Families urged to follow public health guidance as summer holidays begin 16th July 2020 Families in Hull are being urged to continue to follow public health guidance as summer holidays begin. More than 5,000 pupils have attended school each day through July, with 4,500 in primary schools on a daily basis, in keyworker bubbles, Reception, Year 1 and Year 6, and 600 students attended secondary schools in Year 10. […] Read more Children and families Coronavirus Education and Learning News Councillor Clark
Search on for young presenters for online Freedom Festival 13th July 2020 The Big Malarkey Festival is on the hunt for young people to be the faces of an exciting online programme as part of this year’s Freedom Festival. The Reset Lab will be broadcast live from the Makerspace at Hull Central Library and will include workshops with award-winning illustrators and authors, as well as discussions and […] Read more Children and families Education and Learning Leisure & Culture News What's on Freedom FestivalFreedom Festival Arts TrustHull LibrariesMikey MartinsReset LabThe Big Malarkey Festival
Secondary schools developing online learning for pupils 3rd July 2020 Secondary schools in Hull have been developing how they deliver online learning to pupils. Secondary schools have remained open for key worker and vulnerable children only since the end of March, and have now invited back some pupils from year 10 from the end of June. The majority of students across secondary schools remain learning […] Read more Children and families Coronavirus Education and Learning News Councillor ClarkHull Learning PartnershipKelvin Hall SchoolMalet Lambert SchoolOn-line learning
Children in Hull to be given laptops after £10k donation 2nd July 2020 Children that are looked after by Hull City Council are to receive laptops following a donation from Hull Esteem Consortium. A donation of £10,000 for the purchase of 20 laptops for children in the city has been made by Dalmore Capital, the majority stakeholder in the Esteem Consortium. The devices are to be given to […] Read more Children and families Coronavirus Education and Learning News Councillor ClarkEducationEsteem ConsortiumLearningLearning Partnership
New Broadacre Primary School now a step closer 30th June 2020 The construction of the new Broadacre Primary School has taken a step forward. The project, which will see the existing building demolished and replaced, has now approved by the Regional Schools Commissioner. The new build will provide 630 pupil places – 210 more places than the existing building – for children in the North Carr […] Read more Children and families Coronavirus Education and Learning News Broadacre Primary SchoolCouncillor ClarkEducationHull Schools and Learning Partnership
Up to £10k funding available for projects to reduce crime or support victims 25th June 2020 The Safer Hull Partnership is offering grants of up to £10,000 for projects that reduce crime or support victims of crime. The Hull Crime Reduction Fund is open to applications from not-for-profit groups across the city until 31 July. The fund is administered by the Safer Hull Partnership with funding from the Office of the […] Read more Children and families Community and Living News Crime Reduction FundPolice and Crime CommissionerSafer Hull Partnership
500 vulnerable children in Hull to receive wellbeing packs 23rd June 2020 Five hundred more vulnerable children in Hull and East Yorkshire will be given help during the coronavirus pandemic in the shape of a handy wellbeing pack. The packs are being distributed by Hull and East Yorkshire Children’s University to help children with school work and their mental health. Since coronavirus measures were introduced in late […] Read more Children and families News Hull and East Yorkshire Children’s UniversityNHSNHS Hull CCG
Children in Hull to receive laptops to support learning 22nd June 2020 Children in Hull will be given laptops to support their learning. About 1,200 laptops are to be distributed by the city’s schools to disadvantaged children who do not have access to electronic devices. Children who are in care or those who have a social worker will be prioritised, but schools will also give laptops to […] Read more Children and families Coronavirus Education and Learning News Hull Schools and Learning Partnership
More than 4,000 pupils now attending Hull primary schools each day 19th June 2020 The number of primary pupils attending schools in Hull continues to increase as secondary schools phase a wider opening to pupils. The number of vulnerable children attending primary schools has risen fourfold since March, increasing from 167 attending at least once a week in March to 757 in June. Pupils attending nursery, reception, year one […] Read more Children and families Coronavirus News Hull Schools and Learning Partnership
Return to Hull school ‘gone smoothly’ as pupils, parents and teachers happy to be back 5th June 2020 Hull schools have now opened to a wider number of pupils, in nursery, reception, year one and year six. Helen Miller, principal at Kingswood Parks primary school, said: ‘The wider opening of the school has gone very smoothly. Both staff and pupils have quickly settled into a new routine. As a school we appreciate the […] Read more Children and families Education and Learning News Department for EducationEducationHull Schools and Learning PartnershipKingswood Parks Primary School
Look Say Sing Play campaign helping young families in lockdown 3rd June 2020 A baby brain-building campaign for Hull parents of children aged under-two has proven such a success that it is now to be rolled out nationally. The city was one of the first areas to roll out the Look, Say, Sing Play campaign, which aims to empower and highlight to parents the brain-building benefits that everyday […] Read more Children and families Coronavirus News CCGLook Say Sing PlayNSPCC
Thousands of pounds of period products donated by Hull organisations 2nd June 2020 Thousands of pounds worth of period products have been donated by Hull organisations to help those struggling during lockdown. Charities, supermarkets, health providers and communities all responded to a request for donations made by The Warren and Hull’s Health and Wellbeing Board Chair. Councillor Hester Bridges, Hull’s Health and Wellbeing Board Chair and The Warren […] Read more Children and families News Public Health FareShareHull Health and Wellbeing BoardThe Warren
