14-19

Bent Architect present:
FROG MAN by Mick Martin
‘Surreal, twisted and absolutely funny’ – Edinburgh Guide
Friday 22nd June @ 6.30 pm, Caedmon Hall.
Following on from a highly successful run at this years’ Edinburgh Fringe Festival and a one off (entirely sold out!) performance at Wakefield Arts Centre in October, Frog Man is on the loose once again in 2007!
From a suburban nightmare to sub aquatic bliss – this is a story of love, bullying and the turgid waters of domestic life. It begins one fateful afternoon down by the canal when Kenny and Kelly, two ordinary kids, steal Adrian Dunfor’s kite and their game goes horribly wrong…

Now Kenny is a police frogman and Kelly has dreadful asthma. They live at 46 Sunnybrook Meadow and drive a 4x4 in case anyone tries to murder them on the way to the supermarket. But that afternoon is with them still...

“Wonderfully sardonic pitch-black comedy. Witty one-liners abound throughout… Glorious and innovative - left me breathless�
Three Weeks Magazine
“George Orwell meets Nick Hornby, but with a plus…�
The Observer
Written by award winning MICK MARTIN, (Once Upon A Time In Wigan, The Life & Times of Young Bob Scallion) and directed by JUDE WRIGHT.
Frog Man is very funny - but with dark and at times disturbing overtones. The production appeals to established drama attendees and new audiences alike. It carries the personal recommendation of Alison Andrews, Arts Council Yorkshire Performance Arts Officer amongst others.
This show is suitable for audiences aged 14 upwards.
Running time approx 70 minutes
To book telephone the Caedmon Hall, Gateshead Central Library on 0191 433 8420

There's a huge range of activies to occupy early years, children and young people this half term at centres across Gateshead.

There are 'Water Activities' at Gateshead Leisure Centre, Birtley, Dunston, Felling and Blaydon Swimming Pools, including Aquagames, Tots and Toys and a Rookie Lifeguard Course.

Four day sports activity weeks will be taking place at Birtley and Gateshead Leisure Centres.

Additional holiday activities include Tri golf, Street/Urban Dancing, Ski tasters, Mountain biking, sledging, and sheep shearing, as well as loads more.

The link below has full details and contact information.
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Do something different with your Sarurday night...This is a one off event in Newcastle and Gateshead on Saturday 19th May and is an amazing celebration of the international 'Museums at Night' Festival.
Fifteen venues across Gateshead and Newcastle will be opening their doors from 7-11pm and will be, 'bursting with culture'!
Free buses will transport you to venues throughout the evening.
I think this sounds fantastic! All of the participating venues and events are on the website:

http://www.thelateshows.org.uk/home/

Discover more about your ancestors and the area in which they lived. Buy bargain local history books and ask the experts.

Saturday 19th May 2007 at Caedmon Hall, Central Library. The event is FREE.
For more information contact the Local History Librarian for Gateshead, Anthea Lang on 0191 433 8403 or anthealang@gateshead.gov.uk

For the fifth year running, Local History Month is underway. The month began on Monday 30th April and will end on Sunday 27 May. There are over 70 events which take place at various venues throughout Gateshead. They include walks, talks, film shows and family history events. For more information call Central Library on 0191 433 8420 or Gateshead Visitors Centre 0191 477 5380, details on the different events are in the link below.
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Help make your school bloom. Enter the Gateshead Council Summer Garden Competition and your schools’ efforts could be recognised whilst helping improve Gateshead’s environment for all to enjoy.

There are 3 area competitions to enter covering the whole of Gateshead each with the category – Best Kept Garden/ Class project. This category is open to all Nursery, Primary, Secondary and Special schools in the area.

For further information contact Events Unit, Gateshead Council,
Sport & Leisure, Old Town Hall, West Street, Gateshead, NE8 1HE, or telephone 0191 433 6900.

Artist Karen Johnson will be bringing her first exhibition back to her native North East from Saturday 24 March - Saturday 12 May 2007.

Gateshead’s Gallery, based at Central Library on Prince Consort Road, will be hosting the free exhibition, which explores how a family cope with disability.

The show explores the life of Karen's son Jamie, a child with downs syndrome, from birth to age seven. The ups and downs of family life are chronicled using modern photography.

The Gallery is open from 9am - 7pm Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri, 9am - 5pm Wed and 9am - 1pm Sat. The Gallery is closed on Bank Holidays. For more details call the Arts Development Team on 0191 433 6927.

From Gateshead Council Sport and Leisure Team

Get the kids active this Easter at one of the many courses planned across all our leisure facilities.
There’s something for everyone, from football, basketball, hockey, skiing, rugby, swimming and lots, lots more!
If the kids are water babies, then there’s plenty of water activities too. Whether they’re learning to swim or want to take part in Aqua Games. They can even learn lifeguarding skills at one of our Rookie Lifeguard Courses taking place at Gateshead Leisure Centre and Dunston Pool. All this and more!
For full details on all courses and activities contact your local leisure facility or visit www.gateshead.gov.uk
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These documents, from the National Youth Agency, came via the Education Forum at Arts Council, England.

The 'Hear by Right' framework (standards for the active involvement of children and young people) including planning and mapping tools.

If you would like to participate in and contribute to the Hear by Right mapping exercise please feel free to complete the attached template and email activeinvolvement@nya.org.uk

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For 14 to 25 year-olds, but hurry, the deadline is Friday 13th of October.

This year Arts Council England, North East is sponsoring the Arts Achievement award in the Evening Chronicle's Young Achiever Awards 2006. The awards are aimed at identifying and celebrating the achievements of young people who have been successful in a number of different areas.

What are the awards?
The Evening Chronicle Young Achiever Awards were launched in 2001 and have gone from strength to strength, with over 180 entries received for last year's event. The awards aim to champion and highlight the success of children and young people in the specific categories and to create positive role models who will serve as an inspiration to others. The awards are promoted heavily within the Chronicle and culminate in an awards ceremony on 5 December 2006.

Arts Achievement category
This award is aimed at a young person whose work within the arts (broadcast, dance, film & video, photography, literature, visual arts, drama, music, new media, craft, etc) has enabled them to fulfil goals they would not normally have expected to achieve. This could be through delivering an arts project within the community, achieving something of exceptional standard or achieving something through the arts which has helped to change their lifestyle or career plans.

Who's eligible?
The awards are open to young people aged between 14 and 25 years and resident in the North East. These could be young people undertaking the Arts Award, in Creative Partnership schools, local colleges, universities, your son/daughter/niece/nephew/brother/sister.

Prizes:
The winner of the category will receive a special trophy and £1000.

Two runners up which each receive £250 and a certificate.

Form attached...
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It's fast becoming the park with something for everyone, and Saltwell Park will soon have new football and basketball courts funded jointly by Gateshead Council, Barclays Spaces for Sports, Groundwork and the Football Foundation. There will also be organised sporting activities on the site, programmed by Nacro, the national charity which works in local communities to give young people more direction in their spare time.
For more on Saltwell Park, go to: http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/Leisure%20and%20Culture/Saltwell%20Park/Home.aspx
Nacro's home page: http://www.nacro.org.uk/

Join the region’s largest mobile showcase of north east business…

This summer you have the opportunity to join the region’s largest ever mobile showcase of north east business.

Aspire – through the North East Really Delivers (nerd) campaign – will be out and about on a double-decker bus throughout July and August, which will be jam-packed with career information, competitions and fun activities to let the region’s young people know about the exciting and varied opportunities for them in the north east.

To support the tour, nerd will be on the look-out for organisations from a range of different sectors to come aboard and demonstrate that the north east really is the place to work, study and ultimately to succeed.

Whether you’re looking to recruit, would like the opportunity to promote your organisation to young people, businesses and parents across the region, or just feel passionately about letting young people know that they don’t need to leave the region in order to achieve their potential, then nerd would love to hear from you.

The bus will be making the following stops this summer after having already visited Durham and Northumberland:

Stockton Int’l Riverside Festival Friday 4th August
Newcastle, Haymarket Friday 11th August
Sunderland City Centre Thursday 24th August

Taking part in the tour is absolutely free and there are a number of ways in which your organisation can get involved:

• Nominate yourself or one of your colleagues to come aboard the bus to tell young people about opportunities in your business or what it’s like to be part of your industry sector.
• Sign-up for one of our career ‘demo slots’ to provide a practical demonstration of what your company does or the sort of work you’re involved in. For example, this could involve a demo of how you make one of your products.
• Provide information about career, training or work experience opportunities in your organisation to be displayed on the bus.
• Donate promotional materials for use in the tour’s goody bags or a prize to be offered as part of the tour’s online competition.

This list is by no means exhaustive and we would love to hear any suggestions you might have about how your organisation can get involved. Let us know by registering at www.nerd-world.co.uk/tour, emailing us at comeaboard@nerd-world.org or by giving Danielle a call on 0191 261 1333.

A summer drama school for young women.
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You can no log on, find out what the ideal virtual school looks and sounds like on the Virtual Vision website and post a comment (scrolling to the Explore menu (right hand side) and clicking onto 'Thoughts and Ideas'):

Click onto:
www.virtual-vision.org

Virtual Vision - Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd of June 2006

We invite you to review our flagship project, where Gateshead teachers worked one-to-one with our Cultural Partners to create a virtual creative school, creative curriculum and creative management model.

TVYP is an excellent educational and development scheme open to 18 - 21 year olds that provides the opportunity of free training for a career in Television. Each year it offers 150 successful applicants access to top industry professionals and gives them a comprehensive introduction to TV, through masterclasses, workshops and careers talks. It takes place from 24-28 August 2006, alongside MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival. With the exception of travel to Edinburgh, all expenses are paid. See www.tvyp.co.uk for more information on how to apply. Closing date for entries is Friday 5 May 2006.
For further details, read on...

SOUNDS UNFAMILIAR?
Open schools workshop and lecture
Thursday 16 March at 2.30pm
King's Hall, Armstrong Building
Newcastle University

Read on for full details...

The Centre for Public Policy Seminars is holding the following event:

Delivering Effective 14-19 Collaboration
"How can we achieve profound change in the education system to deliver the 14-19 entitlement? How can diverse and autonomous institiutions best work in collaboration?"

Thursday 30th March 2006
at The Royal Commonwealth Society, London

Delegate price £345 + VAT
School delegate price £295 +VAT

Telephone: 01422 845004
Email: info@cppseminars.org.uk
website: www.cppseminars.org.uk

A date for your diary: bookings are now being taken for the 2006 INSET:

Creativity & Achievement: Inspirational Resources for Schools
Discovery Museum
Tuesday 21st March

Combine excellence in teaching with enjoyment in learning and find out more about improving your school’s access to cultural resources. ‘Creativity and Achievement’ is an INSET opportunity for all teachers, student teachers and support staff to find out more about all 11 of Tyne & Wear Museums’ venues.

Early Years, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, A/AS Level, INSET

Art, Citizenship, Design Technology, Geography, History, ICT, Literacy, Numeracy, Science

You will have the chance to:

• Investigate curriculum links from Foundation Stage to KS4 and beyond.

• Try out activities, handle objects and explore the ‘Boxes of Delight’ loans service

• Get tips on how to use objects in your teaching

• Find out about booking visits

• Discover more about our ICT and web-based museum resources

• Participate in 4 themed workshops

Book now to avoid disappointment!
Please contact the Learning Team at Discovery Museum for further details.
0191 232 6789.
http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/schools/resources/details.php?id=465&events=true

MY HOME: OUR PLACE Nov 2005 - April 2006
November 2005 - April 2006
www.myhomeourplace.com

Northern Architecture presents a programme of public talks, seminars, discussions, workshops and exhibitions, which invite you to take a closer look at the places we live and asks how we create better housing and neighbourhoods in the North East. Details of events and news will be posted on www.myhomeourplace.com from November 17.
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Stories by the following writers (very likely suitable for your secondary students!):

Chris Bostock
Ellen Phethean
June Portlock

Tuesday 20th September 2005
at 7.00pm
Caedmon Hall
Central Library
Gateshead

FREE
Tickets available from the Box Office on 0191 433 8420.

This event is part of the Council's Leviathan programme, to celebrate the International Rivers and Sea Festivals.

A wealth of events in the forthcoming term.
For secondary students there is a series of free Cafe Culture events including:
"What can Science learn from Art?" at BALTIC's cafe, 19th Sept. 8pm.
"Contemporary Visual Art" at The Cluny, Lime Street, Ouseburn, 20th Sept. 7pm.
"Low Budget Film-making" Central Square, Forth Street, Newcastle, 21st Sept. 7.30pm.
For more Cafe Culture information telephone 0191 241 8614

The University Public Lecture Programme is especially relevant for
A-Level students and higher. This term's visiting lecturers include Philip Pullman, Prof. Lewis Wolpert, Prof. Andrew Lambert and Prof. John Merriman. For the full programme, open this link:
www.ncl.ac.uk/press.office/lectures. For Primaries, the link above includes the John H Holmes Memorial Lecture, entitled Young Science - presentations on the real world by a team of young scientists from Newcastle University.

Music, too! Enjoy Mozart, Lizst, Strauss, Gershwin, Stockhausen, Persian folk, Indian classical, and jazz at the King's Hall, Armstrong Building,(opposite the RVI) on Thursdays. The concerts are free and schools are welcome. The full programme is at: www.ncl.ac.uk/sacs/about/music/events

Our thanks to all the staff at the relevant University offices for this advance information.

For 15-25 year olds. A starter pack and grant form are available when you send an A4 stamped addressed envelope to:
CYEC
7 Lion Yard
Tremadoc Road
London
SW4 7NQ
T: 020 7498 6151
F: 020 7622 4365
mail@cyec.org.uk
www.cyec.org.uk
DEADLINE: 23rd September

An award-winnning composition programme for 12-18 year-olds at the Sage Gateshead this August. Spread the word amongst your music students: full details and booking form attached, deadline 8th July.
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Tuesday 28th June
Free
4.30pm-6pm
Shipley Art Gallery
Prince Consort Road
Gateshead

This is a free network facilitated by the North East Regional Museums Hub and open to all art educators in the North East Region who work in the Secondary sector or museums and galleries.

Read on for details and booking...

The deadline to join this new venture at the Tyneside Cinema is Thursday 30th June.
Information and the form are here...
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Unique competition rewards community action

Whitbread PLC is once again launching its search for the best young volunteers in Britain and from 1st June is inviting nominations for the Whitbread Young Achievers awards. The awards celebrate the achievements of young people in four categories - arts, community, environment and sports and are open to young people aged 16-25.
Creative Partnerships is working with Whitbread as their Arts Partner, to encourage nominations in the arts category.

Each category winner will receive a unique prize that includes £2,000 for personal and project development, £250 of leisure vouchers and a unique 12-month follow on support package. For the arts winner, this could mean anything from spending time backstage at a West End play to mentoring or professional help with a fundraising strategy.

This year's winners will be recognised at a celebration event in London, hosted by TV presenter June Sarpong, on 23 November 2005.

For further details and a nomination form, please visit the website at www.whitbreadyoungachievers.co.uk . Nominations close on 15th July 2005.

David Gaffney
Partnerships Officer
Arts Council England, North West
Direct line 0161 827 9223
Mobile 07718525739
David.Gaffney@artscouncil.org.uk

Storytelling and Story-making with Chris Bostock
Saltwell Park Training Centre
Thursday 23rd June
4.00pm-6.00pm
FREE to Gateshead's Cultural Ambassadors (or a stand-in colleague)

Chris Bostock is the Council's Artist in Residence this year and his Ambassadors CPD will be entertaining and relevant to both Primary and Secondary teachers. Refreshments will be provided.
NB: This notice was sent to Ambassadors in their e-bulletin of 26th May.
Twenty places are available. To book, email Barbara-Ann Brown at: barbaraannbrown@gateshead.gov.uk or send a fax with your name and school to same on: 0191 490 1394.

The James Russell Quintet and the Esra Taf Theatre Company present Dylan Thomas's play for voices at Caedmon Hall, Central Library, Prince Consort Road, on Friday the 3rd of June at 7.30pm.
To book, telephone Caedmon Hall Box Office on 0191 433 8420.

First Light funds filmmaking projects involving young people aged 5-18 across the UK. Northern Film & Media in Newcastle is First Light's partner in the North East. We are delighted to welcome the Director, Pip Eldridge, to Newcastle and invite you to learn more about First Light on:
Tuesday April 12, 2005
2-5pm
Northern Film & Media
Central Square, Forth Street.
Find out how you can get involved from Pip Eldridge, a First Light Assessor and recent recipients of funding and see some First Light films made in the North East. Find out how Northern Film & Media can help you apply to First Light.

To register and to receive further details contact Lisa Jones (0191 2699208, lisa@northernmedia.org) or Lorna Partington (0191 2699210, lorna@northernmedia.org)

Lorna Partington
Audience Development Manager
Northern Film & Media

Gordon Brown today announced an extra 12bn of funding for schools and 1.5bn for colleges.

The government has plans to increase the proportion of pupils who stay on after 16 from 70% to 90%, helped by a new 75 pounds-a-week grant to encourage the poorest pupils to stay in school.

Despite the Tomlinson Report, A-Levels and GCSEs are to remain, alongside a new vocational Diploma as Education Minister Ruth Kelly aims to make qualifications more employer and university friendly and courses more challenging to students. Teaching Unions see a continuation of a two-tier education system, while the Institute of Directors and the CBI support the move to improve the current system rather than scrap it.
Ruth Kelly's full statement and the timetable for change can be seen in the education pages on:
www.guardianunlimited.co.uk

Tuesday 18th January, 2pm - 4pm
Central Library, Prince Consort Road
Free.
Ellen Phethean works as a sound artist and poet, playwright and editor. She runs Diamond Twig Press with Julia Darling and is an experienced writer.
Booking is essential: call 0191 433 8420

The Rt Hon Chris Patten gives his Chancellor's Lecture tonight at Newcastle University. With higher education in the news, his title: "British Universities - how can we stay in the top division?" should provide some interesting discussion.
The University Public Lectures Office join our Ambassadors network as the newest Cultural Partner feeding information to Gateshead schools. Their full lecture series covers lectures relevant to children aged 10 and older.
Curtain up tonight at 5:30pm in the Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, opposite Haymarket Metro Station - no tickets or charges for this lecture.

‘Lasers- Light up your life!’
Monday 13 December
Shows at 11.00am and 2.00pm (for one hour)

Dr Karen Bultitude and Dr Ilya Eigenbrot will look into the potential of science and engineering brought to life by ordinary and extraordinary forms of laser technology. This event will illustrate some of the dramatic applications of this technology using exciting demonstrations and an impressive laser show finale! This is a free lecture aimed at upper KS3 and KS4 students. Places are limited to 30 per school and will be awarded on a first come first served basis so please call early to avoid disappointment! All lectures take place in the Conference and Banqueting centre at the Life Science Centre, Newcastle.

If your school would like to attend this exciting event or would like any further information then please call Natalie Ireland, lecture series coordinator on 0191 243 8292 or email n.ireland@life.org.uk

North East Regional Hub and Tyne & Wear Museums are inviting teachers to the first Art & Design Conference at Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens on Tuesday 18th January 2005 from 9.45 a.m. to 3.00 p.m. Hear speakers, exchange views and join in practical workshops led by artists. The chair is Sophie Cole, Senior Lecturer in Art Education and Programme Leader for P.G.C.E. (Secondary) Art & Design at Northumbria University. Speakers are: Bev Joicey from Ofsted, Helen Charman, Keeper of CPD at Tate Modern, Barbara Reid from the V&A and Stephen Allen from the National Portrait Gallery.
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Red Ladder Theatre Co - the new writing company for youth audiences

Following on from their ‘Soulskin’ production at Caedmon Hall, Gateshead in July 2004, Red Ladder Theatre Company announce their new show for Secondary Schools in 2005:

Free Falling
Take a leap into the future…

Touring April 25th - 16 July 16th 2005
Devised by RLTC and written by Madani Younis
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Gateshead Council has secured funding for a new state-of-the-art sport facility at Gateshead International Stadium – the only one of its kind in the region.

The two-storey Regional Performance Centre will integrate community and educational sport facilities with a top grade training environment for athletes and local people across the North East.

Unlike other centres around the country, the International Stadium centre will be a permanent home to 300 students from Gateshead College’s Sport and Leisure department. It will also be occupied by the English Institute of Sport (EIS), bringing the centre in to a network of nine national multi-sport elite facilities. Funded by One NorthEast through the Tyne & Wear Partnership and their Single Regeneration Budget, Active England and Northern Rock Foundation, the project will cost in the region of £15m. The project is expected to be completed by Winter 2005/06.

Meet the Makers – 8th and 9th December at Shipley Art Gallery, 10am-12noon and 1pm-3pm.
An opportunity for students to talk to exhibiting makers about their work and career paths. This is suitable for KS3/4 Art and Design students, particularly those interested in working in the creative industries.
Find out how to book this and other Shipley schools events this autumn; see attached...
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The Sunday Times NSDF invites 10 productions to Scarborough each year. Sixth form students can apply for tickets to access every production, workshop, forum and bar. To book: call 01803 864836.
www.nsdf.org.uk

Those of you attending the Theatre Centre's performance of Trashed at Lord Lawson school on Thursday the 21st of October, please note that the curtain-up is now 2pm and NOT 6pm! Our apologies for any inconvenience.

For further information, call Amelia Davies, Gateshead Arts Team on 0191 477 5380.

Two free lectures for Year 11 students and higher. Open attachment for further details.

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Courses for 9 - 14 year-olds
A Taste of Animation. Mon 25th Oct, 10:00am - 3:00pm. From Disney-style cell and Aardman model animation to Toy Story-style 3D and games graphics and a chance to have a go! For 9 - 14 year olds, 15 pounds.
Moviemaking Club. Tues 26th - Fri 29th Oct, 10:00am - 3:00pm. Make your own short film in just four days! For 10 - 16 year-olds, 65 pounds.

Book early, these courses tend to sell out. Contact: Alina Trewhitt at Tyneside Cinema on 0191 232 8289, email: alina@tynecine.org

Red Ladder Theatre Company presents Soulskin by Esther Wilson, directed by Wendy Harris
Friday 2nd July at 7.30pm at Caedmon Hall

Chrissie is 15 years old and lives with her Grandmother. She hasn?t seen her mum in years. On the eve of her 16th birthday she waits for the meeting that could change everything. Walking into the future is hard. This is about finding the courage to do it amid a blur of fantasy, memory and reality. A brilliant new work with an original sound track and evocative film imagery.

"Superb, hard-hitting and attention-grabbing, not only a splendid piece of theatre, but a powerful tool for influencing lives." Reviewsgate.com

Tickets:?4:
Booking Tickets
Visit the Box Office at Gateshead
Central Library
Tel: 0191 433 8420
Text Phone: 0191 478 4839
Fax: 0191 477 7454
www.gateshead.gov.uk/caedmon

The Norwich Union British Grand Prix is being held this year at Gateshead International Stadium on Sunday the 27th June. Paula Radcliffe, Steve Backley, Jason Gardener, Denise Lewis, Marion Jones, Kim Collins and Christian Olsson will be competing. This is your chance to see world class athletics before the athletes head to the Athens Olympic Games.

Tickets: ?7.00 for adults and ?4.00for under 18s, over 60s and students. Doors open at 1.30pm, events begin at 3.30pm:

To book, log on to:
www.seetickets.com/ukathletics/sponsors.asp and select Gateshead Council.