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Odd socks, bracelets and a ski challenge for Gresham’s pupils supporting World Down Syndrome Day
Bringing colour to chemistry: PPG continues partnership with National Space Academy
questions such as: Why are rockets painted white?’ Through the partnership with PPG, pupils will also get the opportunity to make their own paints and test them to see how different colours absorb heat radiation. Fully funded sessions are available for schools
PPG and the National Space Academy will continue their partnership to inspire young people to pursue STEM and space-sector careers through a series of free chemistry masterclasses throughout 2018. Sponsored by PPG, the Academy masterclasses
have been designed to give key stage two and three students a unique look at colour and material in the context of space. They will be delivered by the Academy’s team of leading expert science teachers from across the UK. Featuring a number of practical experiments,
Wednesday 21 March was World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD) and the Gresham’s community has been raising awareness of Down Syndrome with renewed vigour, joining people around the world in wearing #LotsofSocks as part of Down Syndrome International’s global campaign, and doing much more besides, including raising an estimated £3,000 for the charity. Dr Eva Edwards, mother of Year 4 pupil Lucas
who has Down Syndrome, decided in the autumn (when Lucas turned 10) to do something slightly different to celebrate Lucas and raise awareness of Down Syndrome. Having decided to make and sell bracelets to raise funds, Dr Edwards came across Year 10 pupil Iris C. selling bracelets that she had been making for a few years at the school’s Christmas Fair. Iris and her mother Clare met with Dr Edwards to determine the design of a new range of bracelets, each one unique, yet unified by a common element – a small tag featuring on one side the numbers 47 and 46, to highlight the number of chromosomes that people with and without Down Syndrome have. The words ‘I am’ would feature on the other side. Pupils were invited over a series of consecutive
Saturdays during ‘hobby time’ to meet Dr Edwards and Lucas and, with the support of Iris, Clare, and Diana – Lucas’ oldest sister and Year 10 pupil at Gresham’s – to make the bracelets. With an overwhelming 60 pupils aged 14 to 18 keen to participate on each occasion, 800 unique bracelets were made. 600 bracelets have already sold, to pupils at the school and their families, the Edwards’ friends and family, local members of the community who have seen the bracelets on sale in Holt, and as far afield as Brazil, New Zealand and the United States, as well as a number of European countries, and approximately £3,000 has been raised for Down Syndrome International.
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the masterclasses will help students understand why certain colours are used most frequently in space projects, and they will be able to answer
throughout the whole of the UK & Ireland. Additionally, schools within sixty miles of the National Space Academy’s headquarters at the National Space Centre will be able to attend the masterclass at the centre itself, with PPG sponsorship also covering the travel costs. Andy McMurray, Head of Teaching and
Learning at the National Space Academy, added: “It’s incredible how much of UK industry is involved in the space sector so we want to raise awareness of the diversity of these opportunities for all young people. Partnering with a leading brand like PPG provides great commercial context to the science we are teaching and shows pupils how chemistry works outside the classroom.”
uTo register your school’s interest in the new PPG sponsored Academy masterclasses, visit:
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Newham Music and ABRSM launch London’s first dedicated Centre for Certificate for Music Educators (CME)
Newham Music and ABRSM have announced a new partnership to provide the first dedicated CME course to be led by a London Music Education Hub. The Newham Music CME Centre will
support careers in music education through skills development and a nationally-recognised professional qualification, the ABRSM Certificate for Music Educators. Newham Music and ABRSM are committed
to making high-quality music education accessible to all children and young people. The CME programme will ensure that music educators are supported in their own skills development in order to provide the most innovative and effective music education. ABRSM will act as the awarding body for the CME qualification offered by Newham Music. John Bergin, CEO of Newham Music, is
clear about the impact: “The Newham Music CME, in partnership with ABRSM, will offer a valuable and relevant opportunity for all musicians and teachers working across the wider music education sector, from those new to the workforce to the most experienced practitioners. It will be an indicator of quality and will encourage best practice.” CME training is available to music teachers
across Newham with immediate effect. From 2019, Newham Music will offer training to the wider music-teaching community throughout London. The Newham Music – ABRSM initiative has
been created in partnership with Arts Council England and Creative Cultural Skills, and is designed to help support and develop the skills of music educators including instrumental and vocal teachers, classroom teachers and community musicians. It is a flexible programme with practitioners creating a portfolio of evidence based on their current teaching practice.
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