dracula spectacula is now moving on apace with rehearsals underway,the scenery is under construction ,and badges and t shirts on order...........the access all areas crew are adding vital support to the production and are busy organising a dracula display for the schools foyer...as is our trade mark they have "pimped" an old gym bench for their dracula pictures to rest on.....what do you think of it??
kirklees school ,salendine nook high have got the life routes bug and are using their next school production as a life routes project............
singers ,dancers actors ,musicians ,stage crew etc will get the chance to reflect on how their role in the production is helping them to develop life skills and students who wouldnt normally get involved in a play will be encourage to take part as part of the projects core aims........
watch this space for more...AND WATCH OUT AFTER DARK!!
calerdales PITSTOP project is coming on board as the latest liferoutes project to get underway in yorkshire and humberside.
pitstop work with a wide range of young people who come to their workshops in elland ,halifax to build and maintain go karts which young people themselves then take off to the race track in york to put through their paces on race day. the projects spread out over several weeks and participants learn a lot of practical skills, teamworking skills, problem solving etc along the way.
there will be over 80 young people taking part in life routes this way between now and 2008.
these projects are being coordinated by katie,sarah and carly who are busy getting questionnaires and scrapbooks completed ,taking photos etc in order to complete their own peer mentoring awards.
watch this space for the next loius hamilton!!!
the second battered railway bench has now been pimped up in halifax.
calder high students have just put the finishing touches to their very own blinged up bench. it will stand (or sit !) proudly next to the caretakers block for weary students to use at breaks.watch out if you live in halifax....your seats are not safe.
young people from calderdale are literally LOVING EVERY MINUTE of the new life routes activity club run by the councils sensory support services. (specialist inclusion services to be exact)
approaching 30 young people have been involved in acitivities from go karting to canoeing after the first 5 sessions of the new club.
life routes ambassadors who are used to youth projects have been acting as volunteers to help set the project up and welcome new members.
the project now officially titled LOVING EVERY MINUTE met up this week at halifax town hall to discuss their progress ,eat pizza ,sneak into the council chamber to have alook around and decide on their next five sets of activities.
watch this space for more details in nov
ember.
as you know from earlier posts ,students from st clres house ,halifax have been busy reclaiming a broken old railway waiting room bench into their very own customised seating area for their games room.
for under £20.00 they have transformed the bench into a seat for 4 (5 at a push) ,which carries pictures of their favourite footballers and teams.
it has also had a serious new paint job.
relying on their team work and problem solving abilities they have hammered ,glued ,drilled and spray painted their way to success.
check out the pictures attached to view thier work.
do you reconise this calder high student
students at ryburn valley high school getting busy with their life routes fund raiser.more info elsewhere on this site!
Rybrun Vocational Skills 6th Form
We are 6th students at Ryburn Valley 6th form.
We are going to work on our teamwork skills.
We are going to raise money for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance. By doing a raffle and designing a quiz about Halifax to see to pupils at our school. We are hoping to raise a lot of money. We want to make good job of our fundraising project.
To do a good job on this there are lots of things to do.
· Research the internet for information about charities.
· Design a poster.
· Write letters to ask for raffle prizes.
· Decide on a charity. How much to sell tickets/quiz sheets for etc. chose a date to do the quiz
· Tell all the staff in school about our plans.
· Ask the head teacher permission.
· Do a press release to get other outside school involved.
· Make sure everyone has a job.
o David-E-mail/internet research
o Louis-poster design
o Ken-Write letters for prizes
o Joley-Raffle organiser
o Leigh-in charge of money
o Callum-raffle organiser
o Michael-poster design
o Get other people to help is with the project.
Mrs Barker- To help us tell the staff about the project.
Mrs Williams-To help us get raffle prizes.
Ms Elder- To help us record our project in our scrapbook.
Rob- To help us get the press involved and get photocopying don’t.
We are doing our fundraiser in November… we will let you know how we get on!
students at st clares house in halifax are busy transforming a tired and broken old railway bench into a brand new seating area for their games room.
the project in well underway and there has been plenty of d.i.y skills on display in dismantling the old seats,giving the frame a clean and a respray ,sawing new planks for the seats ,drilling holes for the new bolts and covering the planks with a fantastic range of footballers cut out from old magazines to give their seats a radical makeover .
the next steps will involve completing the collage work ,bolting the planks in place and covering them with recycled plastic bottles to make them more hardwearing.
the whole project is designed to promote teamwork,problem solving and creative thinking.
it is also designed to be cost neutral ,relying on recycled and scrap materials.so far the costs are under £10.00 which is amazing given the progress made.
watch this space for a final report and pictures of the finished article.
