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Havering Motorvations, London

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  • Monday, February 1, 2010
    • | CYP Now
What are they doing? Havering Motorvations provides an alternative education programme for young people aged 13 to 17 who are either at risk, have special educational needs, physical or mental health problems or require alternative education for any other reason. The project helps more than 100 young people a year from Havering, Barking and Dagenham and Redbridge.

Gateshead College, Tyneside

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  • Monday, January 25, 2010
    • | CYP Now
What are they doing? Gateshead College has appointed an internet safety officer. He will lead a two-year initiative designed to raise awareness of online safety among staff and students, and the wider community who access the college's services using the internet.

St Aloysius College, Islington, London

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  • Monday, January 18, 2010
    • | CYP Now
What are they doing? A group of 14 business and finance diploma students at St Aloysius College have set up an allotment and food growing business called "Delicious @ Aloysius" in their school grounds. They plan to sell the fresh produce to the school and the local community.

Knowsley Community College, Knowsley

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  • Monday, January 11, 2010
    • | CYP Now
What are they doing? Young construction apprentices from St. Edmund Arrowsmith School, Knowsley Park Centre for Learning and Huyton Arts and Sports Centre for Learning are taking part in heritage skills lessons one day a week at Knowsley Community College.

Makin Trax, Walsall College, West Midlands

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  • Tuesday, January 5, 2010
    • | CYP Now
What are they doing? Walsall College is delivering the Makin Trax project in 10 schools across Walsall, Dudley and Sandwell. It uses music technology to engage 14- to 15-year-olds who are in danger of becoming Neet (not in employment, education or training).

Evelyn Primary School, Prescot, Knowsley

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  • Tuesday, December 8, 2009
    • | CYP Now
What are they doing? Election fever has gripped pupils at Evelyn Primary School in Knowsley. Staff and pupils take the election of the school council very seriously and the voting system has been set up to resemble political elections. The "real-life" elections form part of what the school refers to as ARCS - A Real-life, Creative and Skills-based curriculum.

In Practice: Know how - Demonstrating impact

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  • Tuesday, December 1, 2009
    • | CYP Now
In a tough financial climate, being able to demonstrate the impact a project is having on the lives of children will help it stand out and provide a good rationale for ongoing funding.

South Birmingham College, Bordesley Green Campus, Birmingham

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  • Tuesday, December 1, 2009
    • | CYP Now
What's happening? More young women in Birmingham are carving out a career in the construction industry, according to figures from South Birmingham College. The college, which has a specialist construction campus in Bordesley Green, has seen a large increase in women taking up trade courses - from just 60 in 2005 to nearly 200 this year.

Crossing Over, Camden Council, London

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  • Tuesday, November 24, 2009
    • | CYP Now
What did they do? A group of young people from Camden worked with the council's road safety team and Arc Theatre to produce an educational drama called Crossing Over. The production was performed at schools across the borough. The project was funded by Transport for London.

South Birmingham College

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  • Tuesday, November 17, 2009
    • | CYP Now
What did they do? A group of 16- to 20-year-old students with learning difficulties from South Birmingham College turned a wild and overgrown plot of land into a garden for pensioners who attend Lazenby Day Centre, based at Tidbury Green School in Solihull.

Whitley Bay High, North Tyneside

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  • Tuesday, November 10, 2009
    • | CYP Now
What did they do? The school won the national award for impact and innovation at the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust's annual Leading Edge awards.

St Francis Primary School, Gorton, Manchester

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  • Tuesday, November 3, 2009
    • | CYP Now
Why is it special? St Francis Primary School was awarded the title Spanish School of the Year 2009 by the Spanish ambassador to England in recognition of the school's approach to learning the language.

Emmanuel Junior School, Sheffield

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  • Tuesday, October 27, 2009
    • | CYP Now
What did they do? Children at Emmanuel Junior School took part in a project called Bike It, in partnership with sustainable transport charity, Sustrans. The scheme aims to increase the number of children and young people who cycle to school.

Somerset County Council and the School Food Trust

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  • Tuesday, October 13, 2009
    • | CYP Now
What did they do? Somerset County Council, in partnership with the School Food Trust (SFT), is conducting a pilot scheme that uses Twitter to tell parents what's on their child's school menu each day. The service is aimed at the parents of pupils from 88 schools in the area.

Westvale Primary School, Kirkby, Liverpool

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  • Tuesday, September 22, 2009
    • | CYP Now
What did they do? The school opened a special memorial garden in memory of eight-year-old pupil Olivia Hodgson, who died suddenly from leukaemia. The design incorporated lots of colourful flowers and written messages from Olivia's classmates.

Porth County Community School, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales

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  • Tuesday, September 8, 2009
    • | CYP Now
What did they do? Porth County Community School devised an extracurricular programme called E3+ to encourage young people to take part in more physical activity. It provides young people with a choice of 52 free activities a week, including aqua aerobics, canoeing and quad biking.

Langdon Park Secondary School, London Borough of Tower Hamlets

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  • Tuesday, August 25, 2009
    • | CYP Now
What did they do? Langdon Park Secondary School held a special event for pupils, their families and the local community in July. It was themed Health is Wealth and was put on with the help of School Home Support, a charity that was founded at the school 25 years ago.

The London Borough of Lambeth

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  • Tuesday, August 11, 2009
    • | CYP Now
What did it do? Lambeth Council ran a borough-wide competition to give pupils the chance to design their own menu for a healthy school meal. Pupils were asked to create a meat, fish or vegetarian main meal. They were expected to use fresh produce and each dish had to include a healthy portion of vegetables or salad and some sort of carbohydrate.

Camden Council, London

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  • Tuesday, July 28, 2009
    • | CYP Now
What did they do? Gifted and talented pupils from 15 primary schools in Camden took part in a filmmaking project, designed to stretch their abilities outside of the usual classroom environment. Students from two Camden secondary schools mentored the primary school pupils for the duration of the scheme.

In Practice: Know How - Commissioning

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  • Tuesday, July 28, 2009
    • | CYP Now
Good commissioning is the key to the creation of successful children's centre services, helping achieve the best outcomes for children, stimulate effective partnership working and ensure the best use of resources.

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