLANNING FOR FULL SCHOOL OPENING - SEPTEMBER It is the government’s intention for all children to be back to school in September. It is recognised that if a child loses out on education, this can have an impact on that child across their whole lives - their economic prosperity and long-term health. Children benefit hugely from being at school and leaders are committed to getting them all back safely in September. We do not underestimate the scale of the challenge ahead of us. Academy and Trust leaders are currently planning a detailed response but be assured that they will exercise discretion and good judgement to suit their context and in the best interests of their children, parents and communities. This week the government published detailed guidance for planning for the return for all children next academic year. This can be found here. Below we’ve outlined some of the essential measures to be considered in the planning: • a requirement that people who are ill stay at home • robust hand and respiratory hygiene • enhanced cleaning arrangements • active engagement with NHS Test and Trace • formal consideration of how to reduce contacts and maximise distancing between those in school wherever possible and minimise potential for contamination so far as is reasonably practicable How contacts are reduced will depend on the individual Academy’s circumstances and will (as much as possible) include: • grouping specific children together • avoiding contact between groups • arranging classrooms with forward facing desks so that children do not breathe on each other • staff maintaining distance from children and other staff as much as possible Much of the latest guidance provided will build on the measures already implemented across all schools in the Trust and will be captured in the existing risk assessments. However, Academy and Trust leaders will be sharing a detailed response bespoke to each setting over the next couple of weeks. More information will follow in next week’s update. MALTBYLEARNINGTRUST Exceptional Experiences. Successful Lives. MALTBY LEARNING TRUST|WEEK 15 UPDATE STARTING FOUNDATION STAGE - FAQS Normally at this time of year, we would be holding open evenings to welcome our new parents into our schools and give them a chance to see where their children will be learning next term. Due to the current situation, we are not able to do this as normal and, as a result, a number of questions are being regularly asked of our Foundation Stage teachers – we felt that answering them here might provide some reassurance. Q: CAN WE VISIT OUR CHILD’S CLASSROOM AND SCHOOL WITH OUR CHILD BEFORE THEY START IN SEPTEMBER? If you haven’t yet had the chance to visit your child’s foundation stage unit for September, we will not be able to offer you the chance to do so before the Summer. This is because all of our schools are limiting the number of visitors due to the current situation. However, all of our schools will be reaching out, sharing photos and videos wherever they can, and our staff will be happy to talk to you and answer any queries. Q: WILL MY CHILD’S TEACHER VISIT THEM AT HOME BEFORE THEY START SCHOOL? We are unable to offer home visits at the moment. However, we will be holding telephone or video conference meetings with all our new families before the Summer. Q: WHEN IS MY CHILD’S START DATE? WILL THERE BE A TRANSITIONAL STAGGERED START TO THE YEAR? All our academies are opening for children on Wednesday 2nd September 2020. However, our different foundation stage provisions have different starting arrangements depending on their context. You will be informed of when your child will be welcomed into their school in the next couple of weeks. Q: WILL THERE BE ANY SETTLING IN DAYS? We will not be offering any of the traditional days where parents are invited to eat with their child before the end of this term. We will be sending videos and messages out through our websites and online portals to help your child feel as settled as possible. Q: WILL THERE BE DIFFERENT SESSION TIMES AND TIMES TO THE DAY TO USUAL? We intend to keep as closely to the normal school day as possible. However, it is probable that some classes will start a little earlier and some a little later than usual so we can minimise the number of adults on the school site at one time. We will let you know your child’s start time as soon as we can. Q: WILL MY CHILD BE TAUGHT IN SMALLER GROUPS THAN NORMAL? The new government guidance, which came out last week, enables us to open school in class groups of a normal size in September – this is what we intend to do in our schools. We will be following careful rules about hand washing, not mixing with other groups and not moving around the school. Our early years settings will be as close to normal as we can make them – we are really excited about welcoming your children back and want to make them feel as happy as possible as quickly as possible. Q: ARE THE CHILDREN GOING TO BE TAUGHT IN DIFFERENT CLASSROOMS? Some groups of children in our schools might be in different classrooms to usual. The nursery children, however, are highly likely to be in their normal classrooms as these have specialist changing areas etc. Q: CAN I STILL USE WRAPAROUND CHILD-CARE BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL WITH A PRE-SCHOOL OR CHILDMINDER? The government is releasing guidance which will allow pre-schools and childminders to operate wraparound childcare in the new school year. This will mean that children can attend these before and after school. We will work with the childcare providers to make sure this works effectively for you and your children. Q: WILL CHILDREN STAY IN THEIR BUBBLES ALL DAY? Yes, your child will stay in their bubble all the time they are in school and will be taught by the same adults.