On the last Thursday of June, Redbridge Town Hall was crowded with excited, enthusiastic readers and budding writers along with their school librarians and teachers to celebrate the 2017 Redbridge Children’s Book Awards. A panel of five of the shortlisted authors – Peter Bunzl, Anne Cassidy, Christopher Edge, Kathryn Evans and Teri Terry – talked …
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Holly Black and Emily Lockhart get the kids votes in the Redbridge Children’s Book Awards 2015
Reading for pleasure and creative writing is thriving in Redbridge schools. On Thursday 25 June 2015, around 200 young readers, budding writers and their school librarians and teachers celebrated this year’s Redbridge Children’s Book Awards in a vibrant, exciting ceremony at Redbridge Town Hall. Students from 14 secondary schools and 9 primary schools across Redbridge …
Handball Secondary School Competition
On Wednesday 23 April, the second Redbridge Schools Handball Competition washeld at SportHouse, the purpose built Olympic Handball training centre in Barking & Dagenham. Nine Schools (including three out of borough schools) attended with a total of 18 teams split across three competitions. Congratulations to all of those who took part. Results: Girls mixed years 1st The Palmer Catholic …
Welcome to the Redbridge Schools’ Library Service New Feature!
Last week the Carnegie Shortlist was announced and it was interesting to see that only one of the books chosen is on our Redbridge Children’s Book Award Shortlist this year. Students have been busy reading and have voted for their top five children’s titles and top five teen titles published in 2013. Voting for the …
Continue reading Welcome to the Redbridge Schools’ Library Service New Feature!
Free School Sessions for Redbridge Schools
Would you like to explore life in a pond from a Frog’s point of view? Then come and join us for ‘Life Under the Surface’, an exciting craft workshop that celebrates the variety of wildlife living in UK ponds. Learn about the importance of biodiversity through a fun filled talk with questions, games and videos. …
Handball Taster Day and Club Sessions!
Funding has been secured through the Sportivate Programme for East London to run a Handball taster day and launch a new Club for East London. The funding has been received for participants from Barking & Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge. The taster day will be run by qualified coaches and will run on Wednesday 29 January …
Sportivate Handball Competition Results!
Yesterday Redbridge schools took part in a Sportivate Handball Competition. To find out more about the competition check out our earlier blog post. A massive well done to all who took part in the games! We’ve got the scores for you below: Girls Winners- The Palmer Catholic Academy Runners Up- Wanstead 1 Boys Year 9/10 …
Olympic star comes to Wanstead!
Court set, volleyball enthusiasts at the ready, all that was missing was the sand to make GB Beach Volleyball star Chris Gregory feel completely at home! Raeesa Mukhtar went down to see Chris continue to inspire young people to try new sports at Wanstead Leisure Centre on Wednesday (11 December). Before the court flooded with …
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