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1Hull: The family friendlycity where no child is left behind

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Welcome to Buzz!page 2

Spotlight onSirius Academypage 4

BSF Rounduppage 6

Sir Henry Cooper pupilsHave Their Saypage 8

GCSE Results: TheCitys Best Ever!page 10

Dont ask others.Ask me!page 12

Whats been happeningin Hull?page 14

Please email us your name, age, school and answer to thequestion tobsf@hullcc.gov.uk

Competition closes on 30 November 2009. Tickets will be valid forup to six people. Tickets provided courtesy of Hull Truck.

DO YOU WANT THE CHANCE TO WINTICKETS FOR YOUR WHOLE FAMILYTO A HULL TRUCK PRODUCTION?

Buzz is the new BSFtermly newsletter forall pupils, staff and thewider community inHull.

The BSF programmewill manage the hugesum of 465m from

the Government andthe City Council. Thisproject aims to transformteaching and learning inHull. All secondary andspecial schools and someprimary schools will

be either rebuilt orre-modelled.

This money is aimed atimproving your school,your education and yourfuture.

We want to make sure

your views and opinionsabout the BSF project areheard and give you thechance to be involved.

welcome to buzz

When we asked What is important to you in yourschools? you said:

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Spaces we can allshare -Ganton Special

School pupil

Shatter resistantglass, because

this will be safe.

- Kelvin Hall pupil

Bigger spaces and moreaccessibility. - Oakeld

Special School pupil

Modern and futuristic

designs - Sydney Smithpupil from the Education

Service for Hearing and Vision

Restaurant-style diningspaces with comfy seating

- Malet Lambert pupil

Clean toilets with good

sinks and mirrors

- Pickering High School

(now Sirius Academy) pupil

We want to play cricket

- Endike Primary School pupil

QUIZ

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QuiteAdept@

fickr.com

Then answer this question: How much BSF money is beingspent to transform teaching and learning in Hull?

Answer

Name

Age

School

This document can be made available in other formats (large print, audio and Braille asappropriate). Please telephone (01482) 300300.

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Pickering High School became Sirius Academy on7th September 2009.

SPOTLIGHT:

SIRIUS ACADEMY, GANTON

SPECIAL SCHOOL AND ESHV

Ganton Special School and the Education Servicefor Hearing and Vision (ESHV) will be co-located onthe same site to create the new West Hull CommunityLearning Village.

For those of you who dontknow, the name Sirius waschosen by Year7 pupil DezGreenwoodas it is thebrightest star inthe night sky.

DezGreenwood

Sirius Academyschool uniform

Facilities at the new learning village will include:

These fantastic facilities are a great example of howwe can work with you to fnd out how you want your

school to take shape.

There are plans tobuild a new primary schoolnearby for Tilbury andBethune Park pupils.

Building is due tostart this Winter, witha completion date ofAutumn 2011.

COOL NEW Facilities:

Sporting facilitiessuch as six court sportshall, three Multi UseGames Areas (MUGAs)and a 3G sports pitchfor pupils and the localcommunity.

An eco-dome tosupport environmentalsciences.

Specialist areas suchas dance studios anda hair & beauty salon insuspended pods

Constructionworkshops

Relaxing sensorygardens

A hydrotherapy pool

The Sirius design concept- central heart space

mainentrance

courtyard

sciencepod

Balfour Beatty has won the contract to build thenew Sirius Academy and a primary school.

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NORTHERN AREAIMPROVEMENT PLAN:

Headboy and Headgirl, Alex and Hollie,from Sir Henry Cooper School went to theGuildhall to speak at Planning Committee.Read the full story on page 8.

East

West

University

Newland

Myton

Avenue

Newington

St. Andrews

Boothferry

Pickering

Derringham

Bricknell

Beverley

Orchard Park& Greenwood

Kings Park

BransholmeWest

BransholmeEast

Sutton

Holderness

Ings

Longhill

SouthcoatesEast

SouthcoatesWest

Drypool

Marfleet

North

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BSF ROUNDUP:

TILBURY / BETHUNE / GANTON:

New school, new vision, new opportunities.Developing new schools and community facilities in West Hull.

Plans to replace Tilbury Primary School and Bethune Park PrimarySchool with a brand new school on Burnham Road were approved on

9th September by members of the City Councils Cabinet.

This decision will see around 10m invested in a new primary school toaccommodate all 480 pupils currently attending the two existing primaryschools including children with a hearing impairment and places for theprimary-aged department of Ganton Special School. The proposals fallunder the Primary Capital Programme that will see 65million invested inprimary schools across the city.

Work has already started with parents, residents, staff, governors,children and young people to shape the designs for the new schoolbuilding. The new primary school, alongside the new Sirius Academy,Ganton Special School (secondary department) and Education Servicefor Hearing and Vision (ESHV) will form the West Hull CommunityLearning Village, creating new opportunities for local people.

ARCHBISHOP SENTAMUACADEMY:

Plans for a new academy buildingnext to the Freedom Centre willsoon be unveiled.

ASHWELL PUPIL REFERRAL UNIT:

Staff and pupils at Ashwell, a pupil referral unitin east Hull are cooking up a storm after theopening of their new state-of-the-art kitchenlearning zone, jointly funded by the school andBSF.

WINIFRED HOLTBY /TWEENDYKES:

Plans for a new (co-located)Winifred Holtby andTweendykes school will soon beunveiled

KELVIN HALL:Design work is already underwayfor a new Kelvin Hall School.

Selecting our new Partners: After a year-long competition, BSF is about to select either Balfour Beatty or Esteem to be our new partners, to design and build all the remaining BSF schools. We hope to announce the winner on 4th November 2009!

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On Wednesday 9thSeptember, pupilsfrom Sir Henry Cooper

joined the BSF Teamand local residents atthe Guildhall to attendPlanning Committee.They wanted to fnd

out whether the outline

planning application tobuild a new Academyon Princess ElizabethPlaying Fields inNorthern Area would beapproved.

In total, 21 people spoke insupport of the application,including Sir Henry CooperHead Girl Hollie Crooks (15)and Head Boy Alex Carter(15.)

After a three hour debate,Planning Committee votedin favour of the application.

Hollie said The decisionhas taken a long time butit was worth it in the endbecause this will beneftour community.

Alex addedWe werespeaking on behalf ofall pupils at Sir HenryCooper School becausethe school wont justbe for us but the wholecommunity with topsport facilities thateveryone will be able touse.

Joining Alex and Holliewere a group of Year 9

pupils who took part inconsultation over theplans earlier this year.Jack Ryan, MichaelWhite, Joshua Wright andBronwyn Hawkins

all aged 13 sat in thegallery to show theirsupport and await theverdict. Their views can beread in the letters opposite.

SIR HENRY COOPER PUPILS HAVE THEIR SAY... DIARY EXCERPTS:

ON 9TH SEPTEMBER WE WENT TO THEGUILDHALL TO GET PLANNING PERMISSION TO

BUILD A NEW SCHOOL ON PRINCESS ELIZABETH

PLAYING FIELDS Jack Ryan, Year 9

WE WERE THERE TO SUPPORT HOLLie AND ALEXWHEN THEY SPOKE. IT WAS REALLY NERVE

RACKING. MANY PEOPLE HAD IDEAS AND POINTS,

BUT IN THE END, THE IDEA OF THE NEW ACADEMY

WAS ACCEPTED. Michael White, Year 9

I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE OBJECTORS ARESAYING BUT I THINK AN ACADEMY WOULD BE

A GOOD IDEA, AS IT WOULD HAVE A wider

CATCHMENT AREA. AFTER MUCH DEBATING, SIR

HENRY COOPER GAINED PERMISSION.Bronwyn Hawkins, Year 9

WE MOVED INTO THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, WHEREAFTER A LONG TIME AND A LOT OF DEBATING,

THE FINAL DECISION WAS THAT THE SCHOOL WILL

BE BUILT. Joshua Wright, Year 9

Of those consulted 83% of adults and 95%of children and young people were in

support of the proposals being put forward.

95%yes

no dont knowYOUNG PEOPLE: LOCAL RESIDENTS:

83%yes

no

dont know

Question:Are you in favour of the Northern proposals?

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GCSE RESULTS; THE CITY'S BEST EVER!7% UP ON LAST YEAR with Five or more A*-C PASSES INCLUDING ENGLISH ANDMATHS!

On 27 August, the citycelebrated its best everGCSE results with over37 per cent of pupilsachieving fve or more

A*-C GCSEs, includingEnglish and maths. This

is an increase of morethan seven per centfrom last year.

Head teachers, pupilsand parents were invitedto a celebration event atthe Guildhall, along withthe Deputy Lord Mayor,Cllr Dave Gemmell,Nigel Richardson,Judith Harwood and Cllr

Christine Randall, PortfolioHolder for Education andChildrens Services.

A new lm was premieredwhich featured Year 11pupils preparing for theirexams and attending theirProm nights; followedby speeches, photoopportunities and a buffetlunch.

Speaking at the eventCharlotte, who achieved8Bs and 7Cs, said that herresults were far better thanshe could have dreamedof and she was over themoon! She will now takeA-Levels at WilberforceCollege and is hoping to goto University.

Fiona was thrilled aftergaining 1A, 2Bs and 8Cs and is still waiting forthe results of her BTECapprenticeship in Businessand Administration. Fionais also taking A-Levels atWilberforce College andthen planning to go toUniversity.

Both girls are studentsat Archbishop SentamuAcademy, which has beenopen for a year now, andhad very positive thingsto say about the manychanges at the school.They both agreed thatlessons had improved andthey liked the new uniformand said it made them feel

proud to be a student atthe Academy. They saidthat students and staffworked better togetherand that it felt like a realcommunity.

Charlotte said that shehad beneted from mathsintervention classes andfelt that without them shewouldnt have achieved apass in maths. She alsosaid that students sat lotsof practice papers and this

really helped her to getover the fear she had ofexams.

Chris Mulqueen (VicePrincipal) added:

Obviously the Academyhas seen great changesthroughout the year.We have been able

to provide resourcesspecifcally tailored tomeet the needs of ourstudents. Reduced classsizes, 3D ICT packagesand interventionprogrammes havehad a huge impacton the learning of ourstudents. There is nowa real awareness ofachievement in ourstudents and theirambition to succeed isclear.

ACADEMY STUDENTS MAKE THE GRADE

Charlotte Hunter and Fiona Houghton students at

Archbishop Sentamu Academy with Principal, Andrew

Chubb

Todays results are fantastic. We have madea good start towards achieving the eight pledgesset out in the Hull Challenge one of which is thatby 2012 the majority of our young people will leaveschool with at least five A* - C passes.Nigel Richardson, Director of Children and Young

Peoples ServicesThis is a fantasticachievement for thecity and although westill have a long way togo, these results give usthe platform from whichto improve in the comingyears.Judith Harwood,Head of Learning Leisure& Achievement.Celebrating with Deputy Lord Mayor, Cllr Dave Gemmell.

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Hull pupil, Wesley Trowell (16),is the face of See me, notthe chair; a poster campaignled by a group of pupils ofEndeavour High School.

Supported by the ACE projectand working with the nationalcharity SCOPE, the grouphas designed a series of threeposters highlighting three coremessages:

See me, not the chair.

Enable me, dont disable me.

Dont ask Others, Ask me!

CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE:Wesley joined a group of 30pupils from schools acrossthe city who attended aBSF Learning Partnershipevent at the end of lastterm.

At the event, held in theFreedom Centre on PrestonRoad, the group of youngpeople heard from bothBalfour Beatty and Esteem,the two companies tryingto win the main contractfor the 465million BSFscheme in Hull.

Reecting on his day withthe bidders and the BSFteam, Wesley had thefollowing comments:

This is an exciting timefor Hull, and a greatopportunity to createdecent schools that we

want to go to. Im reallypleased to have beeninvolved in this fantasticchance to change Hullfor the better!

I spoke to bothcompanies about howimportant it was for

schools to have widecorridors and be fullyaccessible for youngpeople with disabilities.Both were reallyenthusiastic about theproject and Hull!

The feedback providedby children and youngpeople at the event is partof a wider programmeof activities to make sureyoung people are at theheart of the BSF project.

KEY WORDS:

BidderThe company or group

of companies who

will be given the job

of building the new

schools in Hull.

The LearningPartnership

A group of heads,

teachers, governors and

key individuals who help

shape education across

the city.So, the BSF team did just that!

The BSF team speak to loads of children and youngpeople in Hull to fnd out whats happening in their

lives. This issue we speak to Wesley Trowell (16), fromthe See me, not the chair campaign.

check out Wesley,featured on theposter

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WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING IN HULL?FREEDOM FESTIVAL/CLIPPER: 12TH-13TH SEPTEMBER 2009

Ellie Scott and Christine Lamb

fnding out more about the

new BSF school designs.

Around 100,000 peoplevisited Hull on the 12thand 13th September forthe hugely successfulFreedom Festival.

This unique celebrationof Freedom saw the citycome to life with liveperformances of chart-topping music, internationalart installations, colourfuldance displays and the

awesome sight of a eet ofClipper yachts beginningtheir round-the-worldjourney.

The free three-dayextravaganza included arange of fantastic musicacts - including PeterAndre, The Saturdays,Alesha Dixon, Florenceand the Machine and JLSwho performed on three

main stages around the citycentre over the weekend.Visitors with youngchildren could even headto the beach as arc, theindependent organisationthat promotes and fostersquality in architecture andpublic space, had createdits very own beach area;complete with sandcastlearchitecture and seasidememory activities.

The beach was verypopular, especially as thesun shone all day andthe children could makesandcastles and cool offwith an ice-cream. TheBSF team was on handto show people the newdesigns of Sirius Academyand Ganton Special Schooland to hand out essentialsandcastle ags!

The Hull & Humber

Clipper leaving Hull

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY 2009

16TH OCTOBER

20th october

22ND october

2ND NOVEMBER

3RD NOVEMBER

16TH-20THNOVEMBER

Visioning Day for staffand Governors of Tilbury,Bethune and Gantonschools

Young PeoplesParliament

Kelvin Hall CommunityConsultation Event

Visioning Day for staffand Governors of Endikeschool

Sirius School Council

Global EntrepreneurshipWeek

...And dont forget

26th OCTOBER

4th NOVEMBER

Half Term

Hull announces whichof the two remainingbidders will be selectedto design and build HullsBSF schools.

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THE NEXT BUZZ WILL BE ARRIVING TO YOU HOT OFF THE BSF PRESS

AT THE END OF JANUARY 2010.We really want you to get involved in as many aspectsof the planning, decision making and design aspossible so that we understand what you expect froma future learning environment. We are here to supportyou and your understanding of the BSF Programme sothat:

You understand what the BSF programme meansto you

How and where you can get involved

How we can share relevant feedback andupdates with you

Please keep in touch. We wouldwelcome any comments you have aboutthis magazine or BSF in general.

Building Schools for the Future2nd Floor, King William House,

Lowgate, Hull,HU1 1RS

01482 616561 | bsf@hullcc.gov.ukwww.buildingourfuture.co.uk

Hull: The family friendlycity where no child is left behind