Try out instruments at Albemarle open day and go backstage at Hull Truck 15th June 2022 The Albemarle Music Centre, in partnership with Hull Truck Theatre, are holding an open day this Saturday, 11am to 4pm. Everyone is welcome to come along to try out instruments, including string, brass and woodwind instruments, as well as steel pan music and DJ workshops at the Albemarle. There are also three events for people […] Read more Children and families Community and Living Education and Learning News What's on Albemarle Music CentreCouncillor mike rossHull Truck Theatre
Music for Youth final sees five ensembles from Hull compete 13th June 2022 Five ensembles from Hull have made it through to the national finals of Music for Youth. Hymers Junior School Years 6 choir, Albemarle Stringtastic, Albemarle Chamber Ensemble, SpiritU’ll and Hull Youth Jazz Orchestra have all made it through the regional heat performing alongside ensembles from across the region. Some of the groups will head to […] Read more Children and families Education and Learning News Albemarle Music CentreCouncillor mike rossHull Music ServiceMusic for Youth
Bellfield Primary School becomes first in the city to celebrate active travel success 6th June 2022 A Hull primary school is the first in the city to achieve a national accreditation after implementing ten sustainable travel measures to support active travel to and from the school. Bellfield Primary School received a bronze accreditation as part of the Modeshift STARS programme, which offers training to children and young people to develop their […] Read more Children and families News Transport & Streets active travelBellfied Primary SchoolFirst Step SportsModeshift STARS
Hull to get its own version of Sesame Street 26th May 2022 The iconic American TV series Sesame Street is coming to Humber Street this summer with a Hull twist. From Wednesday 29 June, Humber Street Gallery, run by Absolutely Cultured, will present contemporary artist Harold Offeh’s new exhibition, Hull Television Workshop. Influenced by Sesame Workshop (SW), the American non-profitorganisation that produced Sesame Street, Offeh will facilitate […] Read more Children and families Leisure & Culture News What's on Harold OffehHull artsHull Television WorkshopHumber Street GalleryINTER_CHANGE
Free school meal vouchers for 12,500 families to help with cost of living 24th May 2022 Hull City Council has announced that children who live in Hull and are currently receiving free school meals will receive food vouchers worth £15 over the May half-term week. Around 12,500 families currently receive free school meals in Hull. These families will be sent a text or an email asking them to choose the supermarket […] Read more Children and families Education and Learning News Free school mealsHousehold Support Scheme
Child car safety workshops piloted across Hull 23rd May 2022 This week, parents and carers throughout Hull have a unique opportunity to meet child seat experts to learn more about how to keep their children safer in cars. New child car safety workshops are being piloted in children’s centres across Hull and provided by Good Egg Safety, an internationally awarded non-profit organisation funded by Government […] Read more Children and families News Transport & Streets Children's centresroad safety
Pupils give tour of new Broadacre Primary School 20th May 2022 Pupils moved into the new Broadacre Primary School in March and the school is now holding an official opening and celebration day looking at life in the new school. A video showcases the journey of the building of the school, to the children moving in; including children writing their names on steel beams and the […] Read more Children and families Education and Learning News Broadacre Primary SchoolCouncillor Linda TockEducationHull Esteem ConsortiumHull SchoolsSewell Construction
Bumper Jubilee weekend event coming to Hull 10th May 2022 A free four-day fun-packed family event will come to Hull this June to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. The council has today published a decision record that will allocate funds for the event, which will take place from Thursday 2 – Sunday 5 June to coincide with the extended bank holiday weekend. Seventy years since […] Read more Children and families Civic Leisure & Culture News What's on City centreeventfamily funGarry TaylorJubilee eventQueens Jubilee
Could you foster a child? Fostering information sessions in Hull this week 9th May 2022 Hull Fostering is supporting Foster Care Fortnight, 9 to 22 May, highlighting the commitment, passion and dedication of foster carers, and also the need for more foster carers to help care for children in Hull. The theme of Foster Care Fortnight 2022 is fostering communities, enabling children to stay with foster families local to […] Read more Children and families News Foster care fortnightFostering communitiesFostering information sessions
Third consecutive positive Ofsted monitoring visit reports improvements in children’s services in Hull 9th May 2022 Ofsted has published findings of a monitoring visit into children’s social care in Hull, focusing on the services and support provided to young people who have experienced care. Ofsted inspectors reported positively about the strategic and individual plans that in place for care experienced young people, that young people are well engaged in developing plans, and […] Read more Children and families News children's serviceschildren's social careOfsted
East Park splash pad reopens for summer of fun 29th April 2022 The splash pad at East Park reopens this Saturday (30 April). The facility will be 10am to 6pm on weekends and through school holidays, until the last weekend in September. The splash pad has 43 water jets providing a mixture of different play features that include rooster tails, geysers, ground gushers and spray caps for […] Read more Children and families News East park splash pad
Investment announced to increase school places and improve provision for pupils with SEND 25th April 2022 Hull City Council has announced additional funding for pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), which will see an increase in the number of school places in the city. This will include increased provision at: Rise Academy; £450,000 to create additional places, subject to approval from the Regional Schools Commissioner, and expand the age range […] Read more Children and families Education and Learning News Hull Learning PartnershipHull SEND strategyMulti-academy trustsschool place planning boardSEND sufficiencyspecial educational needs or disabilities
