Brazil Day

What a week it has been! Firstly I would like to say a huge thank you to all those who have helped support the Brazil Day's: Les, Barbara, Luiza, Julianna, Isabela, Mare, Michael, Ryan and Ryan!

It is hard to put them into words because each time we do one they get better and better. They have all been fantastic and it is brilliant to see the schools embrace Brazil! Fordley Primary raised £355 and Forest Hall Primary raised £256 to go towards the project. The best thing about this week has been the children's interaction with the students from International House. They have been like celebrities to the pupils and the feedback from the girls to us has been fantastic. We are very proud that they have had an excellent time and hope they remember the day for a long time!

Our Facebook has lots of photos and video's from the days. My favourite has to be one of an impromptu dance lesson by the Brazilian students for the pupils which is amazing!!!

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151508010130617&notif_t=like

Maluco!

Forest Hall

Fordley

Road to Brazil 2013

I'm currently recovering after catching a little bit too much sun in Newcastle yesterday.

I will start with the StreetGames awards in Manchester. Huge congratulations to Tom Harley who picked up three awards including National Young Volunteer of the Year. A big well done to all nominated and the Sport North Tyneside team for winning team of the year.

Since our first Brazil Day things have got a little crazy so you will have to bear with me. Firstly we hosted a 5 a side tournament 'Road to Brazil 2013' which was brilliant. We managed to raise £585 for the project with 80 participants and 12 teams taking part. The weather was super and our eventual winners Ivory Toast got a lovely trophy they could show off at work.

The city hall of Curitiba have been in touch and we featured on their official World Cup website. The mayor Gustavo Fruet is following us on Twitter. Maluco! Big time! Hopefully this is the start of a great time in Brazil developing some amazing projects.

We have an interview planned with a newspaper in Curitiba so those in the city please keep an eye out. I think it is called the daily sport newspaper.

We released our main video which  you can watch on:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONArrGPLwQI

This is our home city of Newcastle upon Tyne and what the project is about.

We have two more Brazil Days next week so it is going to be busy. Our fundraising has reached around £3000 so we are doing well.

Update

I'm off to Manchester for a StreetGames award event to recognise young people who give their time to make the community better. Hopefully the North Tyneside team do well!

Road to Brazil tournament went well and will give an update when I'm back.

Things are going crazy. For those who don't have English as a first language you can read about us here:

http://www.copa2014.curitiba.pr.gov.br/noticias/jovens-ingleses-preparam-se-para-passar-ano-da-copa-em-curitiba/29632

Craig

Promo Video

We released a promo video yesterday which has footage of the Brazil Day at Holystone. The main video which explains Project Curitiba will be out next week.

We have also featured in the News Guardian today. You can read that here:

http://www.newsguardian.co.uk/community/carnival-comes-to-town-for-brazil-1-5724262

Brazil Day!

Our first Brazil Day has been completed at Holystone Primary and what a day it was. It left me quite speechless because after all the planning and organising for the event I don't think it could have went any better.


The idea of a Brazil Day came as an opportunity to share our NewcastletoBrazil aim and thankfully schools have taken the idea on to help support us and the project. Sadly the weather was typical North East England weather with a cool wind and rain, but the enthusiasm and excitement from pupils made this a day to remember. Just before the day we prepared a presentation which explained the purpose behind the day, but actually made us minor celebrities as children recognised us as we passed through the school.

As we approached the school to setup for the day they proudly had a Brazil flag on show next to a union jack flag. We delivered futsal tricks with an inflatable pitch, they school organised WorldBeaters to come in and teach pupils music. We managed to have some Brazilian students come along and meet pupils to give them the opportunity to ask question, learn some phrases and culture.

Overall the 480 pupils were absolutely fantastic and really took to the day helping to raise £383. I can't thank them enough for the support and hope to create a link between a school in Curitiba for them. The carnival they finished with was brilliant and hopefully we should have a video appearing soon.

The main thing was for pupils to enjoy the day and two quotes stick in the mind "we should do this every Friday" and "best day ever!"

Brazil Days

The end of May and June are going to be exceptionally busy for us. An idea we had was to create a link between our current home and then our home for a year. Due to our links in the community we have managed to agree with schools to host a Brazil Day. The schools that have confirmed so far with specific dates are Holystone Primary, Fordley Primary, Forest Hall Primary, Redesdale Primary and Excelsior Academy. There are more schools interested and we are working on those to incorporate them into our program.

Each school will be different, but the core idea is to share culture and understanding potentially creating a legacy beyond 2014. We will go into each school for a day and deliver some sport, music, a visit from Brazilian students thanks to help from International House and the teachers can deliver lessons based on the country. Pupils also have the opportunity to wear non school uniform on the day and hopefully this can help create a carnival atmosphere.

Each child will donate £1 with the option of voluntary donations, but every little helps. The main aim is creating a fun day, shared learning and the opportunity to create a link from Newcastle to Brazil.

5 a side Tournament

ROAD TO BRAZIL

We have around 3 weeks until our 5 a side football tournament that will be hosted at Complete Football in Gosforth and we are really looking forward to it. We've had interest from a number of teams and it is great that we can do something fun that will benefit a wider audience. The money from the day goes straight to the Brazil project and will supply funds to provide education or sport.

Each team will get to play some football matches, watch the International friendly match and also there will be a buffet that we will provide as part of the team entry fee. The day will also be a bit more awareness about our project, but we hope to have a couple small games that could see people win some prizes.

You also get:

• Welcome introduction and 'Team Captains' brief
• CFTV - All goals recorded and shown in players lounge
• Synthetic rubber crumb turf pitches
• FA Qualified Referees
• Nike match balls and bibs 
• Private dressing room with shower and locker facilities
• Private car park facilities
• Fully licensed bar on site
• A winning team trophy, player of the tournament and top goal scorer award

If you are interested in entering a team please get in touch.