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Video: Education Awards 2009: Cheers and tears for our winners
INSPIRATIONAL teachers, brave pupils, generous support staff and creative achievements were all celebrated at the glittering ninth annual Evening Telegraph Education Awards on Thursday night (9 July).
INSPIRATIONAL teachers, brave pupils, generous support staff and creative achievements were all celebrated at the glittering ninth annual Evening Telegraph Education Awards on Thursday night (9 July).Peterborough's Key Theatre provided the backdrop and, as the noisy chatter hushed and the lights dimmed as the ceremony began, there was a palpable air of anticipation for the schools' equivalent of the Oscars.
And the awards did not fail to deliver with a mixture of tears and cheers greeting every winning announcement from compre Michael Cross.
First up onto the stage to collect her junior Best pupil award was Bethan-May Slater, from Orton Wistow, who bravely copes with a debilitating and rare skin condition. And no sooner had she collected her trophy she was being whisked to Great Ormond Street straight after the ceremony to find out the results of her latest tests.
The excited young eco-committee from Sacred Heart School picked up the Environment award for their teacher Sandra Togher, who was absent.
Catering manager, Karen Green, fought back the tears as she picked up her support staff award saying: "It is such a shock, I am overwhelmed really."
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2009 Award winners:
Best pupil aged four to 10:
Bethan-May Slater – Orton Wistow Primary School
Environment Award:
Andrea Togher – Sacred Heart
RC Primary School.
Arts Award:
Southfields School Choir.
Support Staff Award:
Karen Green – Southfields Junior School
Outstanding Sporting Achievement:
Christopher Wright – Thomas Deacon Academy.
Design and Technology Award:
Jonathan Carter, Jack Syer, Robert Rhoades, Amber Burton, Nathan Glover, Laura Nicholson, Ben Calvo Otterwell, Josh Lewis, Hannah Carter, Gareth Cox and Nicholas Fisher
– Thomas Deacon Academy.
Support for pupils with special needs:
Bronwyn Duffy – William Law C of E School
Best pupil, aged 11 to 16:
Rachel Cooper – Arthur Mellows Village College
Outstanding Teaching Award:
Graham Tate –The Voyager School
Amber Burton, a pupil at the Thomas Deacon Academy, was one of the eleven pupils honoured for their design skills and praised their teacher Mr Lee Mawby for inspiring them. Amber added: "It's so exciting to be here and our teacher had won before so we were just so proud we did not let him down."
Athlete Christopher Wright only found out he had even been nominated by the school at the last minute and said he was surprised to have won. Scooping her best pupil award Rachel Cooper, from Arthur Mellows Village College, said she was just "incredibly grateful for all the support she had received".
The last award of the evening went to the most outstanding teacher and Graham Tate of The Voyager School, said he felt surprised and humbled to pick up the award. He added: "After 36 years of teaching it's still the most worthwhile job in the world, working with children. It's a complete privilege."
As well as a public thank-you, the winner in each category scooped a fantastic 500 prize for their school, which was handed out Oscars-style in sealed gold envelopes.
Proving they were worthy winners of the Arts Award, Southfields School Choir, closed the ceremony with a stellar performance of three songs to bring the curtain down on another school year.
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