Mental Health Awareness Week 2021: ‘Nature’ – What Can You Do To Connect With Nature?

10th May 2021Mrs S Field

This year the theme for Mental Health Awareness Week is ‘Nature’.

There’s a lot of good research to support the role nature can play in protecting and supporting our mental health.

www.mentalhealth.org.uk/campaigns/mental-health-awareness-week

Click here to download the Thriving With Nature pdf guide

See below for some top tips and to watch the video….

Favourite Book Friday!

7th May 2021Mrs S Field
Teacher of English & Media, Ms Dakin’s choice is Animal Farm; a book that should be read by everyone and is very apt for the world we live in today.
Our Year 7 book club have recently been reading it too…
Animal Farm by George Orwell
“Orwell had an exceptional insight over 70 years ago into the strategies that the Media and governments can use to control people. Animal Farm is more relevant now than it was at the time that it was written. It is a skill to be able to condense decades of complicated history into a novella, as his aim was to ensure that everyone had access to this information. Once you have read it, it makes you question all embedded meta-narratives; every time I read it again, I learn something new which is the sign of a great book.”
“If liberty means anything at all it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”

Aviation Programme for Young People from BAME Backgrounds

6th May 2021Mrs S Field
Fantasy Wings is now open for registration, for young people from Black, Asian and Ethnic Minority backgrounds.
They run an Aviation programme which teaches young people how to become professional pilots and all about the world of Aviation, from Engineering to Aviation Leadership.
It will run on one Saturday a month, beginning this October for 10 months and will be delivered by Airline Pilots, Aviation Professionals and Industry Leaders.
Please visit www.fantasywings.co.uk for more information and to register

World Maths Day 2021 – Today!

5th May 2021Mrs S Field

World Maths Day is one of the world’s largest global educational events. Taking place on the 5th May 2021, this day aims to get primary and secondary school students excited and enthusiastic about learning maths!

At EGS we are focussing on “Alex’s Adventures in Numberland” by Alex Bellos – Exploding the myth that maths is best left to the geeks, Alex Bellos covers subjects from adding to algebra, from set theory to statistics and from logarithms to logical paradoxes. In doing so, he explains how mathematical ideas underpin just about everything in our lives

World Maths Day has grown exponentially since its beginning in 2007. In fact, it holds the world record for the most participants in an online mathematics competition with 1.9 million students taking part in a single day.

World Maths Day is such a celebrated event that it even holds a world record. This was verified and awarded by Guinness World Records. The record was for the largest maths competition which was set on World Maths Day. On March 3, 2010 there were 1,204,766 participants that took part in the celebrations. These were from 235 different countries all around the world.

 

 

 

 

Natwest Apprenticeship opportunities! Free Online Event Tomorrow!!

4th May 2021Mrs S Field

The event is taking place via Zoom on Wednesday 5th May @ 4:30pm, and will be hosted by Leadership Through Sport & Business, who are managing the applications for these Natwest apprenticeship roles.

There are over 30 x positions available, so please do come to the event to find out more information and have your questions answered!

For more information: https://www.leadershipthroughsport.org/ltsb-news/3415/

https://www.leadershipthroughsport.org/

Leadership Through Sport & Business is a social mobility charity that prepares and supports bright young people from disadvantaged backgrounds into meaningful roles with major firms. We make sure those at risk of under-employment find careers equal to their ambition and ability, and can contribute from their first day on the job.

Together with Premier League football club foundations and education delivery partners, we provide young people with personal and professional development to prepare them for the world of work, and we place them in apprenticeships with leading employers across the UK.

To register for the zoom event: www.cutt.ly/Natwest-Apprenticeships