Category: Schools

Children and young people in Haringey enjoyed a range of free and fun activities, courses and events over February half-term.

To ensure that our future holiday programmes meet the needs of participants, we want to hear what your child/children and/or you think about activities they/you have attended in the past and what you would like to see in the future?

You can help us by completing this short survey. Alternatively, you can email our friendly Active Communities team at: get.active@haringey.gov.uk

Haringey Council is currently working on developing a new borough plan, which is our central strategy document that sets out our priorities for the borough from 2023 to 2027. As part of our work to develop the new borough plan, we are engaging with residents across all ages, backgrounds, and walks of life, to understand what life looks like for them now, how they want it to look in the future, and what we can do to achieve this.

We’re keen to involve Haringey’s children and young people in the process, recognising that they have a voice, and we need to hear it. This is why we’re launching a pulse survey next Monday 28 February with Haringey’s secondary school pupils. The survey will run until the beginning of May and will ask young people a set of questions focused on different aspects of their lives as young people who live, or go to school, in Haringey. The insights they provide will build upon the important feedback they provided in response to the Children Commissioner’s Big Ask survey last year, and the School Health Education Unit survey which has recently closed.

We’ll be emailing all Haringey secondary schools next Monday with information about the survey, as well as a link to complete the survey online. We would really appreciate it if schools could encourage their pupils to take part as much as possible – it’s a brilliant way for them to get involved in the council’s work and will pave the way for further participation for those who are interested in getting involved in the process again later this year.

Haworth Tompkins is an award-winning architectural studio based in Kentish Town, with an international reputation for intelligent, purposeful design.

Haworth Tompkins will offer four x one-week placements over the two weeks of the Easter Holiday. These placements are suitable for year 10 and year 11 students.

Please share this exciting opportunity with your students.

During the placement, the students will do some research tasks and present them on Photoshop. They will also design their own project on Sketch up and they will create their model in our workshop. When possible, Haworth Tompkins try to organise a site visit, and get the student to attend teams or office meetings.

To apply, look on the Haworth Tompkins website from early March, and fill in an application form. They review applications on the principles of their equal opportunity policy, and welcome applications from all backgrounds.

Haworth Tompkins

Alexandra Palace February Newsletter

West Green Primary School has 8 table units with 12 seats available which the school no longer needs, so is offering them free of charge to other Haringey schools. Please note that they are being offered “taken as seen”, i.e. in the condition they are in, with no guarantee and any interested school should satisfy their own H&S and risk assessment practices in order to use them.

The school has requested that ideally any inspections and/or collection is arranged over half term please.

If you are interested, please contact Kingsley Vethakan, School Site Manager, kingsley.vethakan@westgreen.haringey.sch.uk to arrange to inspect/collect the tables.

Features and benefits

• Mobile folding seating units can be set-up by a single operator – minimise manual handling set up time
• Fixed seating arrangements minimise noise of moving chairs and benches and promote positive social behaviour
• Fixed seating units minimise aisle widths and optimise use of space
• Tough grade table laminates resist damage and stay in safe, hygienic condition for longer
• Armor-Edge (Premium protective) table tops make for safer handling and can be steam cleaned for maximum hygiene
• Easily moved for dining hall cleaning
• Non-marking glides and castors designed to keep the dining hall floor looking smart
• Seats can be removed to allow wheelchair access to the tables ​

Specifications

They are 12 Seater Units with the following specifications (approx..)

• Model Number: TTC93-26
• Length: 3051mm
• Width: 750mm
• Height: 660mm
• Weight: 85kg