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Welsh Assembly Government, 5x60 project.

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  • Tuesday, May 5, 2009
  • | CYP Now
What is it? The 5x60 project is a healthy living initiative. Welsh pupils are taught how to write, star in and produce short films to promote sports and activities. It is part of the Welsh Assembly's work to achieve their target of 90 per cent of secondary pupils doing 60 minutes of physical activity five times a week by 2020.

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council: Moths

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  • Tuesday, April 14, 2009
  • | CYP Now
What is it? A scheme called Moths (Moving On To High School), which aims to ease the transition experience for pupils moving from primary to secondary school in Blackburn and Darwen.

Braunstone Skills Centre, Leicester

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  • Tuesday, April 7, 2009
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What is it? The 2.3m Braunstone Skills Centre is a vocational training facility for ages 14 to 19. It includes two fully equipped practical workshops, changing facilities, three classrooms and student areas. It has been designed to feel like a workplace.

In Practice: Know how - Promoting health

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  • Tuesday, March 31, 2009
  • | CYP Now
A survey by the Department for Children, Schools and Families has found a high satisfaction rate among families that use children's centres. However, it revealed many weren't aware of the health services on offer. Children's centres should be an important vehicle for health services and there is plenty centres can do to ensure these are promoted to local health professionals and families.

Ferndale Primary School, Great Barr, Sandwell

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  • Tuesday, March 31, 2009
  • | CYP Now
What makes Ferndale an Eco-School? Pupils at eco-conscious Ferndale Primary were awarded the Eco-Schools green flag at the end of last year, which is a national award given to schools that are working towards becoming sustainable. The school also won the Tipton Litterwatch Environmental Schools Champion Award in summer 2008.

Redbrook Equestrian Centre, Monmouth Comprehensive School

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  • Tuesday, March 24, 2009
  • | CYP Now
What is it? An equestrian academy set up at Monmouth Comprehensive School in conjunction with the Welsh Assembly Government. The academy is managed by the Sports Council for Wales and run locally by Monmouthshire County Council.

Sounds Like Tobago school programme

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  • Tuesday, March 17, 2009
  • | CYP Now
What is it? The Sounds Like Tobago programme offers primary school children in England the chance to engage in peer-to-peer learning with children at a partner school in Tobago. So far eight schools in Greater London, Kent, Northampton and Surrey are involved in the scheme.

Plashet School, Newham, London

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  • Tuesday, March 10, 2009
  • | CYP Now
What's so special about the school? Plashet School, an all-girls secondary in east London, has been identified by Ofsted as one of 12 outstanding schools that consistently excel against the odds. It is also a Science Specialist College and a Beacon School.

Damage Done ... It Doesn't Just Happen!

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  • Tuesday, March 3, 2009
  • | CYP Now
What is it? Damage Done ... It Doesn't Just Happen! is a project designed to reduce criminal damage and vandalism targeted at 11- to 15-year-olds in South Gloucestershire.

The North Huyton Learning Collaborative, Knowsley, Merseyside

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  • Tuesday, February 24, 2009
  • | CYP Now
What is it? The North Huyton Learning Collaborative is a partnership of schools, community groups and children's services agencies. It is funded by North Huyton New Deal for Communities and exists to improve educational attainment for local children and young people. Part of the partnership's work involves promoting its Creative Curriculum approach to schools in the partnership.

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