Tag: Education Sport & Culture
Trackers Apprentices: Your chance to be hired
Islanders who want to join the Trackers Apprenticeship programme have until Sunday 28 April to complete an application to start this year. Up to 55 additional places will be available on the new programme from September 2013. Trackers, which was launched last year and offers a modern style training for people alongside workplace experience, is [...]
Three new head teachers appointed
New head teachers have been selected for three of Jersey’s States primary schools and will take up the posts this year. The successful candidates are as follows: • St Saviour’s Primary School Kirstie Williams (40), who is currently deputy head at First Tower School, will take over as head from Kate Sugden at St Saviour [...]
Director of Education, Sport & Culture to retire
Jersey’s Director of Education, Sport & Culture, Mario Lundy, has announced he will be retiring from the post in summer 2014. Mr Lundy (61) has decided to serve a long notice period to give additional time for a successor to be appointed. ESC Minister Deputy Patrick Ryan said: “I would like to thank Mario for [...]
Top-level talks on the future of sport
The Island’s sports leaders are meeting this week to discuss the future of sport in Jersey. More than 50 representatives of sports clubs, associations and representative bodies are taking part in a one-off discussion on Wednesday as part of the consultation on a future Sport Strategy for Jersey. The debate is taking place after the [...]
New head appointed at JCG Prep
Gill Grieve, the current deputy head at Jersey College for Girls Preparatory School, will take over as head teacher in September this year. Mrs Grieve (49) has worked at the primary school since September 2006. She was previously deputy head at Grouville School, where she worked for six years, and taught at Rouge Bouillon School [...]
The next Nerina Pallot? Search starts for new young songwriters
La Motte Street Youth Centre, which is renowned for its Rock School, Gig School and Song schools, is launching a new song-writing competition for Jersey’s young people. The arts-based youth project is just about to start ‘Songs Against Prejudice’, a competition to encourage young people to write lyrics that focus on the subject of equality [...]
Jersey Music Service: Details of proposed charging scheme
The Education, Sport and Culture Minister has today lodged a report and proposition seeking States approval for the introduction of charges for the Jersey Music Service. States Members previously approved Comprehensive Savings Review proposals that included a reduction in the budget of the Jersey Music Service and the introduction of charges for the extra-curricular music [...]
Jersey hosts ‘Islands of the World’ conference
Highlands College University Centre, in partnership with Hautlieu School, will be hosting an international conference on small islands next year. The theme of the conference is ‘Challenges and success’. Almost 300 international experts and academics in the field of island studies are expected to attend the International Small Islands Studies Association (ISISA) biennial conference, entitled [...]
Prince’s Trust students host ‘Come Dine With Me’
Nine students from the Prince’s Trust XL group delivered by the Jersey Youth Service at Le Rocquier School are planning, cooking and serving a meal for invited guests on Friday 08 March. They are hosting their own ‘Come Dine With Me’ as part of the training to improve their life skills. Chicken tikka masala, sausage [...]
Researchers look at equality in Jersey schools
The Jersey Community Relations Trust has commissioned Southampton University to undertake a research project on equality for community groups in the Jersey school system. The research, which is already under way, is being led by Professor Anthony Kelly of the university’s Education School. His team is scheduled to report back in December 2013. The project [...]
