The Educators’ Awards pay tribute to individuals, teams, schools and organisations that have made a positive difference to education in Hackney.

The Educators’ Awards pay tribute to individuals, teams, schools and organisations that have made a positive difference to education in Hackney. The awards give educators, parents and carers and students the chance to thank a favourite teacher, show appreciation for a dynamic community organisation or recognise the impact of a great mentor.Since they were first set up in 2004, the awards have helped to raise funds for grants to support high-achieving local students and raised more than £60,000. The awards take place every other year with pupils, parents and carers able to vote.There are 22 categories in 2010 Educators’ Awards including teaching awards for schools, team awards for schools, community awards and business awards.To nominate, please visit www.educatorsawards.co.uk and complete a short form telling us how your favourite educator has gone above and beyond the call of duty. All entries must be received by 31 October 2009.For further information, please contact Marie Johnson, Marketing Executive, on 020 8820 7130.

Hackney Secondary Schools Fair will be held on Tuesday 8 September 2009 at Ocean Music Venue, Theatre 1. The exhibition has been running for a number of years and continues to be one of the most successful schools’ exhibitions in London.

Hackney Secondary Schools Fair will be held on Tuesday 8 September 2009 at Ocean Music Venue, Theatre 1. The exhibition has been running for a number of years and continues to be one of the most successful schools’ exhibitions in London.The Fair is an opportunity for potential pupils to find out more about Hackney’s secondary schools and to meet headteachers and teachers.The Ocean has wheelchair access and is in a central location for all living in the borough with good bus links. The event will be open to the public from 4:00pm – 7:30pm.We hope the Schools Fair will raise awareness of our secondary schools and will encourage parents to send their children to study in Hackney.For further information about the Fair contact Sandy Barnes on 020 8820 7265.

In advance of Black History Month, inspirational words based on the theme ‘Free to Grow’ are invited to become a lasting commemoration of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade.

In advance of Black History Month, inspirational words based on the theme ‘Free to Grow’ are invited to become a lasting commemoration of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade. The winning words will be used on a plaque to accompany the borough’s Abolition tree which will be officially unveiled on August 22 on Stoke Newington Common. The winner will read their piece at the ceremony.The competition is open to children and young people aged 8 -16 years. Please include the entrant’s full name, age, the school attended and a home telephone number. Submissions of no more than 100 words should be sent by email to cultural.development@hackney.gov.uk, any Hackney library or directly to Hackney Museum by 5pm on Tuesday 14 July 2009. These can also be sent to Nicola Baboneau at The Learning Trust.

With the move by schools towards using their own learning platform the relevant content on Learning Live is to be transferred to give easy access when creating individual content.

With the move by schools towards using their own learning platform the relevant content on Learning Live is to be transferred to give easy access when creating individual content. For those schools who haven’t yet implemented their learning platform the content will be available, for a limited period, via TrustNET. Whilst these transfers are made the original Learning Live site is available here