Newham has set up a special educational needs and disabilities commission.
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A commission exploring the future of special educational needs and disabilities provision in Newham has been set up.
The council s special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) commission is to be independently chaired by Professor Geoff Lindsay.
It aims to ensure parents, carers, youngsters and bodies partnered with the local authority shape Newham’s SEND strategy for the next five years.
Cllr Sarah Ruiz, cabinet member for education and children’s social care, said: Education is key to unlocking opportunities for children and young people.
With warmer weather, students adapt campus events to COVID-19 guidelines
April 21, 2021
Shanna Kang 21, Jacey Birkenmeyer 22 and Eli Calalang-Lacroix 22 (left to right) perform at The Grinnellian in Spring 2019, the last time the event was held. Photo contributed by Saketan Anand.
By Malcolm Galpern Levin
galpernl@grinnell.edu
As the weather warms up and the sun shines over Mac Field, Grinnell College students in a typical spring semester enjoy a wide range of exciting events and campus traditions every weekend. This year, due to COVID-19 restrictions that discourage large group gatherings, students are getting creative to figure out which events can and cannot be salvaged.
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11:01 AM January 22, 2021
The Talent House for Urban Culture would see studios, rehearsal space and offices built at an extended warehouse near the site of the Sugar House Island development in Stratford.
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A planned dance and music hub is to receive a £700,000 boost.
The Talent House for Urban Culture would see studios, rehearsal space and offices built at an extended warehouse in Sugar House Lane, Stratford.
The centre would become home to East London Dance and charity Urban Development, which moved out of Sugar House Lane to make way for a housing development. It is currently based in Kings Cross.
Rachael Burford, Local Democracy Reporter
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4:54 PM December 18, 2020
All school children in Newham aged three to 11 get a free hot lunch during term time regardless of family income
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The council has said it may have to cut its pioneering Eat for Free school meals scheme because it has become “unaffordable”.
Newham, which has the second highest level of child poverty in the country, is only one of a handful of local authorities to offer all children aged three to 11 a free hot lunch during term time regardless of family income.
However the borough has started a consultation on proposals to change the Eat for Free programme, in a bid to save £1.9million.