The Prince's Charities Community: Events & Campaigns

Dumfries House Guided Walks

Start: 20 Feb 2010 - 10:57am

End: 20 Mar 2010 - 10:57am

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Join us for a guided walk exploring this beautiful Estate.

After 250 years of private ownership Dumfries House is now able to invite you to join their Environmental Officer (Bill Russell) in a Half Day Walk around this hidden Ayrshire treasure. Explore the designed landscape, its buildings and ruins. This walk is to be a fun and informative experience. Book now, places limited.

Saturday 20th February
Saturday 20th March

Venue
Dumfries House, please enter via the B7036 Barony Road, use car park located at the cattle sheds.

Time
Walks will start at 10.00am and last approximately 4 hours. Walks will begin and end at the car park. Prompt 10am start.

Cost
£5 per person payable on the morning of the walk. Please bring a packed lunch. Tea & coffee included.

Booking
Places will be limited to a maximum of 15. Please book at least 2 days in advance, call 01290 425959 to book your place. Walkers who have not booked prior to the walk will not be able to join the group.

The ground will be very wet, please wear suitable footwear.

Catalyst Teacher Training Programme, The Prince's Foundation for Children & the Arts

Start: 26 Feb 2010 - 12:14pm

End: 2 Jul 2010 - 12:14pm

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Catalyst - Inspiring Arts Ideas for Teachers is a series of eight arts based teacher inspiration days running across the 2009/10 academic year. Each training day is held in the setting of a stunning cultural venue. At the day teachers work with professional artists to focus on interactive and innovative teaching ideas for Key Stage 2. The Catalyst day works with three art forms from poetry, visual arts, drama, storytelling, dance or music. There are a maximum of 30 places available on each training day.

At the end of the day each participant takes the 120 page Catalyst - Inspiring Arts Ideas for Teachers resource book away with them which provides a lasting resource and contains sixty arts teaching activities. For more information please visit www.childrenandarts.org.uk

The Catalyst days will take place on:-

26th February 2010 - Belfast Castle

9th March 2010 - Foundling Museum, London

10th March 2010 - Hastings Museum & Art Gallery

19th March 2010 - Leeds Arts Gallery

4th June 2010 - Bodelwyddan Castle

2nd July 2010 - Saltram, Plymouth

Thanks to generous funding from the Maaike McInnes Charitable Trust each Catalyst day costs only £45 per place.

For more information about the Catalyst days near you download the Catalyst programme and booking or contact:-

Elizabeth Kennedy or Stephanie Slack on

T: 020 3326 2230

F: 020 7937 1651

email: catalyst@childrenandarts.org.uk

“Photo credit: Rii Schroer”

The Prince's Teaching Institute: Hamlet - A Serial Killer

Start: 13 Mar 2010 - 2:47pm

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Venue: The Warehouse, 13 Theed Street, London, SE1 8ST

Date: 13th March 2010

A day combining lectures, seminars and a RSC drama workshop on Hamlet with Prof Helen Cooper (University of Cambridge). Teachers attending the event will receive clear practical guidance on teaching Hamlet at Key Stage 3 and 4, deepen their knowledge of one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays and will leave being able to answer the question: Was Hamlet a serial killer?

For more information / to register / to book on line visit Hamlet -A Serial Killer

The Prince's Trust Spring Ball

Start: 18 Mar 2010 - 12:11pm

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Singer-songwriter Alison Moyet and the Noisettes will be performing at The Prince’s Trust Spring Ball

This event now in its second year will take place at The Hurlingham Club, London on Thursday 18th March 2010.

Britain’s Got Talent amazing dance group Flawless will also entertain you at this A-List event hosted by GMTV's and the National Lottery’s Jenni Falconer. Then you can dance the night away with Radio One DJ Scott Mills.

Alison, Flawless, Jenni and Scott will join a host of Prince’s Trust Ambassadors from the world of film, television, sport and fashion.

The evening will start with delicious cocktails before you savour a three-course gourmet meal with great wine and the best entertainment around.

Dress: Glamorous

Price: £350 per person or £3,150 for a table of ten
Contact: 020 7543 1389 or events@princes-trust.org.uk

PTI Course: The History of Mathematics

Start: 19 Mar 2010 - 10:42am

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The History of Mathematics
A day combining lectures and workshops, dedicated to the rich historical and cultural roots of Mathematics. Emphasis will be given to the ways in which subject knowledge can be both enriched and broadened by delving into the history of mathematical discoveries. The day is being led by Snezana Lawrence, Lecturer in Mathematics Education, Bath Spa University, who will be joined by Professor Robin Wilson from the Department of Mathematics at the Open University, and Professor Marcus du Sautoy, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. Teachers attending the day will:

Discover the underlying principles behind some of the most interesting and intriguing concepts from the history of mathematics
Explore the practical ways in which teachers can enhance their lessons by using historical material
Be given opportunities to build capacity to broaden their investigations into the history of mathematics

By the end of the day delegates should not only be enthused and have a better understanding of the ways in which they can enrich their teaching and learning of mathematics, but will also have a wealth of references and structures in place to create relevant and exciting schemes of work.

The day will be of particular interest to teachers at KS3 and 4 and will cover teaching of all ability groups.

Speakers

Professor Robin Wilson
Professor Wilson is a Professor in Pure Mathematics at the Faculty of Mathematics, Computing and Technology at the Open University. His main areas of interest are the History of Mathematics (British history from 1600, especially the period 1840-1940 and the history of Gresham College, and the history of graph theory and combinatorics) and Graph Theory. He is also a Fellow in Mathematics at Keble College, University of Oxford, and until recently was Professor of Geometry at Gresham College in London.

Professor Marcus du Sautoy
Professor du Sautoy is a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. His academic work concerns mainly group theory and number theory. In October 2008, he was appointed to the Simonyi Professorship for the Public Understanding of Science, succeeding Richard Dawkins. In 2001 Professor du Sautoy won the Berwick Prize of the London Mathematical Society, which is awarded every two years to reward the best mathematical research by a mathematician under forty. He writes for The Times and The Guardian and appears regularly on television and radio. He presented the 2008 BBC TV series, The Story of Maths, which examines the development of key mathematical ideas and shows how mathematical ideas underpin the science, technology, and culture that shape our world.

The Venue
The headquarters of the London Mathematical Society is conveniently located in Russell Square, central London. The closest underground stations are Russell Square (Piccadilly Line), Holborn (Central and Piccadilly Lines). It is also close to Euston, King's Cross and St Pancras main line stations.

The event price for the first applicant per school department is £195 (£145 for PTI Schools Programme Members), which includes lunch, all refreshments and materials. The price for further applicants from the same department is £65 per person.

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