SENCo Summer Compilation 2nd September 2016 Dear All Compilation of SFV’s “Dear All’ bulletins over the summer holidays…
Please look at the SFV website… We’ve been busy planning for the new academic year, we’ve updated our website including our Policies and more about who we are (About Us). More importantly, we’ve started planning events – please take a look at our Events page and get back to us with any questions or comments. You may be surprised at the breadth of our work! http://www.sendfamilyvoices.org/events Over the coming weeks, many disability specific support groups will be finalising their events programmes. You can find Express CIC’s calendar of autism related events here: http://www.expresscic.org.uk/events.html And, in the text below, you’ll find full details for the programme of talks from the Richmond Dyslexia Association. One of the thing that strikes us is that there are far more active disability specific support groups in Richmond (8) than in Kingston (3). We don’t know exactly why – but it is the way it is. Happily, the nature of support groups is that they welcome all parents and professionals regardless of where you live or practice.
New - Joint Social Care team manager Welcome to Sophie Evans - the new Social Care Team Manager leading the social work teams at Moor Lane, Chessington and the Croft Centre, Kew within Achieving for Children for both Kingston and Richmond boroughs. If you have any questions for Sophie, please contact: E-mail: sophie.evans@achievingforchildren.org.uk Tel: 020 8547 6595 or 020 8831 6023
New ‘free’ Special Schools You may remember that we held a series of ‘conversations & consultations’ on two potential new ‘free’ special schools. These two schools would be an addition to the new MultiAcademy Trust (MAT) combining Strathmore and Clarendon schools. The MAT is called the Auriga Trust and will span both Kingston & Richmond boroughs. The Department for Education (DfE) has approved the Auriga Trust MAT and, separately, the two headteachers have described the profile of the two proposed new schools more closely. SFV will be facilitating a Family Advisory Board and you are all welcome to be a part of this bearing in mind that we will need to keep to the profile & designation as described by headteachers. Please reply to this e-mail if you would like more information.