NEWS Royal Hospital School pupil celebrates National Poetry win
Jessamy Lloyd, in Year 10 at the Royal Hospital School, has won Greenpeace’s National Poetry Competition, ‘Poems for the Planet,’ in the 11-18 years category.
With over 2,700 applicants writing about nature and protecting the planet, Jessamy’s winning poem titled, ‘The Owl’ speaks about the beauty of the
owl and its place in nature. The full poem can be seen below. Mukahang Limbu, a Nepalese writer based in Oxford and judge for the 11-18 category commented on Jessamy’s poem saying: “I really enjoyed how this poem told a story, and how it takes the readers on a journey. It plays with themes of the unexpected — out of fear comes a beautiful and moving encounter that is very reassuring. In such seemingly perilous and terrifying moments, this poem gives us hope. When the speaker takes a moment and begins to look at the beauty of the ‘owl’ we are being taught that we
must sometimes change our perspectives and face our fear to overcome such overwhelming emotions. The powerful arc of this poem is what makes the poem so striking, and to be able to evoke such feelings is a true gift! I commend the poet for such a great piece of poetry”. Jessamy, winner of the competition for the 11-18yrs category also commented, saying: “I was honestly very surprised to win but I am proud it is on a poem that holds significance to me. I’ve always loved the mysterious but beautiful nocturnal wildlife and would sit outside listening to them at night but there are also a lot of people who are scared of these creatures which was my inspiration for the poem – finding the beauty in the unknown. I think a lot of the fear towards change to save the environment comes from a place of unknowing and anxiety so I wanted to convey the benefit of stepping outside your comfort zone.”
Carl Gould, Jessamy’s English teacher at Royal Hospital School added: “I was thrilled, but not surprised, to see Jessamy’s outstanding poem win the Greenpeace Poems for the Planet competition (Category 11-18). It is no exaggeration to say that it is a privilege to teach Jessamy, she is a gifted student whose work we are incredibly proud of.”
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National Alternative Education provider, Progress Schools, has recently welcome Nancy Wright to its Senior Leadership Team. Nancy, who has stepped into the role of Director of Business role, will spearhead the day-to-day running of the organisation, driving high quality provision across the business.
Progress Schools welcome new Director of Business Nancy Wright the same opportunities to thrive.”
Coming into the role, Nancy set out her key priorities and outlined what she hopes to achieve, “My goal is to ensure each Progress School across the organisation is supported.
Before joining Progress Schools, Nancy worked as Director of Resource in a large specialist setting, catering for young people with additional needs. During her seven-year stint, Nancy’s role saw her
head up the finance, HR, facilities, and operations departments. Nancy said: “Every young person is unique, and sometimes society can be so quick to try and stick groups into boxes or negatively label a person. “Mainstream settings are not the appropriate place for every young person, and so we must provide safe, nurturing environments that offer the support and resources to allow those that do not fit in to mainstream,
“Through effective resource management, I aim to work with our teams to ensure we consistently have good outcomes being achieved.” Speaking on Nancy’s appointment, Progress Schools Managing Director Charlotte Barton said: “The Director of Business role is crucial to the operational running of a provision like ours. With such a large network of schools, that is ever-growing and changing, having a strong-minded and passionate individual in the position is vital.
“Nancy has already will hit the ground running and will really be a facilitator to support every one of our schools to provide the most effective support to our students.
“With a shared passion for supporting the most vulnerable in society, Nancy was the perfect candidate for the role. I can’t wait to see what the future has in store.”
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UK’s leading choral education programme expands to tackle declining engagement with music at state schools
The National Schools Singing Programme [NSSP], an ambitious music education initiative covering the majority of the UK’s Catholic dioceses and supported by £4 million in funding from UK charity, the Hamish Ogston Foundation, recently celebrated its second birthday by welcoming its first group of Anglican cathedrals to the scheme. This is a major expansion of the programme which will give thousands more state school children across the UK the opportunity for a deep and continuing engagement with music. Founded in 2021 with £4 million in funding from the Hamish Ogston Foundation (a charitable organisation supporting heritage, health and music initiatives), the NSSP is widely considered the UK’s most far-reaching choral education programme. The programme offers funding to religious institutions across the UK, from Portsmouth to Aberdeen, to employ choral directors, who deliver whole-class singing sessions in state schools every week.
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The aim of the NSSP is to combat declining availability of specialist music lessons for children at state schools, particularly those in the most socially marginalised and economically deprived areas, and to provide pathways for musically talented young people to go on to attend some the country’s leading universities and conservatoires. 27 of the UK’s 32 Catholic dioceses are now signed up to the NSSP, in a programme that now engages more than 175 schools and over 17,000 children every week. Commenting on the importance of access to high quality education, Music Project Director for the Hamish Ogston Foundation and former President of the Music Teachers Association, Simon Toyne said: “In every school in the country you will find children with great voices. The importance of the NSSP is enabling those voices to be nurtured, trained and developed by expert choral directors, empowering them to sing in well-run school choirs and connecting them to their local Cathedral choir. The British Choral tradition is unique in championing young people to make music at the highest level – it respects young people as professionals - but there is a danger that it is only accessed by those who already know about it. Our shared aim is to enable every child in the country to participate in this remarkable living tradition.”
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March 2023
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