What rhymes with kindness?! - Paul Cookson, poet and Henry Priestman, musician and songwriter from 80's band The Christians, joined the West 8 Partnership Schools' Poetry Tour at the end of February, performing to over 1,780 pupils in their assemblies and working with 354 individual pupils across 9 West 8 schools to create their own songs and poems. Building on the childhood wellbeing work in Bilborough and across Nottingham City, the theme for the songs and poems was Kindness and we used the A-Z of Kind Words, created by pupils at Primary Parliament last year, to introduce the topic.
Pupils from Westbury School created a poem called "Build up the Bridges....from me to you" and the Glenbrook Primary School Council wrote a whole school song, with a chorus of kind words and verses including the line "I've got a smile....I'd like to share it with you". It was wonderful to watch Paul and Henry work with the children and young people to engage them in different styles of poetry and support them to create their own poems and songs. They were Awesome, Brilliant, Caring and Determined to leave us with a range of Kindness songs to share with each other in Bilborough.
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The Learning Together Study - The Education Endowment Foundation are funding a national research study 'The Learning Together Study' in education and Nottingham is one of the areas that is being given the opportunity to get involved. Schools, academies and maintained nurseries that have places for 3-year-olds can get involved by emailing research@peeple.org.uk and more information about the Learning Together Study is available at www.peeple.org.uk/ltsThe study will train practitioners free of charge to deliver the Peep Learning Together Programme to groups of children and their parents and will evaluate its effects. The evaluation will be carried out by Queen’s University Belfast. The aim is to find out how successful the Learning Together Programme (the Intervention) is in improving the learning environment at home, and whether this improves children’s vocabulary, early literacy skills and social skills. For more
information on how to get involved in the Peep Learning Together Programme,
please visit http://bit.ly/2omE8Q5
World Autism Awareness Week at School - From 27th March to 2nd April, there are loads of ways to get involved in 2017's World Autism Awareness Week at school. Teach your students about autism, fundraise for autistic people and spread the word with free resources like lesson plans, activities and idea packs. At least 1 in 100 people in the UK have autism, so there are autistic people at your school, who you see every day. We know that indifference and hostility towards autistic people and their families leads to social isolation, mental illness and unhappy lives. But we also know that helping young people – and teachers – to understand autism as they grow up will equip them to accept and empathise with autistic people. Free teacher resource packs are available here http://bit.ly/2k8heLb
Learning and Achievement Consultants leaving - A
big thank you to Bally Atwal, Christine Morse and Janet Simner for all their
work supporting schools. These colleagues will be leaving in the next two
weeks.
Find out more about what is involved in becoming a Foster Carer – Nottingham City Council is holding a series of twilight events for staff working in schools to enable you to find out more about what is involved and the different types of foster care. Working full-time or part-time is not a barrier to becoming a foster carer. Come along to one of the events where people who work in schools and foster children will share their experiences with you. For more information on becoming a foster carer please visit http://bit.ly/2m3oRa2
Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services Newsletter Spring 2017 - To view the first edition of the CAMHS newsletter please visit http://bit.ly/2nWgbT8
DfE Report: Behaviour in schools - Tom Bennett’s independent review on behaviour in schools and the government’s response. For more information please visit http://bit.ly/2ns3Jct
My Beautiful Nottingham Art and Photography competitions - Nottingham in Bloom is running new photography and art competitions to celebrate the beautiful green landscapes and corners of Nottingham. Keen young artists, along with photographers of all ages, are invited to take inspiration from the city’s abundance of parks, gardens, local landmarks, flowers, trees and nature through the seasons. The ‘My Beautiful Nottingham’ art and photography competitions are being run by Nottingham in Bloom and sponsored by Capital One. Entries are welcome from young people who live, go to school or are members of community groups in Nottingham. The closing date for entries is 5th May 2017, 5pm. For more information & entry forms please visit http://www.nottmbloom.org.uk/competitions/
ParkLives FREE Easter Timetable - From the 3rd April to the 17th April there will be lots of FREE family activities to get involved in, in Nottingham. Ranging from High Ropes and Canoe Rafting at the beautiful Colwick Country Park, to FREE pitch and putt at the 18-hole Woodthorpe Grange Park and fun park ranger activities such as Easter Egg Hunt, Scavenger Hunts and lots more! To find out more please visit www.parklives.com or email parklives@nottinghamcity.gov.uk
Nottingham Contemporary - Put yourself in the picture and use your family portraits to create unique works of art. Join Nottingham Contemporary in a workshop as they help select your poses by exploring the things that make you and your family unique. Join the family celebrations as we project your portrait onto the walls of The Space! Your photos will also be available to download for free from the Nottingham Contemporary website. Free. No need to book, just join Nottingham Contemporary on Sat 1st April - Monday 17th April 11am-3pm, downstairs, in 'The Space' at Nottingham Contemporary. For more information please visit http://bit.ly/2nDYWFC
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