Collabor8 is a partnership between eight local primary schools. The schools have worked together for over ten years on projects aimed at school improvement, raising standards and developing a community responsibility amongst our children, staff and families. As part of the partnership, pupils have the opportunity to take part in challenging projects and events that involve children from all schools, staff work together with a wider community of innovative colleagues and Head teachers gain from the partnership style of discussion, debate and decision making centred around school improvement, effectiveness and challenge.  C8 Maths and Literacy Ambassadors days have helped develop pupils’ enthusiasm ...
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C8 schools raise awareness and funds to support the charity, Education For All (EFA), Morocco In October 2017, C8 schools hosted a visit from Latifa Aliza, Senior House Mother at Education For All, Morocco. This charity builds houses near secondary schools in rural communities of the High Atlas Mountains to give girls the opportunity of continuing their education beyond primary school. Secondary schools, mostly several kilometres away in larger towns, are not accessible to the girls because: Their parents cannot afford to pay for lodgings or transport near secondary schools Their parents do not have the confidence in existing facilities to ...
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Every year all the C8 schools participate in a bake off competition to find out who the next top baker is! The competition is set out into three rounds. Round 1:  Children from years 4, 5 and 6 make cupcakes of their choice at home. An overall winner from each year group is then chosen by the teachers & staff. Round 2: Technical Challenge –  The year group winners are all given a recipe to follow and all the ingredients required to independently bake a cake or pastry in their own school. Round 3: The SHOW STOPPER!- The winners from round 2 each get the opportunity ...
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