National Careers Week 2020
March 2nd, 2020Venerable Bede CE Academy is proud to once again support National Careers Week! Click the link s below for useful information and guidance about the various careers paths open to young people as well as the events taking place this week.
Read on for more information and to watch the official video!
From nationalcareersweek.com:
National Careers Week (NCW) is a celebration of careers guidance and free resources in education across the UK. The aim is to provide a focus for careers guidance activity at an important stage in the academic calendar to help support young people leaving education.
National Apprenticeship Week 2020
February 3rd, 2020Venerable Bede CE Academy is proud to once again support National Apprenticeship Week! Click the link s below for useful information and guidance about apprenticeships as well as the events taking place this week.
Read on for more information and to watch the official launch video!
From gov.uk:
National Apprenticeship Week is an annual week-long celebration of apprenticeships across England and is a time to recognise and applaud apprenticeship success stories across the country.
Apprenticeship employers use the opportunity to promote the success of their apprentices and highlight the huge benefits to other employers, of all sizes, who are thinking of taking on an apprentice.
Apprentices across the country will also be celebrated throughout the week, with engagement and events in schools and colleges. Many current and former apprentices will go back to school to tell their story, attracting the next generation of apprentices, so they too can fire up their future career.
Throughout the 13 years, National Apprenticeship Week has brought together apprenticeship supporters from across the country, with MPs, ambassadors, apprentices, training providers and top employers involved in recognising the value and importance of apprenticeships.
Anne Milton, Minister for Apprenticeships and Skills said:
“I am thrilled that National Apprenticeship Week 2020 will take place during early February 2020. It’s a chance to celebrate apprentices and the brilliant work being done by schools, the FE sector and employers across the country to promote the huge benefits of apprenticeships.
“Apprenticeships offer people of all ages and backgrounds a high-quality route to skilled employment with the option to train at every level in a range of exciting professions like aerospace engineering, data science, teaching, law, nursing, and fashion.
“This year we had over 1250 events and 1900 articles and features in publications from the Financial Times to Cosmopolitan. I would encourage employers, training providers, schools, apprentices and our ambassador networks to start considering how they will get involved in National Apprenticeship Week 2020. We want next year to be even bigger and better reaching even more people and employers so they understand the advantages apprenticeships bring”.
The theme of National Apprenticeship Week 2020 is ‘Look Beyond’…
Co-ordinated by the National Apprenticeship Service, the ‘Look Beyond’ themed week will celebrate the diversity and value that apprenticeships bring to employers, apprentices and communities across England today. From highlighting the breadth of industries and roles available to the talent and energy apprentices bring into the workplace.
National Apprenticeship Week is a flagship moment in the calendar year for supporters and ambassadors of apprenticeships, uniting them and delivering consistent messages with strong collective impact. ‘Look Beyond’ will serve as a rallying cry for the apprenticeship community to showcase the true meaning of diversity within apprenticeships, including:
- calling on young people to look beyond traditional routes into employment and explore the diversity of career options and industries now available to them through apprenticeships;
- calling on employers to look beyond traditional hiring routes and shout about the value they already see from diversifying their workforce by employing apprentices
- calling on parents and teachers to look beyond old preconceptions around apprenticeships, building an understanding of the true value they bring, and sharing this with young people.
National Apprenticeship Week is a time to recognise and applaud apprenticeship success stories across the country, extending the message to communities and audiences that are less familiar with the value and return on investment they bring. Apprentice employers will use the opportunity to promote their successful apprenticeship programmes to potential apprentices, parents and other employers. Whilst many current and former apprentices will go back to school to tell their progression stories, attracting the next generation of apprentices, so they too can fire up their future career.
Keith Smith, Director, Apprenticeships Group, ESFA added:
“With National Apprenticeship Week now going into its thirteenth year, everyone behind and involved in it must also ‘Look Beyond’ and consider how and where we talk about apprenticeships, to ensure that we reach all corners and communities of the country with this important message.”
“Our ‘asks’ for the apprenticeship community this year will all reflect that ambition and we will share these ‘asks’ in due course. For now, I would like the many, many apprenticeship supporters – from ambassadors and apprentices to training providers and top employers – to get involved and start planning how they can help celebrate apprenticeships, during National Apprenticeship Week 2020.”
Keep up to date with National Apprenticeship Week news by following @Apprenticeships on Twitter and National Apprenticeship Service on LinkedIn.
Applying for Free School Meals
January 31st, 2020Parents who are able to apply for Free School Meals can do so via the information below or by requesting an application form from the Sandhill Centre by calling 0191 561 1417 or 0191 561 3126.
Content, resources and links below are from the Together for Children Sunderland website:
If you are a parent in receipt of any of the benefits listed below then your child is likely to be eligible for free school meals. It’s quick and simple to apply online on our Family Portal.
Please apply if you get any of the qualifying benefits. Your child’s school can get extra funding if you do.
If you aren’t sure if you are eligible, please contact one of the team on 0191 561 1417.
You can also email us.
Your child might be able to get free school meals if you get any of the following:
- Income Support
- income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
- income-related Employment and Support Allowance
- support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- the guaranteed element of Pension Credit
- Child Tax Credit (provided you’re not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190)
- Working Tax Credit run-on – paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
- Universal Credit – your household income must be less than £7,400 a year (after tax and not including any benefits you get)
If your child is eligible for and getting free school meals at any time before 31 March 2022, they’ll remain eligible until this date.
Children who get paid these benefits directly, instead of through a parent or guardian, can also get free school meals.
Your child might also get free school meals if you get any of these benefits and your child is both:
- attending a school nursery
- in full-time education
Click for guidance on how to apply online through our Family Portal.
Click for a copy of our Privacy Notice for the Family Portal.
VB Christmas Concert 2019
November 27th, 2019It’s beginning to look a lot like…
As the festive season approaches our music department has already been working hard to prepare this year’s Christmas concert!
Following in the footsteps of other performances in our acclaimed concert series, the evening promises to be a vibrant, warming celebration of both the season and the manifest talents of our pupils and staff!
Tickets can be purchased via ParentMail (available from the ‘shop’ area after logging in) with a small number available on the evening by paying on the door.
We advise purchasing in advance to avoid disappointment!
Once you have purchased your tickets they will be distributed to your child within school.
Toy Appeal 2019
November 27th, 2019St. Patrick’s Church in Ryhope, in collaboration with the Salvation Army, are holding an appeal for toys to be donated which will then be distributed as Christmas presents.
The appeal will be running from 25th November to 9th December in school with a table available near the front entrance for donations to be collected.
Please bring a suitable new toy in its original packaging and help to make Christmas more enjoyable for someone who is less fortunate.
Please either give the toy to your tutor or place it on the table at the front of the school.
From the Salvation Army Website:
Suggested Gift List for Children and Young People
We believe every child deserves a new gift at Christmas so we are unable to take used or second-hand items for the Christmas Present Appeal.
- 0-3 years: dolls, teddy bears, cot mobiles, baby clothes, bath toys, CDs of suitable music and nursery rhymes, puzzles
- 3-5: dolls and action figures, cars, lorries, DVDs and CDs (music and nursery rhymes), colouring sets, pencils, crayons, books, puzzles
- 5-9: educational games & toys, stationery (colouring sets, pencils, crayons, school sets), CDs & family-friendly DVDs, books, puzzles, word search, crosswords
- 9-12: games and toys, stationery, DVDs, books, t-shirts, hair accessories, gloves, scarves, hats
- 13-16: books, make-up and toiletries (please try to ensure non-allergic ingredients if possible), gloves, scarves, hats, t-shirts, hair accessories and gift vouchers
Over the years, millions of children and young people have benefited from gifts donated to The Salvation Army.
By giving a gift to our Christmas Present Appeal you can make a real difference in someone’s life at Christmas.