Primary Times Derbyshire February 2018

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Spring time in Derby
There’s plenty for families to enjoy during the Spring season and halfterm
school holiday in and around Derby, many of which are listed in
our What’s on Guide. Derby has over 50 play areas for children to enjoy
some outdoor fun, and a walk in the park is a great way to keep fit whilst
spending time with family and friends. The full timetable and further
details of activities on offer can be found in the Family Fun Guide at
inderby.org.uk/holidays.
For the little ones,
Derby Active is offering
Springtots sessions at
Springwood Leisure
Centre to introduce
pre-school children to
gymnastics.
Derbyshire County Council need loving and stable foster homes for Derbyshire
children and they’re looking for caring people that can make a real difference to
the life of a child in our care.
Foster carers can be from all walks of life and backgrounds. Long-term and
short-term foster homes are needed, ranging from single-night emergency stays
to placements which can last for several years.
Foster carers need to be over 21 and can be single, married, straight, gay or
transgender, from any ethnic origin, working or not, renting or homeowners.
County council carers receive weekly payments with additional allowances, get
full training and on-going support from a dedicated social worker.
To find out more, email fostering@derbyshire.gov.uk, visit
www.derbyshire.gov.uk/fostering or call the fostering team on 0800 083 77 44.
Or go along to one of the Talk Fostering information events:
• Tuesday 6 February 4pm-6pm, Leisure Centre, Ripley
• Thursday 8 February 3pm-6pm, Devonshire Dome, Buxton
• Tuesday 27 February 5pm-7pm, Queen’s Park Leisure Centre, Chesterfield
• Thursday 15 March 5pm-7pm,
Proact Stadium, Chesterfield
• Tuesday 20 March 5pm-7pm,
County Hall, Matlock
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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Here’s a selection of some themed activity dates coming up
which children can get involved in, and have fun learning or
raising money for charity.
• 2 Feb NSPCC Number Day
www.nspcc.org.uk
• 6 Feb Safer Internet Day
• www.saferinternet.org
• 1 March World Book Day
• www.worldbookday.com
• 9-18 March British Science Week
• www.britishscienceweek.org
• 17-23 March Sports Relief
• www.sportrelief.com
Razzamataz
student wins TV
Ad role
Aria Powell from Derby was
chosen for the latest NSPCC TV
advert and took part in filming late
last year. Nine year old Aria who
has been at Razzamataz Theatre
School Derby for over 3 years
auditioned with Top Talent Agency
through Razzamataz and was
accepted onto their books.
Aria has said of the experience
"It was a fantastic opportunity to
work for a great charity, I loved
working with actress Tosha who
was so friendly and helpful in my
first TV advert"
Well done Aria!
Some other dates for the diary…
• 4 Feb World Cancer Day
• 9 Feb National Pizza Day
• 9-25 Feb Winter Olympics
• 13 Feb Pancake Day
• 16 Feb Chinese New Year
• 17 Feb Random Acts of Kindness
Day
• 11 March Mother’s Day
Derby Grammar School
student wins top national prize
Derby Grammar School student, Elliot
Butterworth, has won a prestigious national
prize which is open to 5,000 pupils at 440
schools across the country.Elliot travels to
the House of Lords in February to receive the
Independent Schools Association (ISA) Whitbread Memorial Prize 2017 from
Lord Lexden, President of the ISA.
The Prize recognises and celebrates outstanding involvement in, and service to, the wider
aspect of school and community life; in conjunction with achieving academic excellence
in GCSE results.
Elliot achieved six A* and three 9 grades in his GCSEs in the summer of 2017. He also
plays in the hockey and rugby teams, is a member of the Barbershop Choir and Swing
Band, and has embarked on his Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award. In 2016 he achieved a
Gold award in the British Physics Olympiad.
Lesley Reynolds, Acting Head, congratulated Elliot on his achievement. She said: “We were
overjoyed for Elliot when we received the news that he had won. He is friendly, engaging
and trustworthy and an excellent role model to our younger pupils.”
New Life on the Farm
This February half term holiday, the National Forest Adventure Farm
welcomes new life to the farm. You can meet baby animals including
piglets, lambs and chicks. You can also help bottle feed cade lambs.
There are 41 ewes in the Lambing Live tent waiting to give birth so you
may be lucky enough to see a lamb being born. Inside Farmer Fogg
needs your help to get his farm back in to shape. There’s a number of
fun activities including
making a scarecrow,
planting seeds, mending
the fences, rebuilding the
tractor, test driving the
remote control tractors
and putting the eggs
back together! The New
Life and Help the Farmer
activities are running
between 17 and
25 February.
www.adventurefarm.co.uk
Primary Times FEBRUARY Issue 2018 | www.primarytimes.co.uk/derbyshire
'The Best That
You Can Be
− A Song For
Derbyshire'
Hundreds of schoolchildren
from across Derbyshire are
hoping a song they recorded
together could storm the
download charts, and raise
money to support music
education.
'The Best That You Can Be
− A Song For Derbyshire',
with lyrics by children giving a
single motivational message,
is sung by 1,700 pupils from
46 schools and three area
music centres. The music
was played by members
of the Derbyshire City and
County Youth Orchestra and
Youth Wind Band, and the
song is accompanied by a
video filmed at 32 locations
across the county and city,
starring many of the pupils
whose voices feature on the
song.
The project has been put
together by the Derbyshire
Music Education Hub. Visit
derbyshiremusichub.org.uk/
best to download.