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Extended Services Update The CTC is committed to responding to the needs of our community and ensuring a first class learning environment where we can boost attainment and play our part in contributing to a happy and successful community. Over the last year we have invested a great deal of time and effort to provide a range of services to benefit our community. This section is designed to keep you up to date with what we have done and identify opportunities that you may not be aware of in the future. We look forward to seeing you participating in the programme CTC First Aid Course: We are increasingly looking to provide more activities during school vacations to provide stimulating opportunities and extend learning. Charlotte Cheshire (12 Clift) describes the free Emergency First Aid at Work course she undertook. On the 11th and 12th April 2011, a diverse range of forty students (those studying IB and Btecs) attended an Emergency First Aid at Work course. Held during the half term break, students willingly came into college for the day to learn some valuable skills which would benefit them now, and throughout the rest of their lives. A member from the St John’s Ambulance team came in to demonstrate the appropriate techniques and importances of learning first aid. Instead of talks on the different aspects, the day included reconstructions of real life situations as well as genuine and hoax 999 emergency phone calls. The theoretical elements of the course included were: heart attacks and strokes, choking, effects of heat and cold environments and poisoning - in which the member of St John’s ambulance advised us on the right action to take. The most interesting part of the course was the practical aspects of first aid at work. We were able to conduct the shown procedures, with the materials found in every first aid kit and the procedure of RICE, for a variety of areas such as: scalds, burns and bleeding, fractures and breaks and allergic reactions. Afterwards we worked in groups to implement the correct steps in dealing with someone who is unconscious and breathing, someone who is unconscious but not breathing and a casualty 16 InsideOut December 2011 who is suffering from fainting or shock. Some of the techniques included: the recovery position, DR ABC on little Anne (a first aid dummy), raising the legs above the heart and especially, keeping the casualty calm and warm. Eloise Holland (12 Clift) was one of the Post 16 students that took part in the course, she thought, “The course was really useful and interesting for everyday life, I feel that I have learnt a lot and would encourage others to partake in the course when they have the opportunity to do so.” Another student, Christina Webley (12 Day) also said that she felt “I am happy that I have learnt a valuable skill that can be used to help the people around me, the day went well and everyone enjoyed taking part in the practical first aid.” At the end of the course, we were given a multiple choice testing to asses our knowledge on the contents of the day. To finish our day off we were provided with an informative guide book to refer to in the future. Overall the day was a success and all of the students gained an emergency first aid at work qualification and certificate. We will be running more Free First Aid courses for 16-18 year olds from this community on July 26th & 27th. Please contact Lee Fletcher to reserve your place. CTC KINGSHURST ACADEMY is the new home for Trampoline Club CTC Exclusive Coaching - Wednesdays 8.00-10.00 p.m. We hold a Wednesday session exclusively for CTC students. The charge is £4 per session. If you want to have fun and develop your skills on our four trampolines under qualified coaches, please contact Jon on 07715555094 or email altairtrampoline@hotmail.co.uk to reserve your child’s place PLACES LIMITED TO 20 IN OUR SPORTS HALL (5 per trampoline) SO RESERVE YOUR CHILD’S PLACE NOW We coach several pupils already and recently Luke and Levianne represented CTC in the semi-finals of the British Schools Championships for 2010-2011 Enrichment Update Youth Club every Wednesday 3:00-5:00 p.m. continues to go from strength to strength. We are now located in the gym and play pool, table tennis and computer gaming with music provided by DJ Kaos and his student DJs. We have two new enrichments. Athletics takes place every Wednesday until 4:15 p.m. while the CTC Tennis Academy is welcome to all between 3:00-5:00 p.m. under the guidance of ex student and Tennis coach Alistair Gibbons. As with all CTC enrichments they are free so please get involved.
Living Well MAKE & TASTE WORKSHOP Wednesday 27 th July 10am CTC Kingshurst Academy A 2.5hr practical workshop for families wishing to increase their cookery skills, knowledge & confidence. Minimum age 7 years For more information call The Living Well Team on 0121 704 8551 Girls Wii Club: � Every Thursday 3pm‐5pm � Just Dance and more… � Bring games of your choice � Meet p16s in the foyer by the hall! Family Learning Archery Year 7 student Jack Vasey looks back on the family learning archery session that took place on Tuesday 14th June. I really enjoyed family archery it was really cool, fun and a great challenge. There are few sports in which I can take part with my family but this was one we could do together. We learned how to use a bow and arrow in a variety of different ways. My favourite challenge was aiming at a target in which I gained my family points which was good because my mom kept missing. We learned how to use a long bow which I found hard to pull back as the string is really tight but when I let go the arrow flew a really long way. We finished off with all the arrows in the ground everybody lined up and continuously firing arrows until they were all used, it was like being a medieval archer. Archery is really good fun for all of the family I would definitely recommend it. According to Mrs Vasey,” This session was fantastic we all had an excellent time. I was unsure as to whether there would be enough for us to do for the two hours we were there, but if anything we ran out of time. Thank you for this activity much appreciated. Thank you again for all the wonderful activities Jack and I have been able to attend this year we really do appreciate it. All the activities have been good fun and holiday club has been a huge help to me and great fun for Jack.” Keeping up with the Children Courses at the CTC from September. We will be starting Keeping up with the Children Courses at the CTC from September following the successful programme this spring. Here Mrs Porter gives feedback on the programme and highlights its value. I’ve really enjoyed the opportunities at the CTC to help me work with my child and help them with their progress. I would thoroughly recommend the Keeping up with the children classes in English and Maths as they really help bring you up to speed with what they do in English and Maths in Key Stage 3 so we can check what they are doing and help them in these crucial subjects. It does not matter what ability you have in the subjects as the teacher guides you through everything. Everybody is in the same boat whether you have left school recently or some years ago as the pace is suitable for all. Even if you have not pickled everything up it doesn’t matter because what you do pick up is invaluable. If you do not like it, you are not forced to carry on but we all found it better than we thought it would be. You also have the opportunity to meet other parents and have more contact with teachers. For example we met Miss DeSilva who showed us their progress on tracking grids and told us what they were achieving and what progress they were making in terms of their ability and compared to peers. She was able to spend more time with us explaining this than we would be able to have on parents evening. Through this we could also voice concerns, for example my daughter relies heavily on a calculator whereas we were told they were being taught mental arithmetic in addition to calculators. Miss DeSilva assured me she would look into this so my daughter was not at a disadvantage. Overall a 100% positive experience and I would not hesitate to participating in future programmes be they a one off introduction to geography, history etc or a six week programme. I would say 99% of parents are unsure what PSE and Citizenship are for example so something like this would be useful too. Courses for You at Kingshurst Academy September 2011 Solihull College continue to work in partnership with Kingshurst Academy to offer a range of courses that you and your child can attend. These include: Keeping Up With the Children (Key Stage 3) A course designed for parents/carers to support you in helping your child with their English and Maths FREE Course English & Maths for Adults Improve your own level of English and Maths and gain an accredited qualification. (These classes may be offered at Kingshurst Academy or at a neighbouring school – depending on enrolments) FREE Course Computing for Adults A introduction course for those who are new to using IT £40 (concessions available) For more information phone: 0121 788 0319 or email: val.weaver@solihull.ac.uk www.solihull.ac.uk InsideOut December 2011 17
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