Community Projects

Stallingborough C of E School recently moved into a brand new extension built for nursery and reception children aged four and five. The school is now set to fill the new building with toys, learning equipment and games with money received from the Adodo Community Initiative. Head teacher of the school Byron Trayer said the money it continues to receive from the Adodo scheme would benefit the children greatly. 

He said: “It is always nice to receive the cheques and it is very much appreciated. The money from Adodo means we can replace lots of equipment and we can buy new toys and games and educational aids for our new building.”

Alison Ross is headteacher at this girls’ school in the fast growing Lincolnshire town of Sleaford. She is delighted with their involvement in the Adodo Community Initiative. To date they have managed to install a new phone system throughout the school, implement a CCTV scheme with the aid of the police and receive IP Videophones which will enable them to communicate better with their feeder schools as well as the outside. With effect from September 2003 the school has been approved as a Visual Arts Specialist School so there is no end to the projects that the school has in mind

Children in Newark are benefiting from an innovative “Anytime, Anywhere learning” scheme, now being aided by Nottingham telecommunications company Adodo.

Bowbridge Primary set up an “e-learning foundation”, the first of its kind in Britain. This helps the school to bridge the “digital divide” by providing laptop computers for families in a deprived area. Parents are encouraged to make voluntary contributions of £6 per week into the foundation over 3 years. The foundation then donates money to the school to enable it to buy new laptops. Other funds come into the foundation from community regeneration projects.

The machines are used in school and then taken home for family use. The school’s programme of adult education can then tap into any adult who wants to develop their ICT skills further. Bowbridge’s head teacher David Dixon said: “The scheme is good because it helps children and parents benefit from the latest technology”.

Bracken Hill School in Nottingham cares for children age three to nineteen with special needs. The children have moderate to severe learning difficulties. Head teacher Andrew Kawalek said, “Money it earned through the Adodo scheme would benefit the children greatly.”

“With the money we will buy extra materials for the classrooms. We would also like to buy digital cameras and a multimedia projection system for the classrooms,” said Andy. “We use digital photography to support our curriculum and I believe that most aspects of learning can be enhanced by visual images.”

Healdswood Infant & Nursery School Have chosen an outdoors environmental educational development project. They aim to develop a safe, secure learning environment where 4 and 5 year olds can access learning outdoors.

Albany Infant & Nursery School would dearly love a second whiteboard computer in school. They would also require a projector and the necessary cabling.

Ellison Boulters C. E. Primary School Aim to build a ‘living’ willow igloo on the field. Built out of willow stakes that will sprout leaves hence ‘living’ willow.

Lammas School Are looking to buy outdoor basketball posts for the playground. They will be used in lessons as well as being available at playtime.

Lincoln Industrial Workshop Trust To help disadvantaged people with mental health and learning disabilities re-enter work and experience further training opportunities in the community.

Huthwaite All Saints’ Infant School Their project is ‘Sunshine Seating’. As an alternative to playing games such as football during break and lunchtime they aim to provide seating.

 
Annesley Primary & Nursery School. The Annesley Brass Band needs funding to support the cost of weekly tuition and maintaining an adequate number of suitable instruments in order to continue the established band each year.

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