Outside Project 2

RSE Project 3

Sports Relief 3

Millgate Lectures 4

3D Artwalls 4

Issue 17 Newsletter Date

10th April 2014

Leicester City's provision for young people, who find it difficult to learn in school

Inside this issue:

Over £195 collected for Sport Relief Day!

This term’s newsletter contains an amazing mixture of articles relating to activities that our students have

been involved in during the Spring Term. These include charitable, educational and community based events

and projects. It is also fantastic news that our, long awaited, Braunstone Skills Project has now been given

the go ahead and will begin in earnest during the Summer Term.

Some of our KS3 students enjoyed a very thought provoking and informative presentation by Alter EGO

Creative Solutions. A team of young actors presented an innovative and thought-provoking play and then

held a discussion with students designed to encourage them to consider a range of personal safety issues,

including child sexual exploitation and the safe use of the internet. All students engaged enthusiastically and

discussed these topics very responsibly with the actors. Many of our students took part in Sport Relief and

completed a range of sporting challenges; students at our Carisbrooke Centre held a cycle challenge, raising

£120, while students at our Newry Centre raised £75 by organising a run around Knighton Park.

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A message from the

Head Teacher

Chelsea’s Choice, a hard hitting play performed by Alter Ego Theatre Company

Attendance

Carisbrooke

84%

The Newry

88%

Braunstone Skills Centre

83%

Millgate Lodge

78%

Our Millgate Lodge students have been taking part in a range of themed

activities and events. In particular ‘The Friday Lectures’ during which students discuss and debate a range of topics such as obesity, smoking as well as gun

and knife crime. Our KS4 Braunstone Skills Students are all hard at work sitting and preparing for their examinations. Many students have already achieved qualifications in

Maths and English and the remainder are on course to achieve well in their examinations. It is encouraging to see so many students taking their

education so seriously and striving to achieve qualifications so that they are able to progress into further education and training once they leave school. Thank you to all our partner organisations for your continued support. Without your hard work and dedication our students would not be able to make such

positive progress and engage so productively in their education.

I wish you all an enjoyable and relaxing Easter break. Best Wishes Shaun Whittingham [Head Teacher]

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Issue 17 Page 2

Outside Project at Braunstone Centre

As we rapidly approach the Easter break the

Braunstone Skills Centre has been given the go ahead to complete work on the site in preparation for the

Outside Project that will be launched in the summer term.

These works include improved perimeter fencing, work cabin installation adjacent to the building and major

ground works to house the cabin as you can see from the pictures of Richard and Olly.

This exciting new Project intends to

encompass skills such as small scale project management, functional design,

landscaping, outside installation art and horticulture to name but a few components.

All that remains is to thank the members

of staff here at BSC for all of their

considerable efforts this term and enjoy

the Easter break.

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The Relationships and Sex Education Project

Sports Relief

Run by the

Newry

Friday, 21st March marked the official Sports Relief day for 2014 and The

Newry continued their tradition by organising a run around Knighton Park.

Luckily the sun shone and the students made a valiant effort around the 1 mile

course. Individual students were sponsored by their families and

neighbours with a total of £75 being raised for this worthy cause.

The little heroes were treated to jacket potatoes on their return to The Newry.

Well done to all those who took part.

This year for Relationships and Sex education week ( R.S.E) I hired

a drama company called Alter EGO Creative Solutions. They performed a hard hitting play called Chelsea’s choice. The play was

targeted at young people, teachers and professionals. It raised awareness around child sexual exploitation. It promoted safe internet use and raised awareness of the grooming process and

many more risks that young people take. It proved to be highly effective in helping students to identify healthy relationships too.

Chelsea’s choice tells a story of a group of three students who discover the diary of a girl called Chelsea. Chelsea was a young girl

who, having fallen out with her friends and family , was approached by a man called Gary. Gary was older, owned a car, had a flat and

treated her like an adult. Unfortunately Gary was not what he seemed to be! Chelsea’s story is played out and examined by the three students along with their teacher in an attempt to understand

what happened to Chelsea and how it could have been prevented.

It was a powerful performance with a plenary at the end, with questions and answers from the cast. It gave our students the skills

and knowledge to be able to protect themselves from this form of abuse.

After a favourable response from visitors for the 3D artwalls currently on display at The

Newry, it was suggested that we offer a similar service to schools in and around Leicester.

With funding from the BSF Arts & Culture Steering Committee and articles on the

Leicester City Council website, two schools have recently taken up the offer.

Mellor Primary School have requested a large world map for a stairwell in their new school.

Whilst Catherine Primary School have asked for an outside teaching aid based on themes linked

to their curriculum, such as Space and How We Move.

The world map consisting of large, painted, wooden jigsaw type pieces measuring nearly 4

metres across, will be installed later this month. Any school interested in having similar work done are welcome to contact Stuart

Hicking at The Newry.

The Millgate Lodge

SPRING TERM School Closes: Friday 11th April 2014

SUMMER TERM School opens Monday 28th April 2014

School closes Half term Friday 23rd May 2014

School opens Monday 2nd June 2014

School closes for Summer Friday 11th July 2014

Secondary Behaviour Support Service

The Millgate Lodge Specialist Learning Centre, Welford Rd, Leicester LE2 6BN—Tel Option 1

The Carisbrooke Specialist Learning Centre, Carisbrooke Gardens, Leicester LE2 3PB—Tel Option 2

The Newry Specialist Learning Centre, The Newry, Leicester LE2 6ST—Tel Option 3

Braunstone Skills Centre, Fullhurst Avenue, LE3 1BJ– Tel Option 4

Telephone 0116 3033281– then choose option

At Millgate Lodge we have started to

introduce The Friday Lectures. The students look forward to these and

subjects covered include drug awareness, gun and knife crime, obesity, smoking and

prison life. This leads to themed lessons covering all

aspects of the National curriculum but also widens students’ knowledge of world affairs

including the Holocaust, Chinese New Year and fracking.

The lessons are engaging and this is reflected in the positive attitudes that students are

demonstrating around the centre. They are given the opportunity to cook, and again this is themed – Valentine biscuits and pancakes

were very successful. We have also introduced ‘quiet down time’

when the students are able to relax and begin to appreciate the wonders of literature in book form, and we are steadily increasing

our library.

Finally, we would like to welcome Kelso to

our team. He has already fitted in and is

very popular with the students and staff

alike.

3D Artwalls