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Wood Green’s new Rising Green youth hub set for summer launch

Aimed at young people between the ages of 11 and 19 and those up to 25 with Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND) in Haringey, the youth hub will be an inclusive and safe space where young people can fulfil their talents and have a hub to thrive in.

A group collectively known as Wood Green Young Voices has played a pivotal part in this project, with their lived experiences of growing up in the N22 area being fed into the architectural design, brand, logo and name of the inclusive youth hub, as well as what its programme will offer them, their friends and peers.

Having invested their energy and time on its formulation over 12 months while working in partnership alongside architects Freehaus, JA Projects and representatives from the local authority too, members of Wood Green Young Voices were among the first to see the hub begin to take shape

The Wood Green Young Voices and their lived experiences have influenced the colour combinations, building designs and working titles for the youth hub, with a selection of proposed names and logos then being put to a public vote.

The name ‘Rising Green’ was created and duly chosen by the public having been inspired by the idea of growing up and being raised in Wood Green – ‘Made in Wood Green.’

The Rising Green Youth Hub is set to be launched at the site of the former BrightHouse store at 2 Lymington Avenue by the middle of this year.

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Events Schools

Easter holiday fun activities in Haringey

There are lots of fun activities planned in Haringey to occupy children during the Easter holidays.

Easter Fun 2022

Please can you circulate our leaflet to your school communities.

 

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Events Health and Safety Schools

Does your school have an educational visits co-ordinator?

Educational visits are a great benefit to the development of children, providing opportunities to broaden their horizons and enrich their education and life experiences.

Schools are required to plan visits, taking into consideration the type of visit, location, and activities. While routine visits will involve no more than an everyday level of risk and will be covered by the school’s existing policies and procedures, for higher risk activities, your school will need specialist staff with specific skills.

Haringey Health and Safety has prepared a written procedure which all maintained schools must follow. The Procedure HSP25 Organising Educational Visits  is available on the  Haringey Traded Services (Novus) website along with all Haringey procedures and forms.

Additionally, Maintained Schools must use the Evolve system to plan visits for category 2 and 3 trips. Definitions of trip categories are detailed in the procedure. Schools are also required to appoint an Educational Visits Coordinator, who should:

  • be an experienced visits leader
  • have the status to be able to guide the working practices of other staff
  • be confident in assessing the ability of other staff to lead visits
  • be confident in assessing outside activity providers
  • be able to advise headteachers and governors when they’re approving trips
  • have access to training, advice and guidance.

For category 3 visits (residential and adventurous,) schools need to have local authority approval prior to visits taking place. Using the Evolve system facilitates this by placing all the necessary documentation into one location; the system automatically notifies the local authority when trips are ready for approval. The local authority can then evaluate the information provided and either approve the visit or advise schools if additional information is required.

Finally, schools are required to submit category 3 visits on Evolve six weeks ahead of the planned date. This is to allow the LA to evaluate the information and where required for schools to add or amend documentation.

If your school does not have an Educational Visits Coordinator or the existing co-ordinator requires training, please contact health.safetyadvice@haringey.gov.uk. The Health and Safety Team will provide training.

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Health and Safety Schools

Haringey Traded Services website – important documents for schools

The Health and Safety Team would like to remind schools that all Health and Safety documentation, procedures, forms, and model policies,  have been uploaded to the Traded Services (Novus) Website.

Schools can now access and download all necessary documentation from the Haringey health and safety management system for inclusion into the school’s management system. The procedures and forms will support schools in ensuring compliance with Health and Safety Law and provide essential information to staff and senior managers on how to fulfil their responsibilities for a safe workplace.

Working with competent advisors, we have  now developed procedures following HSE regulations, Approved Codes of Practice, and best practice to ensure full compliance with current H&S law. Procedures and supporting documentation have been through rigorous consultation  and approved by unions and the Corporate Health, Safety and Wellbeing Board.

You can find the documents by logging on to the Traded Services (Novus) site and scrolling to the bottom of the home page. Click on the link “Schools Information”. This will take you to the Schools Information Health and Safety Page.

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Early Years Schools

Haringey’s new Early Years proposals

Haringey’s youngest children are set to benefit from better outcomes in the future after provisional proposals for an Early Years Strategy – including plans for four Family Hubs in our borough – were given the green light.

The council has placed a strong emphasis on giving our youngsters the best possible start in life and recognise that a child’s pre-school experience can have a lasting and pivotal impact on their development and later life as a young person and then an adult.

There is a strong partnership in place with school governors, head teachers and the Early Years sector to ensure an Early Years Strategy can be developed for the next five years.

Informed by a range of sources (including stakeholder task and finish groups and focused conversations with the Early Years sector, partners and parents), the proposed strategy includes a commitment to implement a Family Hub Model to build on the current Children’s Centre offer in Haringey.

Among its overall aims is to provide a clear focus on Early Years provision and a distinction between Early Years and Early Prevention.

It would also ensure a greater concentration on the developmental benefits of prevention and universal support in the early years.

A formal and statutory, 90-day consultation will now be run among residents, service users and stakeholders between May 2022 and August 2022.

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Haringey Schools Music Festival at Royal Albert Hall on Friday 1 April – get your tickets!

Celebrating music-making in Haringey

Haringey Music Service is delighted to be returning to the Royal Albert Hall on Friday 1 April 2022.

The concert will feature young musicians from all over Haringey, including choirs from local primary and secondary schools, and there will be performances from the Haringey Young Musicians ensembles including their Symphony Orchestra, Big Band, Guitar Orchestra, Percussion Group, Steel Band and Youth Choir.

Haringey Music Service have been working with living Haringey composers to bring you world premieres of multiple works, including a large scale performance of the new work Songs for Unsung Heroes by Ty Lowe and Peter Desmond. There will also be a specially commissioned piece featuring performers from special educational needs settings across the borough.

Join us for an exciting celebration of music uniting young people from across Haringey.

Book tickets here!

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Alexandra Palace March news including Bibio-Buzz awards

Read Alexandra Palace’s March newsletter here

Including Biblio-buzz 2022 awards ceremony on Friday 25 March.

Apply to join Ally Pally’s new Young Actors Company for 18-24 year olds.

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New River Easter Eggstravaganza holiday camps

New River Sports and Fitness in partnership with To the Whistle, Little Cubs, London Skolars and Haringey Rhinos presents its Easter Eggstravaganza holiday camps. The Easter Camps will be running from 4 – 14 April.

Camps are available for 3 – 15 years, you can book one day or all nine days. Places funded for those receiving free school meals.

The camps will have a range of activities, with a grand Inflatable finale on 14 of April.  Parents, friends and families area all welcome to attend.

Book online here

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Workshops on black British female history from the Heritage & Honour Collection

The Heritage & Honour Collection is a creative social enterprise documenting and collecting content on Black British Female History from 1500-1999.

They provide educational and historical presentations, creative workshops, talks and private bespoke workshops for  schools and groups interested in knowing more on black British female history.

Find out more here: The Heritage and Honour Collection

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Schools

New Tech4Teachers funding to provide 550 laptops to teachers

The Digital Poverty Alliance (DPA), together with Barclays, Intel, and the Learning Foundation, is launching new funding to tackle digital poverty in schools.

Paul Finnis, Digital Poverty Alliance CEO says teachers must not be forgotten by the Government or industry in efforts to provide better digital access and boost tech skills.

DPA research has shown that nearly half of teachers don’t have adequate access to the Internet

The Learning Foundation has announced new funding for Tech4Teachers, a project that will provide computers to teachers at schools in disadvantaged communities. The organisations are coming together on this project under the umbrella of the Digital Poverty Alliance, which is run by the Learning Foundation.

The campaign will provide 550 devices to teachers who lack adequate online access, to enable them to better support 20,000+ school children in the most disadvantaged communities. In addition, a new collaboration room for teachers, sponsored by Intel and Barclays, will be created on the Digital Poverty Alliance community hub. It will serve as an area for participating teachers to share best practices, ask questions, and seek guidance.

The new funding for the programme will come from Intel and Barclays. Intel Corporation will provide funding as part of their RISE initiatives to create a more Responsible, Inclusive, and Sustainable world, Enabled through technology. RISE focuses on Intel partnering with organisations worldwide to apply their solutions and expertise to geographically unique problems as well as global challenges. Barclays part of the funding will come from Barclays 100×100 UK COVID-19 Community Relief Fund. All of this follows the success of the initial phase of the Tech4teachers programme funded by Currys in 2021, which provided 1,000 laptops for teachers and teaching assistants at schools across the UK. After the project, the Learning Foundation will evaluate the impact and create a white paper with policy recommendations for the Department for Education.