Category: Children & Young People
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Liz writes August 2020
Westminster is now in recess, but my diary is as full as ever, with daily visits to local charities, community groups and kids summer activities. I’m also using my time in Blaydon constituency to visit our brilliant independent businesses, new and long-standing, to see how they are getting on in these difficult times. Last week…
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Liz to host Kids’ Question Time
Register your child to take part here: http://www.liztwist.co.uk/kidsQT
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Liz visits Brightsparks Nursery in Crawcrook
I visited Brightsparks Nursery in Crawcrook last weekend, and was delighted to see all the fantastic work staff there are doing to make it an “Outstanding” rated Nursery. Unfortunately, maintaining this standard is now going to be very difficult. The Government’s new funding regime has created a major shortfall for many nurseries -Brightsparks included-…
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Youth Parliament debate on Religious Education
This afternoon I chaired a debate on the teaching of RE in schools. Young people from across the country, including a group from Whickham School in my constituency, have come to Westminster to debate issues around religious literacy. They have debated the right to withdraw from RE lessons, challenging extremism and whether there is still…
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Visit to St Joseph’s Junior School in Birtley
Liz visited St Joseph’s Junior School in Birtley this morning as part of Parliament’s Education Service and the North East outreach programme. Liz said “Thank you to staff and pupils at St Joseph’s Junior School in Birtley this morning for such a warm welcome. There were so many fantastic questions from key stage 2 pupils…
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Liz’s contribution to the “Autism Community: Mental Health and Suicide” debate
You can watch and read Liz’s contribution to the Autism Community: Mental Health and Suicide debate below: “First, I thank the hon. Member for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow (Dr Cameron)—sorry for my pronunciation—for her thoughtful and comprehensive speech, and for setting out the difficulties that people with autism face. I am tempted to say,…
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Winner of Christmas Card competition announced!
All primary schools across Blaydon constituency were invited to take part in this year’s Christmas Card competition. A huge thank you to all pupils who took part, we received some brilliant designs. Kaci from Gibside School has won this year’s competition with a wonderful design featuring Rudolph and three of his festive friends. Thanks to…
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Further real-terms funding cuts for schools
Commenting on the Education Secretary’s statement to the House of Commons on the new schools National Funding Formula, Liz Twist MP for Blaydon said: “Today’s announcement shows the Government has yet again failed to address the real issue at the heart of our schools; that there simply isn’t enough money going to schools in the…