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Timeswww.educationbradford.com WINNING Digging for STREAK! success Schools in our district are regularly ahead Innovation to find a ‘Solution For The of the game and many individual pupils, Planet’. They chose to focus on the students and schools are the first or the problem of maternal mortality and came best in the country in a particular field. up with the idea of a virtual ‘Pack for Mums and Babies’ that could be bought Although there are many more stories as an ethical gift from charities, with the than we have space for, Term Times money raised going towards ante-natal celebrates some of these on Page 3 with and post-natal healthcare in Africa. a feature called Cream of the crop. Sarah Brown said: "I am very pleased to A good example of the hard work and be welcoming Isabella, Katie, Kimi and determination to succeed are four Megan to Downing Street to celebrate students from St Joseph's Catholic their outstanding fundraising to stop College who raised £80,000 to combat women dying needlessly in childbirth. I maternal mortality overseas. am incredibly impressed by the Above: Maddison Day and right: Some of the children with their awards Their efforts were rewarded with a trip to determination, commitment and 10 Downing Street to meet Prime compassion each of these girls has Minister’s wife Sarah Brown, who is shown and their actions are already Heaton Children’s Services is social and communication skills but patron of the international charity White making a real difference to celebrating two national awards. also in confidence and self esteem. Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood. women's lives." The service includes Heaton Primary In addition The Forest School, an School, Heaton Children’s Centre and outdoor learning environment on the The international aid agency CAFOD Isabella Ricordo, Katie Dearden, Kimi the Acorn Centre. They have been site of Heaton Children’s Services, was adopted their idea as part of its range of Omolokun and Megan Crowley were just awarded ‘I CAN’ Enhanced recognised by The Royal Forestry ethical ‘World Gifts’ for 2009 and the 14 in 2008 when they won a national Accreditation Award which recognises Society and was awarded the students also had a trip to Africa. business competition run by Partners in the high standard of speech, language Excellence in Schools Award for and communication skills that are 2009/10. nurtured and developed within their After their visit to the Forest School, the school. In addition they have been judges were immensely impressed, not approached to apply for specialist only by the beautiful ancient woodland schools status – a fantastic but also the opportunities it provides achievement as this has only been for the children at Heaton. All children offered to four schools in the country! from birth to eleven years enjoy ‘I CAN’ primary talk supports the dedicated time learning outside the development of raising achievement classroom, in this two-acre woodland. and improving a child’s future life This award-winning learning chances through developing their environment is available for other communication skills. The children schools to share. Please contact Jim enjoy taking part in the many activities Mawson on 01274 363070 or that take place across the whole of the jim.mawson@heaton..sch.uk school and are developing not only for more information. The girls with Sarah Brown and Assistant Headteacher Elaine Barker at No. 10

Cream of the crop: A full page of success stories on page 3 School closures So healthy The Government has stated that with the Health and Well-being Team, who work in Parents can now check if their child’s website, Bradford Schools Online at introduction of 21st Century Schools, by close partnership with Bradford school is closed with ease. https://schools.educationbradford.com its publication of the White Paper: Your Council, Primary Care Trusts and other Child, Your Schools, Our Future: Building partners to deliver the Healthy Schools Bradford Council, in partnership with This in turn informs The Pulse of West a 21st Century Schools System, every Programme including PSHEe Education Bradford, has changed the Yorkshire and Radio Leeds radio child will attend a Healthy School. (Personal, Social, Health and Economic way emergency school closures are stations as well as the Telegraph & Bradford district is well on track to education), Healthy Eating, Physical communicated. Argus newspaper. achieving this goal and by the end of this Activity and Emotional Health and When a school is closed for whatever year almost every child in the district will Well-being. If you think there is a possibility that attend a school that has achieved reason; for example, inclement To achieve the status, schools have to your child’s school is closed at any National Healthy School Status; over 92% weather, heating failure or any other meet 41 criteria and complete an online of schools have achieved this status, far reason, a nominated person from any time please log onto Bradford Schools audit. There has to be a whole school exceeding the national target of 75%. school can inform the general public Online where all information will be approach, including participation, by entering information on the schools displayed. For ten years the district’s schools have involvement from parents and the been supported by Education Bradford’s community, as well as the governing body. erm 2 Times

Double Global entrepreneurs success A Bradford school has scooped two awards in the Pupils from around the district Trade Fair where pupils from the last 12 months thanks to the were involved in Global following schools sold Christmas hard work of pupils and staff. Entrepreneurship Week in the decorations, cards, tea-light Autumn. holders, jams, chutneys, Springwood Community jewellery and gift bags all made Primary School in Events included a visit from Manningham received the Johnny Ball, who was a regular by the students: Branshaw, Braithwaite, International School Award fixture on children’s television from the Department for Business and Enterprise during the 1970s and 1980s. Children, Schools and College, Carlton Bolling, Johnny encouraged 350 Families in recognition of its Grange Technology College, students from across the district outstanding practice in the Haycliffe, St Walburga's to aim high when thinking about international dimensions of their future careers. He is a Catholic Primary and Our Lady teaching and learning. populariser of science and and St Brendan's Catholic mathematics, writing and Primary. It is twinned with other presenting several TV series in schools in Ghana, France and Another event involved students Spain and runs a story-telling science and technology at Oakbank School in intended for children, some of project with one school in producing minute-long Sicily and another in Norway. which were Think of a Number, commercials for chocolate Think Again and Think boxes they designed to export to It was also nominated for the Backwards. Best School Community France. Sixty pupils were Project in the Telegraph & Other events included a Schools involved. Students with their wares Argus Bradford’s Best Community Awards for its annual Community Sunday event. This brings families and friends together for a football match as well as through fashion shows and Animation film award dancing, arts and crafts and music events. A group of students at Titus Salt doomed love and was inspired School in have come by Arpana Caur’s painting of the Headteacher Fran Warden top of the class in the 16th same name. said children and staff were Bradford Animation Festival. pleased as punch with two Deputy headteacher Ian Morrel awards in a year. “I think it The group produced a five- said: “We are delighted to have reflects the hard work that minute-long film that beat off all won such a prestigious award. everyone is doing,” she said. comers to win the Films by This exciting project was such a “We are a multi-cultural Young Animators category in the success because of the team school and I think it’s five-day event. spirit between the students and important that the children staff, including the animator Their film, called Immersion learn their place in the world.” David Bunting and voice artist Emergence, tells the story of Martine Dunn.”

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Pupils and their parents and Year 9 students Ruth Owens and Kutubkhan Khedapa get down carers boarded a special to business ‘train’ for a learning journey which coincided with World Book Day. Term Times Classrooms at Ley Top Term Times is produced twice a Primary were transformed year for parents, pupils and Rocket science trip into waiting areas and ticket schools in the Bradford district. booths to replicate a railway It is produced by Education Ten pupils from were The youngsters visited centres NEMO is the largest science station for the special event in Bradford, part of Serco, to promote such as ESTEC (European centre in the Netherlands and March. local good news stories throughout awarded first prize for all their the district. hard work in science winning a Space Research and boasts five floors of discovery The ‘trip’ included various trip to Holland for three days in Technology Centre) which is the with 400,000 visitors per year. stories and rhymes about Editor: Paul Parker the Autumn term. European Space Agency’s main The children learnt why bridges going on a journey and a Deputy Editor: Alyson Hardaker technology development and are so strong, what they will variety of techniques were Email: termly.newsletter@ The Prize, presented by Coun test centre for spacecraft and look like in 30 years, how to used such as drama, puppets educationbradford.com Adrian Naylor and Astronaut space innovation, NEMO, Anne purify water and even how and musical instruments to Research writers: Nick Oldham – trainer Michelle Hann was for Frank’s House and Space satellites work! Adjacent to help bring the trip to life. Media Linx Ltd, Sally Pickering, Eldwick Primary pupils winning EXPO. ESTEC is Space Expo - a large Fiona Binns of Education the Blast Off Bradford rocketry showcase for ESA space activity Bradford and Carolyne Coyle, competition in July. where the children met real life Bradford Council rocket scientists. The children Communications Unit. The trip began for the also enjoyed an excursion to Please send stories and pictures youngsters, several of whom den Haag for an evening meal to: termly.newsletter@ have now gone on to secondary and also took part in a boat trip educationbradford.com school, on 30 September. around Leiden the next day. erm Times 3 Cream of the crop erm celebrates ‘firsts’ by schools and individuals from across the Bradford district... Times Gang video is Shibden Head celebrates musical first a winner

Shibden Head Primary and Arts Service. The Students from Nab Wood School has become the first programme aims to give ‘every School and in the Bradford district primary school aged child the School made an anti-crime to be awarded the prestigious opportunity to take part in music video during the Silver Sing Up award in high-quality singing activities summer holidays in recognition of efforts to place every day’. partnership with West singing at the heart of Yorkshire Police and the i09 The Sing Up Awards aim to school life. project (a recognise and celebrate Police initiative). Sing Up is the National Singing schools that place singing at Programme supported by the the heart of school life and The project won first place Government and promoted by support those which strive to in the i09 project Education Bradford’s Music achieve this. competition and received a reward of a £1000 for their hard work and efforts and for beating off competition Prize for Rashid is national picture perfect from projects across poet Yorkshire. The students are known as A seven-year-old pupil has won Luke T.H.U.G.S which stands for a national painting competition. Teens Helping Us Get Safer. Rashid Nasim from The students wanted to Primary School’s entry, entitled raise awareness on gang “Mad Nasim” was picked as the culture and produced a winner of more than fifteen music video called 'Cradle to thousand entries. Rashid won the grave' which was hard the Junior Painter of the Year hitting and shows a Award in the infants’ category in teenager peer pressured the national competition into joining a gang outside organised by the registered of school and on his charity Sightsavers. initiation is stabbed to A pupil from Rashid’s prize included a trip to death. The message the Primary School has won a the capital with a ride on the music video is trying to get regional award in a London Eye in a private capsule, across is about how young competition aimed at lunch and a visit to the people sometimes make the finding today’s best young exhibition at the Royal Academy wrong choices and how that poets. of Arts where his work is on Rashid receiving affects everybody around display. His award was his prize and inset them. Ten-year-old Luke Dickens- presented by the Keeper of the Rashid’s winning Jones’s poem “Nothing” The students organised a Royal Academy of Arts, painting ‘Mad Nasim’ was judged to be the presentation evening at Professor Maurice Cockrill. winning entry in the North Bradford FC in of Poetry Explorers September where they Contest, which is open to presented their work to an seven to 11-year-olds and is audience made up of the run by the Young Writers' Olympic plan High Sheriff of West Organisation. Yorkshire, members of West Yorkshire Police, community His work and those of other A team of students representing Shona Pearson, Liam Pollard, arena. The team incorporated leaders and local residents. youngsters from the region STEM Club Crystal Tattersal and Faye Yale. the use of eco friendly solar have been published in a (Science, Technology and They successfully presented panels and also tested out The students are now Poetry Explorers book– with Maths) has been judged as the their winning design to judges different surfaces for the floor of hoping to take the music a winner's star next to his winners of the first National at The Big Bang Fare in the handball court. video around schools in poem. STEM Challenge. Manchester. Bradford to warn young The STEM Club, as well as people of the dangers of Class Teacher Ella The winning team of Year 9 The STEM Challenge required being titled National gangs and crimes. Besharati said: “'I was students, known as ‘The students to design a National Champions and putting the thrilled when I had heard Ibrar Hussain, pastoral Chocolatiers’, were Thomas Handball Arena for the 2012 Academy well and truly on the that a number of Year 5 Olympics. The winning design manager at Nab Wood Blackburn, Kimberly Howell, map, has also won an all pupils had been selected to was based School co-ordinated the expenses paid trip to the have their poetry published. around a project with the support of Olympic Museum in Lausanne, To have one pupil win the chocolate Eve Massaad, Nab Wood Switzerland plus a VIP tour of regional prize was a real orange, the School and also WM achievement. segmental the London 2012 Olympic site. Productions, with support from West Yorkshire Police. “I am really proud of Luke, structure of For their next challenge, the the poem he wrote was the sphere- STEM Club is working superb. We had been shaped alongside a local company to working on extended dome create a brand new Hair Gel! vocabulary and I really allowed For more photos of the Big challenged his creative natural light thinking on this one – it’s and Bang Fare visit the Appleton ventilation Academy STEM Club blog at not easy personifying Year 9 team with their design Nothing.” into the http://appletonstem.blogspot.com erm 4 Times Investing in pupils Student St Stephen’s Primary forthcoming years. The The picture shows the School in West Bowling is impact of Investors in Pupils school's current Year 6 pupils celebrating the achievement has shown development in all undertaking a ‘pitch’ for of attaining the Investors in aspects of school life Enterprise Angels.’ They were Pupils accreditation. including learning, successful at gaining £25 for voice attendance, induction, materials to wash the staff The award has given the High School has achieve the Investors in Pupils behaviour and classroom cars. They raised £85 in total school a new focus to become the first secondary award is nothing short of management. making a profit of £60 implement over the school in the country to win amazing and a testimony to towards a new outdoor the Investors in Pupils award in the calibre and ability of the classroom. An understanding recognition of the way pupils students at Tong to take of finance is crucial in order to have a say in decision making. charge of all matters relating to achieve Investors in Pupils school life and education in Pupils have a voice on all accreditation. general. It is a pleasure and school committees and go to privilege to work alongside Schools who wish to work governors’ and management these young people. towards Investors in Pupils group meetings. are supported by Education “Then, to gain the International The school has also received Bradford's Economic Well- Award at the same time is the an International School Award being Team. Investors in icing on the cake. Our in recognition of its work Pupils has gone from strength students immerse themselves through exchange to strength and currently in a curriculum that celebrates programmes with schools in more than 1 in 4 Bradford and reflects the diversity and Africa, America and Germany. primary schools, two significance of our place in the secondary schools and two Director of Specialism Steve world. We are also really proud special schools have Pupils making their pitch Gates said: “To be the first of being a truly multi-cultural achieved the standard. school in the country to school.” Lights, Life begins at camera, Grove House Grove House Primary School celebrated its 40th birthday last year. A whole day of events took action place to mark the anniversary, starting with a visit from the Lord Mayor of Bradford and the Lady Mayoress. They attended the whole school assembly with 460 children and around 80 staff where they had an enormous birthday cake, a slide show of the history of the school and the changing world over the past 40 years since 1969 and then a huge rendition of Happy Birthday sung by the whole school. Afternoon ex staff and pupils The day ended with each were chaperoned by current child having a party bag with The children and many of the staff and pupils to see how a slice of the enormous cake, staff dressed in the fashions things have changed and a memento bookmark and of the period which made the rekindle happy memories. some other goodies while the day very different. School adults and visitors enjoyed There was also a Grove lunch was modified to networking and some House Got Talent Competition represent school lunches of refreshments. Families who made a short film partnership between the the period and at the Open which was a roaring success. based on themes of peace and National Media Museum and international communication Education Bradford’s Family were able to watch it on the big Learning Team. screen at the Cubby Broccoli Cinema during the Bradford As a result of the success of this Animation Festival, which took animation project, the National Clever stuff Media Museum and Education place in November 2009 at the Children and their parents were Reception classes listened to the National Media Museum. Bradford’s Family Learning Team treated to a taste of life in different Cleversticks story written by now run regular digital stories During last summer six families cultures. Bernard Ashley, which tells of a courses on Saturday mornings young boy, Ling Sung who was took part in the Animated All pupils at Primary which particularly focus on dads dreading going to school International Film Association were involved in an open because he felt the other children (ASIFA) Family Learning learning with their children. This afternoon to which their parents can include creating short would be more able than him. Animation Project, a week-long were invited. The aim of the However, when the other children animation from plastercine and a workshop making a two-minute afternoon was to raise awareness learned he could use chopsticks animated film. short TV advert. of our multicultural world and to this gave Ling Sung a feeling of promote tolerance towards empowerment. Following the The group worked with David If you would like to become people with different cultures and story the pupils learned how to involved in Family Learning Bunting, who has worked on beliefs. use chopsticks and tasted Tiegan Johnson from Shaun the Sheep and The please contact Vicky Meer at Children in the Nursery and different types of Chinese food. nursery class Tigger Movie. The project was a [email protected] erm Times 5 FOCUS ON PERFORMANCE Jake’s Prom success An 11-year-old Bradford pupil instruments such as the drums for the posters, programme and The event provided fantastic shone at the ninth annual and xylophone. a sculpture for St George’s Hall, entertainment and was Schools’ Prom event at the Peel Park Primary pupils presented by the Pulse of West He is one of the youngest prestigious St George’s Hall. designed a sculpture and Belle Yorkshire’s breakfast radio members of the orchestras and Vue Girl’s students created a presenters, Becky Holmes and Jake Jones, a Year 6 pupil from thoroughly enjoyed performing fabric hanging for the front of Alex Duffy. Primary School, had at the Prom which involved the stage. his own composition performed almost 800 pupils performing by the Bradford Youth Wind over two nights. The Orchestra. performers, representing 25 schools, showcased their music Jake produced his composition, and dance skills to enthralled Circus Suite, especially for the audiences. Bradford Youth Wind Orchestra. As well as being a composer, he Special performances included also plays the trombone in the cheerleading, street dance, Bradford Youth Orchestra and African drumming, a the Bradford Youth Wind performance by Allerton Orchestra, and is a member of Children’s Centre, the Bradford the Education Bradford’s Music Youth Orchestra, the Bradford and Arts Service’s Delius Youth Wind Orchestra, line School, which exists to provide dancing and much more. support and help to the most Artwork for the Prom was musically gifted and talented designed by students from three musicians across the Bradford schools; St Joseph’s Catholic district. Jake also plays the College designed the artwork Jake Jones piano and percussion

Sound of Youth drums Orchestra Last year’s celebrations for at Minster Black History Month in October attracted a large audience at Pupils from the Bradford Bradford University. Youth Orchestra were joined on stage by the Southbank Boys from four Bradford schools Sinfonia’s Alan Blair when showed off their talent at the they performed a concert at variety show called “Celebrating Beverley Minster in March. Ourselves” organised by ACAP, the African and Caribbean The Orchestra, made up of 55 Achievement Project. pupils from across the People from all over the district Bradford district, was enjoyed a real taste of Africa delighted when they were when the boys came on stage in joined by soloist Alan Blair the University’s Great Hall. The who performed Haydn’s group was recently formed this Trumpet Concerto. Alan has year with support from also performed with the Education Bradford’s Ethnic Philharmonia Orchestra, the Minority Achievement Team and Big Play takes off BBC Symphony Orchestra EB’s Music and Arts Service. and has appeared on the Over 800 pupils took part in Pupils learning an instrument who have been working hard ACAP provided the facilities for BBC’s ‘The One Show’ Education Bradford’s Music as part of their Wider to learn the instruments as the boys from Bradford playing and Arts Service’s Big Play Opportunities lesson were Academy, Tong High School, part of the Key Stage 2 the St.John’s C of E Primary events which were held in offered the exciting scheme. This helps to raise trumpet School and Yorkshire Martyrs various Bradford district experience of playing and the profile of the schools solo locations earlier this year. performing in a large Catholic College, to come taking part in this wonderful from the ensemble and to work and together and practice at their The Service has worked with Beatles’ play alongside many pupils initiative. centre. primary schools across the Penny from different schools. These events in February Lane. Having raised the curtain with a district to deliver the Key rousing drum display led by Stage 2 music initiative as a The ‘Big Play’ is a rewarding proved such a great success Ronald Naika, from Uganda, the Wider Opportunities lesson event which celebrates the that another event will be held mood was calmed as Andrew for over five years. achievements of the pupils in the summer. Choir Majonga, originally from Zimbabwe, introduced the contest spiritual sounds of the Mbira, a Six Bradford schools were type of thumb piano. The City of Film project involved in the final of the BD1 tempo picked up when Theo LiVE Bradford and District Paul, of Caribbean heritage, led As part of the Unesco City of and explore role play Primary, and Grange School Choir Competition the group on Balafons, a type of Film launch event, pupils from techniques. Each student Technology College. 2010. xylophone common in West Bradford schools took part in interviewed an older family The interviews, which were Africa. the My City, My Family, My member on camera, asking Allerton, Keelham, filmed at the museum, were Film event at the National the same three questions: Ashlands, Sandal, professionally edited and Media Musuem. What brought you to Bradford? and Clayton CE primary shown on the big screen in What's your favourite film and schools were all at the event Education Bradford's Centenary Square. Five why? What's the best thing organised by Bradford Transforming Learning Service children from the schools about our family? Theatres at St George's Hall. and Cape UK's Creative taking part, along with the Partnership programme The schools involved were relatives they interviewed, The S Club at Sandal Primary worked together to produce a Our Lady of Victories were invited to a Civic came first, Clayton CE second day of activities where children Primary, Shipley Primary, Reception with the Lord Mayor and Thackley third at the and older relatives shared Primary, St of Bradford, Coun John event which also included personal stories as they Stephen's CE Primary, Lister Godward, to launch the City of songs from the London learned to prepare a film script Primary, Bowling Park Film weekend. Community Gospel Choir. erm 6 Times LOOK & LEARN My WYTS experience From EB’s Communications Team, Fiona Binns describes how she accompanied children on a journey with West Yorkshire Transport Service. On the morning of my 'WYTS relationship is very apparent on Experience' I wait to be this service. collected by the bus. As I see it I learn that some of the 'Run 68' approaching in the distance I passengers are big fans of Lady don't know who is more Ga Ga's 'Bad Romance' and excited, me or my one-year-old when it comes on the radio it is son Joshua! "Mummy, bus, clear this is a regular hit played bus, bus". element of their job. They are on the way to school with many I am greeted by Wendy who is responsible for the safety and of the children moving to the WYTS's escort for Run 68 and comfort of all their passengers music including our driver, Sandeep the driver. Wendy and and also their bus has to be Sandeep! Even I found myself Sandeep together collect eight inspected regularly in order to happily jigging and it wasn't children and transport them to make sure it meets the high even 9:00am! and from school every day. standards expected. This We arrive at Chapel Grange and Today I join them at their includes a weekly spring clean are met by six other WYTS second pick up with Matthew, inside and out! buses, drivers, escorts and my neighbour who attends Sandeep and Wendy also passengers. It is 8:50am and Chapel Grange Special the teachers welcome the School. have to undertake annual training and accomplish children into school with the WYTS is responsible for various courses such as: help of Wendy and her fellow Sandeep and Wendy who transport children to school every day transporting over 1,800 special Disability Awareness, Child escorts. needs and vulnerable children Protection, Lifting and Handling Reflecting back at my going to work. Wendy and I friendship with each child and and adults to and from their and First Aid. experience, I notice how happy help put a smile on the also a relationship with the school in the Bradford district I notice as we collect every and genuinely pleased the children's faces and they parents too.” twice daily; this is over 724,000 child, each parent comes out to children were to see our bus definitely put a smile on ours," transport movements in the I also went into work with a say hello to the team, it is arrive to take them to school, as and Wendy added: "After my year! smile on my face, I wish every obviously very important for well as respect and affection weekend at home, I look they all shared for Sandeep and Monday morning was such fun! As we set off to collect our next both the child and parent to forward to seeing the children Wendy. passenger, Sandeep explains to have a good relationship with on a Monday and I think they For further information on West me that working as a team with Sandeep and Wendy. I’m Sandeep said: "I get up in a look forward to seeing us too. Yorkshire Transport Service, Wendy is the most important pleased to report this type of morning and look forward to It's important we have a please contact T 01274 385591. Can you help? ● Are you looking for a highly rewarding and extremely ● The role involves being picked up by a taxi, collecting Whether you are looking for a job with just a few satisfying job? the children and escorting them to school and then hours to keep you active or a job that works around the taxi will then drop you back at home. ● Do you want to give something back to your local your current employment then this could be the community? ● If you are available between the hours of perfect job for you. 7.30 – 9.30am & 2.30 - 4.30pm Mon – Fri then this ● Would you like to work during school terms and not might be just the job for you! Please note: All applicants work during school holidays? must complete and receive ● As a child’s home to school escort, all of the above is If you are interested or know somebody who might a satisfactory enhanced possible! be, please call West Yorkshire Transport Service on Criminal Records Bureau ● You will be working with special needs children and 01274 385686 for more information and an (CRB) disclosure. escorting them to school and then back home. application form. Safe crossing Alyson Hardaker, from EB’s Communications Team, has been finding out about how children who walk to school arrive there safely.

Pupils in the district have been crossing patrol sites in the and getting people across the it and ensures that they, too, He got into this line of work helped safely across the road district. I went along to one of road safely is his main concern. get across the road safely. whilst his own children needed for more than half a century. the three sites/patrols which Some people believe that only escorting to school and has I only spent a short amount of serve St Paul's CE Primary children can take advantage of enjoyed it immensely. Over the The School Crossing Patrol Act time with Ian but the weather and St Winifride's Catholic the services of a School years Ian has come to know came into being in 1953 to was bitterly cold, so much so Primary schools in . Crossing Patrol, but the many drivers and bus drivers in ensure that children were that my feet felt as though Highway Code states that the area so feels that there is a assisted when crossing the Ian Franks is the School they didn't belong to me. anyone can be safely seen great sense of community spirit road. The law changed in 2002 Crossing Patrol at this site and The traffic was non-stop but across the road using this which is all part of the attraction which meant that School has been doing this job for the Ian took it all in his stride as service. of doing the job which he loves Crossing Patrols, or Lollipop last 14 years. I visited Ian one he does every day no matter so much. Men and Ladies, as they were freezing cold January Ian takes his role very seriously, what the weather. Ian fits in known, were allowed to assist afternoon. It was evident from and always goes over and the school Crossing Patrol If you would like more adults as well and children his smiling face and jovial above the call of duty. Once all with a full-time job which he information about the from one side of the road to personality how much he the primary aged children have carries out on the School Crossing Patrol the other. enjoys his job. He finds the job been safely crossed, Ian waits permanent night shift. Service, please contact Tony very rewarding and enjoys for the school bus with the Merifield, T: 01274 385636. There are currently 127 school meeting the adults and children secondary school students on erm Times 7 Fund-raising festival Market challenge Four students from Headteacher Gillian James said: More than 200 Year 8 have paved “I believe it will strengthen the students at Immanuel the way for an annual science school’s links with the College in Thackley got festival in the town. community and promote its together to dream up some standing as a specialist school in The pupils came up with the idea money-spinning ideas. science and humanities.” to raise cash for their expedition The event was part of a new to Ecuador this summer. It is now hoped that the stage is scheme called Step Up More than 200 people turned out set for more festivals to follow Enterprise, which was for the festival, in which several and that the event will become launched by Bradford leading scientists from Leeds a permanent feature in Ilkley’s Council's Department of University gave various lectures calendar. Services to Children and Young People and aims to at the school on a wide range of The expedition itself will involve cutting-edge science topics such develop business leaders of the ascent of some of the tomorrow. as chocolate addiction and highest volcanoes in Ecuador, improving your memory. including Cotopaxi at 19,324ft The pupils worked in teams to create a product or The students who organised it – (5,897m), undertaking business along with logos Hannah Bourdon, Kirsty Mon- community project work at a and marketing plans to enter Williams, Ella Simpson and Molly children’s home near to the into a Market Challenge capital, Quito, as well as a trek Tinker – were pleased as punch competition. with over £1,000 being raised for into the rain forest and a Pupils from left to right Hannah Bourdon, Kirsty Mon-Williams, their expedition. river exploration. Ella Simpson and Molly Tinker The competition is open to five to nineteen-year-olds and groups will take part in a Dragon's Den-style event to win one of 30 finalist places to pitch their products or Keeping in Food award businesses at a market in the city centre next June. shape Pupils have been getting fit Physical activities range from and learning about a healthy circuits, relays and schoolyard lifestyle thanks to a new games, to cutting edge scheme being piloted in interactive technology such as the district. the Nintendo Wii Fit package which incorporates Yoga, The WE FIT Project is a fun Going Greek activity which is designed as aerobics, balance games and strength training. Greece was brought to life for an addition to the national children at a Bradford curriculum and is being rolled In addition to the fun there is a primary school – thanks to a out, not only in school lessons, clear underpinned health and generous restaurant owner. but also at holiday schemes well-being message which and through extended links directly into the New George Psarias, co-owner of services in the Allerton and National Curriculum The Olive Tree in Rodley, area. (Understanding physical invited the youngsters from Crossley Hall Primary in The scheme is funded by development, health and well- being). Pupils are eager to Fairweather Green to try Pfizer Pharmaceuticals and is Greek food and learn about remember their PE kit as they being delivered by Enjoy and the country’s culture and enjoy the sessions and Achieve, a team of health and Left to right: Food leader Tracy Roe, gardening leader Steve religion exercise professionals based getting fit so much as well as Thorpe, TV weather girl Debbie Lindsey and headteacher in Bradford 3. being able to play on the Janet Parkinson. The pupils are learning about computer game element of the Greece as part of a school Since September 2009 the fitness programme. project. team has worked with over 300 Green-fingered youngsters at has impacted not only on the children in the following To find out more about the WE Primary School teaching at our school but it schools: Allerton, Leytop, St FIT package please visit the have won an award for has also spread to many, Philip’s, Princeville website at growing their own fruit and many schools across the primaries, Chapel Grange http://wefitproject.co.uk or vegetables and spreading a district.” healthy eating message into Special School and Thorn contact Richard Harrison, But this is not the first time the the community. Park School for the Deaf. 07891 940741. school’s passion for food has The Rawdon Road school was been recognised. Last year it one of six chosen to pioneer received a Food for Life award the project in Yorkshire and from Prince Charles, which Humber and youngsters in only a handful of schools in every year group have been the country have achieved. involved. Childcare Pupils tried their hand at cooking using school award produce, which also includes Playworkers, childminders milk, eggs and bread, and and early years workers had there was a series of events their achievements held for parents to promote recognised at the Early healthy eating and culinary Years, Childcare and Play skills. Awards at the Midland Hotel The project won Best School in Bradford. The event, Community Project in the organised by Bradford Bradford’s Best Awards and Council, saw 75 awards headteacher Janet Parkinson being handed out to 175 Pupils taking part in the activities said: “We are just absolutely early years professionals over the moon. This project including individuals and teams. erm 8 Times We’re work Schools across the district have been working together in geographical groups known as

Working together Sharing ideas Locality Achiev When the Government introduced the Every Child Whilst schools are central to the ECM agenda they Partnerships (L Matters (ECM) agenda and its five outcomes: cannot achieve these outcomes simply by working In order to build upon the stren hard on their own. The benefits of collaborative activities, after a detailed and th • Being Healthy working between schools have clearly demonstrated schools, we have established, • Staying Safe the powerful impact that can be gained by: Children’s Trust arrangements, • Enjoying and Achieving Partnerships that place all scho • Making a Positive Contribution • Sharing good practice an agreed network. The fourtee Partnerships themselves are gr • Developing Economic Well-being, • Developing joint approaches to behaviour and attendance the Bradford district: Bradford West, Keighley and Shipley. Th • Encouraging and supporting innovation in it stated that partnership working was key to this Centres in Locality Achievemen being effective and therefore providing positive teaching and learning can be viewed on this page. outcomes for all children and young people. • Generating data supported needs analyses for specific localities Focus of the LAPS • Working closely with groups of parents to raise The focus of these Locality Ach Many partners are working together and are all firmly utilise shared expertise to: committed to raising achievement. These include aspirations and support learning schools, parents, Bradford Council’s Children’s • Rationalising the targeting of resources to • Raise achievement for all; Services, Education Bradford and partners in the enhance cost effectiveness of provision. • Narrow the gap for underac Health Service. and young people; • Ensure learning and provis

Here is a breakdown of the schools in each LAP

BRADFORD EAST BRADFORD EAST 3 BRADFORD SOUTH 3 BRADFORD WEST 2 BRADFORD Extended School Cluster - Trident BD5 Extended School Clusters - Tong & BD4 Extended School Clusters - Manningham, Extended Sc BRADFORD EAST 1 All Saints’ CE Primary (Bfd)* Carrwood Primary* Copthorne P Extended School Clusters - BD10 & BD2 Heaton & Manningham/Frizinghall St Joseph's Catholic (Bfd) Fearnville Primary* Crossley Ha Atlas Primary Blakehill Primary Bankfoot Primary* Knowleswood Primary* Farnham Pr Frizinghall Primary* Cavendish Primary* Bowling Park Primary Lower Fields Primary* Horton Gran Green Lane Primary Fagley Primary Marshfield Primary Newhall Park Primary* Lidget Gree Heaton Primary** Primary Newby Primary Pudsey (Leeds) Princeville P Heaton St Barnabas' CE Primary Grove House Primary St Matthew’s CE Primary* Ryecroft Primary* St Oswald’s Iqra Community Primary** Holybrook Primary* St Stephen’s CE Primary St Columba's Catholic* Grange Tec Lilycroft Nursery* Idle CE Primary* Horton Park Primary* St John’s CE Primary Princeville C Lilycroft Primary* Our Lady & St Brendan's Catholic Bradford Academy Lidget Gree Lister Primary* Parkland Primary* Canterbury Nursery School & Centre for Tong High School* Farnham & Margaret McMillan Primary* Poplars Farm Primary Families & Children Yorkshire Martyrs Catholic College Children's C Miriam Lord Primary** St Clare's Catholic Primary Burnett Fields Children and Family Centre Bierley Children's Centre Haycliffe Sc Springwood Primary St Francis' Catholic Woodroyd Children's Centre Plus Holmewood Children's Centre Southfield S St Cuthbert & the First Martyrs'** St Luke’s CE Primary* Tyersal Children's Centre Grange Tec Wesbourne Primary** Swain House Primary** Bolling School CJ's Training BRADFORD SOUTH Belle Vue Boys School** Thackley Primary Jammiatul I Thorpe Primary** Belle Vue Girls School** BRADFORD SOUTH 1 BRADFORD WEST Zakaria Sch Wellington Primary Extended School Clusters - Buttershaw & Challenge College * NabWood School* Farfield Primary** BRADFORD WEST 1 Immanuel CE College St Bede's Catholic Grammar School SHIPLEY Hill Top CE Primary** Extended School Clusters - Thornton & Allerton Albion Family Centre St Joseph's Catholic College Low Moor CE Primary* Allerton Primary* SHIPLEY 1 Fagley Children's Centre Heaton Children's Centre Reevy Hill Primary** Clayton CE Primary* Extended Sc Gateway Centre Farcliffe & Lilycroft Children & Family Centre Shirley Manor Primary** Clayton Village Primary* Baildon CE Parkland Children's Centre Midland Road Nursery & Children's Centre* St Paul’s CE Primary Girlington Primary Abbey Green Nursery & CC Glenaire Pri BRADFORD EAST 2 St Winefride's Catholic Primary Keelham Primary* Thorn Park Deaf School High Crags Extended School Clusters - BD34ALL Wibsey Primary** Ley Top Primary* Chellow Heights School c/l Heaton Primary Hoyle Court Barkerend Primary Woodlands CE Primary St Anthony's Catholic (Clayton)* Site Low Ash Pri Community Primary* Woodside Primary** St James' Church* High Park School Sandal Prim Byron Primary Worthinghead Primary St Matthew's Catholic Al Mumin Primary School Shipley CE Feversham Primary Appleton Academy** St Philip’s CE Primary* St Anthony's Killinghall Primary* Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College St Williams' Catholic** Islamic Tarbiyah Preparatory School St Walburga Lapage Primary Reevy Hill Children's Centre Thornton Primary* MA Institute Windhill CE Peel Park Primary* Woodside Children's Centre Whetley Primary** Netherleigh and Rossfield School Wycliffe CE St Mary's and St Peter's Catholic Wyke Manor Children's Centre Olive Secondary Titus Salt S Thornton Grammar School Hirstwood N St Peter's Catholic** BRADFORD SOUTH 2 St Edmunds Nursery & Children's Centre* Owlett Child Thornbury Primary** Extended School Clusters - BD6/7 Queensbury Westminster CE Primary Allerton Children's Centre Brackenhill Primary * Crossley Hall Children's Centre Foxhill Primary* Thornton Children's Centre Hollingwood Primary* Business & Enterprise College Bradford Girls Grammar School Home Farm Delius School c/l Bradford Moor Site Russell Hall Primary* Barkerend Children's Centre Shibden Head Primary* Mortimer House Children's Centre Southmere Primary* Community Works Children's Centre St John the Evangelist Darul Uloom Dawatul Imaan Stocks Lane Primary Queensbury School* Queensbury Children's Centre erm king together Times 9 Locality Achievement Partnerships (LAPS) for over a year. Here we explain how they work vement LAP Action Plans Raising Achievement LAPS) Locality Achievement Partnerships are all producing Strategy ngths of existing collaborative detailed Action Plans that reflect local needs and Central to the work of Locality Achievement horough consultation with all priorities. The range of priorities supporting the Partnerships is the Bradford Raising Achievement in conjunction with the Bradford raising achievement agenda includes Strategy. , fourteen Locality Achievement • Enhancing parental engagement ools and Children’s Centres into Standards in the district's schools continue to rise and en Locality Achievement • Raising aspirations headteachers, Education Bradford and Bradford rouped into five Areas across • Learning outside the classroom Council senior managers believe the strategy will bring East, Bradford South, Bradford about further improvement. The key strands are • Developing collaborative approaches to he list of schools and Children’s Language for Learning; Leadership for Learning; attendance nt Partnerships is attached and Powerful Learning; Locality Achievement Partnerships • Promoting community cohesion and Pupil and Parent Voice. The strategy will help • Promoting language development students and teachers work together to learn about hievement Partnerships is to • Extending a wide and varied menu of activities effective learning and test new approaches to see what works best. • Enabling more effective inter-agency collaboration Student Voice and Student Leadership are vital to the chieving and vulnerable children strategy's success. A strong link will be made between what we know about powerful learning and outstanding ion is good in all schools. teaching and Student Voice and Student Leadership to further raise achievement.

Denise says: Denise Faulconbridge, Education Bradford’s Managing Director, said: “Raising achievement of all our children WEST 3 SHIPLEY 2 KEIGHLEY 2 chool Clusters - Horton Grange Extended School Clusters - BD10 & BD2 Extended School Clusters - South & and young people in the Primary Cottingley Village Primary** Wharfe Valley Bradford district, through all Primary Primary* Primary implementation of the rimary* Primary* Aire View Infants* Bradford Raising nge Primary Denholme Primary* All Saints’ CE Primary (Ilkley) en Primary* CE Primary* Achievement Strategy, is Ashlands Primary the main priority of all staff Primary* Eldwick Primary* Ben Rhydding Primary s CE Primary* Harden Primary** Burley & Woodhead CE Primary at Education Bradford chnology College Myrtle Park Primary* Burley Oaks and is a task which is Children's Centre Priestthorpe Primary* Eastburn Junior & Infant en Children's Centre Saltaire Primary both challenging and one Hothfield Junior* which we are all firmly Horton Grange Sandy Lane Primary* Primary Centre St Joseph's Catholic () Steeton Primary* committed to achieving.” chool Trinity All Saints CE Primary* The Sacred Heart Catholic Special School c/l Primary* ** hnology College Site Beckfoot School South Craven School (North Yorkshire) g Base Ghyll Royd mman Mohammed Parkside School* hool Hazelbeck School c/l Beckfoot School site KEIGHLEY 3 Win Flip cameras and ipods Lady Lane Park School Extended School Clusters - Haworth Primary* in the My learning My future KEIGHLEY Primary* Lees Primary** competition chool Clusters - Shipley & Nabwood KEIGHLEY 1 Nessfield Primary* The young people in our schools know a lot about good Primary Extended School Clusters - Primary* learning. This competition is an opportunity for schools mary* Eastwood Primary** Oldfield Primary Primary* Holycroft Primary* CE Primary and young people from across the Bradford district to t Primary Keighley St Andrew’s CE Primary* St Joseph's Catholic (Keighley) share what they know about when and how learning imary** Laycock Primary** Village School really works. mary Primary Worth Valley Primary* Primary** Merlin Top Primary* Oakbank School We are asking you to talk to your children about when, s Catholic (Shipley)* Our Lady of Victories Catholic* where and how they learn most effectively and how you a's Catholic Parkwood Primary* can help them at home. We want children to really think Primary* St Mary’s CE Primary* Key Primary St Anne's Catholic about the learning process. Schools in bold are Secondary School Victoria Primary** Schools We are asking schools to: Nursery & Children's Centre Greenhead High School** dren & Family Centre The Holy Family Catholic School Schools in Pink are Independent ● Help students to develop posters, pictures, poems or The Phoenix School - c/l Merlin Top site Schools short films to share their ideas about good learning in Beechcliffe School c/l Greenhead High site Schools in Blue are Primary Schools response to one or more of the following questions: Strong Close Nursery & Children's Centre Purple text indicates Children's Centre's ● What do you know about learning? Highfield Children's Centre Rainbow Children's Centre Schools in red are special schools ● When and how does it work well? Low Fold Children & Family Centre and planned co - located special ● What should every school and every young person schools know about learning? * Schools with a Parental Involve- ment Worker Schools should upload entries using their unique school ** 30 newly funded schools. Parental Involvement Worker to be login by 17.00 on Monday 21 June 2010 via the My appointed. learning My future page of Bradford Schools Online or at www.mylearningmyfuture.org where more information can be found. erm 10Times Children in clean-up

Children at Barkerend Primary A series of environmental School in Bradford are doing workshops has been held in their bit to help clean up the the school, with wardens local area – and giving the talking to youngsters about council a hand into the bargain. littering and its negative effects on the neighbourhood. Pupils from the school, in Hendford Drive, have been Two children from each class making a note of the kind of were trained in what to look out rubbish they see as they walk for and were given high- to and from school and then visibility jackets and shown handing the information to how to practise litter picking Bradford Council’s safely in the streets neighbourhood wardens, who surrounding their school. will take steps to get it Pastoral Team Leader Julie cleared up. Elias-Winter said: “We have The scheme is the first of its been really excited taking part kind in Bradford involving in this project – it’s important pupils taking on the role of that our children help to keep Pupils from Barkerend Primary litter picking mini-neighbourhood wardens. the area clean and safe.”

Shining example Family Learning challenge Green Lane Primary School has been praised for the work it is Bradford will be leading a hosting the first event which have a family learning offers within the passport doing to help boost the pilot scheme which allows is a graduation day to be held contract and will be document for families to take confidence and behaviour of its pupils. families to learn together. in July this year. encouraged, as part of the advantage of reduced ticket project, to visit areas outside prices. The Family Learning passport Families will have to complete The school has used Education their immediate environments involves five authorities; a family learning passport, The scheme is being Bradford’s SEAL programme for either in Bradford or across Bradford, Calderdale, which is 10 hours of family supported financially by the the past three years and its small the five authorities. Each Kirklees, Leeds and learning arranged through National Lottery through the group work with pupils has been participating authority has Wakefield. Bradford is schools in Bradford. They will Big Lottery Fund. used to spread the message to two attractions which have other schools in the district. Five teaching assistants from the school deliver workshops and work with small groups across Key Stage 2. They have covered Lottery funds playground various themes and potentially assisted 140 children. Lister Primary School has won The school has been highlighted its £50,000 bid to build an by Education Bradford’s Social, adventure playground for the Emotional and Behavioural Manningham area of Bradford. Difficulties Team as one which The lottery money from last disseminates good practice. year’s People’s Millions Green Lane made a presentation television contest run by ITV will at last October’s SEAL enable the school to turn a Conference and will also explain their ways of working at the SEAL badly-drained, uneven and Small Group Training in June. unattractive field into the Lister Community Adventure Billy Riches, one of the teaching Playground. assistants involved in Green Lane’s SEAL programme, said: It will be used by everyone in the “Although we have been area – including pupils and delivering SEAL for three years families of the three primary now, we are always looking to schools located within walking improve. Over the next school distance of each other – St year we will be looking at Cuthbert and the First Martyrs delivering classroom SEAL with Catholic, Lister Primary and the same consistency as our well- Margaret McMillan. embedded small group work. Linked to this is the challenge of Lister Primary headteacher getting the children who work in Moira Hunt said: “I want to say a Lister Primary pupils celebrate their lottery win the small groups to transfer their huge thank you to everyone who key skills into the classroom.” has worked on this bid and Wendy McNerney, who is in quality activity playground will and we are pleased to have an More details in the October especially to everyone who supported us in the vote – we’re charge of physical education at contribute to our children’s exciting facility that we will be issue of Term Times. the school, said: “Having a high- physical and social development able to share.” thrilled!”

Do you want to find school contact details online? Then please visit the schools website at Schools https://schools.educationbradford.com Please use the school finder facility to access details. You can access it from now online any computer wherever you are. erm Times 11 Inspiring Indian dancers

Three Indian dancers gave Far left: children at Keelham Primary Annapurna School in Denholme Gate a Indian Dance treat when they put on a Group with performance in authentic some of the dress. children at The visit by the Halifax-based Keelham Annapurna Indian Dance Primary Group tied in with the school’s School focus on art and design and some pupils then joined workshops to create their own dance moves. Headteacher Debra Butler said: “The dancers captivated the children with their colour and movement. The stories they told through their dance and music took the children to different lands and cultures.” Dance and PE Higher Level Teaching Assistant Pam Croft Above and said: “We are hoping to be able right: Two of to continue to practice some of the ladies who the skills the children learned danced in on the day – I am going on a traditional training course myself!” authentic dress

Student TV show success stars A young artist who designed Art club New starters at Dixons City the winning logo for Shipley Academy were stars of a TV Youth Cafe is set to see her Having problems with childcare The club has been in operation For further information and to documentary about their creation emblazoned on the over the holidays? Why not book since last May and has proved apply for a place please lives in Year 7. town-centre building. your child onto the Education hugely successful. contact Tony Bullock, Bradford Holiday Art Club? Education Bradford’s Visual The 11-year-olds were filmed Further dates planned for the arts student Arts Co-ordinator. for a documentary called My The Art Club is for school summer holidays include: Amber Louise Davey, 18, of T 01274 385551. First Year which was children throughout the Thursday 29 and Friday 30 July, Shipley, came up with the Please note that places are screened on Channel 4. best logo for the Market district, aged 7-12 years old and Monday 2, Tuesday 3, limited and will be allocated on The series of 12 episodes Street cafe in a competition costs £15 for the day or £8 for Wednesday 11 and Thursday 12 a first come, first served basis. was a mix of observational organised by Bradford half a day. August 2010. documentary, music, videos Council's Integrated Youth and animation. Themes Support. included first love, bullying, Entrants were asked to finding a best friend and the include the themes inclusion end-of-term disco. and equality within their work Each episode told a different to promote the cafe, which story and some of it was offers young people a wide played out range of information and using advice, a central place for animated them to meet with friends and sequences various year-round activities, and songs clubs and events. which the students helped to Show for create and mums perform. Children and mums enjoyed Rosy future a special puppet show to celebrate Mother's Day. Everything in the garden at St Columba’s Catholic The performance at Primary School, in Tong Thornton Primary School Street, Bradford, will be was organised by Bradford looking rosy this spring after Council Parental Involvement youngsters got their hands Worker Sally Wilkinson to dirty. promote language and speech development A team of five and six-year- through play. old Year One pupils – together with mums and The Freehand Puppet Some of the artwork produced at the Easter Art Club dads and Bradford Council Theatre presented Who's Streets Ahead officers – Been Sitting in My Chair? shrugged off wet weather last for mothers, female carers Artists abound Thousands of children have proudly showcased their artwork to their winter to plant daffodil and and children - and every child parents and families over the last three years. Education Bradford’s Music and Arts Service has hosted crocus bulbs. was given a free finger nine Art Exhibitions to date. The walls of Education Bradford’s main support office, Future House, are puppet to help encourage adorned with works of art produced by pupils and students proudly showing how much talent we have in Now they can’t wait to see play at home. the district’s schools and educational settings. the results of their hard work. erm 12Times

Charity showcase Pupils from two Bradford On the farm! schools showcased their talents at a charity concert in Twenty children, parents and The day was one of a number aid of the Lord Mayor’s grandparents from the of visits organised by the appeal. Keighley extended schools Yorkshire Dales National Park cluster spent a day in the Authority and the National Dixon’s City Academy Swing Yorkshire Dales National Park Trust. The idea was to Band and Bingley Grammar visiting New House Farm in introduce new visitors to some School’s Woodwind Ensemble performed at Malham and looking for pond of the things that make the in March. creatures at Malham Tarn. Yorkshire Dales such a special place. All monies raised from the event were donated to the If your extended schools Lord Mayor’s chosen cluster would like to charities – Little Heroes organise a visit for parents Cancer Trust and Bradford and children who have not District Senior Power. been to the National Park before, please contact Catherine Kemp, the Honours Bingley Grammar student, Authority’s Outreach Officer, at Bilal Aslam, making friends for young [email protected] with a lamb at New House Farm or telephone 01756 751623. Young people from across the Bradford district were presented with awards at an Oscars-style event. Imagine a city A record 250 nominations Bradford schools are being asked were made for the Bradford to ‘Imagine a City’ as part of the Work praised Young Citizen Awards held at City Park project. St George’s Hall. Bradford Council and Education The awards were organised Bradford are offering all schools in by Bradford Council and the district the chance to partner agencies and the showcase their artwork in the city glittering event was attended centre. by stars from TV soaps Emmerdale and Coronation Themed around the City Park and Street, along with sports stars the regeneration, students are from Bradford City and the invited to submit a range of . artwork from drawings to photographs of sculpture. The The awards also reflected the chosen designs will be displayed district’s b someone on the fencing surrounding the campaign which is all about City Park site. encouraging children and Bradford Council also launched a young people to fulfil their series of educational potential and boost their skills. presentations and ideas for schools to use to learn about the City Park as part of the curriculum. Charity The web-based materials are cash available to download from the education pages of the City Park The BBC’s annual Children in website and contain information Pictured Left to right: Residential Keyworker Koni Ali, Omaid Ullah Badar, Alan King, Education Bradford Need event received a big on Constructing the Park, Specialist Teacher, Zaffar Khan and Residential Keyworker Nusrat Bano. The boys attend Nab Wood helping hand from school Engineering the Park and School and live at Rowan House Community Home, Thornton. children across the district. Designing the Park at Youngsters at Harden Pre- www.bradford.gov.uk/citypark Awards have been handed out by Education Bradford and Certificates and gift vouchers to hard-working children and Bradford Council’s department were presented by the Lord school wore fancy dress for Introductory documents are also the day while children at young people in care in the for Children’s Services. Mayor of Bradford, Councillor available which explain the Priestthorpe Primary School Bradford district. John Godward, who is a regeneration journey from The nominees included young in Mornington Road, Bingley, member of the Council’s Masterplan to a regenerated city, Nearly 170 of them were people who achieved good adopted a spotty-themed case studies, example lesson nominated in the 13th annual GCSE grades, found jobs, corporate parenting panel, in dress code. plans and lists of curriculum links. Education Achievement Awards became volunteers or who the Banqueting Suite at for Children in Care organised excelled at sport. City Hall. And at Low Ash Primary School in , each year group organised a different activity ranging from a day wearing pyjamas to a car- washing service in the school BRI boost car park. Poorly youngsters being Bradford Teaching Hospitals than 2,000 pupils aged treated in Bradford Royal NHS Foundation Trust. between four and eighteen Infirmary will be able to keep pass through the school. Improvements include a bank up with their education in Many have chronic conditions of high-spec computers, four revamped surroundings. that lead to frequent DVD players and seven admissions on to the wards or The hospital school, which laptops. they come in for monthly helps thousands of sick and Education Bradford teacher transfusion.” injured children to continue John Fullen said: “The their studies while receiving Trust chief executive Miles hospital school has an medical care every year, has Scott said: “The new important role to play and the been given a facelift by facilities add a new and improvements will generate Education Bradford – which modern dimension to the real benefits to our pupils. provides the hospital One of the refurbished education of children while education – in partnership with hosptital teaching areas “In the course of a year, more they are in hospital.” erm Times 13 Talking together VIP visitor A speaking and listening skills programme developed in Bradford has been praised by a Students with an ambition to been accepted into the national expert. tread the boards have been Performing Arts Academy – selected for a new academy at and they were given some top Jean Gross, the Government’s Buttershaw Business and tips by a special visitor, new Communication Enterprise College. Emmerdale actor Matthew Champion, has written the Wolfenden, who plays David foreword for the new set of Forty-seven teenagers from Metcalfe. Talking Partners learning across the year groups have materials, and says: “I very The academy is the latest in a much welcome this publication series to help students to and the contribution it makes to develop their particular our national goal of improved interests, according to teacher language and communications Kay Holdsworth, the academy’s skills for all children.” B director. Talking Partners was developed B “We’ll give them as much by consultants in Bradford in opportunity as we can to get 1999 and has since benefited E them to auditions and hopefully thousands of children and land some work as extras,” young people. It is a ten-week C she said. programme which helps pupils “This should open doors if they to develop their speaking and want to pursue a career in listening skills. On average, at performing arts in the future.” the end of the ten-week intervention, children show a gain of 18 months. Teachers throughout the Pictured right: Matthew Wolfenden with some of the students district, across the country and even as far away as Canada, Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong and Germany are assisting pupils Back thanks to these materials. to the Festive gifts Visitors to the Open Day, look at old pictures with Anita Carrieri, right future Disadvantaged children across the world had a Christmas A treasure trove of historical trophies from the 1900s were of displays around the school present to unwrap - thanks to documents found in the cellars found – along with a prayer book and people involved in the pupils at All Saints CE of Greenhead High School will dated around 1710 belonging to development of the academy Primary School in Ilkley. be used to celebrate the history John Drake, the original school were on hand to answer of the school. founder. questions on the new building. The youngsters filled more than 200 boxes with toys, The find was made by Anita The historical artefacts will be Greenhead headteacher and stationery, food and clothing Carrieri, the school’s Head of used to produce a special Principal designate of the new that were then sent out to History, when clearing out the publication chronicling the academy Trish McCarthy said: Africa, Eastern Europe and school’s cellars in preparation school’s heritage, due for “Visitors to the open day Central Asia. for becoming an academy publication in the summer. They commented on the warm and Headteacher Peter Marsh said: in September. also formed one of the displays welcoming atmosphere in the at an open day for prospective “We would like to say a big Photographs of former staff, school. There was a lot of students to the new University thank you to all the pupils and students and Keighley schools, excitement about changes parents for their support this Academy, sponsored by the A primary school dating back to 1872, old planned for the future, especially year. It’s been a very successful . pupil at the punishment books from the among parents who viewed the collection.” 1970s, exercise books, sporting Open Day visitors saw a variety plans of our new building.” Open Day Let’s cook Despite the severe weather through the education system conditions during the winter with a greater knowledge and months, Shibden Head Primary understanding of the world School at Queensbury remained around them, a love of learning open as usual. and the skills, aspirations, They were visited by the confidence and values to make Cooking Bus sponsored by the most of their adult lives." "Open Futures" which is directed Year 3 and 4 children and staff and funded by the Helen Hamlyn from Shibden Head and Russell Trust. Hall Primary schools spent time Open Futures’ vision is "that by on the bus taking part in 2020, primary school children practical cooking lessons, who have taken part in Open learning about health and safety Futures, will be progressing and food education. Pupils cooking at the event Cooking bus erm 14Times Charity profits from businesses

Enterprising pupils at a the Mosaic organisation – Bradford secondary school their combined efforts raised have shown they have a £4,000, which will be given to shrewd head for business by a worthy cause. turning a 700 per cent profit in Head of Business Lisa just two weeks. Russell-Steele, who was Groups of students at Belle responsible for the Enterprise Vue Girls’ School in Thorn Challenge, said: “The Lane in Heaton were given students have learned so £10 each to kickstart their much about the realities of schemes, which ranged from running an enterprise – from selling T-shirts printed with the ideas that didn’t work photographs to a hair and quite so well and from those beauty business. that did. Two weeks later – after some “We will definitely build on sound advice from various what we have learnt from this Bradford business people experience and will run the working with schools through Challenge again in the future.”

Bronte Sheep stakes A sheep racing event took place Thornbury Fairtrade at Belle Vue Girls’ School. This was loosely based on the One man and his dog, TV series. Pupils at Thornbury Primary Participants took the part of school took part in a video shepherds which meant they conference for Fairtrade had to race their sheep, however, fortnight. this required a great deal of skill! Year 4 pupils had been finding They had to sit with their backs out about growing cocoa to their wooden cut-out of a beans and the importance of sheep and reel it in on the Fairtrade to the workers of the string which was attached to it Kuapa Kokoo cooperative in using a bobbin. £400 was the Ashanti region of Ghana. raised for Marie Curie Cancer The Class 4W pupils along with Relief Charity. their teacher, Mr Widdas, linked live to the children of the Great Excellent Fammis School, which was built using Fairtrade premium business money. Bradford Education Business The children talked to each Partnership, part of Education other about their interests and Bradford, has been praised for daily lives for around 40 the work it does with schools minutes. Sana from Class 4W and businesses. The team has said that she was surprised achieved the Award for that they had never eaten Education Business Excellence some of the foods that she for its range of business/school liked such as pizza and pasta. engagement programmes Everyone said that they really which support the Work enjoyed the experience and Related Learning curriculum would love to do it again. from work experience and enterprise to teacher development opportunities and Diploma support. Cyber trial Cyber-bullying is being tackled in a trial taking place at two French week of fun Bradford primary schools. Visitors to Westminster CE while watching a group of Year 5 A website called Student Jotter, Primary School in Bradford children perform mimes in the which was designed by could have been forgiven for style of Marcel Marceau. Keighley-based WebAnywhere, thinking they had been is being tested at Our Lady of The week was rounded off with transported to France when Victories Catholic Primary members of the French Club pupils celebrated the end of their School and St Anne’s Catholic staging an all-French version of first year of French lessons. Primary School, in the town. Snow White. A week of activities included a The aim of the project is to Language Teacher Emma treasure hunt around the school combat online abuse by Bowskill said: “The children grounds with instructions written ensuring teachers can monitor loved learning about the in French, an Eiffel Tower what students are accessing. geography and culture of building competition and a France. It was Pupils can create their own French version of Who Wants To a fantastic profiles and access the website Be A Millionaire? opportunity to in school and at home but the And the pièce de résistance was celebrate the schools have control over what a French pavement café where end of our first can be viewed by the wider parents and children were able year of teaching internet community and pupils to relax in the sun and enjoy French at can only become online friends croissants and hot chocolate Westminster.” with children at their school. erm Times 15 FOCUS ON WORKING TOGETHER Kokeshi: An inspirational story Primary and secondary pupils theme Anne Frank. The pupils reducing violence, extremism, of Hiroshima and of a friends known collectively as have been involved in a project from Laisterdyke Business racism, hate crime and Japanese girl called Kokeshi-no-kai, campaigners and exhibition exploring pupil and Enterprise College, community tension. Kokeshi Sadako Sassaki and her for peace. power, student voice and Queensbury, Thornton supports a school’s duty to human rights. Grammar, Parkside, Tong promote community cohesion, High School, Bradford ‘Every Child Matters’, the DCSF The Kokeshi Exhibition was Academy and Keelham and guidance on ‘Learning together hosted by Education Bradford’s Home Farm primaries were so to be safe’ and addresses the Diversity and Cohesion Team at inspired by last year’s success; Government’s ‘Prevent’ the Yorkshire Craft Centre. they wanted to continue the agenda. Schools received a publication work. Together they decided Tours around the exhibition including DVDs, activity plans on a new theme to work with were conducted by Kokeshi and information with an children in schools - ‘Stand Up, School Ambassadors who invitation to visit the exhibition, Speak Out and Make a acted as guides and peer which is an educational tool to Difference’. educators for those visiting the help encourage young people The exhibition was specifically exhibition. to ‘Stand up, Speak Out and created to be used by schools Make a Difference’. The exhibition featured music, to improve awareness and DVDs, young people’s artwork This is a continuation of last understanding among all and archive photographs Two Kokeshi Ambassadors, Jahoel McIntosh and Usman Ali both year’s ‘Stand Up To Hatred’ communities of the importance telling the story of the bombing from Tong High School, and inset Sadako Sasaki project which focussed on the of human rights as a means of

Civic visit

Pupils at Sandy Lane Primary Praise for School welcomed a visit from the Lord Mayor, Coun John Godward and the Lady Mayoress, Mrs Jean Godward project in the Autumn term. All pupils took part in a non- Schools were involved in a six Asian players, and with minority uniform day and raised funds week project celebrating groups who have had little towards one of the charities Bradford’s cultural diversity. engagement with children and being supported by the Lord young people from different Mayor’s Appeal. The Little Manningham Youth Project Heroes Cancer Trust benefited organised events, as part of the communities. by £300, a cheque for which Kick It Out Programme for Black Young people from Manningham attend a workshop held at Valley A series of workshops across was presented to the Lord History Month. Parade, Bradford City Stadium with Bolton Woods Football Club Bradford, involved two schools, Mayor. The project helped children and Green Lane Primary and Challenge College. Children During their visit the Lord young people from diverse Kevin Holland, headteacher at school assembly, which was a Mayor and Lady Mayoress and young people from the backgrounds gain a better Green Lane, said: “The work tremendous way of recognising also handed out School understanding on racism and schools developed their done by MYP at Green Lane their contributions in making the Council badges to students how to ensure we kick it out of understanding of racism and complements perfectly the work workshop a success. who had been chosen by their sport. how they may have experienced on community cohesion that classes to represent them. racism. Other events included a series of goes on in school. We value the To get involved email Mushtaq work we do with community workshops with primary and Green Lane Primary also held a Hussain on: organisations.” secondary schools along with competition to design a poster [email protected] or Bolton Woods Football Club to address what they felt were All the pupils were presented call 07919 201819, or visit which is keen to recruit new the issues around racism. with certificates at the weekly www.myproject2020.webs.com People in the park Thanks for experience Staff at Westbourne Primary understand the importance of Schools across the district will Family I-Spy Fun Walk and School have been presented work experience in the be involved in a fun packed other entertainment includes a with a certificate in recognition development of young people family day out. musical comedy, sponsored of their contribution to the work and take their responsibilities Local people will be able to fun runs, "It's a knockout" team experience programme in seriously.” raise money for local charities event, hook-a-duck and for Sri Lankan Bradford district. whilst having fun at an event in younger children Bookstart The work experience visitors May this year. Bear will be promoting fun The school regularly takes programme is administered by The People in the Park event, reading activities. pupils from secondary schools Education Bradford. It facilitates Two teachers from Sri Lanka Bradford's Big Family Fun Day For further information please who want to find out more over 4,500 placements in an visited Keighley’s Holy Family will take place in on visit the People in the Park about what it is like working in academic year. Catholic School to find out Saturday 08 May from 10:00 website at a primary school. how the English school until 16:00 hours. http://www.peopleinthepark.org system works. Lindsey Johnson, Partnership Education Bradford's Family or contact Pauline Thorpe Advisor with Bradford The pair teach at Matara Learning Team is hosting a T 01274 385835. Education Business Central College, which is Partnership (EBP) presented linked with Holy Family as part the certificate to a Year 2 of a British Council-funded teacher, Victoria Woodhouse initiative. (pictured right). The school’s During their visit they had the media team, Junaid, 10 and chance to sit in on lessons and Attia, 9 took the celebratory do some teaching – and there photograph. Lindsey said, ‘It is was still time to do some sight- always a pleasure to visit the seeing. Funded by The National Lottery through the Big Lottery Fund organisations that both erm Times Sport Boxing clever Relief Boxing legend Richard Dunn Based in Bradford Council's and attainment with the support returned to his roots when he Localities-run TFD Youth Centre in of adults. opened a new gym for Broadstone Way, the non-contact Youth Worker Tallish Butt, who has champions young people. gym boasts a boxing ring, punch helped set up the gym, said: "The bags, wall punch bags, treadmills The former British and boxing club aims to promote a level A team of Year 6 pupils from Shibden Head pupils were led and rowing machines for use by Commonwealth heavyweight of discipline, fitness, concentration Shibden Head Primary won by team coach, Heather the young people aged ten to champion, who famously took on and respect with young people, their heat when they were Frederiksen – British 18-plus. Muhammad Ali in 1976 for the and it is also a way of encouraging chosen to take part in Sport Paralympics swimmer, whilst world title, met young people The ethos of the new boxing gym young people who are not in Relief via the “We are the other celebrities passing on interested in the sport at the TFD also reflects the district's b education, employment or training Champions” event. their advice to other teams Boxing Club in . someone campaign and has a (NEET) to enhance their life skills. included tennis star Tim The event was held at Ponds The facility was also visited by special focus on giving young Henman, Olympic heroine For further details contact Tallish Forge in Sheffield and was the Home Office Minister people the responsibility for their Dame Kelly Holmes and Butt on (01274) 432519, or 07979 filmed for Children’s BBC Alan Campbell. own future swimmer Mark Foster. 454635. (CBBC). The games, three in the The new updated version of sports arena and two in the the iconic programme “We swimming pool, were just as are the Champions” which inventive and challenging as was extremely popular in the they were first time round. 70s and 80s was hosted by popular celebrity Paddy Shibden Head pupils were McGuinness, of Max and delighted with their success Paddy and Phoenix Nights and the screenings were fame. shown on CBBC and BBC1 during March.

London trip for female boxer National schoolgirl boxing Football event Headteacher in champion Ambreen Sadiq – believed to be the only registered Muslim female boxer Children from eight schools in the Bradford district got Sahara run in the country – was over the together for a multi-cultural moon when she was shortlisted Thornbury Primary School football tournament to combat for a British Asian Sports headteacher Angus King has racism. Award. undertaken another adventure to And in February the 15-year-old Bantams captain Zesh raise cash for charity - a six-day, Belle Vue Girls’ School pupil Rehman paid a special visit to 150-mile run through the Sahara travelled up to an awards the event at the Manningham Desert, raising more than £1,500. Sports Centre to award ceremony at the Grosvenor Last year the 54-year-old won medals and team trophies to House Hotel in London to find one of the toughest challenges in the youngsters. out if she had won the title of the world – a 350-mile race to the junior female sports personality The ninth annual tournament magnetic North Pole. of the year. was held under the Kick It Out In April he took part in the 25th Although she was anti-racism football campaign Marathon des Sables, in unsuccessful, the Keighley banner and was supported by Morocco, which has been student still had the chance to the County Football dubbed the toughest foot race rub shoulders with a whole host Association, Springwood on Earth! of sporting heroes. Community Primary School, Ambreen was crowned the Challenge College and He was raising money for The Amateur Boxing Association’s Bradford City Football Club. Stroke Association in memory of his father Kenneth, who died of a national champion in June and The primary schools that took Organiser Khalil Hussain said: stroke 31 years ago. will defend her title this part were Appleton Academy, “A lot of them were surprised summer. Springwood, Green Lane, Angus said: “For a small by what happened. She started the sport three Girlington, Merlin Top, donation to the Stroke years ago when she Thornton and Buttershaw in “They expected to play for Association, he is happy to give accompanied her brother to a Bradford, and Strawberry their team but we mixed them a talk about extreme conditions boxing club in Eastburn. Fields in Garforth. up and they had lots of fun.” in general, the polar race or the desert race.” Produced by the Communications Team, Education Bradford, Future House, Bolling Road, Bradford, BD4 7EB