On Thursday 29th June a group of students travelled to London for The Young Green Briton Challenge Finals which were held in The House of Lords.
The Challenge supports students aged 11-14 to learn and apply design, innovation, business and other transferable skills, empowering young people to explore local climate and sustainability issues and design entrepreneurial solutions (Eco-Ventures) or campaigns (Eco-Campaigns) to address the problems they identify.
Our school gained a place in the final with the Eco Fairy Garden Project led by Mr. McSorley.
Pupil repurposed old wood in school to make bug "fairy houses" and combined with seeds of hope harvested in school, helped create Eco Fairy Gardens.
It was to our delight that St. Vincent's was one of four schools who won nationally and we were presented with the award by BBC presenter Chris Packham.
Mr McSorley brought a group of pupils to Three Sisters Race Circuit for a driving experience provided by the charity 'Speed of Sight.' Speed of Sight is a charity that gives life changing driving experiences for the blind and disabled. It was set up by Mike Newman who holds several Guinness World Records for being the fastest blind driver in different vehicles.
The pupils got to experience driving in a specially fitted car, while accompanied by a professional rally driver they were able to take control of the driving. It was an amazing day and all down to the kindness of Ken Murphy who raised the money to take pupils from our school on the experience.
St Vincent's School - Winners of 2023 North Educate Award - Community Engagement Award.
Pupils at St Vincent's have been making citizenship education animations and comics focussing on their leadership in climate and biodiversity action. This project will be celebrated at a global webcast event on 14th June as part of the Amazing Grace 250 with the Cowper and Newton Museum. Here, in response to the words in the Hymn we share our VISION connecting further with Liverpool's slave history to help those ‘enslaved to sight loss’ across the Commonwealth and beyond using our education best practice and ‘sightbox’.
Join us on 14th June 7.30 pm using the link which will be shared here near the time and celebrate
THE IMPACT OF ST VINCENTS MAGIC BENCH AND SIGHBOX
Students of St Vincent's singing Amazing Grace - made for a lecture by Prof Simon Lee with the Cowper and Newton Museum framing the new ‘Seeing Together Project with Olney Middle School
Liverpool ONE has launched a search for a Local Climate Hero to celebrate the arrival of the Everyday Climate Hero Exhibition to inspire and champion positive change. St Vincent's are featured within 'The Guide - Liverpool Magazine.'
Click on the picture to access the article online.
St Vincent's School & Mr. David Swanston feature in Teachwire's Transforming Lives Magazine discussing the school’s PE curriculum to creating enrichment activities centred around green spaces, horticulture and wellbeing.
Click the link below to view accessible version of the magazine.
https://www.teachwire.net/news/visually-impaired-making-sports-accessible
COP 26 'A developing story'
Pupils from St VincentsL12 will be making the journey North to @COP26 #COP26 - sharing their ‘Magic Bench’ project & Seeds of Hope #TogetherForOurPlanet
Click on the link on the left to view more.
Click on the picture below to read an article from The Metro Newspaper that celebrates everyday climate heroes making a real difference
The Ashden Awards 2021: celebrating bold and brilliant climate pioneers | #COP26
This year the annual Ashden Awards celebration tell visitors to the Glasgow COP and a global online audience the inspiring stories of climate champions from around the world. Champions whose exciting initiatives can fire us towards a low-carbon future.
Our very own Emilio features on the video @ 3:45 mins to talk about The Zero Carbon Schools Campaign.
St Vincent's collaboration with the Ministry of Eco Education.
The Ministry of Eco Education is a collaboration of teachers placing sustainability at the heart of education.
Visit http://ministryofeco.org/ to find out more
Congratulations Mr Swanston!
Absolutely delighted to share the great news that Mr. Swanston has been included in the top 10 finalists of the Global Teacher Prize 2021, in partnership with @UNESCO.
These real-life heroes represent the work of inspiring educators everywhere. - an amazing achievement and great recognition for all the wonderful work. Well done!
Congratulations!
A huge congratulations to Mr. Swanston who has made it as 1 of only 50 finalists for The Global Teacher Prize.
The Global Teacher Prize is a US $1 million award presented annually to an exceptional teacher who has made an outstanding contribution to their profession.
We are all extremely proud!
Click on the image on the left to read more...
“Merseyside Police – Visual Impairment Protocol”
New Visual Impairment Protocol introduced by Merseyside Police to safeguard those living with sight loss
On Monday, 23rd August 2021, Merseyside Police will begin using a newly created Visual Impairment Protocol, which helps safeguard visually impaired members of the community who need to confirm if a person at their door is a police officer.
Use of the protocol is optional, but it does add a layer of security and assurance when visual identification of a police officer by their uniform or warrant card is impractical.
The protocol can be used by anyone with a visual impairment, to any degree. Other eligible service users would include anyone who cares for or supports someone who is visually impaired.
The service user is safeguarded by allowing them to verify the identity of a police officer that has called at their address, before letting them into the premises. This verification is facilitated by the Police Contact Centre, either over the phone or by the attending officer using an agreed password.
There are two scenarios when the protocol can be used. The first is when the service user calls the police and they need to verify the identity of the officer that subsequently attends their address. The second is when the service user needs to verify the identity of a police officer that has called at their address but did not initiate the visit. In the second scenario, the visit is either planned, such as a pre-arranged appointment, or it is unplanned, and they were not expecting the police to call at the address.
Similar protocols have been implemented in other police forces across the UK. Merseyside Police has adapted the protocol for use across the force area and police officers and staff have been briefed on its use.
The force has consulted members of its own Disability Support Network and community partners including St Vincent’s School in Liverpool, during the development of the protocol. Two documents have been created with accessible formatting to provide service users with more information – an overview, which provides details and advice, plus a quick reference guide which outlines the steps used in the protocol.
This information can also be found on the force website at www.merseyside.police.uk/vip
St.Vincent's has been asked to lead the Mersey Region Sustainable Schools Network.
@MerseyRegionSSN as part of the UK Sustainable schools network sharing best practices and collaborating on climate action with projects (such as Reclaim the Green Reclaim the Nature and Grow Wild).
The attached climate video includes Dr. Patterson from time 44: 16