Community Cohesion

Community Cohesion Policy

Our Legal duties

• We welcome our duties under the Race Relations 1976 as amended by the Race Relations Amendment Act 2000; the Disability Discrimination Acts 1995 and 2005; and the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 as amended by the Equality Act 2006.

• We welcome our duty under the Education and Inspections Act 2006 to promote community cohesion.

• We recognise that these four sets of duties are essential for achieving the five outcomes of the Every Child Matters framework, and that they reflect international human rights standards as expressed in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities, and the Human Rights Act 1998.

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Community Cohesion at CVHS

Young Carers

There is a lunchtime 'chill out' club for students who are Young Carers. We meet on the 1st Friday of every month and have snacks, drinks and social time together. These sessions promote peer support and allow for the students to relax and chat together.

 External agencies such as YMCA and Action for Family Carers are available to work alongside the school to support these students and their families.

 For further information, please contact Mrs R Walsh, Young Carers co-ordinator.

 Peer Mentors

Our Peer Mentors are around the school to help anyone who needs support in anyway. They can be recognised by the yellow smiley face badge.

 

Fund Raising

The school is constantly fund raising for our local charities including; non uniform days, cake sales, sponsored events etc.

Outside the UK: Funds raised for the people of Haiti was combined with the funds raised from other Mid Essex schools and a presentation was held at St Peters College in February 2010. A total of £26,000 was sent to help the victims.

Blue Falcons and the Community

The Blue Falcons was established in 1974 at the Chelmsford Technical High School.

The objectives of the Blue Falcons Gymnastic Display Team since 1974 have always been:

• To publicise, to the community, all that is good about Chelmer Valley High School and its predecessor, by putting on high quality gymnastic displays throughout the UK

• To raise money for charity by performing at events such as school or village fetes or other similar events both locally and nationally

• To give a significant group of young people a wholesome and worthwhile activity to do on a regular basis

• To allow young people to obtain a high level of skills in a specific field

• To introduce and reinforce, within youngsters, the concepts and virtues of honesty, trust, reliability, teamwork, pride and to be conscious of the fact that they are ambassadors of the school

• To establish links with local firms and organisations including Lodge Coaches and the Royal Navy

Local and national charities have benefited to the tune of around £50,000 as a result of the team’s activities.

Since 1974 the Blue Falcons has gained national recognition as being one of the UK’s foremost gymnastic display team, a claim substantiated by performances at Wembley Stadium, The Royal Tournament, The National Arena Birmingham, Trafalgar 200, BBC Blue Peter and the International Festival of the Sea. Further, recognition has been obtained by attaining three Guinness World Records for vaulting.

The Blue Falcons currently has around 70 team members ably assisted by the large Adult Support Group, who train hard, twice a week throughout the year. The team’s well deserved motto is Altissimi Volantes – the Highest Flyers.

Eid Celebrations

During the holy month of Ramadan, Muslims all around the world fast from dawn till dusk. Not just from food and water, but from all things we take for granted, such as watching TV, listening to music, going out to the cinema. This is to help us understand that we are lucky to have such things, whereas there are thousands around the world who are not as privileged as we are. Money is raised and given to charity.

To celebrate the end of the month, we have a celebratory religious day called Eid. Lots of food is prepared, friends and family get together, new clothes are worn, henna is put on hands and presents given to one another. To spread this celebration, we organised a small Eid party at he school where lots of food was prepared from different ethnic backgrounds, henna was put on the student’s hands, and generally a fun get together with everyone around the school.

"I was amazed to hear what Muslims do for Eid, and I was surprised to know there are so many Muslims at CVHS. I was never tempted to wear the henna but after seeing the beautiful designs Mrs Pledger put on my friend's hand, I tried it and enjoyed it."

"It was good to see so many non-Muslim friends attend the Eid party and I had the opportunity to speak to other students about what I did for Eid. The food was really good too!"

 

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