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CALLING ALL SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND COMMUNITY GROUPS! Reach new heights with us and be part of Rocket Round Leicester 2021 - the biggest public art event Leicester’s ever seen!

THE PERFECT LAUNCH PAD FOR YOUR RISING STARS! ROCKET ROUND LEICESTER 2021 LEICESTER ROUND ROCKET SOMETHING

LEICESTER Rocket Round Leicester OUT OF THIS is a spectacular public art event that will lift off in summer 2021. It will be the biggest public art WORLD event that Leicester has ever seen! IS COMING 40 40 individually designed Giant Rocket sculptures, along with mini rockets will, blast across Leicester’s key landmarks, streets, and open spaces to create a free, fun, family-friendly trail of discovery around Leicester. This will bring everyone together for one, out of this world event which will be an important step for the recovery of our community after a very challenging and di cult time for us all.

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WE ARE INVITING SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, AND COMMUNITY GROUPS FROM ACROSS LEICESTER, LEICESTERSHIRE AND REACH RUTLAND TO JOIN OUR LEARNING PROGRAMME. THE Join our Rocket Round Leicester Learning Rocket Round Leicester is being brought Programme and you can design, decorate, to you by LOROS Hospice and Wild in Art and launch your very own mini version of our in an exciting ﬁ rst for the city. incredible rocket sculptures - The Junior Jet! LOROS is a local hospice that has been Each school, college or community group supporting the community for 35 years. taking part will receive a Junior Jet sculpture Each year LOROS cares for 2,500 terminally STARS! to decorate, accompanied by a resource pack. ill patients and their families across Leicester, This resource pack has been specially created Leicestershire and Rutland. by our Education Partners to bring together fun classroom games, ideas for fundraising events Wild in Art is a leading producer of creative and lesson plans, that all tie into the national events that transform places into free, family- curriculum. The resource pack is designed friendly, outdoor art galleries. Since 2008 they to complement key stage teaching across a have animated more than 50 cities across the variety of subjects, making it easy for teachers world with sculptures, helping millions of people to seamlessly integrate this project into the to experience art outside of traditional settings classroom. Rocket Round Leicester aims to connect Each Junior Jet will stand proudly alongside businesses, creatives, schools, and communities. the 40 artist-designed Giant Rockets for the It is a feel-good campaign that everyone can 10-week trail across Leicester in summer 2021. be proud of. At the end of the trail, your Junior Jet is yours Please read on to ﬁ nd out more about to keep and display - a lasting legacy of your LOROS and becoming part of this achievements and contribution to Rocket out of this world event. Round Leicester.

04 05 2021 ROCKET ROUND LEICESTER LEICESTER ROUND ROCKET ABOUTLOROS We deliver care that is special We’re very proud that 90p of every £1 received goes towards patient care. and unique to each individual. We have been hit incredibly hard by the Patients and their families are at COVID-19 pandemic; our shops had to close temporarily, events have been cancelled and the heart of everything we do. many of our supporters in the community have been unable to fundraise because of the We are here to o er a helping hand, a listening lockdown and restrictions. We predict a loss ear, and o er caring support by people that of £2.3 million up until March 2021. understand. Please help support our patients and their We are about life and living. It’s about making families at the most di cult time of their lives, people comfortable and being there to help and by supporting Rocket Round Leicester. support them and their family. We help people living with a terminal illness make the most of the Thank you time they have left. loros.co.uk Our dedicated team of 343 sta are helped and @LOROSHospice LOROS Hospice is a local charity and every year we care for supported by more than 1,500 caring volunteers. #LOROSHospice We provide specialist care at our Hospice in over 2,500 people across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. Leicester, in patient’s homes, and in partnership Registered Charity No. 506120 We deliver free, high-quality, compassionate care and support working with our local hospitals and GPs. to terminally ill patients, their family and carers. It costs us £8.2 million each year to be able to deliver our services. The NHS does give us some money, but we still need to raise at least £6 Rocket Round Leicester will raise over £300,000 to help us million each year from our local community. continue to deliver this care.

06 LEARNING PROGRAMME 07 WHY YOUR SCHOOL, COLLEGE OR COMMUNITY GROUP, SHOULD ROCKET ROUND LEICESTER 2021 LEICESTER ROUND ROCKET TAKEOFF WITHUS! The Rocket Round Leicester Learning Programme celebrates creativity This was a truly unforgettable project for many of our students who all felt extremely proud to and o ers a massive platform for your school, college or community group Enormous impact. It has been take part and show o our Bees to their families to showcase its talent to the local community and visitors of the city. the most talked-about project and local community. It brought the school You will also be supporting a much-loved local charity, LOROS. we’ve done for ages and has closer together, all working on one epic project, threaded through every layer and gave us a great idea for project-based work The Junior Jet is a fun, accessible canvas to The trail o ers the opportunity for educators of school life. with cross curricular links. inspire creativity in the classroom, across all and students alike to become intrepid explorers subjects. With the guidance of our resource of their own city. By walking the trail, your JOE GEORGE As a school we are immensely proud of the pack, it enables educators and learners of all rising stars will have the chance to discover Class Teacher, city we learn in, and the bee project really abilities to approach subjects and topics in hidden gems, attractions, and facilities on their Astwood Bank Primary. highlighted what a great city Manchester The Big Sleuth, Birmingham. a di erent way. doorstep, whilst experiencing the pleasure is and the great history it has. of seeing their own masterpiece on the trail. Conversations about important topics such as LAURA MURPHY Creative Arts Co-ordinator, St Marys RC Primary Winton. physical health, mental health, citizenship, and Rocket Round Leicester is a unique, once in Bee in the City, Manchester. conservation, can be opened up as well as being a lightyear opportunity and one you don’t able to add a creative aspect to literacy, science want to miss out on. and maths.

The Learning Programme seamlessly integrates Our charity, the Aldridge Foundation, and the Snailspace Learners with the outdoor trail. The cross-curricular Programme share some important objectives, encouraging young people nature of the projects, together with our tools 100 to be active citizens in the local community. Aldridge schools put creativity at the heart of study; it is fundamental to our approach to learning. and tips, means you will be fully supported as you We have 100 Junior Jets available. Sponsoring the Snailspace campaign is a great way to support creativity embark upon the task to transform the sculpture Are you and your rising stars ready into a beautiful, meaningful piece of art. Most in the city, as well as encouraging young people to explore important importantly, it’s not about creating more work to join in with the biggest public art themes such as nature, the environment and mental health. for educators, Rocket Round Leicester is simply event that Leicester has ever seen? providing a ‘theme’ to shape lessons around. SIR ROD ALDRIDGE Aldridge Foundation. Snailspace, Brighton and Hove.

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ROCKET ROUND LEICESTER LEICESTER ROUND ROCKET WHAT’S YOUR JUNIOR JET PACKAGE IS FUELLED WITH A TANKFUL INCLUDED OF EXTRAS… A blank Junior Jet sculpture measuring 110cm tall x 45cm wide, made from IN THE ROCKET ROUND fi re-resistant fi berglass and fi nished with a white primer, ready for painting. A creative, cross-curricular, key-stage appropriate, learning programme LEICESTER LEARNING which includes lesson plans and topics, teaching aids and resources to PROGRAMME PACKAGE? encourage creative thinking. Health and wellbeing learning opportunities, contributing to PHSE and Citizenship objectives.

A Junior Jet will be gifted to your school, Templates for you to use to start bringing your design ideas to life. college or community group if you pledge to An invitation to attend our brieﬁ ng event - to learn about Rocket Round raise a minimum of £1,000 for LOROS Hospice. Leicester, get some great fundraising ideas, and meet other schools, colleges and community groups involved in the Learning Programme. The team at Rocket Round Leicester have many ways to help you reach the target! If you are a school? A dedicated project representative will support your fundraising and will be available for one school assembly at a mutually convenient time.

Exhibition of your Junior Jet on the hight proﬁ le art trail.

Inclusion in the Rocket Round Leicester event trail map, website and associated mobile app which can be downloaded from the App Store and Google Play.

Training materials and sta workshops if required.

The project can also form part of your work towards an Art Award and could be used as part of your school’s application for Artsmark status. Artsmark is open to primary, secondary and special schools, pupil referral units, youth o ending teams and sixth form colleges.

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ROCKET ROUND LEICESTER 2021 LEICESTER ROCKET ROUND NETWORKS Can your PTA help raise funds? Or could local businesses or a FUNDRAISE group of supporters help? Don’t forget to ask your committees and school council… could this be a fundraising challenge for them? HOST A HOST A BUILD ‘ROCK IT’ FANCY DRESS DAY AWARENESS CONCERT Come to school as a rocket or other space themed fancy dress. IN YOUR LOCAL Charge a small entry fee to parents coming to see SET PUPILS COMMUNITY their rock stars in action. A PERSONAL Share on your social media FUNDRAISING and try some crowdfunding. TARGET Challenge your Space Cadets to create a Rocket money box out of a smarties tube and to ﬁ ll it with £1 coins for 27 days - The same amount of time it HOST A takes for the moon to orbit the earth. SPACE THEMED BAKE SALE HOST A Get creative in the kitchen and CINEMA UNDER sell some space themed treats THE STARS for all to enjoy. KEEP FUNDRAISING Charge a small fee and create a Once you have raised the funds for your Junior Jet, night the whole family can enjoy. we would love you to keep fundraising for LOROS Hospice. Why not make us your charity of the year? We can provide you with lots of support and access to fundraising packs, sponsorship forms, collection buckets and much more.

Email [email protected] if you would like more information.

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February 2021 Learning Programme Information Event - Information, inspiration, and briefi ng sessions for lead project coordinators in participating From September 2020 schools, colleges and community groups. Resource packs will be given, and OFF! Junior Jet and Learning Programme For more information and to confi rm your place on the questions answered packages are available on a fi rst Rocket Round Leicester Learning Programme, please come, fi rst served basis get in touch at [email protected] February 2021 Junior Jets are available for collection THE DEADLINE TO SIGNUP

April 2021 IS 4TH JANUARY 2021 July 2021 Completed Junior Jets are returned to the Rocket Sign up online now at rocketroundleicester.co.uk/learning Rocket Round Leicester is live, Round Leicester Team with your school, college or For queries, or for more information please email community groups dazzling Junior [email protected] Jet part of the trail. PR and social activity really get going, including a dedicated app, website, printed literature and merchandise October 2021 Giant Rockets are auctioned to raise vital funds for LOROS Hospice. Your Junior Jet comes home to you after this event, a lasting legacy of your involvement in Rocket Round Leicester October 2021 Farewell Weekend – last chance to see all the Giant Rockets and Junior Jets together in one place

Thank you for being part of an out of this world event! We can’t wait to see your amazing Junior Jet on the trail. rocketroundleicester.co.uk/learning

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