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NYBEP (North Yorkshire Business and Education Partnership Ltd) North Yorkshire Business and Education Partnership (NYBEP) provides strategic advice and individually tailored services to help schools and colleges enrich the curriculum, businesses engage actively in the development of their future workforce, and learners better understand their personal skills and future choices. We do this through a range of programmes and activities for young people from 5-19, and also through Workforce Development for teachers. As an Education Business Partnership (EBP), our modus operandi is to develop partnerships and to enlist the skills and expertise of a wide range of people from business and the community to run sessions and workshops in schools and at external events attended by school students at a central venue. The contribution of the 'workshop providers' helps to enrich the curriculum and demonstrate the relevance to the young people of what they are learning in school. In this way NYBEP has worked with Sharmini since August 2006 - as a valuable workshop provider for a wide variety of activity days and events for both primary and secondary students. Sharmini has always provided high quality workshops focused on Healthy living, well-being and self-esteem through the theme of Indian food, Drink and Culture. Her workshops are like an oasis of the senses, where the students experience the colours, touch and smell of exotic fruits and spices, and taste the delicious dishes and drinks that she makes with them. She wears her beautiful national dress, which also broadens the horizons of her audience. Sharmini is very adaptable and flexible, and she can adapt her workshop material to suit a wide range of age-groups and abilities and different locations. She has run workshops for students from age 5 - 16. (?), and for students with special needs as well as mainstream. She has an excellent delivery manner, and a wonderful rapport with young people. She has participated in many of NYBEP's STEM Fairs which support the Science curriculum, where she brings out science elements of Food and Cooking. These are large events held in a central venue such as the National Railway Museum or a school hall, with 12 - 15 workshops all running concurrently, attended by up to 200 students who rotate around the workshops in small groups. Each workshop runs 4-5 times during the day, which is very demanding for the workshop provider! Sharmini has also run workshops in schools as part of themed days - eg, Healthy Living at Hirst Courtney Primary School, Selby, as part of a Healthy Living day, where students from 5-11 prepared and ate Indian food; a Global activity day at Fishergate Primary School, York as part of the school's Global Fortnight, where Sharmini talked about the Indian culture, followed by cooking and eating some delicious Indian dishes. She regularly designs new workshops to meet the changing needs of the school curriculum. Sharmini has also become a Science Ambassador, where she has committed to help NYBEP promote science in both primary and secondary schools. NYBEP is delighted to have access to a workshop provider of Sharmini's calibre, talent and creativity. We would unhesitatingly recommend her workshops for any event. Wendy Taylor Primary Partnership Advisor, NYBEP Web: www.nybep.org.uk |
