Category: Events

Categories
Events Schools

CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals 2021 – children’s book awards 16 June

The CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals are the UK’s oldest and best-loved children’s book awards, recognising outstanding reading experiences created through writing and illustration in books for children and young people.

The CILIP Carnegie Medal is awarded by children’s librarians for an outstanding book written in English for children and young people.

The CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal is awarded by children’s librarians for an outstanding book in terms of illustration for children and young people.

Unique in that they are judged solely by librarians, the roll-call of past winners includes: Arthur Ransome, C.S. Lewis, Terry Pratchett, Philip Pullman, Noel Streatfeild, Sally Gardner and Elizabeth Acevedo for the Carnegie; and Raymond Briggs, Shirley Hughes, Janet Ahlberg, and Children’s Laureates Quentin Blake, Anthony Browne, Chris Riddell and Lauren Child for the Kate Greenaway.

A national (and international) reading for pleasure initiative, the CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Awards Shadowing scheme engages thousands of children and young people in reading the books on the shortlist via reading groups in schools and public libraries with dedicated educational reading resources and promotional materials to support each shortlist. Each year young people who take part in the scheme are invited to vote for their favourite books to win the Shadowers’ Choice Awards, which are announced alongside the Medal winners at the annual winners’ ceremony.

Read more here

Categories
Events

Urgent – No Barriers UEFA Euros 2021 opportunity for primary schools!

Dear Teachers

We are getting in touch offering your school a once in a lifetime opportunity as part of No Barriers, a project that uses the power of football to champion inclusion in your school.

We are looking for one student from your school, aged 6-10, to represent their borough at the UEFA EUROs and walk onto the pitch at Wembley Stadium with a team playing in UEFA EUROs. Students from each London borough will be selected to attend the games, which makes this an exclusive and brilliant opportunity for your school.

In order to qualify, your school must sign up through the No Barriers webform which can be found here: https://www.big-ideas.org/nobarriers/ by Thursday 20th May.

As part of that form you must submit a ‘No Barriers Commitment’ from your school, committing to breaking down barriers to inclusion through sport. Your ‘No Barriers Commitment’ could include:

  • Why is it important for everyone in your school to overcome the barriers they face?
  • What can football do to inspire your pupils to overcome barriers?
  • What can the UEFA EUROs do to inspire your pupils to overcome barriers?
  • How do pupils in your school overcome the barriers they face?
  • Tell us how your school can overcome barriers to give everyone the best shot at goal?

Places are limited and first come, first serve, so get in touch ASAP to ensure your place.

T&Cs

Schools will be selected with the aim that every borough of London is represented. When more than one school applies from a borough, schools that submit the most inspiring messages with a commitment to take part in the project will be selected. Everyone will be kept on a waiting list for further opportunities.

If your school has been selected for this opportunity, Big Ideas will contact you to confirm the details of your nominated student and to obtain consent from a parent or guardian.

All schools who register will be invited to take part in the No Barriers programme.

Feel free to contact Hollie with any questions on 07467 946897.

Best wishes,

The No Barriers team

07467 946897

Categories
Events Healthy Schools

Anyone for tennis? LTA offers free online training and resources for teachers

LTA Youth Schools Teacher Training Flyer

The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) Youth Schools’ programme offers a new, free online course to guide teachers through how to use their innovative resources that have been developed by teachers, for teachers.

As well as teaching fundamental movement skills and developing physical literacy, tennis is also a great way of developing personal and character skills.

Teachers who complete the course will receive a resource pack and a £250 voucher (limited to one per school) to spend on equipment, or ten hours of team teaching support from an LTA Accredited Coach.

Sign up to the online course and access all the resources at:  www.lta.org.uk/schools

LTA Youth Schools Teacher Training Flyer

Categories
Events

Foster care fortnight 10  – 23 May

Throughout Foster Care Fortnight, from 10 – 23 May, we are aiming to help and encourage the wider society to understand and value fostering and the positive difference it can make to young people’s lives.

With such a great need, now is the time to start finding out more about taking those first steps towards becoming a foster carer. Why not contact the team this Foster Care Fortnight and start your journey to change a young person’s future?

If interested, you can contact us using one of the following: fosteringrecruitment@haringey.gov.uk or call us on 020 8489 3754 or visit our website at www.haringey.gov.uk/fostering.

Categories
Events Smarter Travel

This week is Walk to School Week!

Read more here: Walk to School Week | Living Streets

Walk to School Week

Let us know how you get on and send us your photos!

heather.kinnersley@haringey.gov.uk

Categories
Events Healthy Schools Schools

Launching the Primary Spring Stride 2021

As we all know, it is important to encourage children to participate in regular physical activity to promote good physical and mental wellbeing. The benefits of exercise can also be seen in the classroom with improved concentration and memory function. However, we have heard from many of our schools that children’s weight and physical fitness have been impacted by lockdown.

This is why we are launching The Spring Stride! The Spring Stride is a brand-new physical activity competition between primary schools in Haringey. It will take place from Tuesday 4 to Friday 28 May and all primary schools have had the opportunity to sign up. Participating primary schools are competing to do 25 days of physical activity. Daily physical activity could be The Daily Mile, sports, games, or classroom-based exercise.

During the competition, schools can get additional support from local partners. This includes:

  • Half-day sports session for pupils – The Tottenham Hotspur Foundation, Primary Stars team are offering free half-day sessions of football-based fun during the competition period. Please be aware that sessions were offered on a first-come-first-served basis and have now all been allocated.
  • Workshops for parents – One You Haringey are providing virtual workshops for all parents of children participating in The Spring Stride. Three 1 hour-long workshops will take place over the competition period. The sessions will cover cardiovascular activity, resistance activity and behaviour change.
  • Fitt-in access – Fitt-in are offering all participating schools a free trial of the Fitt-in platform for the competition period. Fitt-in offers online exercise videos for classroom-based physical activity. An annual subscription for a school usually costs £500. In addition, Fitt-in will send a couple of their instructors, whom you see on the videos, to the most active Fitt-in Haringey primary school to provide a live Fitt-in class.

Prizes are:

  • 1st place – £500 Amazon voucher and a Tottenham Takeover Day including special Spurs guests (provided by the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation)
  • 2nd place – £250 Amazon voucher and support from the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation at your school sports day
  • 3rd place – £250 Amazon voucher

The formal deadline to sign up for the competition was Thursday 29 April, but if you are keen to sign up then please get in touch with healthy.schools@haringey.gov.uk as soon as possible.

Categories
Events Schools

Culturally Competent Social Worker – one day course on 20 May

Culturally_Competent_Social_Worker_flier

Culturally Competent Social Worker – one day open course

Thursday 20 May 2021

Online – delivered via Zoom

This open course will explore how families’ culture, faith and understanding of
harm impacts on their parenting capacity and consider how this should inform
assessments, child protection plans and strategies. The course will include how
the personal values of practitioners could impact on professional judgements
and decision-making.

For further information or to book, please contact:

events@corambaaf.org.uk or call 020 7520 2043.

Categories
Events Schools

Magical Minds offers a free day of dance for primary schools

Magical Minds is a FREE day of Dance Performance and Dancing Mindfulness workshops offered to primary schools. Magical Minds focuses on positive mental health and well-being through dance, providing children with a creative exploration into the human mind and tools to increase their ability to self-regulate emotions.

Find out more and book a visit:

Dance Theatre | Truefitt Collective Dance Theatre (atruefittcollective.com)

 

Categories
Events Schools

Magical Minds is recruiting dancers

Magical Minds offers a day of Dance Performance and Dancing Mindfulness workshops offered to primary schools. Magical Minds focuses on mental health and positive wellbeing.

Magical Minds has received funding from Arts Council England for another primary schools tour.

They are currently looking to recruit a Tour Assistant and 3 x Dance Artists.

You can find further information on their website:

www.atruefittcollective.com

Please share with anyone who may be interested in applying and let us know if you have any questions about the tour/job roles.

Kasia Truefitt

Artistic Director

A Truefitt Collective Dance Theatre

www.atruefittcollective.com

FB: @atruefittcollective

INSTAGRAM: @atruefittcollective

Categories
Events

Under 12s football tournaments from Spurs

MSADH_Football Tournament_Kids U12_Spurs_Series

The Tottenham Hotspur Foundation is running a football tournament for under 12s. The tournament will be made up of four boys teams and four girls teams. Teams will be 6-a-side, on an 11-a-side pitch. Come along, take part and have fun.

New River Sport and Fitness, White Hart Lane, Wood Green N22 5QW

Tournaments will take place on:

  • Saturday 29 May
  • Thursday 3 June
  • Saturday 19 June
  • 1.30pm – 4pm

Please note that participants must sign up to sessions in advance.

To sign up, please contact Renee Hector by email: Renee.Hector@tottenhamhotspur.com