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Issue:- Monday, 15 February 2016

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Pupils go digital to celebrate Chinese New Year

PRIMARY school children across the UK showed off their digital skills as part of Chinese New Year celebrations this week. Pupils from Discovery Education's partner schools used innovative digital resources from the Discovery Education Espresso service to learn about the 15 day festival, which this year marks the start of the:- 'Year of The Monkey'. As part of the celebrations pupils watched a special animated film:- 'The Great Race', which tells the story of the Chinese Zodiac, and shows why each year has an animal name. The lively interactive video is the centrepiece of:- 'Discovery Education Espresso's Chinese New Year' module, which includes a whole range of digital resources linked to each area of the curriculum.

With Chinese themed activities in maths, literacy and art, pupils enjoyed taking part in online Sudoku games, completing a Chinese dragon number line, reading ebooks about Chinese culture, and making a Chinese dragon. They also had the opportunity to put their computer programming skills to the test, by coding a Chinese Zodiac themed game, a new and timely addition to the Discovery Education Coding service.

One of the schools taking part was Broadgreen Primary School in Liverpool. Headteacher Ann Marie Moore said:- "Our younger pupils have really enjoyed celebrating the start of Chinese New Year, and learning about a different culture. The interactive digital resources were really popular, and helped to bring the festival to life in a fun and accessible way."

Jessie Bronze from Discovery Education said:- "Our digital resources are designed to bring the real world into the classroom, and to help younger pupils experience and understand different cultures. When planning and producing this content we thought about how we could best help children explore the festival in a cross curricular way. I'm thrilled that the Broadgreen pupils had so much fun using our Chinese New Year videos, activities, books and printable resources."

Discovery Education Espresso is an award winning, video rich digital learning service for primary schools. With nearly 20,000 digital media resources, which can be applied to any lesson, the service supports the delivery of the National Curriculum and helps teachers to integrate digital media into everyday learning.

Blood cancer charity asks... "Could you be someone's perfect match this Valentine's?"

DELETE Blood Cancer UK is asking for people in Liverpool to register as potential blood stem cell donors this Valentine's Day to see if they could be someone's lifesaving match. The donor recruitment charity says that, while many people will be looking for a romantic match for Valentine's Day, around 1,800 people in the UK with blood cancer are searching for someone with a matching tissue type who could help save their life by donating some of their blood stem cells to them. There are currently 8932 people in Liverpool that are registered as potential blood stem cell donors with Delete Blood Cancer UK and the charity is calling on more to register. For many blood cancer patients, a blood stem cell donation from another person is their only chance of survival and they will die if a matching donor isn't found for them. A matching donor not being found doesn't mean that there is nobody with a tissue type compatible with the patient. There could be someone with a tissue type that matches the patient's, but tragically, they may not be registered as a potential blood stem donor.

Emphasising how important it is for people in Liverpool to register, Jenny Clegg, Head of Communications at Delete Blood Cancer UK, said:- "You could find your perfect match in more ways than one this Valentine's Day. Registering online as a potential blood stem cell donor only takes a few minutes, but it could lead to you giving decades to someone else. Please take a few minutes this Valentine's Day to register to see if you could be someone's lifesaving match."

You can register in 5 minutes online and request a cheek swab kit which will enable you to do your own tissue test to become a potential blood stem cell donor.

Birmingham Royal Ballet - Romeo and Juliet

THE Birmingham Royal Ballet commemorates 400 years since the death of Shakespeare with a breath taking adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, with dancers James Barton from Liverpool and Yvette Knight from Carnforth in Lancashire. Shakespeares plays have inspired generations of theatregoers across the globe for hundreds of years. Kenneth MacMillans acclaimed production of Shakespeares tale of star crossed lovers comes to Salford during the year commemorating 400 years since the playwrights death. The show takes place at the The Lowry, Salford from 3 March 2016 to 5 March 2016, Sunderland Empire from 17 March 2016 to 19 March 2016, then Theatre Royal in Nottingham, from 30 March 2016 to 2 April 2016. Then the last stop will be Theatre Royal Plymouth in Plymouth, from 13 April 2016 to 16 April 2016. to find out more please visit:- BRB.Org.UK.

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Deceased estates notice - Lilian May Jackam

Pursuant to the Trustee Act 1925, any persons having a claim against or an interest in the Estate of Lilian May Jackam (also known as Lillian May) Jackam (Deceased), late of Birch Abbey Rest Home, 55 Alexandra Road, Southport, Merseyside, PR9 9HD, UK, who died on 04/10/2018, are required to send particulars thereof in writing, to the undersigned Solicitors, on or before 24/05/2019, after which date the Estate will be distributed having regard only to claims and interests of which they have had notice. Churches Solicitors, 12 High Street, Fareham, Hampshire, PO16 7BL, UK. Ref:- 'T553015.'

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