Councillor Lisa Mulherin - Page 5

Leeds Cycling
9th June 2017
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Over 700 Yorkshire pupils to take part in 245 mile cycle relay

Children and young people from 95 schools across Yorkshire will be taking part in a cycling relay covering ten local authority areas over the next two weeks. The Schools’ Yorkshire Tour relay will start on 12th June as part of national Bike Week. The relay will see pupils from primary, secondary and special schools…
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Moor Allerton Hall
26th May 2017
1 min read

Leeds primary schools debating competition 2017

Pupils in years 5 and 6 from across Leeds primary schools put their debating skills to the test at a special competition at Leeds Civic Hall this week. The teams of three, which included at least one pupil who is in receipt of the pupil premium and one pupil working below age-related expectations, had some…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
23rd May 2017
1 min read

New child healthy weight plan for Leeds launched

A new plan to support Leeds families and their children achieve a healthy weight has been launched today. The Leeds Child Healthy Weight Plan was launched at a special event at Leeds Civic Hall today, Tuesday 23 May. As well as launching the new plan the event showcased Leeds successes whilst providing the opportunity…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
3rd May 2017
1 min read

New lessons help Leeds pupils learn about mental health

Lessons to help children and young people understand about mental health have been launched in Leeds today (Wednesday 3 May). As part of the city’s MindMate Champion programme, the MindMate lessons have been developed to respond to children and young people wanting to learn more about mental health, before issues occur. MindMate Lessons is a…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
28th April 2017
1 min read

Funding announced for special needs schools in Leeds

Leeds City Council is working with principals at Specialist Inclusive Learning Centres (SILCs), their governing bodies and other key partners from across health, care and the voluntary sector to define a new post-16 specialist education offer for September 2018. In order to allow sufficient time to prepare and implement this the council has committed to…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
28th April 2017
2 mins read

Leeds Kids Get Arty to Support Merrion House Development

Town Centre Securities PLC (TCS), the Leeds-based property investment and development company, has joined forces with Child Friendly Leeds to involve school children in its exciting Merrion House development. Year three and four students at six local primary schools have taken part in a project that saw them tasked with designing a poster to…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
26th April 2017
1 min read

Wheelie great lunch for Leeds school pupils

Pupils from a Leeds special school are setting taste buds tingling this month with their winning Tour de Yorkshire-themed school lunch, which is being served at schools across the city. The competition, organised by Leeds City Council’s catering service ‘Catering Leeds’ was run earlier this year and Sky Blue Class at the West Specialist…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
18th April 2017
1 min read

Offers of primary school places out today

Families applying for their child’s first primary school place are receiving their offers today (18 April). A total of 87 per cent of children will attend their first preference primary school, which is the same as last year – whilst overall 97 per cent have been offered one of their five preferences. A total…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
6th April 2017
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Thumbs up for Leeds city centre with new child friendly competition

Young people in Leeds are being given the opportunity to have their say about what they think would make Leeds city centre more child and family friendly, with the launch of an exciting new competition. Launched this week, the competition invites children and young people to share their low cost and no cost ideas…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
3rd April 2017
1 min read

Consultation on site for Roundhay Park Primary Free School site

A consultation is now live asking the city to comment on site options for the proposed Roundhay Park Primary free school. A free school bid from the Roundhay Park Primary School Trust has been approved by the Secretary of State for Education to provide additional school places in the Roundhay area. There are no…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
29th March 2017
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Leeds Children’s Mayor spreads the Kind Minds Mission

Schools across the city are being encouraged to spread the message of kindness throughout their communities, by the Leeds Children’s Mayor. As part of her winning manifesto the Leeds Children’s Mayor, Grace Branford from Drighlington Primary School, promoted the idea of schools having at least one day a year dedicated to doing charitable acts…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
24th March 2017
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£3.5 million to help Leeds and Bradford families at risk of social exclusion

Bradford and Leeds councils have been jointly awarded £3.5 million to help tackle social exclusion and provide early intervention to families at risk. The funding has been awarded as part of Building Better Opportunities, a joint programme between the Big Lottery Fund and the European Social Fund. The Stronger Families programme will provide early…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
16th March 2017
1 min read

Sixty new primary school places created for north Leeds

With the support of the head teachers, staff and governing bodies, Leeds City Council has secured an additional 60 reception class places for September 2017 at two north Leeds primary schools. The places are required in order to address a shortage of reception places, due to birth rate increases and movement into the area…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
3rd March 2017
3 mins read

Celebrating 50 years of music and song in North Leeds

A music centre which has been bringing music to the heart of north Leeds for 50 years is celebrating with a free anniversary concert next month. Musicians past and present from the North Leeds Music Centre will join together at the special concert on Saturday 18th March, 3pm, at Allerton C of E Primary…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
22nd February 2017
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Leeds children’s services awarded £9.6 million to help spread excellence

It has been announced today that Leeds City Council’s children’s services has been selected to be a national ‘partner in practice’ to share its expertise with other local authorities. The Department for Education has confirmed that Leeds has been successful in its bid for innovation funding and will be awarded £9.59m over the next…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
8th February 2017
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Leeds Rhino backs efforts to improve young mental health

Leeds Rhinos player Stevie Ward is backing a new citywide strategy to improve young people’s mental health. The 23 year-old player has spoken about his own experiences of depression that developed when he was put out of action by series of injuries in 2015 and 2016. He shared his personal story and support at…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
3rd February 2017
3 mins read

New Child Friendly Leeds champions announced

The winners of the annual Child Friendly Leeds awards have been announced at a glamorous ceremony at Leeds City Varieties last night. The awards, organised by young people, celebrate some of the people, places and organisations helping to make Leeds a child friendly city. Hundreds of nominations came in for champion children, child friendly…
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