{"id":243,"date":"2021-09-01T11:49:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T10:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schoolcentral.co.uk\/?p=243"},"modified":"2024-07-11T14:52:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T13:52:24","slug":"staff-newsletter-september-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schoolcentral.co.uk\/?p=243","title":{"rendered":"Staff Newsletter: September 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/schoolcentral.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/76700-it-newsletter-september-2021.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;76700-it-newsletter-september-2021&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Welcome back!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a busy summer \/ start of the year!<br \/>If you don&#8217;t know what happened, have a look at the<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nortonknatchbull.sharepoint.com\/sites\/ITSupport\/SitePages\/IT-Newsletter---July-2021.aspx\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/nortonknatchbull.sharepoint.com\/sites\/ITSupport\/SitePages\/IT-Newsletter---July-2021.aspx\" data-interception=\"on\" title=\"https:\/\/nortonknatchbull.sharepoint.com\/sites\/ITSupport\/SitePages\/IT-Newsletter---July-2021.aspx\">July Newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Today, I want\u00a0to talk about another change happening as we speak: we are upgrading the software on workstations\u00a0from Office 2016 to Office 365 (skipping Office 2019 altogether).<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; 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