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.