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Did you know that a million children under 12 use Facebook every day. (Mintel, 2011) We will deliver a fun, interactive workshop which teaches your KS2 children about internet safety. Our workshop will teach your children to be: Safer and informed on internet and gaming issues Empowered to manage risks … |
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Happy New Year to all our Schools and Teachers from everyone here at Principal Teachers. We hope you have enjoyed the first week back and are looking forward to the term ahead. Please feel free to contact us at anytime as we are always here to provide help and support … |
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One on the Joys of the festive season is the opportunity to say thank you to all our schools and teachers and wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! From all at Principal Teachers. |
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We are pleased to announce that Principal Teachers have been re-accredited with the DFE Quality Mark receiving a 100% on the audit. Principal Teachers were first awarded the Quality Mark in 2006 and have received 100% pass rate each year since then. Angie Nicolls MREC CertRP States: ‘This further re-accreditation … |
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Unfortunately due to lack of confirmed numbers PT are postponing the coffee morning due to be held on Thursday 17th November. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and look forward to rearranging in the near future. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact the … |
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Half term is here and we hope you have enjoyed your first term back. As always Principal Teachers (PT) will be here to support our Teachers and schools upon your return to school. During the first few weeks back PT are holding two coffee afternoons to provide our schools and … |
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Jabble is a safer social network for young children. We teach children how to use social networking sites safely with full moderation and parental controls. Jabble is Truste endorsed and COPPA compliant. Advantages for schools: Free to schools Safer alternative to Facebook Eliminates cyber bullying Teaches children about safer networking … |
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It was National Poetry day yesterday and National Smile day today. So to salute both events here’s a poem to make you smile!! “Get out of bed, you silly fool! Get up right now, it’s time for school. If you don’t dress without a fuss, I’ll throw you naked on … |
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As you may be aware the Agency Workers Regulations (AWR) will be implemented on 1st October 2011. Principal Teachers will be providing information on this subject so check back for updates. If you do have any questions or would like to receive a fact sheet please do not hesitate to contact … |
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Recent budgets restraints and the introduction of AWR have increased pressure on schools forcing them to review supply costs. Becca Morgan, Director of local company Principal Teachers (PT) has vowed to support schools by listening to their feedback and providing a solution. PT has sympathetically adjusted prices but realises that … |
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With the new term underway, summer has truly been and gone. Here at Principal Teachers we are looking forward to the challenges and opportunities that the autumn term brings. We would like to start by just thanking everyone for their loyalty and hard work last term! Let’s continue to build … |
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We are very excited to announce that the beta version of our exciting new website www.jabble.co.uk has now gone live. Jabble is a brand new social networking site aimed at younger children. Here at PT we understand the need for our children to be safe when using the internet. Jabble … |
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01748 352 100 for our Catterick office. 01904 500 595 for our York office We have changed over to a new phone system so our numbers are changing, please don’t forget to update our contact details in your phone books. Our old numbers are still working for a short period, … |
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We are very proud to announce that PT have been re-accredited with the DFE Quality Mark. In our recent audit we achieved 100%, which means that PT continues to provide an unrivalled level of service to our schools and teachers. |
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We are urgently looking to recruit teachers to fill immediately available ad-hoc placements aswell as long and short-term placements. We will pay you 25 pounds for each teacher you refer to us (and we recruit). We are particularly interested in hearing from teachers in the Ripon, Harrogate and Leeds area. … |
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We marked the 7th Birthday of Principal Teachers with afternoon tea (and lots of cake!) last Friday. We really enjoyed seeing all our teachers and school colleagues – thank you for your help over the last 7 years! |
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www.principalteachers.co.uk has just got even better! You can now login to view your diary, update your contact details and adjust your availability whenever you like! This exciting new feature of the website is also available for schools… call us on 01748 831919 for more information. |
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In November 2006 we were awarded the DfES Quality Mark for our recruitment and supply teaching practices. It provides complete peace of mind to schools that we work in an ethical, professional manner that is focussed on the safe recruitment of teachers for your school. You can be confident that … |
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Thank you to everyone who came to our Summer Party in July. It was a lovely evening and we really enjoyed celebrating the end of year with you all. We were also delighted to see so many photographs in the Darlington and Stockton Times’ Social and Personal section … we … |
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We are celebrating The Department for Children, Schools and families’ decision to renew our Quality Mark! This Quality Mark acknowledges our stringent recruitment procedure and is only awarded to agencies that go over and above the required checks. We are the first agency based in North Yorkshire to get 100% … |
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A very big thank you to all those children and schools who entered our Art competition. It has been like Santa’s workshop here in our office, with sackfuls of entries arriving daily. Ben Hall is very excited about starting the judging process, look out for ebulletins in early January for … |
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We are very excited to announce that judging of our cartoon competition has now taken place and we have three amazing winners and five fantastic runners up. These can now be viewed online here. Each of the winners will receive a brilliant webcam which are made from natural raw materials … |
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We are very excited to announce the opening of our new office in the York Eco Business Centre on Clifton Moor. Thank you to all those who attended our recent open day in our new home. If you couldn’t make it and would like further details of our services, please … |
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We are so excited to be able to unveil the final results of our cartoon competition. The winners were chosen from over 1000 entries and have now been made into a professional show reel. Please click here to see the winning entries come to life. All winning entries won a … |
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We are very excited to announce our new competition. We are appealing to children from primary and secondary schools across the region to write the words to a song. We will arrange for a professional songwriter to work with children from the winning school and record the song which will … |
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We would like to wish a Happy New Year to all of our school and teachers. We are looking forward to working with you in 2010. Currently we have now received all the entries for our recent ‘XY Factor’ competition and the judging is taking place shortly. Winners will be … |
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Megan Cordelle (from Applegarth School) beat hundreds of other entries in our XY Factor competition with her anti-bullying song ‘its another day’. Megan and some of her fellow pupils at Applegarth have now successfully recorded the final version of her anti-bullying song, copies of which can be obtained from Principal … |
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This year instead of sending Christmas cards and gifts to our schools and teachers, we have made a substantial donation to Oxfam who are building a library behalf of Principal Teachers in Afghanistan. The money donated will not only build the library but also train staff to run it and … |
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PT celebrates its 9th birthday this month. We are now in our 10th year of trading and are moving onwards and upwards, continuing to be the leading provider of teacher supply in North Yorkshire. The York office is gathering momentum and here at PT Headquarters we are extremely busy. |
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To celebrate the end of the term and to say thank you to all our loyal teachers and schools, we are holding a ceilidh at Catterick Bridge hotel on 17th July. If you and a guest would like to join us for some great fun, a hog roast and a … |
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With the end of the summer holidays drawing near and the impending start of the Autumn term nearly upon us, Principal Teachers are still welcoming applications from primary and secondary teachers, teaching assistants and one to one tutors looking for work from September 2010. We are working on a number … |
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A big thank you to all our teachers and school representatives who were able to attend our end of term summer ceilidh at the Catterick Bridge Hotel last Saturday. It was lovely to meet, eat, dance and catch up! Thank you again to all our teachers and teaching assistants who … |
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