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Hyacinth Winston

Ealing NUT sends it heart felt condolences to family and friends of Hyacinth Winston. She last taught at Dormers Wells Infants. A life long NUT activist standing for teachers and children alike.

“The funeral of Hyacinth Winston will he held on Friday 21^st November 2014 at 12 noon in the East Chapel of Kensal Green Cemetery with a burial in the cemetery immediately after.

We request family flowers only. If you wish to make a charitable donation in Hyacinth’s memory, please give to Cancer Research UK https://donate.cancerresearchuk.org/donate.asp?id=1003.

After the burial there will be a wake held in the Victoria Hall at Ealing Town Hall.

We recognise that some of Hyacinth’s teaching colleagues who may wish to come to the funeral might not be able to. If for any reason you cannot get to the funeral itself, you will nonetheless be extremely welcome at the wake afterwards.

Please pass this on to anybody you know who knew Hyacinth and who might want to come to the funeral.”

Jonathan West

Black Teacher’s Network pre-launch social Friday 21st Nov

Picture from Dream Deferred website

Black Teacher’s Network pre-launch social to be held on Friday 21^st November 2014. This will be held at NUT Headquarters, Hamilton House WC1H 9BD, 6.30pm – 8.30pm and is an opportunity for black teachers to meet and network. This event is an opportunity for black teachers to hear from other black teachers and discuss how they can make a difference to others’ work lives and the Union. Black Teachers Network

(The NUT uses ‘black’ in a political context to encompass members from African, African Caribbean, Asian, Chinese and Arabic backgrounds.)

Using Ofsted to reducing workload

Ros McNeil: Head of Education & Equalities will be speaking at our union meeting on Tues 25th Nov 5pm in the Hanwell Community Centre W7 1PD on how to use the Ofsted Clarifrication to reduce our workload.

It is our action that has also forced Ofsted to produced this ‘Clarification‘ on what it does NOT expect schools to do. Find out from Ros McNeil how to use this to convince your headteacher to reduce your unnecessary work. The clarification has also been emailed to you.

In addition our action, as you probably know, has forced Nicky Morgan to recognize workload as a critical issue, consequently she has launched a teacher consultation to look at ways to reduce it. We urge you to ‘Tell Nicky’ your views. This is the TES link where Nicky asks your views on how to reduce workload. The survey button is at the bottom of the article. The survey will close at the end of November and practical conclusions are expected in January 2015.

All reps and union activists are encouraged to downlaod this very useful guide booklet on reducing workload in your school School-Action_Plan

Video: Teachers saying why they are voting YES & YES

Please remember to vote in the consultation. The closing date is Oct 22nd. You can vote by post, internet or by phone. Ealing NUT urges you to Vote YES & YES to both questions.

Join us on the TUC demo

18Octdemo British workers have not suffered such a prolong and sustained attack on their living conditions since the 1870’s! Yet the super rich in the UK have doubled their wealth since the austerity crisis and now own a third of all the UK’s economic output.

The rise of UKIP massively helped by the mainstream media are attempting to deflect our justified anger by racist scapegoating of migrants and asylum seekers. The accomadation to this by mainstream polticians is a disgrace.

This March and Rally is a great antidote to this too. Hence Ealing NUT urges you to bring family and friends to this family orientated March and Rally. The weather will be sunny and dry, perfect marching conditions!

Find out more here