meab enewsletter 8th issue 0512

7/31/2019 MEAB Enewsletter 8th Issue 0512

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Academic Matters

OTHER NEWS

MEAB School Leaders ConferenceThe MEAB School Leaders Conference will be held on Wednesday 20 th June in Jeffery Hall, Institute of Education. This is the first everMEAB conference and is free for all MEAB Accredited School Heads and Managers. To book your place, [email protected] with the names of people attending from your setting.

Provisional Programme10:00 Registration 10:30 Welcome and Update on MEAB - Barbara Isaacs, Senior Accreditation Officer 10:45 Leadership Styles - Bella Barron11:00 Leadership in Times of Change - Ursula Nerre

11:15 Leading a Montessori Childrens Centre: The Challenges of Montessori Day care - Caroline Allen11:30 Leading Learning Outdoors: Integrating the Montessori Curriculum - Wendy Compson11:45 The Principled Principal: Leading a Values-based School - Sylvia Archer12:00 Sustainability: Aiming High in an Ever Changing Market - Dawn Nasser12:15 Working Together in the Spirit of Montessori - Sonya Kanchan-Lal12:30 Presentation by Conference Sponsor 1:00 Lunch2:00 MEAB Awards Ceremony2:30 Presentation from Ofsted on the Revised EYFS Inspections 3:15 EYFS Review Update - Barbara Isaacs4:00 Closing Remarks Michele Dows-Miller

UPDATE ON THE REVISED EYFS and itsimpact on Montessori practice

To book a place, contact Susan Balcombe at MCI.

Cost 50 per person, with a special offer for MEABaccredited schools at 40 per person and discount of30% if more than three places are booked by aschool.

This training has attracted a greatdeal of attention so do not delayand book promptly.

One day Workshopswill be delivered by

Barbara Isaacs at MCIon the following dates

Tuesday 28 AugustWednesday 29 August

Thursday 30 AugustFriday 31 August

Monday 3 SeptemberTuesday 4 September

Wednesday 5 SeptemberThursday 6 September

Starting at 10am and finishing by 4pm

Insurance Quick facts from dot2dot

As we have all suffered poor weather recently, we will be very happy that holidays are just around the corner, so dont forget toorganise a good quality travel insurance policy. There are a variety of travel insurance policies on-line or why not consider purchasinga business travel policy that would automatically cover Directors and their families for their personal trips. Although many businessesdiscount this option, it can be useful as they tend to have less exclusions and would even pick up trips such as conferences within theUK. From personal experience I was very relieved when I was able to recover the cost of my hotel and train fares when I unexpectedlyneeded to cancel a trip.

The only other area worth mentioning is that most travel insurers require you to notify them if you have sought anymedical treatment prior to your trip. However minor, it is best to just give them a ring better safe than sorry.

Jackie Hyde, Insurance Advisor, http://www.dot2dot.org.uk/
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Important MEAB Announcements OTHER NEWS Montessori Parenting Book The new parenting bookLearning Together: WhatMontessori can offer yourfamily is an invaluableguide for parents of childrenfrom birth upwards and ispacked with advice on bringing out the best inchildren. You can order in bulk (10+ for 3.99per copy and for orders 20+ its 3.50 per copy plus p&p). For orders of 30 plus, please [email protected]

FREE Montessori Parenting classesMontessori St Nicholas, the UKs Montessoricharity, is delighted to announce that it has wona DfE tender to provide free 0-5 parentingclasses in the London Borough of Camden fromJune 2012. The classes form part of a wider pilotscheme, launched by the DfE in November 2011

to trial and evaluate 10-15 FREE parentingprogrammes across three local authorities:Camden, Middlesbrough and High PeakDerbyshire over the next two years. For moreinformation visit http://www.canparent.org.uk/

Learn from HomeGet all your staff Montessori qualified bytraining from the comfort of their own homes.Contact Vicky McKillop, an MCI trained teachervia email [email protected] to discussyour training needs. Visit the microsite athttp://distancelearning.montessori.org.uk/

Montessori PerspectiveWatch Barbara Isaacs on Sky News talkcommenting on David Camerons ideas fordiscipline, and talking about Montessori valuesand respect in the home;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEqyel7OI9c

USEFUL LINKS

TrainingCheck out the MCI summer workshops:

Apparatus 1 - Jul 30 to Aug 11Infant Toddler Jul 30 to Aug 3

Apparatus 2 Aug 13 to 17Montessori Refresher Aug 13 to 25Introduction to Montessori Aug 20 to 24Email [email protected] to book a placeor to find out more details visithttp://www.montessori.org.uk/mci_training

Foundation Years Forum Post your comments, views and questions athttp://foundationyears.org.uk/forum/

All Schools undertaking their accreditation second visit by the end ofMay will have the opportunity to receive their plaque at the MEABConference on the 20 th June. Please confirm your attendance byemailing [email protected] or call 020 7828 7740

For schools with re-accreditations due

If we dont receive your S1 by the beginning of June we will have toremove your accreditation report and the MEAB logo from the website.If there are any specific reasons why you are delaying your re-accreditation please let us know and we will do our best toaccommodate your request. In this case, we will place an appropriatenote on the website considering re -accreditation.

For schools due for re-accreditation in the autumn term

To ensure continuity we would urge you to prepare your S1 during thesummer term and return it to us as soon as possible so that we can planthe re-accreditation for late September to early October.

Please note that the accreditation now costs 150 for two visits. Shouldyou wish to be visited in June of this year, we will need to receive yourS1 by end of May.

MEAB Assessor Training - April 2012

On the 30 th of April the entire MEAB assessor team met up at theMontessori St. Nicholas's new offices in Lower Grosvenor Place,filling the conference room to capacity.

The team welcomed the two newly appointed assessors who have

joined them to assist with the increased workload that the schemehas generated, now that growing numbers of schools are comingforward for accreditation.

The focus of the day wasto fine-tune the reportingprocess and to feed backon the two visit structurethat is now fully establishedand working well forsettings in supporting thedevelopment of theirpractice.
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Upcoming Events 19 May R9 Outdoor Classroom with

Wendy Compson14 June R10 Happiness and Well-being

with Susie pearl16 June R3 EYFS: The New Document20 June MEAB School Leaders

Conference23 June R11 Free flow with Michelle

Wisbey7 July R4 Promoting Positive

Behaviour with Berhane Dory4 5 September Primary Great Lessons and

Primary approach to theexercise of silence withCarolina Abel

7 September R3- Forest School LeaderTraining (7, 8, 9, 22, 23 Sept)

29 September R4 Montessori Outdoors withDawn Nasser

13 October R4 Yoga by June

Browse http://www.montessori.org.uk/msa/msa/events_msa for the full listof events. Get contact details of your regional chairs and read moreinformation about Regional Events athttp://www.montessori.org.uk/msa/msa/msa_regions

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