Parents and children who use Calderdale Council’s Portage and Early Years Support Service have enjoyed a fun, family morning to celebrate National Portage Week. Portage is a home visiting educational service for pre-school children who need more time and support to learn basic skills during their early years. The children develop and learn through activities that… read more … about Celebrating Portage>>
Children’s Centres in Calderdale’s Upper Valley are celebrating after receiving the results of their recent Ofsted inspection. Following Ofsted’s visit to the Todmorden and Hebden Vale Children’s Centres on 24 and 25 June 2014, the newly merged Upper Valley group was rated as ‘good’. The Centres were inspected as a group, after they were merged… read more … about Ofsted boost for Children’s Centres>>
Art lovers in Calderdale have the chance to see a collection of stunning summer paintings, as part of a new exhibition in Brighouse. The Sum of Summer exhibition explores the beauty and happiness of summer through exquisite paintings from the Calderdale Museums’ collections. The exhibition can be seen at the Smith Art Gallery in Brighouse… read more … about Stunning summer of spectacular art>>
Calderdale pupils are breaking records. Children in Key Stage 2 at Calderdale schools have achieved record high results for the borough in all subjects, according to figures released by the Department for Education (DfE). Key Stage 2 covers children between the ages of 7 and 11. In the provisional figures released by the DfE, Calderdale… read more … about Record high results for Calderdale pupils>>
You may have seen some of the awe-inspiring Fields of Vision large scale art installations popping up along the Tour de France route, but you might not know that children in Calderdale have been working on their own mini Fields of Vision project. 24 schools in Calderdale have been involved in the project, creating a… read more … about Calderdale youngsters grow their vision>>
There’s more than one bike race coming to Calderdale this week, as a Brighouse academy gets ready for the ‘Tour de Clifton’. The Tour de France peloton will be cycling through Calderdale on Sunday 6 July, but children from St John’s CE Academy, Clifton near Brighouse, will be taking part in their own peloton on… read more … about Taking part in the Tour de Clifton>>
Young people in Calderdale have the opportunity to check out the Orangebox facility in Halifax at a special open evening at the Centre. On Friday 30 May, the Centre will be opening its doors for an evening of live music, DJ workshops, fashion tips, creative writing workshops and much, much more. Calderdale Council’s Discover libraries… read more … about Exciting Orangebox open evening>>
Ravenscliffe High School, in partnership with Calderdale Council, is among 324 local sports projects to secure a share of £17 million of National Lottery funding from Sport England’s Inspired Facilities fund. Since 2011, Inspired Facilities has been helping breathe new life into tired community sports facilities and converting existing buildings into venues suitable for grassroots… read more … about Ravenscliffe High School awarded £113,000 of funding from Sport England>>
Winners of Calderdale’s local story writing competition were presented with their awards by the Deputy Mayor of Calderdale. Almost 200 creative writers entered their stories into the local competition and from these, six winners were selected. In total, we received 134 entries from children under nine, and 58 from children aged between 10 and 11…. read more … about Calderdale’s creative writers receive their awards>>
