Welcome To Primary Schools Secretaries User Group

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Welcome To Primary Schools Secretaries User Group

• Presenters
• Sue Lewington Carol Davis
• School IT Systems Support

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AGENDA

• Refreshments and Welcome
• Census Update
• End of Year End of Key Stage Assessments
• Attendance 7 New reports and are you using it
• Backups again!!
• Personnel 7 School Workforce Census
• Grid Links and SITSS Website
• Goodbye Wheathampstead
• General Questions

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Census Update

• All files received thank you
• Good quality- no errors!!!
• Data Collection Team called to confirm reasons
  for queries and add notes on COLLECT
• Next Census Thursday 2nd October
• Autumn Term- issue Fair Processing collect
  Modes of Travel to school.

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End of Key Stage

• All returns must be submitted by 1st July 2008
• FSP When creating CTF remember to include
  address
• KS1 FSP send CTFs via Anycomms
• KS2 create CTF and upload NAA Test Orders
  Website User Name and Password from Assessment
  Co-ordinator
• The National Curriculum Tests Helpline Telephone
  Number 08700 60 60 40.

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Assessment Manager 7

• Printing Mark Sheets you need Office 2003
• It is possible to purchase 2007 licence with 2003
  cd from County Supplies
• Microsoft does not support earlier versions of
  Office

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End of Year Sims .Net Dinner Money

• Sims. Net End of Year- must be completed BEFORE
  1st September 2008
• Dinner Money End of Year to be completed at the
  end of term
• Dinner Money setup for new year has to be
  completed on or after September 1st

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Attendance 7

• Are you using it?
• Attendance 6 will be switched off in December
• New reports in the next upgrade
• Facility to enter comments and minutes late

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BACKUPS AGAIN!!

• SITSS Backup
• Check Backup Log
• Check the date
• We found some backups had not backed up since
  January
• Call Hardware Helpdesk if you have problems with
  Backups
• Dinner Money Backup
• E-mail advising you to check date

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Personnel 7 School Workforce Census

• 340 Primary Special Schools using Personnel 7
• 120 Schools to be invited for training in Autumn
  Term
• Workforce Project Group to co-ordinate School
  Workforce Census
• Pilot Group- 41 schools have volunteered
• Newsletter to keep everyone up to date

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Personnel 7 School Workforce Census

• What can you do now?
• Download and Import Data Collection Sheet Report
• Issue Data Collection Sheet with Fair Processing
  Notice to all contracted staff
• Enter data collected into Personnel 7

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Essential Links from Grid Home Page

• Essential Grid Links
• Connect - HCC Intranet Children, Schools
  Families Information
• CSF Contacts
• Health Safety
• Newsletters
• School Admissions
• Schools Address Book
• Schools Bulletin
• SITSS - Schools IT Systems Support
• SOLERO - Schools On Line Electronic Reports
  Outputs SSE Directory of Services
• Traded Services
• Useful Educational Web Links

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SITSS Website
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Sims Information in MIS Link
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Goodbye Wheathampstead

• We move to Stevenage on 8th August
• Technicians move to
• Mundells Welwyn Garden City
• Helpdesk will be closed on 8th August and will
  re-open on Tuesday 12th
• holiday hours 10am to 3pm
• New Telephone Number 01438 844777
• MIS Option 5

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Primary Schools Secretaries User Group

• Questions?
• Thank you for attending, have a safe journey
  home.