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There is a new service available to schools which can now be ordered via the online traded service portal (external link) . Schools that order before 20 March can take advantage of an early-bird special offer to join The Burnet News Club for the 2017 subscription year.

The current full annual subscription normally costs £1,000 per school for a year. The programme is run by a charity, so the price represents less than it costs to run the club per school.

This special offer of £850 per school is available for a limited period only.

Don't delay, subscriptions will be accepted on a first-come basis.

Up to 60 students can participate in each school News Club.

We are pleased to announce a new Schools News page on the Haringey website (external link). The page is dedicated to the fantastic things that are going on in schools across Haringey.

If you’d like to share your good news stories, please send details and photos to: joss.dempster@haringey.gov.uk

The news must be of interest to the community and/or other schools, for example, achievements, events, etc. Each story is subject to approval to ensure its relevance and will be edited if necessary.

Talkies Community Cinema, Haringey Young Musicians and Heartlands High School present one of 100 international screenings of an iconic WW1 silent film with live orchestral score as part of a commemorative year for the Battle of the Somme.

Somme100 FILM is an international project, working with The Imperial War Museums (IWM) as part of the First World War Centenary Partnership to mark the anniversary of the Battle of the Somme. The project aims to bring together 100 live orchestral performances of the iconic 1916 film The Battle of the Somme with composer Laura Rossi’s acclaimed score, commissioned by the Imperial War Museums.

The film will be shown on 22 March at Heartlands High School in Wood Green, accompanied by the Haringey Young Musicians Orchestra.

Peter Desmond, Head of Haringey Music Service, says “This is an exciting venture for Haringey Young Musicians to experience playing along to a historically important film. We are delighted that composer Laura Rossi will introduce the film and her musical score. This event launches a wider-reaching project over the next 6 months, exploring the wider historical and ethical themes focused on new compositions, music for film and links to World War 1.Schools are engaging with the project and the Haringey Young Musicians Big Band will be visiting the battlefields at Ypres in July 2017 along with students from The Vale special school to perform a piece of musical theatre written by them to commemorate a young soldier from Tottenham who died in the Battle of Passchendaele. 

Simon Garrill, Executive Headteacher of Heartlands High School, says “ This is a wonderful opportunity for our school to host students from across the borough, coming together to commemorate not only those that fell in this famous battle but to the human cost of all wars”.

Talkies’ community cinema founder, and former Haringey schools inspector, David Williamson, says “I am very excited to bring this event to Heartlands High School and once again connect with the amazing talent in Haringey schools. Haringey has a long tradition of outstanding music education. It is wonderful that the event will inspire new generations to look back and learn from such tragic world events and interpret them anew through their creative work”.

For more information and to buy tickets, visit the Talkies website (external link) 

Chess in Schools and Communities (CSC) is a charity that delivers chess to state primary school, primarily in areas with a high index of multiple deprivation.

CSC is currently applying for funds to deliver chess to more schools in Haringey and also to see if they can establish community chess clubs in libraries. The model that has worked well in other boroughs and the service is either free to schools or subsidised from charitable funds.

If your school is interested in taking part, you can find out more in the attached brochure or by visiting the CSC website (external link)

If you would like to explore their work in more detail, please contact Malcolm Pein, email chessinschools@gmail.com

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SHINE is an education charity that gives children the opportunity to acquire the skills and confidence they need to turn their potential into success at school and beyond.

The charity is currently running its annual Let Teachers SHINE competition. In partnership with TES and Capita SIMS, Let Teachers SHINE seeks to find the next big idea in teaching. The competition closes at midday on 24 April, when SHINE will choose around 10 winning teachers to partner with on their projects.

Now in its sixth year, the Let Teachers SHINE competition aims to find innovative methods of teaching that inspire children to succeed both at school and beyond. The competition is for teacher-led projects that aim to benefit students who experience disadvantage, and try to improve their educational achievement in literacy, numeracy and/or science.

SHINE provides funding of up to £15,000 and other support to help get the projects off the ground, or to launch them to a wider audience. To date, SHINE has invested over £1.4 million into 54 teachers, benefitting thousands of children all over the country.

To find out more, visit Let Teachers SHINE (external link)  or contact teachers@shinetrust.org.uk.

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