Summer 2016
STUDENT LIFE Newsletter
UNICEF 5 CITIZENSHIP 13 ENRICHMENT 26 REPRESENTATION 50 DID YOU KNOW? 54
UNICEF
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THE UNICEF CHILD RIGHTS
by a “youth reporter”. The video
AND BUSINESS CONFERENCE
footage will be used for a video
- CHILDREN’S RIGHTS AND
to promote UNICEF child rights &
INTERNET
business work with the ICT industry and the interviews will also be made
UNICEF is collaborating with
available via UNICEF CRB channel on
companies, governments and civil
YouTube
society to promote children’s rights related to the Internet and associated
I was selected a member of the College
technologies. Together with key
UNICEF Steering Group to represent
partners, UNICEF is tackling issues
UNICEF UK as a youth reporter at the
such as the transmission of child online
event of Children’s Rights and safety in
sexual abuse images, inappropriate
the digital world. The Event began with
content, online bullying and other forms
a warm welcome and an introduction to
of harmful behaviour, and violation of
what was the reason for the gathering
privacy. In parallel, UNICEF is also
of these people.
working with corporate partners to
Throughout the event I was asked
harness ICT technology to provide
to interview important guests with
children with opportunities to become
questions such as why these
engaged digital citizens and use
companies are involved or concerned
ICT platforms to learn, share and
in child online safety and what
communicate.
opportunities/challenges does technology and the internet offer
As part of the Child Rights and
children as well as meeting their rights?
Business event, there were video
The answers to the questions from
interviews of the speakers conducted
each representative were informative
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about the companies’ position on child online
out to decision makers on issues that concern
safety.
them. However this system is not available
Later on the attendees were split up into 3
to young people in the UK but the UNICEF
groups in which they had to come up with action
Steering group is currently assisting UNICEF UK
plans to address online safety for young people.
to launch a pilot project of U-Report in the UK.
.
Students have already given feedback about the
Representatives from the companies spoke
design and implementation of the project which,
about future changes they will make with
will allow young people across the UK to not
the corporation of others. It is hoped that the
only answer a relevant and topical question but
changes will not be too far in the future and
will give instant data showing what other young
actions will be taken soon.
people across the country are thinking about that
The event was a good idea to find out where
topic.
telecommunication companies stand on the topic
The group have been playing a key role in this
of children’s online safety, However it did not
project, providing insight on how U-Report
seem as if any real decisions to an action were
should be run, what questions should be asked,
being fulfilled.
and what change they hope to achieve through
In my eyes these companies were taking actions
it. UNICEF UK will then hope to engage around
of a good citizen instead of an active citizen
15,000 young people in a live test period running
which it should. The difference between the
from April, giving them an opportunity to try out
two is clear, actions. Actions are needed not
U-Report and give some feedback. The students
speeches.
proposed a selection of questions that they
I hope this event has allowed businesses for
felt strongly should form part of the U Report
once to forget about the financial implications
including:
of change and allow them to make change for what’s right, a child to be safe. Ioulia Kaloudi –
• Do you think the NHS service is too slow for
UNICEF Steering group.
non-emergency care? How can it be improved? Do you think cuts in the NHS affect young
THE U-REPORT
people? • Do you agree with turning schools into
The UNICEF Steering group have continued to
academies?
participate in the pilot of U-Report, a UNICEF
• Do you think the UK should play a bigger role
mobile innovation which promotes children’s
in the refugee crisis? Do you think the UK should
rights to participation and freedom of expression.
accept more refugees?
The U-Report is a pioneering, SMS-based
• Do you think young people’s voices are heard?
system with over 1.6 million users registered in
• Do you think fast food affects young people’s
17 countries who receive information and speak
health?
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• How can schools deter young people from using drugs? • How can the government prevent crime in schools and in the public? • Are young people politically aware? Do politicians consider young people a deciding factor? How can politicians get information to young people? • Do you know about the EU referendum? • Do you want cheaper/ no university fees? • Do you know your rights? • Will technology replace education/teachers one day? • What do young people think about LGBT issues? • Have you been affected by bullying? • Is gender inequality a problem in schools? Should schools teach about sexism from a younger age? • How many people actually follow their religion? • Are the rights of disabled people being met? • Do homeless people have rights? • Do you think pensions are helping people avoid poverty in old age? They have voted on the question they want to ask young people in the UK, on behalf of students at Croydon College using the U-Report platform. There are two questions equally placed so the vote is to be given to students across the college which will give a more representative response. They will then work with UNICEF UK to consider how to most effectively campaign nationally and locally to bring about change using the information they receive back from other young people in the UK.
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THE UNICEF UK OUTRIGHT CAMPAIGN -
Digital Inclusion – Go ON Croydon
HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCIES Students are still working in partnership with Go The UNICEF Steering group are still participating
ON Croydon offering an invaluable volunteer
on the OutRight 2015 campaign working with
opportunity as Digital Champions as part of their
UNICEF UK. UNICEF UK will be delivering the
Pledge Awards to support other students across
OutRight 2015 campaign messages to Secretary
the college with their computer skills.
of State for International Development, Justine
I have learned how to teach another student
Greening who is leading the UK Government’s
with little IT knowledge which has been a good
policy position on the Summit. This special
experience as I have learned a lot from her. She
event, hosted by a UNICEF UK Ambassador will
is now learning quickly and her technique for her
be a significant moment when Justine Greening
coursework has much improved’
receives 6,000 submissions from Croydon
Patricia Pelling IT L3.
students and school children calling for the UK Government to protect children’s rights to
Other IT students have signed up to the project
education in emergencies.
and they will be supporting volunteers from the NHS during the half term break.
STUDENT ACTION FOR REFUGEES (STAR) GROUP The Student Action for Refugees Society was started in September by Mohamed Al Kasir, IT level 3. Following the success of their term 1 work, the group has been meeting each week focusing on the Conversation Club with ESOL students who are keen to develop their speaking skills. These weekly sessions now run for 2 hours each. The ESOL ‘Talk about Respect’ students chose human rights as one of their event themes,
Did you know?
so the STAR group worked closely with the
Music Tech, L3 students are putting on an end of
UNICEF Steering group and the ESOL class to
year gig on the 15th June, at the Scream Lounge
look at the rights of Refugees. This included the
in Croydon. Doors will be opening at 5.30 for the
origami activity workshop during which ABLE
gig to start at 6pm,
3B students were taught how to make the paper
They are raising money for UNICEF, in particular
boats in the half term break.
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for children inside Syria and in surrounding countries, as well as for children seeking refuge in Europe. The money will go towards delivering life-saving food, clean water and vaccines, as well as providing education and protection services to Syrian families. Anyone donating £3 will get automatic entry to the gig. Their target is £400 so let’s see if we can help them reach it. The group have set up a Just Giving page, which can be accessed from the link below. If you wish to attend the gig, you will need to keep the email receipt you receive from the donation you make and show it at the door. https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ Croydoncollege Chris Hall-Franzkowiak, Lecturer, Music.
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THE ABLE 2B ‘TALK ABOUT RESPECT
• Acquire and develop public speaking
‘EXHIBITION AND CITIZENSHIP
skills which they will exercise in the context
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of organising, hosting and/or attending a ‘Talk about respect’ student conference
In essence the ‘Talk about Respect’ project
within their own college.
is concerned with the development of speaking and listening skills to empower
Opportunities for public speaking occurred
those students involved for public speaking
throughout the course and included:
and active citizenship, particularly in relation to issues of respect, equality
•Regular assessment opportunities of
and diversity. Five Colleges including
speaking and listening
Croydon College have been involved in
• Developing the confidence to speak in
the ‘Talk about Respect’ project this year
front of the class
and the ABLE 3b class were selected to
• Participate in the ESOL event ‘Share your
represent the college with this work which
Story’ in October
involves the development of approaches
• A presentation to all other ESOL Classes
encouraging them to;
around Faith as part of Faith Awareness Week in January.
• Understand what active citizenship involves • Explore the meaning of respect • Identify, within the theme of respect, equality and diversity, citizenship issues of concern to themselves and their peers, which they want to investigate and take action on
“Citizenship education equips young people with the knowledge, understanding and skills to play an active, effective part in society as informed, critical citizens, who are socially and morally responsible. It aims to give them confidence and conviction that they can act with others, have influence and make a difference in their communities (locally, nationally, globally)” Play you part: guidance on post-16 citizenship (QCA, 2004)
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• Preparing, organising and hosting a conference for 100 of their peers in March The ABLE 3b students were required to plan and organise an event for 100 students based on key themes and they decided that the focus of their event would be Human Rights, the Refugee Crisis, Respect and Equality & Diversity. The UNICEF Steering group were asked to give suggestions for the conference schedule and from the 3 proposals the ABLE 3B students chose a carousel of workshops about the Refugee Crisis, Human Rights, Equality & Diversity and Respect. During the half term break they worked with the UNICEF Steering Group and the Student Action for Refugees (STAR) group to plan the workshops for the conference. The conference was a resounding success with over 120 ESOL students attending. Over 200 origami boats were subsequently made and then taken to Downing Street as well as the signed petitions from the event. Multi Media students made a film of the event which will be used as part of the assessment process and for reporting purposes. Benefits for the ABLE 3b students include: • The learning required for active citizenship that encourages an understating of British values as part of the Prevent agenda. • The development of speaking skills also meet employer requirements and therefore the opportunities to progress into the world of work are enhanced. • The collaboration of students across all modes of study working towards a common aim – but with themes decided upon by the ESOL students. • The development of new skills, particularly speaking skills when working alongside peers from
other courses • The project can continue across other ESOL classes promoting the themes of Respect E&D and Human rights fit with college ethos as a Rights Respecting college “What a super event yesterday- very moving and with lots of learning and impact- fabulous input from your students Sherry, I am sure you were both very proud. Thank you!” Frances - Principal and CEO “The students were very impressive and spoke with self-confidence, I didn’t see any nerves at all! So well done, the students are a credit to you all” Sherry Dougan, Head of School
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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE YOUTH AMBASSADORS - MAKE THEIR ANTI-DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PLEDGES COUNT! Three students from Croydon College have under taken eight training sessions to become ambassadors against domestic abuse in their college community. The students attended Croydon Council’s anti Domestic Violence congress last year and pledged to take a stand against this offence. Their training, delivered by the Family Justice Centre (FJC), Strategic Manager, Paula Doherty, covered everything from healthy relationships to the facts concerning domestic abuse and recognising the signs of those affected. “It was a good experience and added to their
It looked at the personal values, rights and
learning and experience so I’m grateful”
responsibilities of someone undertaking this
Helena Morlewska - Film Production, Programme
supportive role.
Leader‘ The students also visited the FJC to help them “In my opinion the event was brilliant. Human
develop a well-rounded understanding of the
Rights are most important because we are all
support available in the borough.
human beings. To be honest I don’t know much about human rights and Equality & Diversity. I think
They also pledged to promote the White Ribbon
I would like to meet those who made the event it
campaign within the college and the wider
was amazing and keep it up”
community, which encourages men to take more
Henok Chea, ESOL
responsibility for reducing violence against women. Rosie Coggins said:
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“I thoroughly enjoyed this training, and hope the anti-Domestic Violence work continues to grow and develop so that future students can gain from it and support others.” “As a result of the training the students have worked with Paula to codesign healthy relationships lessons that will be delivered in the college during the Safer College Week from Monday 23rd May and will also act as a point of contact to sign-post those who need support, to relevant services. The ambassadors will also lead on the recruitment of the next trainees in September, and will continue to add input to future programmes being developed by the anti-domestic abuse and sexual violence service to ensure student/young people’s perspectives are integrated into future plans”. Briony Key, Senior Communications Officer, Safer Croydon Partnership “When we decided to test the idea of having College Ambassadors for Domestic Abuse, we had no real expectations, just a strong hope that we could engage the students with the agenda. We have worked with a group of students for several months, to explore the impact of Domestic Abuse and how to raise awareness of the issue and to offer a pathway to support services. The ambassadors, have shown great insight, they have further developed their empathic skills, and they have grown an understanding of just how complex abuse is and the many ways in which a person can be abused. These students are ambassadors in every way, they have shown commitment, given of their time freely, even out of term time, they have shown courage and determination in learning about the pervasive and destructive nature of abuse. The participating students should be proud of their achievements and it has been an honour to share this learning experience with them, and we look forward to developing the ambassador programme with them in the future”. Paula Doherty - Strategic Manager Troubled Families and Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence
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CROYDON BOROUGH FGM
The College FGM Student Society was
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invited to present their work to date and they prepared a presentation that was
On March 24th 2016 the Croydon CCG
delivered by Tina May (BA, Public Health
and Croydon Safeguarding Children Board
and Social Care) on behalf of the group
hosted a multi-agency FGM conference
who were in classes that day.
at the Croydon Conference Centre. This
This presentation was very well received
free event was open to all managers and
by the delegates who were highly
practitioners working in Croydon across
impressed with the work of the college
a range of settings including, Schools,
FGM Society. At the event the Croydon
Health, CAMHS, Social Care, Housing,
Multi Agency FGM Risk Assessment Tool
Community Safety, Police, Probation and
was launched as well as the FGM Referral
Community and Voluntary groups.
Pathways which include awareness raising
Attendees included:
about FGM, finding out about national and
Elaine Clancy – Director of Quality and
local developments and hearing how the
Governance.
practice affects residents in Croydon. It
Natalie Reseigh – Project Azure,
covers three main three areas;
Metropolitan Police.
1. Children at risk of being abused through
Lucy Njomo – founder of AYDA (African
FGM
Youth Development Association) also an
2. Children who may be subjected to FGM
FGM survivor. Emma Scutt – Artist.
and suffering physical and emotional harm.
Ranee Thakar (consultant) and Adeyemi
3. Women with FGM presenting to GP/
Johnson (midwife) – Croydon University
maternity /gynecological /urology/ sexual
Hospital Perineal Clinic.
health services. The FGM risk Assessment Tool also includes a pull out referral pathway covering both girls under 18 years and women with female children in the household.
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MAYORAL CANDIDATE SADIQ KHAN VISIT “I was selected with two other colleagues from the UNICEF Steering Group, to meet with the Labour candidate for the Mayor of London and MP for Croydon and Sutton, Sadiq Khan and Marina Ahmad in March. We talked about the opportunities that Croydon College offers us to volunteer and develop our interpersonal skills, projects that UNICEF Steering Group has led on and how important Student Representation is in the college. Sadiq Khan was very impressed with the 28,000 hours that our students volunteered last year. Ms Marina Ahmad told us that she was a UNICEF representative at her university, and was very impressed for the volunteering work in college. She said she will be visiting college soon again, as she gave the three of us the task to encourage students from 16 years old onwards to register to vote. I think it was a great experience and I am very pleased that we had the opportunity to meet the two Labour candidates. Both were very approachable and were interested in what we had to say”. Soraia Barbosa, Parliament Representative for the School of Business. “The meeting with Sadiq Khan, even though brief, was interesting. I was able to speak about UNICEF’s actions within the college and the outcomes of students volunteering. Sadly I was not able to question him on the changes he claims he will make. It would have been a great opportunity as a student to question such a person who is involved in politics. Overall, an interesting occasion” Loulia Kaluodi UNICEF Steering group.
Active Community Fund Panel meeting Once again Croydon College students have been invited to sit on the borough Active Communities Fund and this year Dualle Ahmed [Public Services, L3) has been selected to represent the college. The principal task of the Panel is to review and assess the bids to the Active Communities Fund and to make recommendations to the Chief Executive for decision on; • Which bids should be funded? • How much funding should be offered? • Any conditions of funding for particular bids
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People & Planet Conference 2 Juliette Daigre Activism & Education Manager People & Planet led a second conference about the importance sustainable practices across the planet to Science students Feedback from the session showed that : • 88% of students would recommend the session to a friend. • Students gave the session an average score of 4/5 • 60% of students said they now understood the issues more. “It went really well. We looked at the requests
• 52% of students said they now believed more
deciding what is good about it and we rejected it, if it
that young people could make a difference on
wasn’t a clear request about what they wanted. We
climate change, and 100% wanted to do something
all discussed and listened to everyone’s opinion so
themselves.
we could decide if that organisation deserved the
• 48% of students expressed an interest in doing
money or not. It was successful and looking at the
further activities with People & Planet, including
documents and analysing them was a useful skill I
coming to our events, running a campaign, and
learned”
getting more information about how young people
Dualle Ahmed Public Services L3
can get involved in climate action.
“Thank you very much for making time last Friday evening to discuss and agree funding for the Active Community Fund. You did a great job. I enjoyed all your valued comments which will be incorporated into agreements the council draws up with the successful applicants” Echez Ubaka Voluntary sector officer Student Comments: “I enjoyed that everyone can take part.” “I really enjoyed the carbon emissions game – learning about where it comes from and also the percentage of carbon from different countries.” “The poetry at the end was good.
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FIXERS STUDENT CONFERENCE
• Pupil v Pupil … bullying, cyberbullying [including sexting], peer pressure, coercion • The Chemistry Lesson … alcohol, drugs [including legal highs], smoking • Being Me … sexuality, LGBTQ, gender, expectations from peers and non-peers [such as parents/carers/siblings] • Taking Home To School … carers, being in care, domestic abuse, family breakdown, territorialism [including involvement in gangs] • I’m Fine … mental health, self-harm, self-image/ esteem, body image. Final project outlines: Both of the projects below have been started by students that attended the workshop, we look forward to following their progress!
During the February halt term break a group of
Asperger’s – Luis (Performing Arts)
volunteer students attended a ‘Fixers’ event
“I want to raise awareness on Asperger’s. Because
The
objective of the Fixers workshops was for students
I have Asperger’s and I want to break the stigmas
to decide what the biggest challenges for young
that are associated with having Asperger’s. So that
people are and come up with practical solutions
people can see, that people with Asperger’s can still
about how to address them.
achieve their goals, like any other person. I want
The activities included existing young ‘Fixers’ talking
to empower other young people with Asperger’s to
with the college students about their projects and
have confidence and believe that they can achieve
how they went about achieving their successful
their goals”
outcomes. The students then discussed a range of topics including:
Gang Impact – Alisha (Access to Nursing) “I want to raise awareness on the negative impact of gang culture and the current lack of awareness in schools and colleges. Because ….I have seen the negative impact it (gangs) had on family members. I want to do this, so that other young people and their families could avoid going through what I have been through, as I believe prevention is better than cure”.
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PUBLIC SERVICES –CROYDON POLICE
Di Layzelle MBE says:“This was a once in
PROJECT I CAN
a lifetime opportunity to pitch their ground breaking ideas to senior Metropolitan
The Metropolitan Police Service launched
Police Service staff, local government
an exciting new model of community
officials and entrepreneurs who have the
action in partnership with the National
resources, insights and the know how to
Black Women’s Network which saw the
take their idea to the next level.”
creation of Community Ambassadors in 13 key boroughs. These volunteers have
What can only be described as
a genuine passion for social change,
unforgettable pitches by each team it was
diversity and innovation to promote and
no easy feat for our judges to finally select
encourage people in their communities
the “big idea” that would be taken from
to consider a career working as a police
concept to reality. From tackling domestic
officer.
abuse, personal safety on London transport and gang prevention outreach
Based on this, three teams from Croydon
our students presented innovative and
College Public Services Department
creative “big ideas” that supported the
recently rose to the challenge to deliver
safeguarding challenges presented in the
their “Big Idea” at the Community
local borough”.
Ambassador Dragon’s Den Pitchfest
Andy Tarrant, Borough Commanader
held at City Hall on Friday 22nd April in the presence of Andy Tarrant, Borough Commanader MPS Croydon; Chief Superintendent Dave Stringer; Janet Hills, Chair MetBPA, Cllr Mark Watson and Steve Yewman from Westway Europe. The students (who have demonstrated the potential to become future Community Ambassadors and MetGirlz) have been working on a Safeguarding Project as part of their “big idea”. Working in teams, they were supported by dedicated police officers who provided intelligence, mentoring and expertise in order to develop their “big idea” in preparation for the Dragon’s Den Pitchfest.
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MPS Croydon said: “It was great that the students were able to think outside the box
There were three projects that the Public
around local safeguarding challenges and
Service students proposed:
present new, innovative ideas for solving
• A Domestic Violence support App that is
pressing problems in the area.
untraceable, • A Transport Safety promotional film
With support from business professionals
addressing inappropriate behaviour,
and serving officers, the students
• An offer of a comprehensive programme of
found the Pitchfest a great opportunity
sport and other activities to discourage young
to develop their concept, polish up on
people joining a gang.
their presentation skills, increase their community knowledge whilst enhancing their team building skills. Each team were encouraged by the feedback and support they received from the judges after their pitch based on how their “big idea” would make the borough safer and promote the element in policing that will inspire members of the public to consider a career in the police. In keeping with the Dragon’s Den concept the best ideas were rewarded with ongoing support from the Dragons to develop their big idea” Sonia Brown MBE Founder and Director, NBWN
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ART & DESIGN VISIT “As part of the development of their current TV presentation and production, Year 1 and Year 2 students on the University Of The Arts (UAL) L3 Performing and Production Arts programme, had a professional introduction of what it is like to produce a TV programme during their visit to the SKY TV studios in West London. Working with experts from the Sky Academy, in groups of four they wrote, presented to camera and linked the news reports together which also gave them
apprenticeships and become involved with
further commercial experience, and all
Sky in the future. An extremely valuable
within very tight deadlines.
experience in production that will be repeated with the next intake of September
Each group worked collaboratively,
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deciding on which roles they would take
James Miller, Expressive Arts Lecture
for the production, giving them experience as either a Producer, Director, Scriptwriter,
PATHWAYS WATER AID FUNDRAISING
Camera Operator, Presenter, and Editor.
PROJECT
The work of the four groups were then ‘stitched’ together and the final piece
“Entry Vocational Pathway 1 organised
was viewed by the students, each one
a group event for their Public Services
was also given a copy of their work on a
assignment. They decided to do a cake
flash drive together with a Certificate of
sale, which involved identifying and
Achievement. A further bonus that day was
delegating jobs, shopping, designing
that Absolute Radio presenter Christian
and advertising the event, budgeting and
O’Connell came in to be filmed and in
finance, informing various members of staff
some cases interviewed by the students.
about the event and liaising with staff to
The day ended with a tour around Sky, including watching Sky Sports presenters during their usual 24 hour live broadcast. The students were given valuable advice on how they could apply for training,
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Pathway 1 are raising money for WaterAid. WaterAid is a charity that raises money for people to have safe and clean water. The cake sale is on Friday 29th at 12:00 - 1:45pm in recepAon. 1 cake - 50p 2 cakes - 75p
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gain permission to do the event. They worked very hard as a team; shopping, baking, selling the cakes and raised £110 for Water Aid in just 1.5 hours! I am extremely proud of their efforts and raising awareness of a truly worthy cause”. Atiya Khan Pathway tutor PUBLIC SERVICES EXERCISE UNIFIED RESPONSE London Fire Brigade, on behalf of the London Resilience Partnership, hosted the Exercise Unified Response, the biggest multi-agency training exercise in the history of the Brigade. Exercise Unified Response (EUR) is a large scale and complex live and command post exercise which was held in February 2016 in the greater London area. The scenario was based on a significant building collapse, incorporating heavy transport and mass casualties. All of London’s emergency response organisations including local and national authorities were involved, together with specialised teams from across the UK and from Hungary, Italy and Cyprus. The EU’s Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC) also took part and the exercise was designed to validate protocols and coordination arrangements at the responder, tactical and strategic level. At the EUR, our roles were to be casualties and make the emergency services’ work hard. Each of the situations/scenarios had to look and be like a real life incident. So if this incident happens in real life the services will know how to react and resolve those types of behaviour. There were 3 different scenarios where we had
to act as a casualty and had to be rescued by the services. The first scenario was being stuck in the corridors of a tube station. We then had to follow the way back out to safety. The second scenario was being trapped in a building “iceberg” that had collapsed. This is where we were stuck and had to shout for help to get us out of there. The final scenario was a tube crash where we had to wait for the services to come and rescue us. The second and third scenarios were actually quite real but at the same time fun, but we learnt about what to do and what not to do. We can use for this years and next year’s units.
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During the EUR scenario I think the individual scenarios went well. This is because they were very realistic and made me feel like I was really in Waterloo station. I also enjoyed witnessing how the services work together within the major incident as it gave me insight on the training and how they really work together during a major incident”. Jody Francis A&D UNICEF UK CHEQUE Croydon School of Art put on their annual Christmas Pop Up shop in the Parfitt Gallery for three days at the beginning of December to raise money for UNICEF, the students’ chosen charity. Groups of students were tasked with designing and PUBLIC SERVICES STUDENTS EUR DAY REVIEW “On Monday 29th February I went to the EUR activity in Dartford. I was involved in different scenarios such as evacuating the underground which involved being directed by the police to a safe location. I then was involved in the “Iceberg” scenario which consisted of me and other people, banging on a concrete slab to get attention from the fire service so they can attempt to save us. However they did not notice us for a while so the person in charge told us to continue later. I was also involved as a casualty in the main scenario of the train crash. In this scenario we had to wait for over two hours to get rescued and also had to scream and shout to get the services attention. In this scenario I was able to witness how the services dealt with major casualties, minor casualties and how they would evacuate the train also.
producing items that would sell but that also looked at Christmas in a non-traditional manner. Groups ranged from Level 2 and 3 art & design to Fashion and Foundation Diploma making cards, candle holders, ceramic decorations, classic tote bags and the ever popular Reindeer antlers made from old scaffold planks. Over the three days the shop was staffed by students who were responsible for promoting and selling their products. They managed to raise £261 which was an improvement upon the year before demonstrating the popularity of the shop and its hand made products. Thank you and well done Croydon College Kate Dentith Campaigns Adviser, UNICEF UK.
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“A great achievement! I’ll forward it on to our Public Fundraising team for their records, and once the cheque is processed by our Donations team, you will receive a confirmation and thank you letter”. Emma – UNICEF UK “I just wanted to pass on my thanks to you and your college for fundraising for UNICEF UK. We really do appreciate everything you’ve done to help protect children in danger. A letter and certificate will also be sent to you shortly, Thanks again!” Samantha Selvarajah, Public Fundraising Officer LET’S GET COOKING PROJECT – UPDATE Let’s Get Cooking, is part of the Children’s Food Trust, and has an existing network of thousands of schools and have worked with Universities, Local Authorities, community setting and large companies through their partnership with SSP. The college has signed up to the opportunity for some funding accompanied by a free two-day accredited training for two hospitality staff and on-going support to help run cooking sessions with students across the college . The cooking sessions will encourage independence and will aid those life skills which students will find invaluable as they move on from further education. All the students were looking forward to the session. They were straight in the room with aprons on!. There was a little resistance during the initial health & safety talk but also a lot of interaction and humour from all.
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to instruct people where to find things etc. Callum displayed loads of prior knowledge – being able to identify the majority of the utensils and equipment. Ronnie who admitted – “I have never cooked anything in my life” was in the group that created the flatbread which a number of others said was the tastiest dish. Mykel was shocked to find that Anthony the teacher for the programme was in fact his cooking teacher from school days.
Once the health & safety and initial paperwork was completed Anthony demonstrated how to safely use the cutting knife and made all the ingredients to make a homemade pot noddle. The students were then each given a pot to which they could add the prepared ingredient and marinade along with egg noodles so they all had prepared pot noddle to take away with them. (Hot water to be added when they want it). After this the groups were split into smaller groups / pairs and given a receipe to follow;. Mykel & Kofi – Pasta Makeral Taylor & Dan – Peperoni pizza Ronnie, Callum & Emmanuel – tomato flatbread Shani & Raul – Pasta makeral & Coleslaw Nathaniel & Lewis – Fruit cocktails When preparing their dishes student volunteers from the hospitality department supported the smaller groups by offering to do some of the tasks towards creating the dish. They cut onions for one group, helped created dough for another, were able
Once all the dishes had been created the group cleaned up and cleared their areas and then came together to have a quick debrief and also give comments on each of the dishes. Visually, Mykel & Kofi’s Mackerel Pasta was an excellent effort
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with all the students and staff commenting on the excellent presentation, everyone then went on to give comments on all the dishes including how their own had come out. They then went on to share out the food between the whole group and continue commenting. There were no real complaints about any of the meals but there was a slight competition for who’s was the best dish. The tomato flatbread, Peperoni pizza and the mackerel pasta seemed to be well contested. During the feedback, eating and end session it was the best display of togetherness the group had ever displayed in my eyes. They were all engaging with each other, having fun, being productive and learning. MY ASPIRATION LEARNING PLEDGE Students in the Student Life Curriculum Enrichment Lessons were asked to individually write a learning pledge that would help them to aspire to achieve more than they are capable of and to aim for the best results.
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SAFER DRIVING WORKSHOP EVALUATION
their cars in the first year of driving and they are
RESULTS
most likely to have people of their own age as passengers. The threat of young people being killed
The SDSA event and subsequent follow up work is
or seriously injured on the roads is unsurpassed;
organised by a partnership between representatives
in fact no other cause comes close. The college
from all three emergency services, NHS, Borough
signed up to workshops for students from each of
and Transport for London. The aim is to reduce
the Schools during the week of the 29th February.
the disproportionate number of road casualties among young road users. The facts are shocking,
Did you achieve your goals?
on average, one in five young people will crash
Completely - 51% Mostly - 36% Partly - 5% Only some - 2% 44% of students said there was nothing they did not enjoy about the workshop. 100% of students said they would recommend the workshop to other students. Overall, how would you rate this Activity? Excellent - 64% Good - 28% Satisfactory - 3% THE MOD EDUCATION OUTREACH PROGRAMME “One of my longest College links going back now to nearly 15 years has been with Croydon College and this year as well as supporting their Pre-ACCESS course students and Public Services, I have had the pleasure of working with their Travel and Tourism students principally due to a link with their tutor Sara, who about 4 years ago was a student on this course, and after initially thinking of University, changed her mind and is now a tutor at the College
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on the same course. She thought my workshops were so helpful and constructive to her that she invited me back to support her students and I have heard since that at least 2 of the students have been shortlisted for jobs at Gatwick Airport as a result of my application form and mock interview workshops. I was also invited to work with their business students, the head of faculty suspended the curriculum for the day and I delivered all my employability skills material culminating in actual mock interviews in teams of 4, and a presentation of my MOD employability skills certificates to all which look great in their CV’s and portfolios. Their Public Services students also participated in my Crisis Scenario workshop and I was delighted to learn that a number of them were able to simulate casualties in Exercise Unified Response, the largest ever cross emergency agency training exercise held in Dartford at the end of February�. Andy Gillman MOD Education Outreach Programme THE CHINESE NEW YEAR SLDD SESSION The celebrate Chinese New Year (of the Fire Monkey) 2016, the Student Life Team arranged for a drama coach from an external drama school to deliver a workshop exploring the traditions of Chinese New Year, to our Step Up to Work learners on Thursday, 11th February. The entertaining session consisted of a basic introduction to festivities as well as dancing with ribbon sticks and giving a short parade as a finale. Before she left, the coach commented;
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On the 28th January, the ABLE 3B students visited other ESOL learner groups as part of the national ‘Talk About Respect’ Citizenship programme. They delivered a short presentation, promoting the importance of respecting people of all faiths as well of those who have no religious affiliation. The presentation was very well received by the tutor groups and the ABLE 3B gained valuable experience in public speaking and using their English vocabulary. The annual Faith Awareness Week questionnaire and the related ‘Hot Topic’ survey were made available on MOODLE, on the Student Life page At the end of the week, Aaron Bent (Performing Arts, L3) organised a celebration of Faith Awareness “I was impressed that so many of the (SLDD)
Week,with the help of the Christian Union members.
students took part for the whole session and that
Aaron advertised for learners to ‘showcase’
they made the activity so much fun!”
their various talents at the event. Students from
Fay Johnson,, Enrichment, E&D Co-ordinator
across the College attended and there were a
(Students).
couple of very talented performances from Leah Swaby (Performing Arts L3), Luis John (Music
FAITH AWARENESS MONTH The Student Life Team have designated this week (25th – 29th January) as Faith Awareness Week. Throughout the week, the Curriculum Enrichment Team will used the often controversial topics, of faith and religion, to stimulate debate and discussion amongst the various learner groups that they work with. Those students, who wanted to explore the issues surrounding faith further, were encouraged to attend the open access debate on the 27th January where the question ‘Is Religion the Cause of All Problems?’ was examined.
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Performance, L3) and Nataliya Sealey (Performing Arts, L3), which involved singing, key board playing and poetry. The light refreshments provided were very well received. Fortunately, one of the new College Chaplains, Fr.Mark Higgins, was available to be present too. He expressed his ‘delight’ at meeting the learners!
the College foyer on Wednesday, 10th February. The Terence Higgins Trust and Croydon NHS teams also had tables in reception at the same time, promoting safe sex and Chlamydia screening. All the stands were very well attended. Remember that the student LGBT group meet at 9 until 9.30am on Wednesdays, in the Student Common room. Come along and find out more! Fay Johnson, Enrichment, E&D Co-ordinator (Students).
CROYDON LGBT LIAISON OFFICER Are you a victim of homophobic/transphobic hate crime? Need advice on how to report it or speak to a Police Officer in confidence? Croydon has a Police Officer who is a dedicated LGBT Liaison Officer who is here to speak to anyone who has any questions about LGBT related issues. If you need any advice or need to speak in confidence contact the staff in the Common Room who can put you in touch with the LGBT Officer.
LGBT HISTORY MONTH Remember, in cases where it is an emergency always dial 999
To mark the national LGBT History Month (February) the Student Life Team exhibited an informative display on the ground floor, reception area whilst the Curriculum Enrichment Team explored the issues surrounding Hate Crime with their learners, throughout the week of 8th – 12th February. To raise awareness of the subject of Hate Crime, PC Dan Sharpe (Croydon Police, Safer Neighbourhood Team) ran an information stand, on Hate Crime, in
CROYDON POLICE STATION, 71 PARK LANE, CROYDON, CR9 1BP
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NO SMOKING DAY Dualle Ahmed (Public Service, L3) is passionate about making smokers aware of the possible health problems that they face if they continue to smoke. It therefore came as no surprise at the beginning of the year, when he asked to ‘adopt’ No Smoking Day as his UNICEF Pledge project. Here is Dualle’s summary of what he has achieved so far; ‘I was received training at College, from a member of Solutions4Health, contracted by Croydon Council as part
saving money. After these presentations I
of their ‘Smoking Cessation Team’. The
ran a stand in the College foyer promoting
training was planned in preparation for the
No Smoking Day. A member of the
national No Smoking Day (NSD) campaign
Council’s No Smoking Team also attended
on the 9th March. The aim of NSD is to
to support me and to give more technical
raise awareness amongst people who
advice should anyone ask a question
smoke of the disadvantages of smoking
not covered in my training. The Smoking
and hopefully, to persuade them to give up
Cessation Team also provided lots of
the habit.
marketing materials, leaflets, posters balloons etc.
On No Smoking Day I was allowed to deliver my 15 minute No Smoking
As well as samples of some of the aids
Day presentation to two Public Service
that are available to sustain smokers who
tutor groups. I could tell that some of
are trying to give up such as patches and
the students were interested. Some of
e-cigarettes. Some students smoke by the
them were smokers but some were not.
back door (Rotunda) and so I gave them
I talked about disadvantages and what
leaflets and advice as to how they can get
might happen e.g. feeling anxious, if
help and how they can try to stop smoking.
they suddenly stopped smoking without
After that busy afternoon, at 6:30pm at
assistance from professionals such as the
my weekly volunteer Greenwich Fire-
NHS and their GP’s. I also talked about
fighter Cadets meeting I gave them
the advantages they could get for quitting
the presentation about Smoking and
smoking such as becoming healthier and
disadvantages and advantages of quitting,
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I had few under age teenagers who smoke and I really talk about them and told them that even if you only smoke now occasionally, that they may become addicted and so they should think about their health and their futures. I gave them a little exercise in which I ask them to write down as many of the disadvantages for smoking and advantages of quitting as they could think of. Theo leader of Fire-fighter team, Greenwich borough so interested that he also assisted me with the presentation and helped me with the lesson. He talked about his own experiences, dealing with smoking in houses and accidents he seen causing by cigarettes. “I really enjoyed all these activities. It was long day, and fun, and I really enjoyed for helping people�. Dualle Ahmed (Public Services, Level 3)
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SAFER COLLEGE WEEKS (MARCH 2016)
1. It’s (knife arch) quite a hassle coming in but Safer College is a good thing –(Art & Design student)
As part of our ‘Working Together for a Safer College
2. It is full on but it does make sure that everyone is
Weeks’ (7th – 11th March) The Student Life Team
safe (Science student)
arranged for several curriculum areas to attend
3. It’s a good idea but a bit overwhelming – Amber
Croydon Council’s ‘Safe Drive, Stay Alive’ events
(H&SC student)
that were held at Fairfield Halls throughout the
4. I like it as it makes sure I am safe in College and
week. Our learners were joined by other young
well protected (Sport reengagement programme)
people from across the borough where the issues of
5. It is a good thing – looking at a lot of
speeding, drink and drug driving etc. ere explained
different things in Safer College Week for safety
by professionals from the emergency services who
(Apprenticeships)
deal with the aftermath of collisions. There were
6. They should do this every day. This is very good.
also some hard hitting testimonies given by the
(HE, Law student)
families and friends of young people who had
7. It’s good – it makes sure we are living in a safe
tragically lost their lives or had suffered life changing
environment. We are going to College knowing that
injuries.
we are safe. (Science student)
“Listening to these stories made me feel upset very
8. Some people might find it intimidating but it is
emotional but I suppose that it has to be done to
effective. (Hospitality student)
make us understand” Sade, Childcare Level 1
STUDENT LIFE MATHS MONTH The Student Life team throughout Maths Month
At the College’s invitation, the Met Police operated
have been organising a wide variety of activities
a metal detector at the entrance to the College
prompting an approach that maths is prominent in
building on the morning of Thursday 10th March.
every aspect of life in everyday life and can be fun. .
As the crowds of learners waited to walk through the arch, staff distributed leaflets giving reassurance that increased search measures used are for their safety. The student comments were overwhelmingly in favour of the activity.
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STAR (STUDENT ACTION FOR REFUGEES)
how many resources were required for ten tables.
GROUP
They also proposed different event rotation plans to ESOL students for the movement of the 100
The STAR students learned how to make paper
students during the event and this included planning
boats first and then, during the half term break,
the timing of the event and the proposed 5 activities.
taught the UNICEF students and the ABLE 3B
The ABLE 3B students then chose the final
students to make them. At the Citizenship ‘Talk
programme and layout design from all the options
about Respect’ event the ABLE 3B and the UNICEF
proposed.
students taught more than 100 other ESOL students
UNICEF Steering students have been assisting
how to make the boat explaining the symbolism of
in data collection and data analysis of the event
the activity. Nearly 200 origami boats were made
evaluations, BA work placement students have been
and these were taken to 10 Downing Street by the
asked to audit the curriculum enrichment handbooks
STAR Director.
and to record the findings on an excel spread sheet
All BA work placement students have been required
before undertaking some data analysis. This work
to research fun maths activities that they then led
will be supported with explanations on how this
with students in the Common Room on a weekly
is done and how the data analysis supports the
basis.
Student Life report.
One student found several motivational maths
Travel students collected money as part of their
posters that have been put around the Common
project raising over £32 for UNICEF. When
Room and on the Common Room doors offering a
they handed the money in they were required to
different perspective to the concept of maths
count the money for finance and to meet finance
UNICEF supported the ABLE 3B ‘Talk about
requirements in counting the correct coins in the
Respect’ event ‘which included several math
correct bags. They then had to cross check the final
objectives and calculations, such as calculating
total before completing the task.
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There was a plethora of fingers, calculators, mobile phones and iPads in use when the problems were distributed. We all had so much fun as some of the learners tried to cajole and then bribe staff, with the promise of sharing the egg, into helping them work out the answers! “If you want to try to solve some of the maths problems that the students tackled please see fay Johnson in the Student Common Room� Fay Johnson, Enrichment, E&D Co-ordinator (Students). THE COLLEGE CHAPLAINCY The Student Life Team are pleased to announce EASTER EGG HUNT
that Revd. Ben Jones, from Emmanuel (CE) Church, Croydon and Fr. Mark Higgins, from Our
An Easter Egg hunt has been arranged on the last
Lady of the Annunciation (RC) Church, Croydon
day of term in the common room and once the
have agreed to join the College Chaplaincy.
students find the ticket linked to their Easter egg,
Both will be based in the Student Common room at
they are required to total the number on the ticket
lunch time; Fr. Mark will visit on Mondays and Ben
and then answer a mathematical question before they can claim the Easter egg. The Student Life team led by Fay Johnson Enrichment, E&D Co-ordinator (Students), organised a Easter Egg Hunt, in the Student Common room, on the last day of Term 2. Ben Stopani cunningly hid 16 raffle tickets (i.e.not the chocolate eggs!) around the room. When a student had located the ticket, they were only able to exchange it for the confectionary once they had successfully answered a maths problem. This activity dovetailed smoothly with Maths Month, which was also ending that day.
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it confidently as she had passed the online test. She has now been offered a conditional place at Greenwich University and she is ecstatic! Fay Johnson, Enrichment & Equality & Diversity Coordinator (Students) Did you know? 468 learners have already registered onto the Equality & Diversity online qualification via Moodle, during 2015/16! ENRICHMENT SPORT AND HEALTH Community Golf “I just wanted to say thank you very much for organising that Dualle joined us on Friday. We will be available on Fridays. You are welcome to
seriously could not have managed without him, he
come and meet them for a chat. If you wish to talk to
was brilliant all round and will certainly be welcome
either of the Chaplains, you are welcome to ask the
at any Community Golf events anytime. Croydon
staff in the Student Common room to contact them
College can be very proud of him! Sorry you
on your behalf on any day of the week!
could not make it, but there will no doubt be other
Fay Johnson, Enrichment, E&D Co-ordinator
opportunities,Thanks”
(Students).
Mandy – Operations Manager
EQUALITY & DIVERSITY ON LINE
Golf
QUALIFICATION
Student participated in the universities and college Community league and BEN
Sarah Maison (Access to Nursing student) bumped
The SLDD Sports programme for 2015/16 has been
into me in reception and said that she wanted to
an amazing journey. We started the programme
thank me for visiting her tutor group and delivering
with a plan to deliver 6 blocks of different sporting
the E&D presentation last term together with the
activities. The programme started with 21 students
online activity. She explained that she recently had
working as a group to develop their hand eye co-
to sit an entrance test for Greenwich University
ordination and general exercise activities. On the
and the subject given for the essay was ‘equality &
second week of the programme the group were
diversity’ and why it matters to the work of a nurse
introduced to the Level 2 Sports students who then
etc. She says that she was able to write about
supported the group with the individual activities
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performance of the group for whatever reason had generally declined so it was decided to split the group in half (chosen to help performance) and given 2 separate activities. Half the group started a Yoga / Fitness session while the other group continued with cricket activities. Since this change the participation, behaviour, teamwork and the actual skills development has improved vastly. So much so that on Thursday 3rd March the group taking part in the cricket (Omar, Dua, Marlon, Keturah, Che, Lucille & Kennedy) displayed the perfect session. Straight into all the activities, concentrating, listening to instructions, working together, trying to better one another, excellent technical display and just a really fun and enjoyable session. and also adapted for them. As the programme
Since Easter the groups has been preparing for the
progressed the Sport group took more of the
My Marsden which has included doing laps of the
leadership responsibilities until they were managing
building, repeated stair climbs and journeys around
the whole session. Although this was new to both
the college green.
sets of students it really proved beneficial, not only within the session time but also outside of session
Basketball
time as it now meant that the students interacted
This year has been a mixture of real big highs and
at break times lunch times which they probably
very low lows. The low point being the general
wouldn’t of before. After autumn half term the group
attendance which is due to commitments many of
moved on to table tennis which was good for the
the interested students have. This has also meant
majority, however a number of issues between
that we are still yet to have a match in this academic
members of the group did arise which disrupted the
year.
sessions and the general attitude and progression
The highs come in the development of not only the
of the group. After the Christmas break we started
basketball skill but also the many other personal
a cricket programme with a lead coach brought in
qualities of those who attend. Within the basketball
from ECB to be assisted by the sports students.
group we have good players that use their ability
Due to a number of factors the relationship between
to support others whilst also training hard which
the sport and SLDD group got to a point where
acts as motivation for others, we have a learner
the sessions weren’t working as effectively as
with Asperger’s who has improved on so many
they should have. Also the general behaviour and
levels that a case study is being prepared. We have
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also had the involvement of the public services
(11001) = 3 points.
department who have brought classes to integrate
Sohraab - Mohammad (00110), Mustafa (000) &
with the others to develop new sporting skills in line
Sohrabb (100) = 0 points.
with one of their assignments. This has exceeded expectations with no resistance from any of the
The tournament started at 11.20am and finished
students and no disruption to the sessions.
at 1.20pm consisting of 4 players playing a total of 23 frames. Due to the low numbers the tournament
Football
seemed a lot tamer than in previous years. However
The college’s most recent games have been;
the matches were still very tense with an unusual
• 2 – 2 to Whyteleafe academy
amount of mistakes being made by all players
• 6 – 0 defeat to Kinetic academy
involved. The early indication was that Mustafa had
• 9 – 3 win against Whyteleafe academy
the clear advantage as he was making the least mistakes, seemed the must focused and was very
Pool Tournament 18/02/2016
determined to win the tournament. At the same
Due to the numbers of entries it was planned to run
time Mohammad who had got to the college early
a champions league format with four groups of 4,
to practice was clearly suffering from tournament
with 1st and 2nd place going through to a knockout
nerves as his ability to play and make the correct
stage (quarters, semis & final).
shot choices went out the window in the early
Due to the number of people that were present for
matches. Sohraab was the most entertaining to
the tournament we decided to change it to a league
watch but also a worry for all his opponents as his
format where each player plays each other in a best
lack of consideration and gung ho style meant that
of 5 frames match to be recorded within the league.
he potted a large number of doubles and flukes
The winner of the tournament would be determined
which also led him to win the very first frame of the
by points or in the case a draw points and frames
tournament. Unfortunately the lack of control also
won / lost. The initial break is determined by the
worked against him as 2 frames were lost due to
winner of a lag shot who will choose whether or not
mistakes involving the black ball. Abdul who was
to break. It will then be alternate breaks between the
last year’s winner played with a very laid back but
two players.
confident attitude. Although he lost his first frame and was caught saying “I’m getting lucky, I’m not
League Table
playing well. Mustafa is on it” mid-way through
Abdul -
the tournament he still looked confident that he
Mohammad (111), Mustafa (01011) & Sohrabb
would win each match he played. Due to the style
(0111) = 9 points.
of the league we were presented with basically
Mustafa - Mohammad (111), Abdul (10100) &
a finals match as Mustafa & Abdul had both won
Sohrabb (111) = 6 points.
their previous 2 matches and only had each other
Mohammad - Mustafa (000), Abdul (000) & Sohraab
to face. It was a back and forth match with both
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players playing with a much more defensive style
children. One very touching comment made in one
which even resulted in the last three frames being
of the cards was; “dear coaches, I just wanted to
started with a soft break. However there was a
thank you for having me, I think that you are one
huge turning point in the match when Mustafa
BIG piece of inspiring art, you know what, I wanna
who at the time had a 2-1 lead and only the black
become a coach, anyways, thank you!”.
ball left was caught out by the rules. His black ball was positioned behind Abduls 3 yellows and after
New Activities: & Upcoming Events
Mustafa made the first foul Abdul remembered the
• Student Led Street Dance Group – due to the
3 consecutive fouls rule (3 consecutive fouls results
persistent efforts from Alisha Mitchell the college
in a loss of the frame) and played his following two
has now started a student led street dance group
shots in a way where he knew it would be difficult for
which meet up once a week to practice and prepare
Mustafa to hit the black without committing a foul.
a dance which they hope to perform at the college
Mustafa was a bit annoyed at this point as he hadn’t
cultural awareness event in late June. The group
fully read the rules so didn’t remember this rule until
meet up every Thursday from 4 – 5pm in FLG36c
it was too late. The final frame was very much the
with a member of the student life team where they
same as the tournament in that it was pretty even
can practice routines led by Frank Ofosu with other
however Abdul played with a quiet confidence and
students inputting along the way.
eventually won the frame and match. Champion =
• Friday morning cricket
ABDUL REHMAN
• Female only table tennis tournament – 26th May 2016 from 4pm
Community Coaching
• My Marsden Walk – 26th May 2016. This
Over the last 2 terms a group of 11 students have
will be performed by a number of curriculum
been working with Al Khair primary school to deliver
areas including the SLDD groups from the S4L
a number of table tennis sessions to the year 5 and
College and the whole of the health & social care
6 pupils from the school. The programmes have not
department. There will also be an opportunity for
only been hugely beneficial and enjoyable for the
students to join the open access groups which will
pupils & school but have also been a great learning
take place from Lunchtime onwards. – For more
experience for the coaches. The feedback received
details please speak to a member of the student life
after session was always really positive and now
team.
that the programme has finished we have started
• Skills for Life 5 A-Side Football Tournament –
discussions for a programme of activities we will
Friday 27th May 2:00 – 4:00pm
deliver on the school ground.
• Construction, Engineering & Hospitality 5 A-Side
The current programme was nicely ended with
Football Tournament – Wednesday 25th May 2:00 –
a presentation made by the pupils that included
4:00
a present to be shared out by the coaches and
• Surrey Country In-Door Cricket Tournament – Date
cards which had been specifically made by the
TBC
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REPRESENTATION
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Student Representation Candidates for the 2016/17 Student Elections are; For Student President:
Emmanuel Oben (ESOL, Able 3)
Soraia Barbosa (BTEC 90 DIP TOURISM & EVENTS MANAGEMENT, L3)
Daud Rizwan (BTEC 90 DIP ENGINEERING, L3)
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Student Representation Candidates for the 2016/17 Student Elections are; For Student Activities Officer:
Ioulia Kaloudi (BTEC 90 DIP APPLIED SCIENCE, L3)
Carlene McBean (TRAVEL & TOURISM, L2)
Mahdi Choudhury (BTEC 90 DIP TOURISM & EVENTS MANAGEMENT, L3)
DID YOU KNOW?
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FORTHCOMING EVENTS REFUGEE WEEK CELEBRATION EVENT, WORKSHOPS AND PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECT SAFER COLLEGE WEEK UNICEF L2 REVALIDATION REPORT UNICEF STEERING GROUP CONFERENCES FOR STUDENTS AND SCHOOL CHILDREN STUDENT ELECTIONS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY NO SMOKING DAY AND EASTER EVENT AGE UK BIG LUNCH MOCK INTERVIEWS - CCAT, AMNESTY, MOD – UNICEF STEERING GROUP, STAR GROUP, STUDENT PARLIAMENT AND STUDENT AMBASSADOR, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE YOUTH AMBASSADORS, PEER MENTORS THE PLEDGE AWARD CELEBRATION PREVENT TRAINING POLICE COUNTER TERRORISM – PROJECT GRIFFIN WITH PUBLIC SERVICES STUDENTS
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