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2009 news
Asian Circle honours North East
Leaders
December 2009
Red Kites Contribute to Economic
Regeneration
October 2009
Schools Explore Climate Issues
Through Art
October 2009
Children get Growing
September 2009
Summer Art School Success
September 2009
Explore Programme Launch
September 2009
Kalapremi's Ganesh Festival
Marches On
September 2009
Indian Summer Celebratory Event
September 2009
Preparing Schools for a Sustainable Future
September 2009
Don't Shout at the Telly,
Change What's On It! March 2009
Members of RCE partners, the Asian Circle, celebrated the Diwali and the Festive Season in a grand style. Diwali, the Festival of Light, is a principal festival in the Hindu Calendar as it is celebrated throughout the world. The celebrations were held at a dinner organised at The New Kent Hotel on Sunday 6th December 2009.
This occasion was a very special one as the members of the Asian Circle honoured the leaders from the top institutions in the North East by awarding them with the Lifetime Achievement Award. The leaders honoured included: the Lord Mayor of Newcastle, Lord Lieutenant, Tyne and Wear , Nigel Sherlock, Councillor John Shipley, the leader of City Council, Councillor David Faulkner Deputy Leader City council, Sir Jeremy Beecham, former leader of city council, Olivia Grant, Deputy Chancellor of Newcastle University, Professor Chris Brink, Vice Chancellor of Newcastle University, Bill Midgeley, former President of Chamber of Commerce UK, Professor Andrew Wathey, Vice Chancellor of Northumbria University Judge David Hodson, Honorary Recorder Newcastle, Kevin Rowan, Secretary Regional TUC, Jamie Martin, Chair Newcastle Gateshead Initiative, Councillor Mick Henry Leader of Gateshead Council, Roger Kelly, Chief Executive Gateshead Council, Margaret Fay Chairman of One North East, Bishop Martin, Bishop of Newcastle, David Simms, Managing Director of NEJ Media, Paul Robertson, Editor of the Evening Chronicle and Brian Aitkens, Editor of the Journal.
The awards were made in recognition of the tremendous contribution they all have made in their respective area of work. Their contribution and commitment for common humanity has inspired people irrespective of culture, colour or ethnic origin to play their rightful role in the life of the community. The North East is recognised as the region where people are treated with dignity and respect. The people are very kind and considerate and have always welcomed people from all over the world to come and live in the region.
The leaders have developed a vision for the region and the country and they share their vision with one another to develop policies which include everyone to play his/her rightful role in the life of the community. Their contribution was recognised by thanking them publicly and by presenting them with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
The Asian Circle aims at building bridges between BME communities in the
main Institutions and promote very useful contributions they have been
making in the economic and social regeneration of the region.
Article by Hari Shukla,
December 2009
Red Kites Contribute to Economic Regeneration
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There was direct employment of staff involved in managing the work which in its turn led to spending by project employees and volunteers, helping to support local economic activity;
There was direct expenditure by the project with local providers of goods and services providing income and employment for local firms;
There were new business opportunities developed around the return of the red kites to the region, including the use of the kites’ image for marketing and the adoption of the kite in an award-winning major branding exercise;
The birds provided repeated opportunities for positive complementary multi-media advertising for businesses. It is estimated that these initiatives have provided additional income of over quarter of a million pounds, supporting a raft of local businesses to use the image of kites to produce specific products and services;
There were also positive benefits for local tourism. For example visitor spending of over three quarters of a million pounds in the lower Derwent valley was attributed to the presence of the red kites and there was strong support for branding this area as ‘Kite Country’ to further promote tourism;
In addition to the economic benefits participatory and productive relationships were built in the course of the project, heightening the project’s profile and, more importantly, public recognition of red kites. One branding exercise took ‘red kite’ messages to 4 million people a year. Schools and businesses were also involved, and educational and popular amenities for pupils created. Adapted from a report by Dr Frederick Milton and Tony Armstrong October 2009
110 pupils from 10 of the Catholic Partnership Schools across the south of the Hexham & Newcastle Diocese worked with 8 artists in residence and teachers to produce outstanding art work to explore the issues of climate and climate change. In collaboration with Newcastle University and RCE North East, Mick Dunne, the head of Art at Our Lady & St Bede’s Catholic School, led the work. The summer school invited all Partnership schools to work in collaboration at the specialist art school in Stockton from July 6th-10th 2009.
Year 9 pupils from Our Lady and St Bede's Catholic School Stockton, St Michael's RC School Billingham, St Aidan's Catholic School and Sixth Form Centre Sunderland, St Anthony's Girls' School Sunderland, St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College Lanchester, St Bede's Catholic Comprehensive School and Byron Sixth Form College Peterlee, St John's Catholic School and Sixth Form Centre Bishop Auckland, St Leonard's Catholic School Durham, St Robert of Newminster Catholic School and Sixth Form College Washington and The English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College Hartlepool worked side by side to explore new and exciting art techniques and media.
Workshops included ceramics; collage, print making, photography, sketchbook work, painting, 3D and mixed media and students took part in 2 workshops allowing them to develop new skills and new found confidence. Students completed their study work in preparation for the weeklong summer school at Moorbank Botanical Gardens and at the Headlands in Hartlepool. Working with Dr Aidan Doyle the summer school has been developed in collaboration with OPAL North East and has given students the opportunity to experience the innovation and creativity in both science and art.
Students had a unique and enriching experience at this
Art Summer School creating artwork that excels and excites.
Students formed a genuine artists community learning from
established artists, from each other and from themselves.
This was also an opportunity for pupils to journey together
as they leave their Key Stage 3 studies and prepare for GCSEs.
They were able to share their love of art, develop new friendships,
experience the diverse work that Universities engage in and share
their aspirations for the future.
All students will take this work on to their GCSEs and
have had their work exhibited at Arc in Stockton, and the
Botanical Gardens, Newcastle. Many students will remember this
week throughout their lifetime, for some this experience will
be the beginning of a career of exhibitions and published works.
October 2009
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Initially, over 1000 students from Tanfield cluster of schools were encouraged to grow five different fruits and vegetables without using a garden or allotment. They did this by planting the produce in pots, which they placed on a step or a window sill. The aim of the project was to develop a better awareness of healthy eating among the participants as well as making the initiative fun.
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Sadaf Butt, food and health facilitator, said: “This project is a perfect example of how we can make education a fun activity for children rather than a task that needs to be done. Gardening is very educational and hopefully through this project we might even divert the children away from junk food and towards healthy eating.”
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The project has been highlighted alongside other learning initiatives across the globe in RCE Bulletin issue 10.
For more information please contact Sadaf Butt, NHS County Durham and NHS Darlington. Email: sadaf.butt @ nhs.net, Website: www.countydurham.nhs.uk September 2009
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The social bonding for the students staff results in gaining respect, cooperation, team building and new friendships, as well as a major broadening of experience. We are delighted to continue to work with RCE North East and look forward to more positive and education-enhancing opportunities in the future. Mike Brogan, Director of Arts College. September 2009
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Kalapremi’s Annual Ganesh Festival, in its 17th year, celebrates the Indian festival of the much loved elephant-headed deity, Ganesh. Loved for his gigantic and gentle looks, Ganesh is also considered to bestow prosperity and knowledge. Held on Saturday 19th September this one day event opened with a scrumptious breakfast followed by a music and dance showcase by students from Kalapremi’s Indian Music Trail and Indian Dance Trail projects. The rest of the day was filled with music dance including vocals by Sanjeev Chimmalgi and ‘Journey into India’, a music and dance production by Manasamitra. Visual arts work called Motion -2, created by members of EDAN (East Durham Artists Network) was on display on the day. The festival was a great opportunity for people in the North East to experience Indian culture in all its diversity. September 2009
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Grow Your Own Five – an RCE project, supported by County Durham PCT and working with L&A&DS and OPAL North East that involved over 1,000 children from the Tanfield School Hub who sowed, nurtured and harvested their own vegetables.
Art Summer Schools – a range of work based around the theme of ‘Climate and Climate Change’ that was produced by GCSE students from schools belonging to the Hexham and Newcastle Catholic Partnership, South was displayed (special thanks to Mick Dunne, Our Lady and St Bede Stockton). Established art-based partnerships with English Martyrs, Hartlepool and the six other Hartlepool Schools were acknowledged.
The Anglo-Italian exchange program and the Plant Biology Masterclasses developed in collaboration with St Cuthberts High School, Newcastle and hosted at Moorbank were highlighted.
Beacon North East provided a podcast in the tropical house that highlighted some of their recent work.
A film on Moorbank created by Sarah Tulloch, (MA Fine Arts, Newcastle) that highlighted research activities and the work of the Friends (a volunteer group) at the garden was presented.
The OPAL-NE regional air survey was launched and lectures on the use of lichens as indicators of air quality were presented. Participants learned how to get involved in collecting data that would feed into the national air survey coordinated by OPAL.
Music from the Felling Band, Paul Ruane with Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, APU and the young Irish and Indian dancers of the McElvogue School of Dancers and the West End Dance Crew provided an ambience that encapsulated the ‘last day of summer’ and will be fondly remembered by those who attended the event. September 2009
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