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£100,000 worth of books donated to fifty primary schools in Barking & Dagenham
National children’s charity, Bookmark Reading, has donated £100,000 worth of new books to fifty state-funded primary schools in Barking & Dagenham. Children’s author Laura Mucha visited Southwood Primary School where the school received 200 new, high-quality and diverse children’s books as part of the Your Story Corner initiative. The packs are being delivered to schools this week after a two- month period of schools applying
for the scheme, with each Your Story Corner pack worth £2,000. The purpose of the charity’s donation is to help primary schools across Barking & Dagenham to develop a whole school reading culture, encouraging reading for pleasure, and helping to tackle the number of children leaving primary school unable to read well.
Reading for pleasure is the single biggest indicator of a child’s future success, more than family circumstances, parents’ educational background or income.” - Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development 2021. Currently, more than 1 in 4 children are leaving primary school in the UK unable to read well.
Competition-winning pupils unveil £25k eco-garden funded by Manchester Airport
Pupils from two neighbouring Stockport schools have unveiled a new £25,000 eco-garden they designed, funded by Manchester Airport’s Community Trust Fund.
Cheadle Catholic Infant & Junior Schools took first place in a special one-off competition to mark the Community Trust Fund’s 25th anniversary in December 2023. A top prize of £25k was made available to fund a project that would promote environmental awareness among pupils whilst also creating a legacy for generations to come.
The schools’ winning design incorporated a sustainable community allotment, growing produce that will then be used in cooking classes, a forest school designed to attract native plants and wildlife, and an open-air classroom complete with a weather station that will be used in science and geography sessions. Local MP Mary Robinson was invited to join pupils for the eco- garden’s official opening on Friday and was taken on a guided tour of the space, where she saw work on the allotments to get them ready for growing crops this summer, and the completed forest school which is now in daily use by pupils, who have sighted toads, bords and even a shrew hanging around its
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Emily Jack, Chief Executive Officer at Bookmark Reading Charity said; “It’s been a delight to visit Southwood Primary School today and share the joy of reading with these new books and resources, as well as the power of storytelling with their very own assembly with author Laura Mucha. “Bookmark Reading Charity’s ‘Your Story Corner’ allows us to focus our support in different regions. We are thrilled to be delivering packs to fifty primary schools across Barking & Dagenham. We hope that this, along with more volunteers who can support us by delivering reading sessions, can help give all children in the area the opportunity to discover the joy of reading.”
https://www.bookmarkreading.org/what-we-do
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A total of 22 primary schools from across southern Greater Manchester and north Cheshire entered the competition, with five finalists selected to give a Dragons’ Den style pitch to the Community Trust Fund’s trustees at the Runway Visitor Park.
Newall Green Primary School, in Wythenshawe, and Brooklands Primary School, in Trafford, claimed 2nd and 3rd place prizes of £10,000 and £5,000 respectively.
Information on how to apply for a Community Trust Fund grant, and the full criteria, can be found here.
http://www.manchesterairport.
co.uk/community/working-in-our-community/community-trust-fund
April 2024
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