the evolve trust autumn term · 2017-09-26 · the evolve trust awards evening: a truly sensational...
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TheEvolveTrustAwardsEvening:AtrulysensationalAwardsEveningfortheTrustandstafftocelebratetheoutstandingcontributionsmadetotheeducationofstudentsacrosstheTrustanditsAcademies,tookplaceonMonday5thDecember.
Claire-MarieCuthbertdeliveredaverywarmwelcometothefirstofwhatwillbeanannualStaffAwardsCeremony.ThiswasfollowedbyChrisHenleyandGaryTowardfromDecisive-Elementwhogaveamotivationalkeynotespeech.Claire-Mariesaid“TheEvolveTrustrecognisesthatitsstaffareitsgreatestassetandwithouttheiroutstandingcontribution,studentswouldnotachievetheirpotentialanddeveloptheskillsneededtosucceedandenjoylife”
Welldonetothewinnersandrunnersupfortheoutstandingcontributioncategory;LauraSolly&ShelleyMercer(Brunts),RickyPotts&SallyHobday(Beech),SarahO’Leary&MichelleWright(Bramble)andJenniferBishop&NatalieAveyard(Brunts)forTheExtraMileAward.
MediacoverageoftheeventwasexpertlyhandledbystudentsfromTheBruntsAcademy,ablysupportedbyKevinDerbinandLukeMilner.
BruntsEmployerLedAssemblies:Weekcommencingthe12thSeptemberwasabusyweekatTheBruntsAcademywithregardtoEmployerEngagement.EveryYearGroupfromYear7to11hadaninspirationalemployer-ledassembly,organisedbytheEvolveTrust,withacommonthemeonemployabilityskillsandgrowthsectorsforfuturecareeropportunities.Thefollowingemployersdeliveredassemblies;LaingO’Rourke,PendragonPLC,Mansfield2020,LindhurstInnovationEngineers,AvonsideGroup.
BrambleChallenge:ThemultiskilledEvolveTruststaffdonnedtheirscruffsandjumpedintoactiontosupportBrambleAcademywithafewrenovationtasks.Theteampainteddoors,cleanedoutsideandusedtheircreativeskillstore-dodisplaysanddecoratespaceswithbuntingandfestivematerials.AnumberoftalentedsixthformersfromtheBruntsAcademydesignedandpaintedaseriesofcollagesonthewalltobrightenthespace forthechildrenandthefollowingshowstheirdesignsofar:
Theprojectintendedtogivepost16studentstheopportunityofdevelopingkeyemployabilityskillsthroughthesupervisedrenovationofadomesticdwellinghousetothestandardrequiredtoplaceitontheopenmarket.
Thestudents:• Gainedaninsightintotheworking
environment.• LearntbasicDIYskillssuchasplastering,
boxingin,tiling,woodwork,wallpapering,painting,carpetinganduseoftherelevanttoolsandmaterialstodothework
• DevelopedaportfolioofevidencetosupporttheachievementofAIMAwards-TeamworkSkills
• WroteaCVtoevidencethekeyemployabilityskillsdevelopedasaresultoftheexperience
ChristmasCardCompetition:WelldonetothewinnersoftheChristmasCardcompetitionwhichtheEvolveTrustusedastheircorporateChristmasCard.CongratulationstoOliviaAnthoney,LukeHollingworth,PrestonBrewin,NataliaPiechura,KiaO’Neil,EwanKilroeandMishaBurnell.
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TheBigBeechBuild–Post16Supported
CareerInternshipProgramme-WithsupportfromtheEvolveTrustandtheBeechEnterpriseAdvisor,DarrenClaxtondesignedanddeliveredTheBigBeechBuildSupportedCareerInternshipProgramme
WISHINGYOUAVERYHAPPYCHRISTMASANDBESTWISHESFORAFANTASTIC2017
BrambleChristmasCraftWorkshop:AChristmasCraftworkshoptookplaceonthe7th&14thDecemberforparentsandchildren.TherewasmuchexcitementfromthechildrenastheymadeChristmasSanta’sChristmasSnowmanandChristmastreedecorations.Allofwhichwerefreeandstudentstooktheirdecorationshome.ThisworkshopwasorganisedbyEvolveTruststaffandtheBrambleGoverningBody.
CEOmeetskeystakeholders:TheCEOmetsomeofourkeyexternalpartnersataLocalEnterprisePartnership(D2N2)BreakfastNetworkMeetingonThursday10thNovember.ClairewasintroducedtotheDavidRalph,CEOofD2N2inconnectionwiththeworktheTrustiscarryoutontheD2N2EmployabilityFrameworkandRussellJones,ChairofMansfield&Ashfield2020fromwheremanyoftheemployermemberssupportthecareers&employabilityprogrammesinTrustacademies.
Claire-MarieCuthbert,GuestSpeakerInvitation:Clairehasbeeninvitedtospeakataprestigious#WomenEdregionalconferenceonthe11thMarch2017inCoventry.#WomenEdisagrassrootsmovementwhichconnectsexistingandaspiringleadersineducation.Eventhoughwomendominatetheworkforceacrossallsectorsofeducationtherestillremaingenderinequalities,particularlyatseniorleadershiplevel.ThesituationregardingBMEleadershipisevenmoredireconsideringthefactthatthestudentpopulationisbecomingincreasinglydiverse.#WomenEdwillthereforecampaignanduseitscollectivepowertomakeimprovements,sothatthereisamoreequitablebalanceintermsofgenderandethnicityatleadershiplevelacrossallsectorsofeducation.ItisanhonourforClaireandTheEvolveTrusttoberepresentedatthisconference.
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WISHINGYOUAVERYHAPPYCHRISTMASANDBESTWISHESFORAFANTASTIC2017
HeadshipInstitute:TheTrust’snewlyformedHeadshipInstitute,adevelopmentprogrammecreatedbyClaire-MarieCuthbert,forheadteachersacrosstheTrusttoworkcollaborativelyhastakenplacefortnightlysincethestartofterm.
TheTrustpromotesaninclusivenatureforourschoolswhereleadersjoinoneanotherattrainingopportunitiesprovidedthroughtheHeadshipInstitutewheretheycancollaborate,refineskillstoensuregenuineschoolimprovementandencompassesbestpracticeandresearchonleadership.Examplesoftrainingsessionstakenplacearestrategicschoolimprovement,HRandOfstedpreparation.
NQTandRQTDevelopmentPathways:Aninnovativepedagogicdrivenpathway,deliveredbytheTrust,supportingknowledge,skillsandunderstandingthatunderpinsstrategicdevelopmentsinteachersnewtotheprofession.Thepathwayencompassesouractionbasedresearchprovidingthetoolstoexcelintheclassroomandachieveexcellentoutcomesforourpupils.Tosupportthisandotherdevelopmentpathwaysforteachingprofessionalswehaveanewlycreatedresearchlibrary.
GoodbyetoColleagues:Ithasbeenadifficulttimeduringthelastacademictermbuta“goodbye”needstobesaidtotwomuchrespectedcolleagueswhostartedtheircareersatBrunts.TheybothplayedabigpartinthetransitionofBruntsbecominganacademyandthesettingupofaMAT-TheEvolveTrust,incorporatingBeechandBramble.WishingSarahNewbold-HillandMickStevensalltheverybestforthefutureandabig“thankyou”fortheircontributionmadetoyoungpeople’slives.