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Young people praised
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The Philip Lawrence Awards are a fantastic showcase for the positive work of young people in their communities, and the NASUWT is proud to be a major sponsor.
Senior Vice-President Paula Roe praised the selfless work carried out by hundreds of children and young adults up and down the country that the awards recognise.
She was speaking at an event at the Home Office in London when the judging panel of the awards, headed by ITV broadcaster Sir Trevor McDonald, met to pick the finalists for the 2012 competition. Those finalists are expected to be announced shortly.
The Philip Lawrence Awards recognise outstanding youth involvement in the community.
They were established in 1997 in memory of headteacher Philip Lawrence, who was murdered while protecting a pupil outside his school.
Ms Roe said:
“The NASUWT has been involved with the Philip Lawrence Awards for a long time now. I am absolutely delighted to be part of it.
It is brilliant to see pupils shown in such a positive light, giving so much back to the community. The awards show such a positive image of the selfless work done by pupils and what they do in their communities.
At the NASUWT we are really proud to be involved with all of the projects that have been ongoing and are still ongoing.
We would like to see this promoted even more widely.”
Sir Trevor said:
“The Philip Lawrence Awards seek to recognise young people who make a big difference to their communities.
The awards seek to generally change the stereotype of young people and we have had some projects which have reflected that very well.
Throughout the whole existence of the Philip Lawrence Awards that has been the theme, showing that young people are not always problems in society, they can be problem solvers.
They can help solve some of the problems in their communities. It is wonderful to see young people involved.”
Previous award-winners at the event included Francella Byrne, 14, and Lewis Sloman, 13, from Gladesmore Community School in Tottenham.
They are part of a project called Value Life, an anti-gun and anti-knife crime project.
Francella, who is head of the school council, explained: “This campaign is student-led and is designed to provide positive choices to our community.
Lewis said: “It is about preventing young people picking up guns and knives and trying to encourage them.”
Lee Carryl, Head of Citizenship at Gladesmore, added: “The confidence this has given children has helped them and given them the ability to go out and try and make change. That is what is really important here.”
Visit
www.philiplawrenceawards.net or
www.nasuwt.org.uk/PhilipLawrenceAwards
Anger at banding move
A prediction from the NASUWT that the introduction of banding in Welsh schools would lead to the creation of quasi-league tables has proved correct.
BBC Wales ranked all schools in Wales following the publication of new school banding scores.
Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, described the move as “nothing more than a crude, blunt-edged-instrument approach to complex issues”.
The NASUWT believes that the banding system is doomed to failure and is grossly unfair as it takes no account of the circumstances in which individual schools operate.
It is evident that the promised support for schools is amounting to little more than increased surveillance and monitoring of teachers.
Ms Keates added: “Far from helping to raise standards, the banding system is simply a tool that will be used to denigrate and demoralise teachers.”
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www.nasuwt.org.uk/banding
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