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Thousands of schools set to join the world’s biggest coffee morning on Friday 25th September
the case that school events take place throughout autumn to fit in with differing term times. Macmillan has also developed a range of resources and lesson plans to support primary and secondary schools to take part in Coffee Morning complementing their wider education resources including Macmillan’s Talking about Cancer toolkits. Macmillan’s Coffee Morning started in 1990 when a local fundraising
Schools from across the UK will be baking up a storm this September by helping Macmillan Cancer Support’s flagship fundraiser, the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning, celebrate its 25th anniversary by helping to raise over £25 million for people affected by cancer. Last year over £2million was raised through schools alone, with the
number of schools involved growing each year. Last year saw over 16,000 schools take part and Macmillan is hoping that this year will be bigger than ever with over 10,000 schools already registered to take part. There are many skills to be gained for young people hosting a World’s
Biggest Coffee Morning, from creating the promotional materials, such as posters and invitations, to handling money, understanding health and safety and communicating with different people. Whilst there’s plenty of time to sign up to this year’s event, it’s often
Teachers go back to coding school with Discovery Education
Pupils may have had a brief respite from school, but summer continued to be a time dedicated to teaching and learning for educators. From 16 June to 31 July, Discovery Education, in its core mission to empower educators with high-quality content and pedagogical strategies, hosted a free, virtual event for its school partners seeking to strengthen their toolbox of strategies for teaching coding, a topic which accounts for half of the new Computing programme of study. “I really enjoyed working through a cycle of steps to help develop
computational thinking. I believe this sequence of working can be used in other areas of the curriculum, and the examples from the websites helped to illustrate the theories underpinning the pedagogy,” explained Coding Camp participant, Sean Hall, IT Coordinator at Scotholme Primary School, Nottingham. During the 7-week camp, participants studied the six phases of the
computational cycle, practical examples and activities to implement during each phase, applications of the concepts, and a scheme of work. In considering the process of planning, developing, creating, and reviewing a computer game, educators thought about how pupils could develop a digital story using the same tools and process. By the end of the virtual professional development, participants created a portfolio of activities and tools to share with colleagues and students. “As for this school year, I intend to use the knowledge I gained to help
other members of staff during staff meetings, inset days, and informal CPD with my colleagues. I think it will improve the teaching of computing, as teachers will be able to improve their own computational thinking to aid questioning and coaching of the children,” Sean added. More than 800 schools, with over 1,100 educators, participated in the
second annual Coding Camp, which was free for Discovery Education users. To further support educators in teaching coding, Discovery Education Coding provides complete support for teaching coding in primary schools. A scheme of work, lesson plans, and helpful video tutorials are included in this service, which aligns with the
National Curriculum.
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committee decided to hold a coffee morning and donated the cost of their coffee to Macmillan. They suggested rolling out the idea nationally the following year and the first official event saw 2,600 people across the UK host a coffee morning. Last year Macmillan estimates that over 5 million people were involved and a staggering total of £138million has been raised since 1991. With 2.5 million people currently living with cancer, this year
Macmillan needs more people than ever to get involved. Every cup of coffee bought, cake baked and laugh shared at a coffee morning helps Macmillan to continue to providing vital services and support to ensure no one faces cancer alone. For further information about Macmillan’s Coffee Morning activities in schools, visit
http://coffeemorning.macmillan.org.uk/tips-ideas-and-recipes/at- school.aspx#.VYfZePlVhHx
Download Macmillan’s educational strategies, guidance and toolkits from
uwww.macmillan.org.uk/schools
Haileybury Turnford opens its doors
Haileybury Turnford opened to pupils as an academy on 1 September 2015. The launch of the new academy represents the culmination
of more than two years’ collaboration between Turnford School and Haileybury, a leading independent co-educational boarding school near Hertford. Pupils at the academy will see a number of significant changes when they arrive for the start of the new school year, with further initiatives introduced as the partnership between the two schools develops.
Immediate changes include:
a longer school day, which will allow more time for academic and extra-curricular activities; homework for Key Stage 3 pupils (Years 7, 8 and 9) to be completed during the school day rather than at home, enabling teachers better to support pupils and help them to develop independent learning techniques which will enable them to study more effectively for GCSEs and A Levels; enhancement of the existing school house system with improved pastoral care to foster aspiration, team spirit and a healthy level of competition; opportunities to participate in lectures and seminars at Haileybury and extra-curricular activities such as the Combined Cadet Force, as well as support for able and gifted pupils to apply for top universities; a new uniform; and healthier lunchtime menus. Commenting on this announcement, Jo Gant, Principal of
Haileybury Turnford, said: “We are excited to have reached this point in our partnership.
Our vision is to continue to create an excellent school that models itself on Haileybury’s successful teaching methods and uses these to support and develop Haileybury Turnford. Haileybury is an outstanding school and its considered approach over the last two years means that it is fully aware of the new school intake and how to support and challenge the students to succeed.” Joe Davies, Master of Haileybury added: “Our ambition is that Haileybury Turnford becomes a strong
example of how independent and state schools can work collaboratively to share professional expertise and we aim to help Haileybury Turnford pupils fulfil all aspects of their potential.”
uwww.turnford.herts.sch.uk September 2015
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