Monday 14 November 2011
Just a Mo’! Raising awareness of prostate and testicular cancer this Movember
Bethnal Green wins Outstanding Progress Award F o l l o w i n g o n f r o m l a s t w e e k ’s h o p e f u l announcement, Bethnal Green is proud to report that we won the Outstanding Progress Award at the Education Business Awards last week. The glamorous ceremony held at the equally impressive Emirates Stadium (below) was hosted by BBC newsreader Moira Stewart.
Our brave ‘Mo Bros’ (male teachers) have joined forces, put down their razors and are growing moustaches for the duration of November in support of Movember, a month of raising money for and awareness of prostate and testicular cancer. Next week we will be running a ‘Guess Who?’ competition (see above) with some moustache-themed prizes. Check out the school website for more information or visit uk.movember.com to find out more.
The event was attended by a range of schools from all over the country including teachers from channel 4 documentary Educating Essex to our relative neighbours Sir John Cass. More photos, quotes and news coverage from channel 4 and The Independent will be appearing on our website very soon. We are thrilled that the fantastic improvements we have made as a school over the past few years have been recognised nationally but as always we are looking to the future, striving to make our best even better again.
Street Life CitySafe Day of Action sees local shops sign up to safety campaign As part of our CitySafe Day of Action, students from Bethnal Green and students from local primary school Thomas Buxton took to the streets to spread the word about the new CitySafe Haven campaign and ask local businesses to sign up to join the group. The initial aim of the project is to encourage our community to report 100% of crime. The more often we report it, the better it can be dealt with and that will help make our community a safer place. Thank you to everyone that took part and signed up. There are more plans in the pipeline so watch this space or visit www.citizensuk.org/category/citysafecampaign to stay up-to-date.
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