Kic.in2.Study

Year 10

Year 10’s Kic.in2.study programme began in the Autumn term when the group got to know each other, toured the stadium and took part in sessions lead by the University of the First Age. These sessions focused on learning to learn, learning styles and different intelligences. The group came back together in the summer term to hear a presentation from Aim Higher and one from Connexions, take on the Diamonds Club Challenge, tackle three Robolab challenges, a number of problem solving tasks, a map activity based on the location of Premiereship football clubs, and various ICT tasks using both Publisher and Powerpoint.

In addition the students took part in additional workshops on Circus skills and Shakespeare, holiday activities at Silverstone Study Centre and the Saints Study Centre and visited the Emirates Stadium. They are now looking forward to their visit to Longtown Outdoor Education Centre at the end of term.

Evaluations at the end of the programme described it as fun, interesting, challenging, brilliant and good. Robolab was the favourite activity.

Grendon

During half term year seven and eight students had a fantastic day at Grendon Outdoor Education Centre where mountain biking and raft building were the order of the day.  Mountain biking over an obstacle course which included a seesaw and a limbo pole gave us a chance to develop individual skills whilst raft building (in the rain) focused on team work.  Most students gave the day full marks for enjoyment.  Comments included “The best day ever”, “Terrifying but fun,” and words such as Excellent, fantastic, funnilicious, brilliant and awesome.

Kic at the Emirates

Fourteen young people and four members of study centre staff  visited the Emirates Stadium, home of Arsenal FC during May half term.  We began with a tour of the stadium including visits to the directors box, the press lounge and the changing rooms.  We were very impressed by the size of the stadium and by the luxuriousness of the changing rooms.  We weren’t able to go near the pitch because there was work going on to set up for a concert later in the week.

We also went to the club museum where we learned a lot about the history of the club, and to the club shop where we saw a huge range of Arsenal memorabilia.

Year 6

Year 6 Kic.in2.study students attended the Cobblers Study Centre over the Spring term, with two outside visits to the Saints Study Centre to take part in a Circus Skills workshop and a Shakespeare/drama workshop.

At the Cobblers they enjoyed a wide range of teambuilding games, produced some impressive creative writing in the form of “fruit poems”, took on the player maths challenge and became very adept at using digital cameras and using the photographs to create a slideshow with photos, text, fancy transitions and music. They used Powerpoint, Publisher and Photostory and took on the X box challenge - but didn’t quite beat Jean!

Evaluations from the students were very positive - everyone gave the programme full marks. Words used to describe their time on Kic.in2.study included fun, useful, interesting, excellent, super, and cool. Most people couldn’t identify a favourite activity as they had enjoyed everything. Two people thought the computer work was best, especially Photostory.

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Year 9

Year 9 students attended Kic.in2.study at Diamonds Study Centre during the Spring term. Presentations from Aim Higher encouraged the young people to begin thinking about the future and to explore the various routes available to them. They experienced a range of Playing for Success activities including a stadium tour, player interview, dream team activity, premiership club map challenge and Robolab workshop as well as the water bottle challenge and the paper tower challenge. Robolab was the most popular activity and food and transport also got high marks!

Kic at Saints

On a cold and snowy day in February a group of KS4 Kic.in2.study students visited the Saints Study Centre. They enjoyed a (chilly) tour of the stadium, created Comic Life pages on the apple Macs and braved the weather for an outdoor practical session courtesy of the Saints Community department.

Oh yes we did…….

Year 7 Kic.in2.study students and a few friends enjoyed a trip to Derngate Theatre on 4th January where they saw the pantomime Peter Pan.  Hook was jeered, Peter Pan was cheered and Tinkerbell was saved.  Some people saw themselves as pirates rather than lost boys!

Year 7

Year 7 students attended six Kic.in2.study sessions at the Diamonds Study Centre over the second half of the Autumn term.  Their programme included work with the Lighthouse Trust focused on producing a teen magazine as well as working on ICT tasks such as creating a name badge and carrying out a dream team activity which involved internet research and importing photographs.  The students also made an origami rugby shirt and participated in team building games and activities such as group juggling as well as being involved in a player interview.

Some of the students will be attending the pantomime at Derngate during the school Christmas holiday.

Evaluations at the end of the programme ranged from 8.5/10 to 10/10.  Two students wanted to give it a score of 11/10!  They described it as fun, exciting, useful, interesting and  wicked.  Two students thought it was sometimes a bit difficult.

Comments included:

“Everything was fantastic”

“I liked the step by step approach”

“The food was good”

“I liked making the magazine and meeting all the people”

“The way the sessions were organised was interesting, better than being on the computers all the time.”

“I enjoyed the circle time work on feelings”

Year 11

Year 11 students attended ten Kic.in2.study sessions at the Cobblers study centre over the Autumn term.  The programme included presentations from the Leaving Care team, Connexions, University of the First Age and Aim Higher, and the students also worked on ICT programmes such as Garageband, Photostory and Robolab.  In addition some of them attended the Silverstone Study Centre for two days at half term where they produced a multi media presentation based on their visit. 

They are planning to go to Longtown Outdoor Education Centre in the summer.

Their evaluations at the end of the programme ranged from 8/10 to 10/10.  They described  it as useful, interesting, exciting and fun.

Comments included:

“It was good.  It doesn’t need improving”

“Everything was organised well”

“Staff are very friendly”

“Transport is good”

“I am happy with everything”

“I enjoyed the practical activities”

“I enjoyed meeting different people”