posted by Lynn Richards, Community Justice Assistant
Hi all, yes its that time of year, yet again!
This years’ referral is available just email angustoyappeal@gmail.com
Donation boxes are also going out, so look out for us in your local shops!
Thankyou for working with us again this year. Please see the link for further information and referral form. referral 2021
Lynn Richards
Angus Toy Appeal
Secretary
posted by Lesley Cook, School Travel Co-ordinator, Schools & Learning
Road Safety Week 2021 is coming soon! We have just 5 weeks to go and already thousands of people have signed up to take part. This year we are celebrating Road Safety Heroes – the people who help make roads safer and care for people after a crash – and we especially want schools, educators and families to get involved, to help children, young people, parents and carers learn about why road safety matters, and enable them to speak up for their right to make safe and healthy journeys.
With this in mind, we were hoping you would be willing to share the email below with your wider school networks and encourage people to sign up and take part in Road Safety Week 2021. Everyone who signs up will receive access to a FREE action pack full of resources to support their activities and we will send updates by email when new resources are released.
Please do let me know if you have any questions or would like any further information.
You can find out more about Road Safety Week 2021 and sign up yourself at www.brake.org.uk/road-safety-week.
posted by Lesley Cook, School Travel Co-ordinator, Schools & Learning
We are delighted to announce that Brake’s Kids Walk is back! We’re inviting all school-aged children to join the thousands taking part in a walk on 16 June 2021 to shout out for safe and healthy journeys.
Brake’s Kids Walk is a short, supervised walk, involving thousands of children aged 4-11 walking at the same time to promote important road safety messages within their community. Children walk in pairs in crocodile formation, while holding hands, to emphasise the importance of being able to walk without fear or threat from traffic.
Schools and families are invited to sign up to Brake’s Kids Walk and to receive a free action pack. This includes guidance about how to take part as well as teaching resources, lessons and activities to teach children vital road safety skills.
Brake’s Kids Walk is a great way to inspire and engage children about the dangers they face and raise awareness among parents, carers and the wider community about the need to protect children on our roads.
Sign up for a FREE action pack including:
“Brake’s Kids Walk is a great way for our school to raise awareness among the community of how we can create a safe environment to enable children to walk, while also fundraising to support a worthwhile cause.” Iris Smith, HLTA, Penshurst Primary School
Brake’s Kids Walk 2021 is sponsored by eSure.
For more information and to Register please click on the link below:
https://www.brake.org.uk/get-involved/for-professionals/teachers-and-youth-workers/brake-s-kids-walk?mc_cid=4a763212ef&mc_eid=31aad7ae0c
Posted by Shabnam Wasim, Public Engagement Officer, University of Dundee
UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE DISCOVERY DAYS 2021
Event: Discovery Days 2021
Dates and times: Wednesday 13th – Friday 15th January 2021
Wednesday 9th January 15.00-16.30
Thursday 10th January 10.00-15.10
Friday 11 January 10.00-15.10
Venue: Online via Microsoft Teams
Main Details:
Join us at the University of Dundee to listen to our newest professors and award-winning staff & students, as they share with us the ideas that inspire them. Everyone is welcome.
Discovery Days 2021 will also include a public session of the University’s Court, where you will have the unique opportunity to hear from, and pose questions to, the Chair of Court, the Principal, and the Student Union president.
This event is free to attend, but booking is recommended. To see the full programme of speakers, and to book your free tickets please visit:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/discovery-days-2021-tickets-128877390745
posted by James Thomas, Marketing Officer, Royal Society of Edinburgh
RSE@ Schools Talks:
The RSE (Royal Society of Edinburgh), Scotland’s National Academy of Scotland, is pleased to launch the 2020/21 series of talks for schools across Scotland. RSE@ Schools Talks are FREE to schools, years P6 to S6, and available at any point during the school year. The RSE is an educational charity, registered in Scotland, operating on a wholly independent and non-party-political basis and providing public benefit throughout Scotland. We were established in 1783 and since then have drawn upon the considerable strengths and varied expertise of our Fellows, of which there are currently around 1600, who are based in Scotland, the rest of the UK and beyond.
For more information please click on the link below:
https://www.rse.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/RES-Schools-Talks-Programme-2020.pdf
posted by Lesley Cook, School Travel Co-ordinator, Schools & Learning
National Bike to School Week 2020 is coming 28th September to 2nd October.
To help schools get on board Sustrans have created a set of downloadable resources and we’d be grateful if you could alert your schools to where they can download them and get involved.
www.sustrans.org.uk/biketoschoolweek to download the teacher’s resources, including the pack with 5 days of activities, info pack and assembly presentation.
Dr Cecilia Oram
Delivery Coordinator, Education | Behaviour Change | Sustrans Scotland
Preferred pronouns she/her
Rosebery House | 9 Haymarket Terrace | Edinburgh | EH12 5EZ
0131 346 1384 | 07789904028 | @SustransScot
