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groups have produced

name badges, created

diaries and crafted

or igami footba l l

shirts, and that was

  just the first week.

Using their imagina-

tions and good team-

work they produced

their own “DreamTeam”, stadium and

everything needed to

create a successful

club. Before half

term they toured the

stadium and using ori-

enteering skills com-

pleted the stadium

challenge.

PfS Press

Northamptonshire Study Centres

October 2010 Mid-term Review

Centre Manager: Rob Jones www.diamondsstudycentre.org Centre Co-ordinator: Laura Ellis

Club Challenge

Working in groups thestudents designed

their own fantasy

football clubs, com-

plete with stadium,

team and handmade

origami shirts.

It has been a busy few

weeks at the centre.

This term we have

welcomed both Junior

and Secondary Schools

from Rushden, Higham

Ferrers and Raunds.

The PfS sessions, run-

ning after school aim

to improve ICT, Liter-acy and Numeracy

skills as well as boost

confidence, listening

skills and teamwork.

The sessions reflect

our Football setting

and use sport to in-

spire.

During this term the

Using maths skills and

teamwork the groups an-

swered clues to find seat

numbers in the stadium.Letters on the clues

then needed to be rear-

ranged to find three

animals.

Stadium Tours

Lauren Rowe, our

  young mentor was

n o m i n a t e d f o r

„Outstanding Contribu-

tion to Volunteering‟ in

the Children and

Young People‟s

Shadow Board

Awards. The

awards, held at

Sywell Aero-

Award Nomination

for our Young Mentor

drome celebrated the

achievements of

  young people in

Northamptonshire.

Lauren was the young-

est in her cate-

gory and was

shortlisted from

400 applicants for

her work at clubs

across Northants.

What do the

children say?

I really liked today and Iam really looking for-

ward to next week, be-cause it is so cool.

I really enjoyed myself 

this week. Looking for-ward to next Wednes-

day.

Hi I have been here for afew weeks now and I

have had a great time. Ihave made my own foot-ball club and made a dis-

play of all of our work.

I am so pleased the

school chose me to gohere.

I love these sessionsthey are fantastic. I have

had so much fun. I like coming here. It isawesome. I never wantto leave here becausethey have loads of coolthings and I love it here

they have got everythingI ever wanted.

I love coming to dia-monds because it’s cool,

really cool.

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community and the

continuing supportwhich it has given to

the Study Centre dur-

ing this academic

term.” 

Summer Term Presentation Evening

The Presentation Eve-ning for the Diamonds

Study Centre was held

in the Kimberley Suite

at Rushden and Dia-

monds Football

Club. Relatives and

teachers watched the

 youngsters, aged be-

tween 9 and 14 years,

being presented with

their certificates by

Rushden & Diamonds

Academy Players

James, Jordan andMax.

Study Centre Manager

Rob Jones said, “The

 youngsters have been

a credit to their fami-

lies and their schools

and the tremendous

turnout reflected the

high regard shown for

the Playing for Suc-

cess initiative. I would

also like to take this

opportu-nity to

thank all

of the

teachers

and par-

ents for

their as-

sistance

this term and to com-

mend Rushden and

Diamonds Football

Club for its involve-

ment with the local

Important Information for Parents and Schools

Each term we hold a

Presentation Evening

celebrating the suc-

cess and achievements

of all the local primary

and secondary schoolstaking part in the

term‟s programme.

We would like to invite

all parents, family

members and school

staff to join us in our

celebration as the

children are awarded

their certificates.

This term the celebra-

tion evening will takeplace in the

Kimberley Suite

The Diamond Centre

Nene Park Stadium

Date and Time:

Wednesday

8th December 2010

6-6.45pm

There is ample parkingto the front of The

Diamond Centre .

Which can be seen to

the right of the sta-

dium from the A6.

We do hope you can

 join us!

Did you know that the

centre is on Twitter?

Follow us for live up-

dates on what‟s hap-

pening at the centre,

reminders and infor-mation on the other

centres in Northants.

No account? We

stream a live feed di-

rect to our website!

@DiamondsSC

We are always looking

for volunteer mentors

to help with the PfS

programme after

school.

We run in two blocks

from 3pm-5pm and

5pm-7pm Tuesdays,

Wednesdays and

Thursdays. Mentors work along-

side our staff assist-

ing the young learners

with their work. You

don‟t have to have any

formal qualifications

www.diamondsstudyce

ntre.orgOur website has a

weekly blog on what is

happening at the cen-

tre each week!

With information on

the centre, as well as

our twitter feed and

photos it has every-

thing you need to keep

up to date. It also hasa comment function

where we love to hear

from parents,

schools and

  young learn-

ers alike!

or experience, just

enthusiasm and an in-

terest in working with

children.

If you have time to

spare we‟d love to hear

from you. Please con-

tact Rob on:

D i a m o n d s 2@ s t u d y c e n t r e s .

northants.sch.uk

All Mentors involved with

the centre are subject to

CRB clearance. 

Do you have time to volunteer?