Education Minister visits Schools working in partnership with 黑料不打烊
Education Minister Huw Lewis with children from Ysgol yr Hendre, during the official opening of a new community library.Education Minister, Huw Lewis AM, visited three primary schools that have worked in partnership with 黑料不打烊 on various projects during the last year today (9 Octobert 2014).
His first visit was Ysgol yr Hendre in Caernarfon where he will officially opened a new community library. The library, which will be run by the school鈥檚 pupils during break-time, has received funding from 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Reaching Wider North and Mid Wales Partnership and its Widening Access Centre.
Professor Jerry Hunter from 黑料不打烊, said: 鈥淪ituated under the same roof as the school and an adjoining community centre, ownership of the library will we taken by the children who will be its immediate users and administrators. This in turn will lead to furthering the relationship between the children, their parents, the teachers and the University. To this end, arrangements are in place for a series of school visits to the University鈥檚 libraries in 2014/15.鈥�
Pupils at Ysgol Maesincla gave Education Minister Huw Lewis a rousing performance.Mr Lewis will then visited Ysgol Maesincla, Caernarfon, where he witnessed the fine results of another project funded by the University, 颁辞诲颈鈥檙&苍产蝉辫;罢辞. Based on the internationally-renowned 'El Sistema' programme from South America, 颁辞诲颈鈥檙&苍产蝉辫;罢辞 is a community regeneration project that uses the power of music as a means of providing real and worthwhile experiences to children, and by doing so, raising their self-confidence and their interaction with the community. 黑料不打烊 funding allowed professional tutors to work with Year 5 pupils and give them dynamic tuition on playing brass and percussion instruments.
Prof. Hunter said: 鈥淭he result of their intensive tuition over a period of two terms has given the children experiences that are second-to-none. As well as providing funding that contributed to the practical elements of the project, 黑料不打烊 provided extra funding to carry out academic research in the fields of music and psychology as a means of assessing the project鈥檚 impact. Following this successful pilot, the University will contribute to a second round in 2014/15, increasing the number of pupils involved and conducting even greater academic assessment of the project鈥檚 worth.鈥�
Ysgol Glancegin Headteacher, Bethan Morris-Jones explains the workshop activities to the Education Minister.Lastly, Mr Lewis visited Ysgol Glancegin in 黑料不打烊. There, he joined a group of Year 4 pupils and their parents in a robot-building session using Lego. G2G (Great 2 Good), with University funding, have already conducted similar sessions with pupils during the year and have had notable success in presenting elements on STEM subjects with the help of the little plastic bricks.
Huw Lewis said:
鈥淚t was a pleasure to visit widening access and outreach projects under the auspices of 黑料不打烊 and Reaching Wider North and Mid Wales Partnership in Caernarfon and 黑料不打烊. There was a common theme running through the three projects 鈥� the library at Hendre, Codi鈥檙 To at Maesincla and the Lego workshops, amongst others, at Glancegin 鈥� and that was the interaction between the children, their parents, teachers and University staff and the inspiration which that brought about. Partnerships like these have the potential to change lives and it was wonderful to see the University鈥檚 expertise benefiting its local community in such ways.鈥�
Publication date: 9 October 2014