Manchester Communication Academy Easter Holiday Programme
Introduction Manchester Communication Academy Easter holiday programme was available for 9 days starting Tuesday 29th March until Friday 8th April 2016. Our marketing campaign was between 11th-16th March and we targeted 12 local schools and also delivered an assembly at a local school, showcasing videos and pictures from previous holiday programmes. Each day was a 10am-3pm and it included a free breakfast club which was optional to all attendees from 9:15am. On offer at the breakfast was cereal and juice alongside entertainment such as music, dance offs and singing from the attendees. The programme was delivered with the help of MCA based community clubs such as RW Dance and FairStage Academy along with TA’s/support staff of the academy. In addition there were external companies such as N-gage and Skill School Together who delivered throughout the programme. There was also support from MCA students who volunteered to support during activities throughout the week. The holiday programme was available for children 5-16 years and there were 120 places available per day. Over the 9 days there were 1002 visits from 146 different individuals, which averaged 111 attendees per day.
Stats The holiday programme was available for children 5-16 years and there were 120 places available per day.
Gender
4%
From the 146 different individuals, there were 13 attendees who had medical conditions such as ADHD, Cerebral Palsy, Asthma, Allergies and Juvenile Arthritis
2%
Female
9%
11% 16%
13%
22%
M8 M9
43%
M40 31%
Other
32%
Irish
10 years old 11 years old
5% 4% 0%
2% 4%
Mixed Heritage Other White BriƟsh
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4%
50 40 30 20 10 0
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The graphs shows the additional data that was collected during the holiday programme.
Post Code
BriƟsh Asian EU
43%
9 years old
12 years old
Over the 9 days there were 1002 visits from 146 different individuals from 32 different schools, which averaged 111 attendees per day. The participants came from 39 different schools. There were 18% attendees who had never attended the MCA Holiday programme previously.
Black BriƟsh
8%
7 years old 8 years old
10%
Male
56%
2%
6 years old
24%
African Arab
5 years old
8% 44%
Ethnicity
Age
3%
Health and Wellbeing (5-16 years) what did the children and young people take part in....
HOCKEY
BOXING
BADMINTON
DODGEBALL
FOOTBALL
GYM
COOKING
TENNIS
BASKETBALL
Over the 9 days the holiday programmed offered Health and Wellbeing as choice of activity which and it was available for children aged 5-16 years. The camp consisted of sport, physical activity and cooking. The young people played many sports such as football, basketball, tag rugby, rounders and dodgeball among many other games/sports. A lot of the games where adapted to the needs of the young people and their abilities by the lead coaches. Each day the children also had an opportunity to cook and they cooked pizza, stir fry, pasta bake, pie, wraps and fruit cakes. In total we had 751 visits over the 9 days for this camp.
Creative Arts & Drama (5-16 years)
ART
The Creative Arts and Drama camp was new to this holiday programme and it also targeted children 5-16 years. The Creative Arts and Drama camp ran for the first week of the holiday programme. The programme was structured to deliver a mixture of different activities such as Easter crafts, painting, bag design, piggy bank painting, drama, dance and signing. There was also an anti-bullying workshop delivered by Manchester Starz which interacted with the audience to gain the views of individuals of how to deal with certain issues that young people may face. The camp was delivered by TA’s from the Creative art department. Over the 4 days we had 74 visits from 28 different individuals.
The camp was available for week two of the holiday programme and it was delivered by MCA based community clubs RW Dance and FairStage Academy. The week was split up into a morning session of streetdance delivered by RW Dance and afternoon session of drama and music delivered by FairStage Academy. Both sessions lead to an end of the week performance which was shown to all attendees on the last day. In total there were 177 visits from 42 different individuals throughout the 7 days for this camp.
Feedback from parents & carers How would you rate your child's enjoyment on MCA holiday programme?
Did you feel the oīer of a breakfast club was beneĮcial to your child?
0% 0%
Did you feel that there was a variety of acƟviƟes on oīer?
0%
Outstanding
39%
Yes
Good 61%
Somewhat
SaƟsfactory
No
Poor
90%
8%
34%
No
No
Yes
£4 (per day, per child) £5+ (per day, per child)
No 85%
46% 54%
Yes No
100%
15%
£3 (per day, per child) 51%
Yes
Do you think we could make improvements to the holiday programme?
£2 (per day, per child)
7%
Yes
93%
What do you think would be a reasonable cost?
During the end of camp review questionnaire we asked parents/carers what they felt the value was for a child to attend the holiday programme.
0%
7%
10%
Does your child aƩend any clubs/groups at MCA?
Would you recommend the holiday programme to friends and family?
More activities/camps trageting 5-7 year olds which will keep them engaged I think more sports are needed with a variety for children. Having teaching section, like my son is having difficulties in English language likewise other children too and this would help them when they get back to school Need to have other interesting activities for older lads such as coding, drums, guitar lessons and maybe do a band Cinema experience at MCA Rewards/Trips out Longer opening times Make the child plays more sports within the week. By including programmes for 3 and 4 years olds
Feedback from parents & carers The kids enjoyed the whole programme cannot fault you guys from the enjoyment the kids get from it to the safety of the kids thank you to all involved. I think that the holiday programme is a really great facility for local young people. The quality of the activities on offer is really high, especially considering that it is currently free to attend
My child really enjoys coming n meeting new people. She love cooking and all the activities on offer My daughter loved it, as she does every time. She loves seeing friends she has made from other schools. It's a fantastic facility and would highly recommend
My children really enjoyed it and it enables them to socialise with other children in a structured environment It was great programme for the kids to learn different types of activity and skills
Great community asset! My daughter really enjoyed it made friends and was happy You are doing a wonderful job at MCA and you guys are a life saver for every parent around here.
The holiday programme was great and my children really enjoy it. They have been asking me when they are going again. My son was coming home really happy and giddy from all the fun he had, even asked if he could start there instead of going back to school. I felt more at ease at work knowing he was happy and he met new friends
This was my son's first time at the holiday programme and he enjoyed it very much. He did different activities each day and I was very happy with