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Case Study: Skills 4 All Leadership Course Impact
Abstract
This case study highlights the positive effects of the Skills 4 All Alternative Provision Leadership course on two students, Student A and Student B, who face significant educational barriers, including anxiety and ADHD. The course has fostered their engagement, academic progress, and well-being.
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Student A and Student B, both with Education, Health, and Care Plans (EHCPs), struggle with mainstream education due to challenges like Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA), anxiety, and fine motor skills delays. Despite their academic abilities in English and Math, they have found it difficult to access a full curriculum.
Outcomes
- Increased Independence: Student B now attends sessions independently, a significant step forward in confidence.
- Improved Engagement: Both students are more engaged in writing activities, with Student A showing interest in calligraphy and Student B becoming more aware of how handwriting affects his motivation.
- Boosted Confidence: Student A has regained confidence in his physical abilities, successfully riding his bike after a year.
- Reduced Anxiety: Both students show less anxiety before sessions and settle into learning more quickly.
Summary
The Skills 4 All Leadership course has made a notable difference in Student A and Student B’s lives, increasing their independence, engagement, and confidence while reducing anxiety. This programme is helping them bridge the gap back to mainstream education.
Summer Fun 2023
Thanks to the Department for Education and Oldham Council, we hosted a STEAM-led, joy-packed summer holiday club.
We were able to provide fun, educational activities along with healthy lunch to over 160 young people attending over several locations in Oldham.
Here’s to many more summer fun moments for the young people of Oldham.
Easter 2023 Holiday and Food Club
During Easter 2023, we worked in partnership with the Department of Education and Oldham Council to provide an enriching holiday club with a healthy dinner provided for our young person participants.
This was our largest holiday activity club. Over a weeklong period, over 65 young people worked on various digital activities linked with their chosen theme: ‘My Hidden Talents’.
Young People Voices
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Shades Of Beauty
This short film explores notions of beauty, representation, and race as a young girl looks at a range of glossy magazines and doesn’t see herself reflected in any of them.
Greenacres STEM Festival
The aim of this project was to get the creative minds of 8-11 year olds whirring to the sounds of a STEM-focused brief.
Working with the talented young students of a local school, based in the Greenacres area, we launched a unique STEM festival. The project promoted creativity, resilience and collaboration. The result? Through qualitative questionnaires conducted with staff and students, we saw an uptick in strong interest from young girls wanting to enter STEM related careers.
Robotic Skills 4 All
We worked with a group of young people in Gorton, Greater Manchester to help them develop their resilience, problem-solving and communication skills. They were given the task of creating codes that would direct a robot from one place to another, whilst performing a ‘WoW’ action. The students successfully made the robots talk, play sounds and display text using a lead screen. Although it was a challenge, young people shared their pride at being able to persevere even when it got really difficult.
STEM Workshop (Fir Bank)
At a local Oldham school, we taught young people about programming, including the skills required to be a programmer and the technical vocabulary they could expect to use. They were able to apply their knowledge of electric circuits and code to create an invention that served a purpose. Students recognised that the tech sector was an exciting space, tested out their creativity and developed the problem-solving and leadership skills they need to step into their future careers with confidence.
My Choice, My Voice
At a local Oldham school, we taught young people about programming, including the skills required to be a programmer and the technical vocabulary they could expect to use. They were able to apply their knowledge of electric circuits and code to create an invention that served a purpose. Students recognised that the tech sector was an exciting space, tested out their creativity and developed the problem-solving and leadership skills they need to step into their future careers with confidence.
My Choice, My Voice: Anti-Bullying
This particular group based their film on anti-bullying, hope, and ambition. The students were then able to share their content with the wider community and their friends, reaching over 2000 people.
My Choice, My Voice: Social Media Beauty Expectations
A second group of Year 9 pupils created short films on the subject of social media. Across an average three and a half minutes, students demonstrated the pressures and unrealistic expectations social media places on young people. The video has since been shared nationally and has received rave reviews from industry experts.
My Choice, My Voice: Not All Men
These young people were able to learn new technical filmmaking skills to create a video based on a topic they were passionate about #NotAllMen. The students stood in front of an audience to introduce their videos and shared the reasons they felt it necessary to create this film.
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