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We'll be blogging every few days about various topics, so come back soon to see more!

Cricket World Cup Fever!

18 July 2019 By Rhian Binns - Communications Officer

After 44 long years of hurt including 3 final losses, the England team have finally managed to bring home the Cricket World Cup.
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How to procure consultancy services – the YPO way

18 July 2019 By James Bridgland - Reed Consultancy+

Consultancy and professional services spend has long been a challenges across the Public Sector for a number of organisations. Issues ranging from how to classify and procure consultancy through to what best value looks like and how to protect the business from risk.
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Introducing coding and ICT at an early age

26 June 2019 By Featherstone All Saints C of E Academy

Here at Featherstone All Saints C of E Academy, we acknowledge that ICT and Coding are fundamental to every child’s development. Due to the evolving importance of ICT in today’s society, it is key to introduce computing and ICT to children from an early age.
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Innovative Cleaning

24 June 2019 By Jonathan Carr, Assistant Category Buyer - Cleaning and Hygiene

Before we can evaluate effectiveness of disinfectant, we must first acknowledge what a disinfectant is. Well, a disinfectant is defined as an agent that eliminates any disease causing micro-organisms and their spores. Or, more simply, a liquid chemical that destroys bacteria.
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The evolution of SPIRAL PE

11 June 2019 By Nick Powell - PE Partners

In this Blog, PE Partner director Nick Powell looks at how SPIRALPE has developed over the last five years to become a best practice sharing community for schools across the UK.
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Why netball is rising to the top!

11 June 2019 By Matthew Pinder - Assistant Buyer for Sports and SEN

Netball is a sport which evokes memories for a lot of us, mainly from our school days where it would often be a go-to choice for PE or as part of the school team. However, netball spent many years in the shadow of other mainstream sports which often left it overlooked, with rounders, football and tennis all seemingly being the untouchable trio of sport choices. In recent years though, netball has become hugely popular and offers many benefits to all.
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Meet the Buyer - Lauren Robinson

10 June 2019 By Lauren Robinson, Framework Manager - Furniture

Lauren started her YPO journey when she was just 19, and has worked her way to her current role of office furniture framework manager, working closely with customers and assisting them through the entire procurement process.
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Why is mathematical fluency important?

07 June 2019 By Polly Church - Eastpoint Ltd

The National Curriculum aims for pupils to ‘become fluent in the basics of mathematics. This should be done through varied and frequent practice with increasingly complex maths problems, so that pupils develop understanding and the ability to recall and apply knowledge rapidly and accurately.
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Meet the Buyer - Claire Deacey

07 June 2019 By Claire Deacey, Category Buyer - Social Care

Claire started working for YPO in January this year as a Category Buyer for the Social Care team.
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A new era for PSHE

05 June 2019 By Jonathan Baggaley - Chief Executive - PSHE Association

In this blog, PSHE Association Chief Executive Jonathan Baggaley writes about government commitment to improving the status of PSHE education from 2020 and the implications for schools.
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