Tanni Grey Thomson features in Did You Know? 4
“When her two year old sister saw her she couldn’t get over how tiny she was. She kept repeating the word ‘tiny’, except in two year old speak it came out as ‘tanni’ and the name has stuck ever since. Tanni was born with spina bifida, a condition which, as in Tanni’s case, can cause a disability. However, she has not allowed this to prevent her from becoming one of the most successful sports people in the world!..."
Olympic Themed Resources for the 2012 Olympic Games, & £100 worth of FREE teaching packs
Read all about Tanni and other world famous minority and paralympic athletes in our new Olympic themed teaching pack.
Free Community Cohesion Theatre Project
You can now apply for Primary Colours' Heritage Lottery Funded Going and Coming Project to come to your school.
Going and Coming is a five year project, sponsored by the Heritage Lottery Fund delivered by Huddersfield based Primary Colours. It will enable your Year Five and Six children to preserve migration stories by interviewing family and friends about how and why they came to Yorkshire and The Humber, and upload their stories to the project website.
All junior, primary and middle schools in Yorkshire and The Humber are eligible for the project. Dowload the Project Information Pack for more details. The online applicition process opens today and closes on 13th January 2012.
Sucessful shools will receive:-
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Access to the interactive project website
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A cross curricular teaching pack
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The touring play Boat People
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A pupils workshop (max 30 pupils)
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A twilight INSET session to support staff
Worth £750.00
The project supports a whole range of national curriculum topics especially Citizenship, PSHE, Literacy, History and Geography. It can help address issues related to identity, diversity, citizenship and community.
Free Review Copy of Olympic Teaching Pack
Find out about the latest in our popular Did You Know Series.
Oscar Pistorius features in Did You Know? 4
"When he was born, Oscar had a condition which meant that his legs hadn’t formed properly and so, at a very early age, he had to have them amputated. However, he has never let this hold him back. In fact he’s often termed ‘the fastest man on no legs’ and, judging by his numerous sporting achievements, this seems to be right..."
Read all about Oscar and other world famous minority and paralympic athletes in our new Olympic themed teaching pack
Pre-order DYK4 by the end of December and get £150 FREE to spend on other Teaching Packs (Use code DYK150)
Olympic Teaching Pack Launch Offer –
Gold! Pre-Order before 31/12/11 to receive £150 worth of other Primary Colours packs
Silver! Order before 31/01/12 to receive £100 worth of other Primary Colours packs
Bronze! Order before 31/02/12 to receive £50 worth of other Primary Colours worth of packs
Primary Colours Newsletter December 2011
Happy Holidays!
Whether you're celeberating Hanukkah, Ashura, Bodhi Day, The 10th of Tevet, Kwanzaa or Christmas, Primary Colours wish you well over the the festive period!
The Primary Colours office will be closed from the 23rd December so make sure you get in touch before then if you wish to order any of our publications
Our office closes on 23rd December 2011 at 17:00 , and we re-open at 9:00 3th January 2012.
For more information please see "Useful weblinks" on this page.