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Beech Hall School gets moving for Sports Relief
Beech Hall School marked the national Sports Relief event on Friday 23 March, with a fundraising Feel-Good Friday. Pupils at the Tytherington-based school
joined together for a day of physical activity designed to make them feel good, focus on their personal wellbeing and raise much- needed funds for charity. The excited pupils donned their best sports
clothes to school and were encouraged to get moving during a range of active tasks including street dance, swimming, rugby training and boxercise. In the afternoon, older sporting stars competed in an intense game of football against members of staff. Fun activities such as a bouncy castle and
circus-skills class were provided to relieve the pupils. The budding-performers showcased their newly learnt talents in juggling, hula- hooping, unicycling, Diablo and plate spinning. Feel-good fuel was provided throughout the
day starting with a nutritious continental breakfast, followed by a visit from Granellis ice cream van and a delicious lunch. To focus further on their personal wellbeing,
pupils created their own mental health treasure boxes and filled them with items to help when feeling anxious or stressed. Head teacher James Allen commented: “The personal wellbeing of our pupils is incredibly
important to us at Beech Hall School. We are committed to fostering a caring community and the day was a great opportunity to provide our pupils with some time to just have fun whilst raising money for a worthy cause.”
uwww.beechhallschool.org
Every teacher can benefit from new content-sharing hub
International Baccalaureate (IB) and non-IB educators can now collaborate, share best practices and learn from peers from around the world thanks to a new free content-sharing hub, launched today by the IB and Tes. Through the IB group within the Tes platform which can be accessed via
http://tes.com/IB, teachers can take inspiration from peers on the other side of the world—breaking down barriers and borders to education. Educators can upload teacher-created classroom resources and easily search for DP material as content is tagged using IB terminology. The tech-savvy platform means that all teachers that value an international
focus to education will have access to a suite of classroom resources to improve their approaches to teaching and learning. An advisory team of both IB and non-IB teachers, and education experts
have been trialling the hub. Analía Oursi, Foreign Languages Coordinator at St. Ignatius' College in Argentina and IB Educator Network member, said: "The platform offers an interesting meeting point for educators; allowing us to expand our horizons, analyze our everyday teaching and learn more about different perspectives. It is amazing to be able to collaborate with different educators on the other side of the world and share day by day experiences and practices, which in turn will allow us to share truly global points of view in the classroom."
uwww.tes.com/ib 4
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St Catherine’s RC Primary School make it to the “Last Choir” Grand Final
St Catherine’s RC Primary School from Leyland have beaten off stiff competition to become winners of the Preston and Central Heat in the ‘Last Choir Singing’ Competition 2018. St Catherine’s, who took
part in the seventh heat at the Croston Theatre, Westhome Senior School,
beat other choirs from the area to achieve the highly coveted prize as ‘Regional Heat Winner’ in a very close run competition. They received an award of £250 to buy musical equipment for their school. The school was a popular winning choir with the audience who loved their
version of ‘A Million Dreams’ from the Greatest Showman. The theatre erupted with cheers as Duncan Heather, (acclaimed international vocalist) announced to the theatre the competition winner. After receiving the award, Ellen Ferguson, Choir Leader at St Catherine’s
RC Primary School, said: “This really gives us a platform to encourage children to come and join in and sing. It was lovely that the new Year 3 children wanted to come along this year. It’s also nice to hear the other choirs because that’s where we get our inspiration from. It’s been a fantastic evening.” In addition to True Bearing Chartered Financial Planners, Last Choir Singing
is supported by a number of important partners – Pennine Wealth Solutions and BBC Radio Lancashire. They also work in partnership with Blackburn and Darwen Music Service, Lancashire Music Hub and Blackpool Music service.
uwww.lastchoirsinging.co.uk April 2018
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