Congratulations to Dunkirk Primary School who
have been awarded the British Council’s prestigious International School Award
for the 5th consecutive time in recognition of their work to bring the
world into the classroom - The
International School Award is a badge of honour for schools that do outstanding
work in international education, such as through links with partner schools
overseas. Fostering an international dimension in the curriculum is at the
heart of the British Council’s work with schools, so that young people gain the
cultural understanding and skills they need to live and work as global
citizens.
Dunkirk’sinternational
work includes collaborative projects on agreed themes with its link schools in
Finland and Pakistan. The three schools work together on Big Questions and find
innovative and creative ways of learning together and sharing their ideas. Over
the last three years 30 pupils from Dunkirk and 30 from the link school in
Finland have travelled to each other’s countries and lived together for one
week working together on themes such as ‘Greed and Power’, ‘Equality and
Racism’ and ‘Community’.
The award is now available worldwide in countries such
as India, Sri Lanka, Egypt, Lebanon, Cyprus and Pakistan as part of the British
Council’s Connecting Classrooms programme. Around 5,000 International School
Awards have been presented to successful schools in the UK since the scheme
began in 1999.
The International
School Award encourages and supports schools to develop:
An international ethos embedded
throughout the school
A majority of pupils within the
school impacted by and involved in international work
Collaborative curriculum-based
work with a number of partner schools
NEW Electricity Supply Contract Commences from 1st
October 2016 - All schools should had received communication from Energy
Management about the new electricity supply contract, which commences from the
1st October 2016. Our current supply framework with Scottish &
Southern Electricity will finish on the 30th September 2016. Energy Management have secured a new electricity supply
framework, via a full EU procurement exercise, and after an evaluation period
have appointed Robin Hood Energy as our new supplier for the next 3 years. As you are a directly billed customer, you must make sure
that any outstanding bills / debt to the out-going supplier Scottish &
Southern Electricity are paid because if accounts are not up to date the
outgoing supplier could object to your site transferring to Robin Hood Energy,
and you would run the risk to paying “out of contract” rates after the 1st
October 2016. You will receive your final bill from Scottish &
Southern in October, then billing from your new supplier Robin Hood Energy will
commence from November 2016. Your new account manager contact at Robin Hood Energy
will be Gareth Edwards gareth.edwards@RobinHoodEnergy.co.uk If you have any queries about the above please do not
hesitate to contact Ken Stone (ken.stone@nottinghamcity.gov.uk)
or Andy Whitley andy.whitley@nottinghamcity.gov.uk
IDEAL training EAL New Arrivals - Primary EAL coordinators, designated staff and other interested colleagues working with pupils who use English as an additional language. For more information or to book on to the course please visit: http://beta.nottinghamschools.org.uk/school-events/eal-new-arrivals-unit-1/
Nottingham Contemporary - You are warmly invited to the opening of two solo exhibitions, by London-based French artist Marguerite Humeau and Antwerp-based Nigerian artist Otobong Nkanga to explore new worlds through time and space. For more information or for more events please visit: http://www.nottinghamcontemporary.org/?mc_cid=be688048cd&mc_eid=f99fc1feac
Black History Month - Online and pdf nomination forms for the Young Black Achievers Award are now available. Nominations need to be in by the 13th October. Don’t forget about the Black History Month Flag competition and the Mastermind Quiz. Tickets for the awards ceremony which will take place on the 10th November at the Council House will be available in October. Special guests Sheku Kanneh–Mason will perform and answer questions and Mother Hubbard will recite some of her funny and moving poems. Any queries contact Adisa Djan at adisa.djan@nottinghamcity.gov.uk or for nomination forms please visit: http://www.nottinghamschools.org.uk/scene/september-2016-scene-articles/
The Nottingham Big Tent Project. "It's a quilt, Jim, but not as we know it" - We
are rightly proud of our community spirit across the City and this project is
intended to celebrate Nottingham's richly diverse population. We
are inviting all schools, academies and settings to contribute a 900mm x 900mm
panel, or panels!, to the Nottingham Big Tent that will be on display from
Summer Term 2017. It
may be a panel to celebrate the diversity in your school, or a single class
group, or individual pupils for their GCSE or A level textiles project, or a
number of panels from interested pupils or staff! There could also be ones to
represent MATs, TSAs and school partnerships! We
want contributions from anyone and everyone, to indicate that we are all of one
mind, here in Nottingham.
We'll provide the cloth background, you provide the design on it. This could be
embroidered, appliqued, painted, dyed, stitched, quilted or whatever. We will
organise the stitching together of the panels and everyone can enjoy seeing
their entries alongside everyone else's on display in the Market Square and
around the City at different events. Contact:marisa.blissett@collegest.org.uk
for further details and material. The initial closing date is February half
term 2017, so do it now! There
are a number of partners involved in the project, hopefully using local media
to track the gestation of "the tent" and we will be inviting
community groups to contribute as well. But our schools and academies are the
ones to bring all children, parents and grandparents together, so we want them
to show off their interest in a City where we all live happily together.
Scene!
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