NEWS... Black Arts Matter in schools


teaching Black History in an educational setting for more than 8 years. Yet, the same amount (49 per cent) said felt they had not been trained


to do this properly to teach their pupils in this area. Most importantly, however, the majority (98 per cent) now agreed


that they would enjoy teaching the programme during the school year ahead. Fiona Luxmoore, Head of Curriculum and Assistant Head at All Saints


Primary School, said: “It exceeded my expectations. Collectively as a staff, we now have far more of an understanding.” Black Arts Matter founder Avni-Joy Bell, who leads the discussion on


A school in South London has become the first to roll out a ground- breaking Black History initiative aimed at educating teachers, parents, and students. All Saints Primary School in Blackheath, Lewisham, joined forces with


community interest charity Black Arts Matter to embolden their teachers in educating pupils in Black History through arts and crafts. During a three-hour teacher training session called the Carnival Arts


Programme, youth mentor and life coach Efe Ezekiel and musician Sioho Ndlovu led the course using their experiences in the arts to educate the participants. Before taking part in the training, All Saints Primary School staff filled in an anonymous survey in which 49 per cent said they had been


issues of race, cultural appropriation, diversity and inclusion, said: “The facilitators were on fire and delivered an exciting yet empowering teacher training workshop, we are looking forward to a phased roll out of the programme to schools across the UK.” Following the pilot scheme, sponsored


by law firm PGMBM as part of their community outreach activities, Black Arts Matter plan to roll the course out to as many schools as possible within South London in the next 12 months, with the teachers taking the lead on lessons. The scheme is being piloted at the


primary school – with the aim of more schools in South London signing up.


ublackartsmatter.co.uk/ England hockey dreams for talented young player


A talented young hockey player from the North-East dreams of representing her country in the sport having been selected to train at an elite level. Teenager Charlotte Graham, from Wylam, Northumberland, has secured a


place on the England Hockey u16 girls’ team having shown great aptitude for the sport at school, club and county levels. The Year 11 student at Dame Allan’s Schools, in Newcastle, has already


attended one training session with the England squad and has a second training weekend in December. “I was invited to try out for England in October and was so happy to be


selected,” said Charlotte, 15, who is studying for her GCSEs at Dame Allan’s Girls’ School. “The squad currently has 36 girls and it will be reduced to 26, so I hope to


train well enough to remain part of the team and be able to represent England in a match.” Charlotte was first introduced to hockey when she joined Dame Allan’s co-


educational Junior School, at Hunter’s Moor, in Year 5. Within a year, she had joined the JPC junior hockey club in Newcastle and


played her first season of ladies’ hockey there when just 13 years-old. For the last four years Charlotte has also played hockey for


Northumberland County. She has taken an active role at the Academy Centre and latterly the Performance Centre as part of England Hockey’s player pathway. In August, Charlotte was selected to play in England Hockey’s Northern


Pennine Pumas u15 girls’ team, competing in the Futures Cup against squads from Wales, Scotland, the Midlands, South East and South West.


4 www.education-today.co.uk December 2021 Will Scott, Principal of Dame Allan’s Schools, said: “Charlotte’s impressive


hockey journey is the very reason we like to introduce our pupils to all types of sport in the Junior school, so their talents can be identified and nurtured from a young age. “Charlotte is a dedicated and talented hockey player, and we wish her


every success in the sport going forward.” uwww.dameallans.co.uk/


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