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| Groups at the awards in Oxford |
Providers of youth activities in multicultural parts of the county have collected awards voted for by the children they serve.
The Equality and Diversity awards, which honour schools, youth clubs and community groups, saw eight winners walk away with £200 each.
The ceremony, organised by Oxfordshire County Council, was held at The King's Centre, in Osney Mead, Oxford.
Judging was carried out by a panel of children from a number of different communities, who set the awards' criteria themselves.
Among the winners was Larkrise Primary School, in Boundary Brook Road, East Oxford, which was praised for its partnership with a school in Africa.
Teacher Ed Finch said: "We have very strong links with a school in Uganda, which were set up three years ago.
"Myself and four colleagues were over there during half-term and their headteacher has come over to visit our school.
"The contact is on a staff-to-staff level, which then feeds down to the children. We have taught the children in Uganda to sing our school song and we have CDs of their school choir, which we're selling.
"Our children also bought them a cow, after raising about £300 by selling recycled Christmas cards and fairy cakes they had made.
"The Ugandan school is now using it to raise money, by selling its milk.
"We are a very diverse school, with 60 per cent of our pupils having English as an additional language, and more than 20 home languages represented.
"At a school like ours, where the children are not all British and do not share one national identity, it's important to look more widely to give them a sense of identity."
Among the other winners, the Matrix - a group working with young people in North Oxford, Cumnor and Botley - was praised for its Indian Day and Jamaican Day initiatives.
The African Caribbean Youth Project, in East Oxford, was commended for its Young Roots project, which asked second-generation immigrants about their experiences of Oxford.
Janet Tomlinson, the council's head of education, said: "Ofsted inspectors have praised the way Oxfordshire County Council involves and consults children before making decisions."
The award winners were: Larkrise Primary School, Littlemore Playgroup and New Hinksey Primary School in Oxford, East Oxford's African Caribbean Youth Project, Matrix, Banbury School sixth-form and Fitzwaryn School, Wantage.
3:11pm Thursday 27th March 2008
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CommentPosted by: john, oxford on 3:50pm Thu 27 Mar 08
to use kids as PROPORGANDA is vile and repugnant,multicultu
ralism is a failed doctrine that is taking the uk into the abyss.
to use kids as PROPORGANDA is vile and repugnant,multicultu
ralism is a failed doctrine that is taking the uk into the abyss.
Posted by: Tasha, Witney on 4:30pm Thu 27 Mar 08
Bet you like a curry on a Friday night though don't you John? Explain the abyss to us, I must be missing the point.
Bet you like a curry on a Friday night though don't you John? Explain the abyss to us, I must be missing the point.
Posted by: john, oxford on 4:40pm Thu 27 Mar 08
For your information Tasha, curry originated from England. And, yes I do love curries but I wouldn't change the fabric of my country for one. I think you're nuts, and once upon a time they would stick people like you in an asylum. You're prepared to change the fabric of your country to toe the p.c line. What school did you go to? It wasn't Northfield school was it?
For your information Tasha, curry originated from England. And, yes I do love curries but I wouldn't change the fabric of my country for one. I think you're nuts, and once upon a time they would stick people like you in an asylum. You're prepared to change the fabric of your country to toe the p.c line. What school did you go to? It wasn't Northfield school was it?
Posted by: Tasha, Witney on 4:48pm Thu 27 Mar 08
Sorry, you're not making sense, why does changing the fabric of society turn this country into an abyss? What's the bad thing to come from it?
Sorry, you're not making sense, why does changing the fabric of society turn this country into an abyss? What's the bad thing to come from it?
Posted by: Kathy, Bicester on 4:51pm Thu 27 Mar 08
Some people are so negative not mention paranoid. At least they're doing something positive. I was at East Oxford school in the early 80's, one of three white kids in the clas at the time. can't say it's stopped me from eating Sunday Roast and Fish and Chips and other traditional Englash stuff like that.
Some people are so negative not mention paranoid. At least they're doing something positive. I was at East Oxford school in the early 80's, one of three white kids in the clas at the time. can't say it's stopped me from eating Sunday Roast and Fish and Chips and other traditional Englash stuff like that.
Posted by: Tasha, Witney on 5:01pm Thu 27 Mar 08
By the way, curry is the English term for spicy dishes of an Indian, Pakistani and other Eastern origins so it is good to see you embrace multicultural foods yourself, despite your strong views.
By the way, curry is the English term for spicy dishes of an Indian, Pakistani and other Eastern origins so it is good to see you embrace multicultural foods yourself, despite your strong views.
Posted by: Joe, Marston Road on 7:16pm Thu 27 Mar 08
[bold]Dan[/bold,
will be around soon.
He will sort you all out!]
Posted by: Jennifer on 8:51pm Thu 27 Mar 08
Blah blah bl**dy blah, sick to death of multicultural this multicultural that. Enough already - thank you very much.
Blah blah bl**dy blah, sick to death of multicultural this multicultural that. Enough already - thank you very much.
Posted by: Mr Ison, England on 9:20pm Thu 27 Mar 08
Who isn't?
Here,suck an egg.
Who isn't?
Here,suck an egg.
Posted by: alan page on 12:14am Fri 28 Mar 08
Are we talking multicultural in the sense that everybody irrespective of creed skin colour etc. is pulling together for some end that benefits them all.
Or are we talking "Multicultural" in the sense that each community seeks its own interests independently of the others and seeks funding for projects that suit only its own rather than the general weal.
If is the former then all well and good. If it is the latter then it should be condemned as racist and thrown out the window.
Are we talking multicultural in the sense that everybody irrespective of creed skin colour etc. is pulling together for some end that benefits them all.
Or are we talking "Multicultural" in the sense that each community seeks its own interests independently of the others and seeks funding for projects that suit only its own rather than the general weal.
If is the former then all well and good. If it is the latter then it should be condemned as racist and thrown out the window.
Posted by: Ocelot, Oxford on 7:41pm Fri 28 Mar 08
Alan, why don't you consult your guru Dr Kinsey? Never mind that he died over 50 years ago and has been widely discredited.
Also, "weal" is a rather uncommon word; I wonder where you found it. It seems rather "high-sounding" for you; are you sure you know what it means?
Alan, why don't you consult your guru Dr Kinsey? Never mind that he died over 50 years ago and has been widely discredited.
Also, "weal" is a rather uncommon word; I wonder where you found it. It seems rather "high-sounding" for you; are you sure you know what it means?
Posted by: alan page on 12:49am Sat 29 Mar 08
Gosh somebody has been looking at Wikipedia aren't they clever?
Mmm now let's see who has Kinsey been discredited by?
Ah yes, Judith Reismann. She blames him for things like gay and lesbian marraiges and wants a return to the good old days of banging sexual deviants up. Nice people you associate with.
Well if Kinsey's views have been discredited then the whole sexual revolution has been a complete ****-up hasn't it?
To be quite honest I don't really go a bundle on Kinsey, it is just funny to see him making exactly the same arguments for paedophilia as Junkies make for drugs (ie. a largely harmless pastime blighted by the collective weight of arcane prohibitions based on religious dogmas and not scientific rationality.)
I think a child of three could work out the obvious link to the sort of arguments junkies put forward.
If you are making them for drugs, then paedophilia is clearly next on YOUR agenda (not mine, I abhor both).As is pretty obvious by the kind of stuff being put about by right wing Libertarians. Oh, they are the ones who argue for drugs as well, aren't they?
Isn't that odd?
Kind of reveals the structural basis of their arguments really. Selectively cite history, blame the media and society for being biased and "reactionary". Declare totally outrageous, unprovable assertions as empirical fact and bully anybody who disagrees.
If the structural basis of Kinsey's arguments are discredited why are junkies resorting to exactly the same arguments to justify their behaviour?
Gosh somebody has been looking at Wikipedia aren't they clever?
Mmm now let's see who has Kinsey been discredited by?
Ah yes, Judith Reismann. She blames him for things like gay and lesbian marraiges and wants a return to the good old days of banging sexual deviants up. Nice people you associate with.
Well if Kinsey's views have been discredited then the whole sexual revolution has been a complete ****-up hasn't it?
To be quite honest I don't really go a bundle on Kinsey, it is just funny to see him making exactly the same arguments for paedophilia as Junkies make for drugs (ie. a largely harmless pastime blighted by the collective weight of arcane prohibitions based on religious dogmas and not scientific rationality.)
I think a child of three could work out the obvious link to the sort of arguments junkies put forward.
If you are making them for drugs, then paedophilia is clearly next on YOUR agenda (not mine, I abhor both).As is pretty obvious by the kind of stuff being put about by right wing Libertarians. Oh, they are the ones who argue for drugs as well, aren't they?
Isn't that odd?
Kind of reveals the structural basis of their arguments really. Selectively cite history, blame the media and society for being biased and "reactionary". Declare totally outrageous, unprovable assertions as empirical fact and bully anybody who disagrees.
If the structural basis of Kinsey's arguments are discredited why are junkies resorting to exactly the same arguments to justify their behaviour?
Posted by: alan page on 1:31pm Sat 29 Mar 08
Anybody read that story concern that corporate dude who held an executive post in some drugs company who has been busted for downloading and swapping images of babies being abused?
Shows exactly the kind of people Libertarians are trying to protect.
White Bourgoeis. It is seeking to grant bloated executives the right to tour the world blowing drugs out of their anuses and shagging the children of the poor.
The people of Thailand,Sri Lanka and many other continents know all about that.
We don't because the likes of Ocelot keep it all under wraps.
Its been going on centuries.
Anybody read that story concern that corporate dude who held an executive post in some drugs company who has been busted for downloading and swapping images of babies being abused?
Shows exactly the kind of people Libertarians are trying to protect.
White Bourgoeis. It is seeking to grant bloated executives the right to tour the world blowing drugs out of their anuses and shagging the children of the poor.
The people of Thailand,Sri Lanka and many other continents know all about that.
We don't because the likes of Ocelot keep it all under wraps.
Its been going on centuries.
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