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Archive Project - Schools Projects
Festival of Design and Innovation 2007
Thursday 28th June - Monday 2nd July 2007
The students and staff at Bournemouth University have now begun plans for the Festival of Design and Innovation 2007. The show, which is in its 15th year sees design students who are completing their degrees display their work. This year there is going to be over 170 designs and products on display from Thursday 28th June - Monday 2nd July at the Talbot Campus.
The Festival is being opened up to local schools in the area to visit on Friday 29th June. The visit is ideal for students interested in design as they will be able to visit the show, attend talks given by our lecturers, and get to experience the University in action!
If you / your school are interested in attending please contact:
Liz Gordon
Schools Colleges and Community Coordinator
T: 01202 61234
E: lgordon@bournemouth.ac.uk
For more information on the show please visit: www.festival.bournemouth.ac.uk
Secondary College
Wednesday 19th - Friday 21st July 2006
Aims:
Using the, very successful, model of Primary College, the aims of piloting a
Secondary College with Year 8 students at Wey Valley School were that each child would leave:
- with new skills in a variety of subject areas of particular interest to them
- able to make more informed judgements about options in Year 9, and,
beyond this, about career choices
- aware of the wide spectrum of post-16 education opportunities, and
with aspirations of becoming a further / higher education student
- having experienced a most enjoyable and instructive end to the school
year
Project:
The pilot Secondary College ran for the final three days of the term. All 220 students in Year 8 were issued with details of 35 different day and
half-day workshops in February, and requested to return a slip
indicating their top ten choices. An individual three-day programme was then
produced for each student – in every instance this consisted entirely of
workshops that they had selected.
Outcomes:
From the evaluation sheets students completed, it is clear that the
students very much enjoyed, and were stimulated by, all of the workshops. Wey Valley School are keen to repeat the event..
More Information:
For more information please select the file below:
Report on the Secondary College Pilot 2006 (PDF- 137kb)
Contact:
Peter Vowles
Weymouth College
T: 01305 208818
E: Peter_Vowles@weymouth.ac.uk
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Primary College
Tuesday 11th - Friday 14th July 2006
Primary College is a four-day programme of workshops provided for the
Chesil Education Partnership by Weymouth College for all of its Year 6
children.
Aims:
The aims of Primary College are that each child will leave:
- confident, excited and with raised expectations about their transition to
secondary education
- aware of the wide spectrum of post-16 education opportunities, and
with aspirations of becoming a further / higher education student
- with a range of new skills in subject
areas of particular interest to them
- having experienced a most enjoyable and instructive end to their primary education
To ensure that all Year 6 children in the Chesil Education Partnership are able
to attend, Primary College is provided free of charge.
Project:
The 2006 Primary College broadly replicated last year’s very successful
event. A programme of 60 workshops, all running concurrently was provided for 772 Year 6 children from 16 different schools and the Compass unit. Each of the workshops aimed to present subject matter which would be new,
challenging, and perceived as ‘special’ by eleven year-olds.
Outcomes:
The range of workshops offered was rated particularly highly, with positive feedback about the whole event from all students and staff.
More Information:
For more information please select the file below:
Primary College Report 2006 (PDF - 92kb)
Contact:
Peter Vowles
Weymouth College
T: 01305 208818
E: Peter_Vowles@weymouth.ac.uk
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Aimhigher in Weymouth and Portland 'The Big Picture'
May 2006
The Project:
240 Year 4 school children from eight local primary schools in the Weymouth and Portland area took part in a massive art project at Weymouth College. (Southill Primary, St Andrew’s Primary, Chickerell Primary, Radipole Primary, St Nicholas & St Lawrence Primary, Underhill Junior School and Beechcroft St Paul’s Primary, Wyke Regis Junior), funded by Aimhigher.
The school children assisted by their teachers and project staff together with students already studying art each produced two paintings on canvas that formed part of one big picture. The 480 individual canvasses were then set out together to form a giant picture based on a painting by Georges Brague. The children spent the morning painting in various classrooms at the College before finally assembling the giant picture in the College Square. A helicopter provided a great end to the show and delighted the children by flying overhead and taking arial photographs.
Outcomes:
Adam Morgan, a pupil from Chickerell Primary School said: “This has been a great day out with all my friends. We really enjoyed doing the art classes and seeing the big picture now is really amazing”.
Zoe Norman pupil from St Andrew’s Primary School said: “The art work was quite difficult but after doing the first canvas the second one was easier. I’ve had a great time and enjoyed meeting all the other Year 4 pupils. I’m really glad I chose to take part in this project.”
Sarah Colwell, Project Manager at Weymouth College said: “This has been a fantastic project to work on, the children have all been very enthusiastic and the final Big Picture is just wonderful. We were also greatly helped by having such a sunny day so the children were able to assemble the picture outside. I would like to thank everyone involved in the project and particularly Frank Herring & Son art shop in Dorchester who gave us very good discounts on the art materials. Each of the pupils will also receive a copy of the arial photograph and a certificate as thanks for taking part”.
The Big Picture will remain at Weymouth College for the duration of Dorset Art Weeks at the end of May 2006. Finally an enlarged photograph of the final work will be produced for display in various community settings in the borough.
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Primary College
Tuesday July 12th - Friday July 15th 2005
The Workshop:
A four-day programme of workshops for 800 Year 6 children. Provided for the Chesil Education Partnership by Weymouth College, part funded by Aim Higher.
61 different workshops were provided for 797 children from Tuesday July 12th to Friday July 15th.
Aims:
The aim was to offer activities which would both appeal to eleven year-olds and to ensure that, wherever possible, they left carrying something that they had made to take home.
The aims of 'Primary College' were to:
- Give every child an enjoyable and instructive experience, which extends their horizons.
- Enhance the social skills required for a smooth and successful transition to secondary education.
- Make children aware of the wide spectrum of further and higher education opportunities which will be available to them, and instill the desire to continue in education beyond Year 11.
Some of the workshops were particularly innovative - the 'Primary College Echo' required a group of children to become journalists and produce a full one-side page of reports and pictures, which was then published in the Dorset Evening Echo on the following day.
Outcomes:
Evaluation sheets were completed by children for all of the workshops.
All feedback was almost universally excellent. 2,440 evaluation sheets were completed by the children and 300 letters were received thanking us after the
event.
Contact:
Peter Vowles
Weymouth College
T: 01305 208818
E:
Peter_Vowles@weymouth.ac.uk
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