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Welcome to the Children and Families newsletter This newsletter will be published every two
weeks and aims to reach out to the
entire Children and Families Department. You will be able to read about
all the good work happening in your department as well as learn about
your new colleagues. We want to hear about the work being done in your team so please call or send us your stories, pictures, info on new staff, celebrations, special events, news etc. You can email us at gayle.st.croix@educ.edin.gov.uk or give us a call on 0131 469 3429. Name that Newsletter! There is still time to send a suggestion in and win a fabulous Marks & Spencer hamper. Please send your ideas to myself by email to gayle.st.croix@educ.edin.gov.uk or call me on 0131 469 3429. Schools help kick Fairtrade up the
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The J8 Summit will take place from 3 –5 July 2005. More than 130 school students from across the UK will debate and discuss a series of scenarios modelled on the G8 Summit. The key items to be discussed at the J8 Summit will include health, poverty, debt relief and fair trade for Africa and global climate change. The launch of ProjectScotland Each placement will usually last at least 3 months (some longer) and if all goes well they can go on to do further placements for up to a year. They are fully supported in their placement with appropriate training and mentoring. Once a young person has completed their placement, ProjectScotland may be able to help them towards their next step in life by providing financial help from their personal development fund. For more information visit the website at www.projectscotland.co.uk Edinburgh school gets the sack...of chickens! Forrester High School has this year entered the Giving Nations web site competition, which details all the charity and citizenship events that have taken place in the school during the year. Sixth year pupils have been updating this site and including reports and photos of what they have been doing to raise money and awareness. During May the school had their first success as they won a sack of live chickens for having the Best Events Diary. The chickens will be sent off to a small village in Uganda on the schools behalf. They are continuing their entry to the competition which closes in July. Their website can be viewed at www.g-nation.co.uk The Standard Life Edinburgh Achievement
Awards 2005 The Standard Life Edinburgh Achievement
Awards 2005 celebrate success, best practice, and innovation in all
aspects of Children and Families work and we would like to hear from
you. Any project that can show the benefits of working in partnership is welcome to apply. If you would like more information or wish to apply, please contact Gayle St. Croix on 0131 469 3429 or email gayle.st.croix@educ.edin.gov.uk Application forms can also downloaded from http://egfl.net/pages/sleaa2005.html Closing Date for Applications is Friday 15 July 2005. SportsFair Meadowbank Sports Centre’s doors will be open on Sunday 11 September (11am-4pm) to this event which is expected to have a real festival atmosphere. Local sports clubs will be joined by health organisations and family entertainment. This is a great opportunity to see what Edinburgh has to offer in terms of sport. For more information e-mail sportdevelopment@edinburgh.gov.uk Food Safety Week If you are an Eco School or Health Promoting School this is exactly the type of thing that will help towards getting accreditation. If you want to book your place or need more information, please call the Education Section at Environmental & Consumer Services on 469 5257. Primary area string orchestra
concerts To find out which concert is happening
near you, please contact Valerie Reid on 0131 469 3018. Competitions The ‘Waste Not Want Not’ competition aims to highlight the huge amount of rubbish that is generated and ‘wasted’ every year in Edinburgh. Anyone who lives or works in the city, from school pupils and students to members of the business community can enter. Entrants are encouraged to use their own waste to create a work of art made entirely out of safe, clean rubbish or alternatively write a short story or poem with a ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’ message. Two celebrity judges will judge the competition and winning entrants will be awarded prizes worth £500-£1,000. Selected competition entries will be displayed at the public ‘Waste Not Want Not’ exhibition, as part of the Waste Aware Edinburgh Festival in July 2005. For more information and/or to book a free place on a ‘Waste Not Want Not’ Workshop contact the Waste Aware Edinburgh Community Education Officer on 0131 529 3030 or e-mail wasteaction@edinburgh.gov.uk. Playsafe Competition Young people in three age categories, 9-11, 12-14 and 15-17 are asked to design a toy ideal for a child aged three to seven. Ideas must be drawn up on a page of A3 paper, with notes to highlight such things as safety features, play and child development benefits and what labelling will appear on the packaging. There are prizes for each of the three age group winners and their school with one outright winner receiving £1000 worth of IT equipment for their school. The closing date has been extended to Friday 3 June. Entry details and other useful information can be found at www.btha.co.uk or you can call the Education Section of Environmental & Consumer Services on 469 5257 for more information. Best wishes go out to two of our longest serving QIOs (Quality Improvement Officers) John Turner and Sandra Cowper. John, who has been QIO: Art and Design, Drama and Music retired on Friday 20 May after 27 years service with the authority. Sandra who has worked as QIO: Guidance, Health and Social Education will retire on Thursday 26 May with almost 30 years service. Congratulations also go out to Donald McDonald, Depute Head at Knox Academy who has just been appointed Head Teacher at Liberton High School. Success
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Photos were taken with the children and each child received a little card with a picture of Cardinal O’Brien and Pope Benedict. It was a most memorable day. Team Talk The latest version of the Chief Executive’s monthly update, Team Talk, is now available. This month’s issue focuses on action on the Alcohol and Drugs in Edinburgh Team which is responsible for restructuring the city's response to alcohol and drug misuse in Edinburgh. Team Talk also provides an update on the Best Value Audit and also the Council Review 2007. If you would like to provide feedback on the issues raised in Team Talk or suggest issues for discussion please e-mail Teamtalk@edinburgh.gov.uk For full details of Team Talk click here
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