haybrook college

ISSUE 9
Heather Billington (Head of Art) organised a Christmas
Card competition. The cards were judged by David
Tottingham, Chair of Governors.
The winning Christmas card design (left) is by Ryan
Speight-Dewar from Millside and Emily Seagrove at The
Gateway is runner up.
Apollo students
spread cheer by
entertaining the
residents
at
Applegarth Care
Home with carols
and
Christmas
music
led
by
David Smart.
Dear Colleagues,
Congratulations for making it through possibly the longest half-term ever
and once again demonstrating just why the College is such a success.
It’s has been a term of change with new leadership at Millside and
Springboard and the first term for Artemis, so as well as the demands of the
increasingly challenging cohort and the long term you have had the
inevitable settling in period to deal with too. The home to school transport
scheme also came into play this term and has been a huge success.
There has also been a tremendous amount of work carried out by the
Finance and Admin Team to get us set up for when we become a Trust in
our own right.
Thank you to all staff for your hard work, commitment and positivity – it does
not go unnoticed.
Best wishes to everyone and please enjoy your
very well deserved Christmas Break.
Helen
Once again a healthy turnout on another
sunny celebration at our annual garden
party. As usual the food and drink –
including our popular coffee cake made in
the Schoolroom – went down a treat .
Another
November another new
record for our
Children in
Need
fundraising
efforts.
Bookmarks made for Children
in Need by children in need
helped to raise our total to
over £560!
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This half term, the
learners have been
attending the local
library and reading Of
Mice and Men. This
has been a real
success as the learners enjoy reading together as
a group at the library and learning about the
characters in the book.
All Gateway staff took part in a Swiss Roll Bake off
that was judged by a group of learners. Taste and
appearance were scored.
The competition was close run, with the learners
judging that Andy’s cake was the winner! Other staff
thought it was a FIX!!
Learners have taken part in a number of
workshops as part of the Gateway programme.
Turning Point
Learners participated in
two
workshops
on
Drugs education. The
course covered types of
drugs, their effects,
alcohol and personal
safety.
First Aid
A group of 12 learners and
staff
successfully
completed the Emergency
First Aid at Work course,
delivered
by
Tigerlily
Training. More courses to
be run throughout the year.
Learners have had 1:1 meetings with Adviza to
discuss their career and moving on options. We
have also been working with Learning to Work,
giving learners a chance to take part in the Work
Experience programme, which involves some
workshops preparing for their placements, and
then taking part in a 1 week placement, with the
first group of learners starting in December.
The foundation learners took part in a mini project
learning about World War II, finishing off with a trip
to the Imperial War Museum in London. They
learnt about the Holocaust, the Allies and Axis
powers, the Blitz, the Battle of Britain and what life
was like in Britain during WWII.
Youth Parliament
This workshop encouraged learners to have their
say about issues that are important to them and the
area that they live in. It was hosted by Giovanni
from Slough Youth Services, and the topics created
a lively debate.
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Rotunda staff have been busy this term across the
college and out in local schools working with a wide
range of young people and helping them maintain
their school places.
Back in October we supported Macmillan Cancer
Charity and Katie supported the young people in their
food technology lessons to make cakes and biscuits
which could be sold for charity. We had a guess the
amount of sweets in a jar.
As part of the charity fundraising, staff were
nominated by placing donations against their
name and the two staff with the highest amount
pledged were soaked with sponges!
Jon and Natalie received the highest
votes…………we think Jon got significantly more
sponges thrown at him though!
The Rotunda has said ‘goodbye’ this term to Kevin
Davies who has left his role as momentum coordinator to join SEBDOS. Kevin is a huge loss but
we know that he will be successful in his new role
and we look forward to seeing him working with our
young people. Abs has been promoted to momentum
co-ordinator and has already completed her first
course with huge success. We will also say goodbye
to Dan Russell at the end of this term. Dan joined as
a SCM and has been promoted to Interim coordinator. Dan is a huge loss to the team but we wish
him all the best for his future career – we know you
will be amazing!
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The Rotunda
welcomes
two
new
coaches to
the team –
Huma and
Victor, both
a
little
camera shy
at
the
moment but
we will post
pics soon!
David Smart and Apollo students gave a demonstration music lesson in front of parents, friends and staff.
Students were on drums, keyboards and guitars. Everyone joined in singing Christmas songs and all
enjoyed the Reggae session at the end!
Students and staff had tours of both BCA and East Berks College
this term. We ate lunch in the canteen to help gain a feel of college
life. Students have now applied for courses including Animal Care,
Hairdressing, Public Services and IT.
Apollo visited the Tate
Britain and worked with
artist, Johnny Briggs.
We were asked to draw
a face with our eyes
closed
and
we
produced what looked
like modern art!
Apollo parents
attended
a
Parent Support
Group Meeting
at Kitchen Craft
where
they
heard a talk by
Adviza
staff
about post-16
options.
Parents were
served tea and
cakes prepared
by
Apollo
students during
their
weekly
cookery lesson.
Tour of the main sites of London by bus and boat on a
sunny day in Autumn.
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Chris Ramsey, Queen's Park Rangers Manager
presented students with their special Awards after
giving a motivational speech, focusing on being
single minded in order to succeed.
The Pitstop Awards Evening was held on 21st
October with input from all 3 training centres; Kitchen
Craft, Construction and Motor Vehicle, making it a
successful event.
PUPILS celebrated their success at this awards ceremony complete
with a Ferrari and a hot buffet provided by pupils and staff of Kitchen
Craft. Over a hundred awards were presented to students from local
schools recognising certifications and qualifications in vocational
subjects achieved across all three subjects areas.
Chris Ramsey presents to Kitchen
Craft student, Katy Kester.
Trainee Chef Of The Year went to
Shannon Richardson.
Construction Pupil Of The Year
went to Shahzaib Nawas.
Motor Vehicle Pupil Of The Year
was
awarded
to
Ridley
Bregmestre.
.
Construction Group Of The Year
was won by Year 11 of The
Westgate School.
Motor Vehicle Group Of The year
went to Arbour Vale School.
Highest Attainment was won by
Harley Jensch.
Most Motivated Pupil was Belal
Kiyani.
And the Overall Student Of The
Year Award went to Cameron
Davies.
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The 2015 Kitchen Craft Pastry course
was a great success, in fact oversubscribed. Members of the general
public paid to attend this course to learn
how to cook and bake. For example sour
dough, profiteroles, Danish pastries,
gateaux and chocolates were just some
of the products produced over the seven
week course.
It’s been a particularly busy term here at Pitstop. The website
was revamped and launched ready for September. Here is the
link to the website – appreciate any feedback, http://sloughpitstopproject.org.uk/
Year 10 Motor Vehicle Students from Slough & Eton went to Wycombe Swan for a
presentation called ‘SAFE DRIVE STAY ALIVE’. A hard hitting presentation to make
young people think about excess speed, not wearing a seat belt, distractions such
as mobile phones, peer pressure and drug/alcohol impairment. Young drivers are
particularly at high risk on the roads.
Pupils went to visit the
Kier Construction Site here
on the Slough Trading
Estate to give them insight
into working on a building
site. This was the second
visit to this particular site
and pupils were able to
track how work at the site
is progressing since they
visited previously.
Slough and Eton pupils
have completed the brick
laying unit and they are
now
focussing
on
carpentry operations this
term.
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Students and
staff had a
very
social
time
baking cakes
and
eating
them! We
raised £110
towards this
very
good
cause.
A
special thank
you to Mr
Tidey
for
working with
Activate
Student
Voice Group
to organise
this.
All learners who gained enough points were rewarded by a trip
to Paintballing. Staff and learners had a great day enjoying the
addictive point-scoring games.
Every week the learners have the
opportunity to take part in sport. This term
the learners have been involved in golf,
skiing, bowling and a visit to Jump In.
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November - Olivia Brown
October - Chloe Wenn
September - Rachel Dicken
Each month we recognise the efforts of a student who has gone above and beyond in their academic
studies. Well done to the following learners:
The summer holidays have come to an end and the start of a new
academic year has arrived! We have welcomed our new year 7’s
who are settling really well into the safe motivating learning
environment that we provide. Also we have welcomed back all our previous Millside students who have hit
the ground running, getting them off to an excellent academic start. All initial baseline assessments were
conducted successfully and we are guiding all our students on the road to success.
We are very pleased to
welcome all the new staff
who have started this term
such as Ashley Fletcher, our new ICT teacher who has previous years of experience in SEBD settings.
Sam Lock, our new KS3 teacher who was previously a sports coach mentor and now has joined the
teaching staff after becoming qualified. Sandy Crosk, our new KS3 teacher who has years of expertise
working in secondary settings. Also Harley O’Sullivan and Viola Richardson, our new sports coach
mentors who have a range of qualified youth and community skills working with young people in and
around the local area. And finally Jamie Rockman, our new Head of Centre who has transferred his quality
of leadership and management skills over from Springboard to us here at Millside.
As a reward for the students who meet the required behaviour and attainment points, we have branched
out our Friday trips to a new organisation called JUMP. This is going really well for our students and the
staff at JUMP are really praising the athletic skills the students demonstrate. Millside and JUMP are
building a great relationship and will continue to work together in harmony.
We have started a new student council panel which
has been set-up and run by Vernon Lyndsay. The
students are having some great discussions and
debates about whether or not we should implement
school uniform, different types of trips, and ideas on
how to raise some money for luxuries the students
would like to have in school. This is really making
the students have a great sense of responsibility
and ownership. Thank you to all students who are
taking part and making this happen.
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Named the ‘Palm Tree of Dreams’, Springboard students
were asked to write down their likes and hopes for the
future and then place them on the tree so they would be
visually reminded of their future goals.
Comments ranging from having an X-box, designer
sportswear to gaining good grades, having a good job and
earning lots of money to buy nice things for themselves and
their families, were just a few written.
To promote college cohesion and inter-school partnerships,
the Football Academy led by Paul Foad and Gavin
Mernagh, arranged three football matches during October
with local secondary schools.
Their first game, against Wexham School proved
challenging but we came away with a win. “As Year 11
matches go it was very straightforward to referee and your
boys were a credit to themselves and the work you are
doing with them”, remarked Matt Shuttle, Head of PE at
Wexham School.
More matches will be organised during the Spring term.
Congratulations to Paul Foad who is getting
married on New Year’s Eve.
We wish Gemma all the best as she takes
her maternity leave.
Well done to Tony Ford for representing the
Hospital School in the ‘Education for
Everybody’ magazine.
The new term starts on 4th January
2016. All staff are back in centres.
For further dates it is important that
Congratulations to Michael Woloszyn who everybody looks at the Haybrook
had a baby boy named Max Antony and Calendar which can be found on the
Ross Mullady who had a baby girl named Rhea. staff shared Q:\ drive.
Thank you for all you
contributions. What a
busy term! Happy
Christmas to everyone
from Team Apollo.