Agenda and minutes

(Delegates from Kent Primary Schools participated in the discussion on this item supported by Miss E Jenkins – Study Support co-ordinator).

Q1 – Which activities do your schools offer outside of lesson time?

The delegates identified the following activities:-

• Breakfast club
• Football 
• Chess
• Sailing
• ICT club
• Ballroom dancing
• Choir
• Gymnastics
• Judo
• Fencing
• Arts and crafts
• Rounder’s
• Homework club.

Q2 – Do your schools run holiday clubs?

The following feedback was given:-

• School organises a holiday club but does run it.
• Schools runs a range of activities in the holidays such as ICT and ceramics.
• Club on a Saturday and also at half term – I normally go and play and make cakes a lot of my friends also go.
• Schools runs some clubs in the summer holidays and half term but I haven’t been.
• Yes but I have not been – some of my friends have been and they liked it.

Q3 – what other activities do your schools offer?

• Fencing
• Speed stacking
• Sailing at Bewl water on a Monday evening it is facilitated by a pupils father.
• Netball club for years 4 & 5 and if you are good enough you get so go to summer training and can be selected for the Netball squad.
• Swimming club – at Dover Swimming pool – we are taken there by coach. 

Q4 – How much do you enjoy your activities?

The delegates agreed that they all like the activities that they attended.  However some are not as good as you expected them to be when you turn up.  Also some were full and you do not get a place which is disappointing.

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Q5 – do you have to pay for these activities?  Are the ones that you do have to pay for better than the ones that are free?

• Activities that are funded by the school are free and are quite fun.  The ones that are not run by the school are fun and are run people who know about the sport and are reasonably priced.
• You have to pay for breakfast club and after school club but not for others
• Speed stacking is free
• Clubs that we have to pay for are £1.50 upwards and sailing is £17 for the whole course.
• Holiday club is £1 an hour and school clubs are free
• We have had a letter from the school saying that we will have to pay cannot remember how much but have not had to pay yet
• We have to pay for basketball and athletics but do not know how much.

It was noted that after school clubs were child care and therefore were chargeable.

Q6 – do you have music activities outside of school?  If you are better than others do you have the opportunity to play your instrument with others after school?

• If you are better than others you have the chance to go for an audition for a place in the school orchestra.
• There is an opportunity to go for music exams

Q7 - Are  ...  view the full minutes text for item 21.

(Youth County Council Delegates - Robert ? from Ifield School Gravesend,Libby Carter from Gravesend Grammar School for Girls  and Tamanna Miah from Bradbourne School Sevenoaks , supported by Claire Trainor, Youth Participation Co-ordinator, Kent Youth Service, participated in the discussion on this item – set out below each question is a summary of the responses given).

Q1 - What activities outside of teaching time (extended services) do your schools provide to students and to the local community (for example, sports facilities, IT facilities, courses, and clubs)?  Who provides and who runs these activities?

• My school does not offer anything outside the school community

• School has a lunchtime club music and dance – sometimes the school is rented out for performing arts and also spots event

• Football, swimming , music

Q2 - Who provides these services 

• Always Teachers occasionally we have a sports coach in for a term

• Music teacher for older groups – Teaching Assistants for younger groups

Q3 - in your view, how beneficial are extended services?

• ones provided by school give the opportunity to mix with other year groups.  Also there is the advantage of  leaning new skills

• meeting people make friends, learn new skills, helps build confident.

• Gives you hobbies to do – free at the school – gives new skills meet new people – I have to pay for mini bus to go home only costs a £1.

• Keeps me out of trouble and stops me from being bored.

• Meet other people  similar interests might not meet otherwise

Q4 - Tell me about your schools and what services provide?

• Gravesend Grammar School for Girls – mainly sport and music – not any other clubs – only thing could improve would be to met up with Boys school and have joint activities. Disco in years 7 -8 – 9 mixed but nothing after that.

• Bradbourne School is a girls school – they offer a lot of art and drama – offer art classes and put on shows, will be joining with boys school to form academy

• Ifield School – Gravesend - Music group –opportunity to go to concerts and play to old people in homes 

Q5 – what other things would you like to do?  What could schools around offer

·        A lot of young people don’t go to school activities they prefer activities that are not in school for example skate boarding, rock climbing and water sports

·  There is not much for young people to do.    Would like to have the opportunity to do first aid courses or help with C V  writing.

Q6 - Are you limited by transport

• Tamanna – I live in New Barn, near Sevenoaks and going to an after school club means waiting around for a bus.  There is nothing to do in New Barn – just one park

• Libby - I get a lift or walk so I stay after school to go activities or go home and come back

Q7 - do school sign post activities provided by someone  ...  view the full minutes text for item 22.

(Delegates – Lauran Sharp (North School Ashford) and Stacie Stephens (Home tutored- Dover) supported by -  Claire Trainor, Youth Participation Co-ordinator, Kent Youth Service, participated in the discussion on this item).

Introductions

Lauran Sharp – 14 years old - works with young and disabled children in Ashford Youth Centre and has been accepted to work in a nursery for children 2 – 5 years old.

Stacie Stephens – Dover – 15 years old - works in a café  

Q1 - What activities outside of teaching time (extended services) do your schools provide to students and to the local community (for example, sports facilities, IT facilities, courses, clubs?)  Who provides and who runs these activities?

• Lauran – we have a lady called Jenny who comes into the youth centre three times a week and takes us to play sports.  She is always there for us.  We also get tips on how to live healthily.  There are a range of activities for example on Tuesdays – boys have football and girls – netball and then boy and girl mixed sports. 
• Stacie – we have street dancing for 5 – 11 year old on Thursday and on Fridays for 11 – 19.  There are gardening clubs for younger children at Primary school my Mum helps with it.  There are also football activities run by Charlton Athletic.

Q2 – Stacie as you are home tutored how do you access extended services?

·        I go along with a group of friends who attend school, I ask if I can attend and am allowed go with a group of feinds and ask and are allowed as long as follow rules

Q3 - In your view, how beneficial are extended services? Do you think that the provision of extended services helps improve educational attainment?

·        It me to learn new skills and meet new people.  Also increases self confidence

·        Though working with the disabled and get a lot of respect and have gained a lot of confidence. It also helps me to learn new skills for example I have got a 20 month old young brother, youth club and mum helped me to know what to do.  So when I chose my year 10 options I selected child care, it helped me to lean in two different places , school and youth club.

Q4 – As you are home tutored how do you find friends?

• I used to go to Aster college and my friends still go there, I met up with them after school.

Q5 - Do schools in area tell young people about the youth centre

• We had posters put up at school around saying what the youth centre offers.

Q6 - Are there any groups of students and people in the local community who, in your view, find it particularly difficult to access these extended services?  If so, what can be done to help them access these services?

• You could advertise it a bit more in leaflets and on posters also could use Facebook

Q7  ...  view the full minutes text for item 23.