Last chance to enter our school awards

May 11 2010 by Nicola Juncar, The Journal

TIME is running out to nominate your school for a top award. The deadline for entries to our North East Schools Awards is tomorrow, so pupils, teachers and parents have to act now to be in with a chance of winning.

The Journal launched its popular campaign in March and we have been delighted with the response from primary, secondary and special schools from across the region.

Once all of the nominations are in, our panel of judges will begin the difficult process of whittling down the entries to make a shortlist.

The finalists will then be invited to a glitzy ceremony at Newcastle’s the Centre for Life in the summer.

Last year’s ceremony was a fantastic success.

One of the 2009 winners was Carolyne Brown, from Northfield School in Billingham, Teesside, who scooped the Inspirational Secondary School Teacher of the Year award.

Carolyne attended the ceremony with a group of dance students from the school, who performed a new routine they had choreographed especially for the occasion.

She said: “A couple of the students who attended the event with me nominated me for the award, so it was great to have them there cheering me on.”