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Thursday 20th May, 2010
Max Goes Back to School
By Admin
Going back to my old school was kind of weird in a sense but overall thought it was interesting and exciting.
We signed ourselves in at reception and got led to the room. We hit it off with a quick intro then moved to talking about my experiences of education; which the pupils seemed to listen to really well. We then moved on to a few questions about the local area to see what they knew. There was a prize for the winner. We then presented the snap-dragon which they had to make a snap-dragon out of paper which had questions and information on so they could read and find out a bit more. I think the purpose of this session was to give them a bit more inspiration and for them to think about what they can achieve also I think it was educational and they learnt a few good things.
Overall I think the session went very good it was interesting for both me and the pupils they had their moments but they seemed to engage well with what was going on. And they seemed to have a good understanding.
Max Jackson
Thursday 13th May, 2010
Sim goes Back to School
By Admin
Simone Rhind stands with Head of Key Stage 3 Catherine Farrell at her old school, Harrogate Pupil Referral Unit.
This summer's roadshows have been commissioned by NYBEP and are due to be presented at schools across York & North Yorkshire until the end of the summer term. The workshop focuses on encouraging young people to take responsibility for their own learning journey by asking questions and making positive decisions.
“I started it off by talking about my experiences of school. I spoke about where I started, when I changed school, the difficulties & barriers from doing what I wanted to do, what I am doing now and my hopes for the future. I think they listened well to what I had to say.
It was good to see my old teachers and the kids reminded me of when I use to go there and how I used to act!
I think it was a good thing to do to share my own experience to help the kids who are there at the moment understand that they can do the things they want and that they can enjoy them.
I hope they will start to put things into perspective for what things they want to do in the future.”
Simone Rhind
As Part of the session the pupils were asked to think of questions they would like to ask either a famous person, a worker or a family member, to help them move forward. Here is what they came up with...
- Arnold Schwartzenegger
How much effort does he need to put in to keep his physique?
- Cheryl Cole
How did she become a singer?
- Country File TV Presenter
Does he do apprenticeships in farming?
- Teacher at the PRU
Why did you decide to work with Kids?
- Britney Spears
Why did you shave your head?
- Media Make up artists
How did you get into it?
Thursday 22nd April, 2010
18/03/10- Meeting with the Forum Leader & Champs
By Admin
Nottingham Learner Forum is proud to present our 4 Forum Champions, their roles are to help the forum leaders in coordinating the sessions, and also support the other forum members.
Our Forum Champions are:-
· Aaron, he attends the Steering Group meetings and reports back to us his findings and information.
· Leanne and Charlotte - their main activities are the face to face interviews and Rate and Review.
· Rachel - her main activities are recruiting new members and also role models.
The Champions all work together and make sure the work load is shared equally, because here at Nottingham Edge Learner Forum we believe in teamwork.
Danniebelle, Nottingham Edge Forum leader met up with Aaron and Leanne to discuss how we could work together to make the Forum sessions better. She showed them her agendas and session plans for the next four days, and gave them the opportunity to make comments on them and also help her to make the session more fun!
Danniebelle also gave the chance for the Learner Champions to have their say, on how the sessions should be improved, and how they can work together to get the best out of the sessions, and also let the champions run parts of the sessions!
Comment from Danniebelle “I Found the meeting very useful and helpful to me, because the learner champions are my next point of call, I hope in the future they will run their own sessions, and I feel they are on the right road to this”.
Wednesday 7th April, 2010
The Big Conversation in Nottingham, March 2010
By Admin
On the 17th March 2010, Natasha, Kirsten, Ryan and I attended the Big Conversation, which was hosted in our own city of Nottingham. The whole event was youth lead, which meant I, as well as other young people from the Bulwell Academy and other places around the country headed our respective tables leading and sticking to the conversation which was about making work experience more meaningful. On my table was a manager of a Wilkinson’s branch, and a manager of Boots as well as other important businessmen and women and younger people designed to get our views on work experience across.
After having my picture took in the evening post with the CEO of Boots, 50 big C.E.Os of Businesses and multinational companies situated in the East Midlands The C.E.O I got paired with was the boss of major energy suppliers Eon meaning I had the chance to interview him about his path in life. He went through the academic route before working his way up the hierarchy in Eon after his previous job was taken over by a German company.
After interviewing the C.E.O’s , Iain Wright MP (labour) was the centre of a questions and answer session. After i opted to ask the question “do you think the vocational route should be as recognised as the academic” despite misunderstanding my question by “disagreeing” with me he actually agreed that there are other routes to success than the academic route.
Wednesday 7th April, 2010
The Steering Group – York March 2010
By Admin
Every quarter I attend a meeting called the Steering group in which rep’s from all the other edge forums around the country attend to discuss Edge related issues. Every forum takes it in turns to host this event and I have been to the Nottingham and York meetings. We discuss any problems within our forums and how we can improve them and we also pass on any important messages back to our forums from the Head of the steering group Mike or Rose.
By Aaron Harris.
Wednesday 7th April, 2010
Youth Commission – February 2010
By Admin
I travelled to London to attend an Annual Edge Youth Commission event. I was sat on a table with employers and people who work to improve youth employment and gaining employability skills. We were given the findings of the report of the investigation and we have concluded there are a high rate of youth unemployment in part time jobs despite people wanting to work. We gave ideas why this could be and I suggested it could be due to which background your from as middle class people will have more of a chance of gaining employment as well as saying how people struggle to gain skills and experience when they can’t get on to the ladder!!!
By Aaron Harris