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Camelot foundation offers £3000 awards for 14 - 23 year olds
Are you aged 14 – 23?
Do you have an idea that could make a difference to the lives of other young people?
Would you like up to £3,000 to try out your idea?
Do you hate filling in forms?
Could you make a short video about your idea?
Then the 4front Awards are just what you need…...
More information available at 4frontawards.
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Events, workshops and productions |
Ydance (Scottish Youth Dance)
Following last year's launch of the innovative CD Rom Any Body Can Dance, YDance (Scottish Youth Dance) is set to release version 2 this autumn. 3, 2, 1, GO! features dance activities specifically created for children in the Primary 1- 3 age bracket.
3, 2, 1, GO! features a new animated figure GORF, a frog who dances and demonstrates warm up exercises on screen. This enhanced multimedia application is designed to help teachers and youth leaders to devise their own dance workshops, produce class plans, create dance combinations and write new music.
The CD Rom is extremely user friendly and YDance also provides a course of in- service training support.
For further details on 3, 2, 1 G0! contact:
YDance on 0141 552 7712
or visit www.ydance.org
Pop-Up Theatre Company
Pop-Up is pleased to have been awarded a three-year grant from the ALG to make Equal Voice available to all schools in London.
Equal Voice focuses on the emotional well being of the child particularly in situations of conflict and creates a practical
model for the young people to take more responsibility for their behaviour and give more respect to their peers.
Funding from ALG will allow the project to work more comprehensibly within any London borough with inspectors,
outreach and exclusion teams to identify priority areas and develop new strategies.
For more information visit the Equal Voice website: www.equalvoice.net .
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Events, workshops and productions - continued |
Performances at the Chicken Shed Theatre
Chicken Shed's unique method of inclusive theatre demonstrates the way in which all members can contribute creatively to performance, regardless of physical, mental, spiritual or behavioural challenge.
The Last Word runs from 17 September to 4 October - this is a challenging new work based on the true story of a boy who spoke the most magical words until he was three, and then lived without ever saying another word. Suitable for secondary school students and all staff, particularly those dealing with special needs. Schools tickets £5.40
The night before Christmas - a musical extravaganza with a moral twist - runs from 2 December to 17 January and priority booking for schools has already begun. Schools tickets £ 9.20 (matinees)
Call Chicken Shed box office on 020 8292 9222
London Bubble Theatre Training Project - Foundation Stage and Keystage 1
From September 2003, London Bubble is opening up its ground-breaking theatre training project for Nursery and Primary School teachers for public booking.
Based on the pioneering teaching practices of writer and teacher Vivian Gussin Paley, the training equips teachers with the skills to introduce her story telling and story acting technique to the classroom.
In the technique, each child is invited by the teacher to tell a story, which is written down verbatim. The stories are subsequently taken to a taped-off stage area in the classroom and acted out by the teller of the story and their peers.
Specifications:-
£50 for introductory in-class session with teacher and children
- Follow-up sessions tailored to meet needs of individual schools, eg. 1 session per week over a term
- Addresses speaking and listening, storytelling and storymaking targets of Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1
- Accessible to all children of all abilities
- Promotes class cohesion and self esteem
Booking: Please contact Sonia Arnold, Education Manager on 020 7237 4434
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