Grantham school unveils brand new therapy hub
| Updated: 16:47, 11 March 2021
A specialist school has unveiled a brand new therapy hub on their school grounds.
Greenfields Academy, which caters for social, emotional, mental health (SEHM) raised more than £20,000 towards the hub. It will be used to deliver confidential counselling to pupils as well other therapies including play therapy.
Play therapy is proven to improve confidentiality between pupils and their therapists and enhance their surroundings to increase positive outcomes for pupils.
Therapy hub at Greenfields Academy. (44997500)
As part of their fund-raising efforts, pupils had almost completed a Caterham Sigma Kit Car as part of their vocational lessons, when parts of it were stolen during a break-in last year.
Photo by Darryl Smith
The Lotus Education & Arts Foundation will present its final Virtual Winter Concert Series performance on Thursday, February 18, at 7 p.m., featuring Cape Verdean singer-songwriter Elida Almeida.
Born on the island of Santiago, Cape Verde, Almeida developed her vocal techniques singing in church. Almeida’s voice paired with the Cape Verdean rhythms of batuque, coladera, and tabanka have garnered acclaim throughout Africa, Europe, and North America.
“Elida Almeida’s powerful and smooth vocals blend with her sensual and grounded delivery to give her audience the feeling that she’s in the room with them,” says Lotus Executive Director Tamara Loewenthal. “She knows how to party and she wants viewers to get up and move with her, to jump up and sing with her. We heartily accept the invitation and look forward to doing that together on February 18.”
Vox Sambou. Courtesy photo
Editor’s note: The following is a press release from the Lotus Education and Arts Foundation. Bloom
has republished it here with minor edits for style and clarity.
on the Lotus Facebook and YouTube pages. The concert will feature hip hop and reggae artist Vox Sambou and an archived performance from Trio Da Kali.
Vox, who writes and performs in Creole, French, English, Spanish, and Portuguese, is known for merging social activism and hip hop through the content of his music and his role as director of La Maison des Jeunes de Côte-des-Neiges, a Montreal-based cultural community center that provides young aspiring musicians with a place to develop their musical and creative talents.
Natu Camara. Courtesy photo
Editor’s note: The following is adapted from a press release from the Lotus Education & Arts Foundation. Bloom has republished it here in its entirety with minor edits for style and clarity.
The Lotus Education & Arts Foundation invites the community to stay connected during the dark winter months via the Lotus Third Thursdays Winter Virtual Concert Series. These free concerts will feature new artists and archived artist concerts on the Lotus Facebook and YouTube pages. The concerts will take place on Thursday, December 17; Thursday, January 21; and Thursday, February 18. All concerts begin at 7 p.m.
The inaugural Winter Concert on December 17 features an hour-long set from the dance-inducing band Nation Beat.