Partners & Sponsors Circle Housing Department for Education Ernest Cook Trust Interfacespace Mayor of London (London Schools Excellence Fund) Mercers Company Merton Adult Education Merton Education Partnership Merton Priory Homes Merton Public Health Merton Voluntary Service Council Merton Youth Service Mitcham Youth Partnership Sustainable Merton SHINE Trust The Taylor Family Foundation University of West London Waitrose Wimbledon Wimbledon Foundation Wimbledon Theatre Civic Trust
MITCHAM TOWN COMMUNITY TRUST
INSPIRES Parent Quotes
Friends & Supporters Attic Theatre Company British Museum CAP Job Club Christmas Lunch on Jesus East Mitcham Cluster LB Merton Mitcham Central Neighbourhood Partnership Polka Theatre Salvation Army Wimbledon Theatre
Memberships London South East Co-operative Group (LASER)
Achievements The Jeremiah Project Queens Award for Voluntary Service recipients 2014 Accredited London Youth Quality Mark Bronze Winners Merton Compact Special Panel Award 2014 Shine Merton shortlisted Young People Now Learning Award Celia Dawson Merton Excellence Award St Marks Academy International Values Quality Mark St Marks Family Centre shortlisted for the National Compact Award
“Onwards & Upwards” Pupil Quotes “I made quite a few friends at SHINE, I’d love to come again and become a peer mentor”
“SHINE indeed made a positive difference for my daughter. It brought her out of her shell and she made lots of great friends” “My daughter has learnt to communicate and socialize more and has become more independent” “I think you give an excellent opportunity for children to learn new things”
“SHINE is the best place to be on a Saturday” “SHINE helps me with my learning''
Mitcham Town Community Trust members' and partners are: Benedict Primary School, Bond Primary School, Cranmer Primary School, Cricket Green School, Haslemere Primary School, Jeremiah Project, Liberty Primary School, Melbury College, SS Peter and Paul RC Primary School, St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary School, St Marks Family Centre and St Marks C of E Academy
Main contact: Kristina Burton H Cricket Green School Lower Green West Mitcham H Surrey H CR4 3AF Work mobile: 07532 149 316 email: kristina.burton@cricketgreen.merton.sch.uk web: www.mtct.co.uk
Mitcham Town Community Trust has been a registered company limited by guarantee since 20th August 2013 and consists of ten schools and two community groups from Mitcham Town. Cluster membership covers seven primaries, two special schools (SEN and SEBD), St Marks Family Centre and the Jeremiah Project. Working in partnership with one another and a variety of other agencies for many years, the Trust is offering wider community access to facilities
and varied activities within and beyond the school day. Our mission is to support all young people and families from Mitcham Town in reaching their full potential.We aim to create ongoing learning opportunities for the whole community and raise pupil attainment. Our objectives are focused around continuous professional development, curriculum innovation and raising already high standards of teaching and learning.
Joint projects & major successes: London Schools Excellence Grant for ‘Teaching Excellence’ we have been awarded £68,000 last year to deliver Masters in Leadership and Innovation for teachers in partnership with University of West London and Interfacespace. MTCT currently sponsors 16 teachers on the Masters programme.
All researchers presented their work based projects at the recent PAN London Conference at the University of West London with great success. Lead Professor Rosie Raffety, Celia Dawson and Emily Watt will be presenting the MA Cluster model at the prestigious APERA conference in Hong Kong on 19th November 2014.
Annual Review 2014
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MITCHAM TOWN COMMUNITY TRUST
MITCHAM TOWN COMMUNITY TRUST
Cluster Study Support Centre The Study Support Centre based at Cricket Green 6th Form is a joint project, creating a partnership amongst all schools from the Mitcham Town Cluster. The Centre has been designed to provide a stimulating, modern high-tech teaching environment. The high ratio of adults to young people enables development of confidence -boosting relationships between students and mentors and ensures rapid progress and key skills development. The programme is currently working on school referral basis and focusing on offering specially tailored study support and enrichment courses. All sessions are supported by a fully trained Lead Tutor, teaching assistants and St Marks Academy Ambassadors. In addition, from this year, we deliver outreach tutoring service at Phipps Bridge Youth Centre. The after school study support is sponsored by Earnest Cook, Merton Voluntary Service Council grant and Merton Youth Service.
SHINE on Saturday Having been successful in its bid to the SHINE Trust for the second time, and with support from Circle Housing and Mercers Company, the main aim of the SHINE project is to continue to deliver learning opportunities on a Saturday and give the chance to sixty 9-10 yr old pupils (approx.10 per each Cluster school) to take part in enrichment activities aimed at raising attainment. Activities include professional coaching, educational trips, theatre workshops, SATs revision, free lunch etc. SHINE curriculum is overseen and devised by a fully qualified and experienced teacher. SHINE offers six hours of study support and enrichment at Bond Primary
School on 30 Saturdays per year. (150 hours in total), targeting predominantly disadvantaged students. SHINE Merton recorded the best attendance rates this year. Over 60 disadvantaged pupils from 7 primaries attend every Saturday. Excellent academic progress results were noted as well as opportunities for wider community engagement (peer mentor training and volunteering, East and West production and SNAP workshops). with Wimbledon Theatre).
Shine has received a number of donations this year including Waitrose Community Matters grant, Christmas Toys appeal and Dinner on Jesus, grants from Mercers Company, Circle Housing, Wimbledon Foundation and Earnest Cook Trust. We also ran a successful Summer school that included Shine taster sessions and transition drama activities delivered by Attic Theatre Company. Summer School was sponsored by Circle Housing and Mitcham Youth Partnership.
Peer Mentor Training - SHINE SHINE Merton continued to offer Peer Mentor training opportunities in September 2014. The training
was designed for older students to learn how to support younger pupils during SHINE sessions by passing on their experience and sharing their knowledge and skills. Selected SHINE graduates were invited to come back, train and volunteer in SHINE sessions subject to successful completion of the training course. We had a fantastic response from students and parents which was excellent to see and currently have a group of ten trained volunteers.
Cooking School for Graduates funded by Mitcham Youth Partnership Successfully running for the third year, the project was rated ‘outstanding’ by Young Inspectors last year. The course is designed for all SHINE Peer mentors and secondary student volunteers as an opportunity for reverse inclusion as well as personal and practical skills development. The Cooking School runs for 30 weeks per year every Friday at Cricket Green School. We currently have fifteen young people (aged 12-18) from various backgrounds, including students with special educational needs.
Healthy Schools London Borough of Merton, Mitcham Town Community Trust and Jeremiah Project have recently partnered up to deliver Healthy Schools programme funded by Merton Public Health. The aim is to improve the health of our residents and, over the next five years reduce the inequalities in health outcomes between the east and west of Merton. We are currently consulting with schools and hope to start with the project delivery from January 2015.
Mitcham in View Mitcham Town Community Trust invited talented young people who live in Mitcham to take part in the Mitcham In View Heritage project and capture local life with professional support. Pupils will have an opportunity to choose subjects and local area sites, including special events or just the everyday things that happen as part of day-to-day life in Mitcham. All photos will be featured in a special interactive exhibition, and the creative journey documented in a form of a video presentation at St Mark’s Academy as part of Mitcham Town Community Trust’s Celebration event on Feb 15. Project is funded by Circle Housing Community Grant.
St Marks Academy Ambassadors Our thriving partnership with St Marks Academy has offered work experience to over 30 6th Form students in MTCT schools since November 2012. Each school gets an allocated half term slot and up to four student volunteers for approx. half a day per week. Schools tailor the visits according to their needs (e.g. classroom study support, reading mentors, faith ambassadors, fundraising events, arts projects). All 6th Form pupils from St Marks Academy attended 'reading mentors' training and some also volunteer for the after school Study Support provision offering academic help to younger primary pupils with great success.
Parent Support Advisor Network The Cluster Development Manager regularly meets with the school PSA’s offering them support and guidance. These meetings proved to be a fantastic hub
for networking, fundraising and introduction to a number of work professionals and partner agencies.
Staff Continuous Professional Development (CPD) The Cluster is committed to sharing resources and good practice by putting on a series of twilights and shorter training courses for teaching and support staff.
Adult and Family Learning We have partnered for the fourth year with Merton Adult Education to deliver adult and family learning sessions. These included Storybird, Family Arts, Mission X game creation workshops and Food Safety training. We also offer budgeting courses and a Job Club in partnership with Jeremiah Project and CAP. Upon course completion, we noticed a number of people enrolling to other learning courses and searching for employment which was very pleasing to see.
Development Work Our development work is based on strategic planning and innovation. We are focused on growing our Trust and embedding charity initiatives. We are very open to new ideas and building partnerships and are often comissioned for project management and delivery by other organisations. Please give us a call if you wish to discuss potential projects!
Study Support MTCT Study Support Centre’s been running successfully since April 2011 No. of pupils attended the Pilot:
18 No. of pupils attended in 2011/12 this academic year:
120 No. of pupils attended incl. volunteers in 2012/13 this academic year:
140 No.of Pupils and families attended in 2013/14:
150 SHINE Pupils enrolled 2013/14:
72 Important Dates Thu 26th Feb 2015 @7pm Celebration of Success Event at St Marks Academy Acacia Road, Mitcham