B'ham Mail & Pallasades Schools Awards 2009
The Pallasades are the main sponsor for the Schools Award for the second year running and details will be featured in the Birmingham Mail from 22nd September 2009.
The Schools Awards are designed to recognise the fantastic achievements being made by our schools across the Midlands. They cover both community and curriculum based projects, as well as individual excellence, and will honour whole schools, classes and individuals.
There are 10 award categories in total including a School of the Year Award. A chosen panel, will judge individually the nominations for each category. Eventually they will short list two or three schools/individuals for each award category who will be invited to attend the Schools Awards luncheon ceremony to be held on Wednesday December 16. This prestigious luncheon and awards ceremony will be held at Thinktank, an excellent learning and educational environment for both primary and secondary school children and their families. The schools will also enjoy a visit to Thinktank museum the morning of the luncheon.
The award winners will receive a glass trophy and a bursary towards their school. The runners-up will also receive a small bursary and a framed certificate.
PRIZES:
PROJECT AWARDS
- £300 bursary and a special trophy will be awarded to the winner of each category.
- £150 bursary and a framed certificate will be awarded to one or two runners up in each category.
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
- £200 for the school and a special trophy will be awarded to the winner of each category
- £100 for the school and a framed certificate will be awarded to one or two runners up in each category.
BARCLAYS MONEY SKILLS AWARD
- £1,000 for the winning school and a special trophy
- £500 for one or two runners up and a framed certificate
The award categories are as follows:
PROJECT AWARDS – these awards are for projects that are to be carried out within the school, its grounds or the local community. The projects can either be ongoing or an idea for the coming academic year. They can be carried out by a class, project or year group or even the whole school.
Anti-bullying Campaign Award
This award is supported by the Birmingham Mail
Open to all schools that have an active policy against bullying. The Birmingham Mail is celebrating five years of its award-winning Speak Out Stop Bullying campaign, in association with Childline, and would like to honour schools that are stamping out and not tolerating bullying. This award is for a school who are raising awareness of bullying and encouraging children, parents, staff and other community members to talk about the issue. The Birmingham Mail is hoping to encourage children and adults to Speak Out Stop Bullying and this award aims to support and highlight this.
Best school newspaper or school website award
This award is supported by birminghammail.net
Open to all schools that have produced a newspaper/website in 2008/9. To qualify, schools must produce a publication/website that contains relevant news for their audience.
Go Green School Award
This award is supported by Legal and General
For this category, the judges will be looking for how the whole school has made or is making changes to become more sustainable. These might be changes made by the efforts of one class, the whole school or an eco-committee. We would like to see how you have managed to raise awareness and instigate changes within the school, for example, using poster campaigns, research, setting up eco-committees, class environmental champions, etc. Areas to be considered are, water and energy conservation, walking buses/transport, recycling, etc.
Healthy Living Award
This award is supported by Thinktank
For a class or whole school who makes it a priority to have healthy lifestyles. This could be by exercising more, drinking more water, eating healthy foods, having an anti-bullying campaign or growing vegetables to use in the kitchen. We would like to see how you have managed to raise awareness and instigate changes within the school, for example, using poster campaigns, trying anew activity/food session, water being readily available throughout the day, setting up buddy systems, etc.
BARCLAYS MONEY SKILLS AWARD
This award is supported by Barclays
This is a new award for 2009 and one which we feel has huge relevance to school children and their families across our region, particularly during the tough financial times that the country is now facing. The Birmingham Mail and Barclays are searching for schools who are developing programmes/activities specifically designed to help children understand the importance of budgeting and managing finances. This may be built in to the curriculum through mathematics or personal, health and social education or it may be a club/extra curricular group run by students that is financially managed by its members.
Barclays are offering cash prizes totalling £2,000 for the schools that can demonstrate new and innovative ways in which they are or plan to help children and or parents to develop their money skills. The winning schools will receive a grant to use to extend or introduce their financial learning in the school under the theme of Barclays Money Skills.
Barclays Money Skills programme helps people to develop their confidence and ability to manage money which includes budgeting, making informed financial choices and knowing where to get help.
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS – these awards recognise the individuals within schools who have really made a difference to the pupils. This may be inspirational teachers who make learning exciting and relevant. They may be classroom assistants, support or admin staff or caretakers who make a difference to the children and their school through their enthusiasm and commitment. Or maybe it is a Head teacher, whose guidance and leadership has helped create a dynamic learning environment where the pupils are happy and encouraged to reach their full potential.
Inspirational Primary Teacher
This award is supported by Kingsmill
For a teacher in a nursery, first or primary school that goes the extra mile to give children the best start in their education.
Inspirational Secondary Teacher
For a teacher in a middle, high or secondary school who goes above and beyond the call of duty to get the best out of their children, regardless of ability.
Head teacher of the Year
This award is supported by Print Design Team
For an outstanding school leader, whose guidance and leadership has helped create a dynamic learning environment, where the pupils are happy and encouraged to reach their full potential.
School Support Staff of the Year
This award is supported by Drayton Manor Theme Park
This award is for any member of non-teaching school staff, who play a vital role in the running of the school and the happiness and security of the children. It may be a caretaker whose dedication makes them an invaluable member of the school community. Or maybe a teaching assistant or any other member of support or administrative staff who makes a real difference to individual children, classes or the whole school. Perhaps you would like to nominate your child’s lunchtime supervisor who has been instrumental in their schooldays
THE PALLASADES SCHOOL OF THE YEAR AWARD
One of our shortlisted schools will be crowned the School of the Year 2009. This is a prestigious award which is awarded to the school that the judges feel has an outstanding approach to all aspects of school life and the curriculum. The winning school will receive a special trophy and framed certificate.
This award is supported by the Pallasades Shopping Centre, who are sponsoring the schools awards for the second year running.
The Awards Ceremony will take place on Wednesday 16th December at Thinktank in Millenium Point, Birmingham.
Log onto www.birminghammail.net where you can enter on-line. CLOSING DATE: Friday 13th November '09.