Turning Schools Inside Out
Welcome to Susie's Blog Log
The Challenge and Adventure Blog with ideas for introducing play in the natural world, a school gardening project (with lots of links to web sites that may help start up and run a school garden club) and free offers for schools.
The Summer Celebration Gandhi inspired Blog. Find pictures and editorial of the many wonderful events that have taken place in Cams and Portchester area over June and July, such as the International Arts Festival, Young Persons' Events, Volunteer led Projects etc. and a few stories about the great man that changed India.
*****The very important Noah's Ark Blog with all of the L.E.A.P Advantage Subsidy Documentation and supporting documents, links to safeguarding in outdoor activities, PE and sport. There are also some key dates for your diary!****
The Sexy May Blog with the Cerne Abbas Giant and the attack of the Triffids. This blog focuses on attendance issues with some useful documentation from the Every Lesson Counts Campaign. There is a particularly useful primary school assembly idea using a superhero. Find links to the Cams Community Club Celebration Event and flyers for the Fareham Young Peoples' Summer Events. There is also a link to a new Hampshire consultation for young people to enable them have a say on how their services are shaped in the future.
The condensed 'Snoopy themed' Easter blog with news and links to Young People's Web sites, new session times at X-Perience Young Persons' Centre and useful advice on how to set up a Breakfast Club.
The Crazy March Blog containing the first release of the Draft CAPP Extended Services Action Plan 2010/11. It is almost six months since Cams Community Club started, so this page contains my Progress Report about our club for retired residents. There are lots of dates for your diary including the Fareham Festival of Learning, Light Nights - Writing on the Wall, an invite to X-Perience Young Persons' Centre Open Evening and dates for FBC Summer Events for Young People. Also I proud to have found some of the funniest excuses parents have ever written to schools to end the mad month of March with a chuckle.
The Valentine Blog with a brief (humorous) history of Valentine's Day. Find an invite to our 2010-11 Extended Services Action Plan Event on 1st March 2010, and more news about the L.E.A.P Advantage Subsidy. I have even included some documents that may be useful for my CAPP schools to complete your Community Cohesion and Extended Services offer of your SEF.
A humorous New Year's Resolution Blog that gives more information about the Home Access Programme mentioned in the December Blog with useful links and downloadable letter for parents to introduce them to the scheme. Also find the exciting release of the Fareham Extended Services L.E.A.P Subsidy to enable children from low income families to access extended school activities from April 2010. There is more information about the new projects at Cams Community Club and an introduction to Fishing for children.
Susie's Blog Archives 2009
A very special Christmas Blog paying homage to Dr. Seuss, with quotes and tongue twisters from this great children's author. Also find details of a Becta run scheme starting in January 2010 that offers free computer equipment (and Internet access) to disadvantaged families to allow them the resources to join the digital age. Find an update of the new sessions available at Cams Community Club and view the video from Channel 4 News from Portchester Community School.
A slightly shorter blog exploring the concept of a Bucket List - with links to the Extended Services Advantage Subsidy, Healthy School Revalidation process and collecting and analysing relevant data. We also bid farewell to Gay Shelley as out CAPP Chairperson and welcome our new influential CAPP Extended Services representatives.
This month the spotlight is put on teenagers. See details of the Local Strategic Partnership Children's Partnership and follow the links to Network Fareham's Web Site to see a visual structure of the LSP thematic partnerships. Follow links for information about the Unicef RRR Award for schools, and see some of the benefits it may bring to CAPP schools. There is a full version of the Portchester People to view online this month and details of the new Parents' Voice service and LINX project. This months blog finishes with my favourite "Kevin" video and a humorous homework guide for teenagers.
The unusual dual-headed blog dealing with Homophobic Bullying and Outdoor Education. Find links and resources to anti-bullying sites, Stonewall, Beat Bullying and CEOP. Take a look at the latest edition of Out There magazine and download The Outdoor Education Manifesto - also see a sample of the Fareham Volunteering Newsletter and find links to The Out of Ours School Alliance (OOSA).
This is a special dad's blog - with suggestions and ideas of how to engage and support fathers. This blog contains advance notice of National Parent's Week and Holly Hill Conker Competition. Following last month's credit crunch issue, there are lots of money saving ideas for families, including crafts, money-off vouchers and cheap travel ideas.
The summer holiday time credit crunch issue of my monthly blog. With reference to the Unemployment Barometer we look at how Fareham Borough is coping in the present economic climate and how the rising unemployment rate may be affecting our families. There are links to Family Finance web sites that can be signposted to families, a document to download that displays the impact that the Parent Support Adviser may have working with vulnerable families in financial difficulties and an introduction to the Disadvantage Subsidy for extended services; all linked together by a downloadable summary of the new Hampshire Children and Young People's Plan.
The late midsummer blog that includes details about the Portchester International Arts Festival and D-Day, Disco and Downloads Community Play, 'Human Rights; Human Wrongs' Schools' Festival at Ashcroft Arts Centre and The Cams Hill Social Cohesion Festival. Also check out this month's blog for a mini-gallery of pictures from Portchester Gala (including a star appearance from Doreen the Donkey).
This should perhaps be known as the 'bumper blog' - after a jam-packed month of May! Catch up on our news from National Smile Month, National Family Week, D-Day, Disco and Downloads, Westlands Youth Club launch, Rock Challenge & Faith & Football Enterprise Challenge. Find the dates for the Fareham East Grants 4 Schools bid writing course and Parenting Workshop that will take place in June 2009. This is a 'don't miss blog' with an incredible amount of information for our partners.
The April Fool's Day Blog - take a trip to Mars and stop off on the way to find out about Trailblazer, D-Day, Disco and Download audition workshops, National Family Week, Silver Surfers and Fitter Families. This month's blog also contains a link to the Extended Services Intergenerational Funding grant form.
The Easter evaluation edition of the blog pages with an extended services update, including the revised CAPP Area Action Plan. There are also links to the approved Hampshire sports coaches and providers of physical education, flyers to download for the re-launch of the 'Ped-Shed', details of the new Parenting Practitioners' Forum, and consultations documents for our Fareham Summer Directory and Lazy Summer Afternoon young peoples' event.
The snowy edition of Susie's Blog! The first opportunity to view the new Portchester People, and Oak Meadow Children's Centre web sites. View the online spring 2009 edition of Fareham Today with an article about extended services and preview the revised area action plan before completion.
Welcome to the first 2009 CAPP online newsletter. It's a brand new year and a new partnership blog. This month focusing on family fitness and intergenerational extended services ideas. Follow links to Ashcroft Arts Centre, Silver Surfers, Conors Toy Library and various exercise web sites.
Susie's Blog Archives Dec 2008 to Nov 2007
A light-hearted Christmas Blog - sharing a little history and a little bit of partnership news in the meantime. A D-Days, Discos and Downloads update and a few reminders for the New Year.
The Reflective Blog - after a year in post Susie looks over some of the past year's activities. It sets out some proposals for the 2009/10 Fareham East Area Action Plan and highlights the horrific recent death of Baby P in Haringey.
The blog about time....or lack of it! This relates to community cohesion, the Older People's Well-Being Report and intergenerational extended services projects. A brief overview of Cirque De Normandy, and a link to the new website at Portchester Community and Children's Centre.
The newsworthy blog with links to the PSA project and how this will impact upon our partnership working. Also contains lots of information about engaging dads in their child's education - and the reason why this is so important. Contains links to ContinYou organisation's resources for study support, the Getting Blokes on Board publication and websites specifically targeted at dads.
After such a dismal summer - this is another blog about the weather. A warm welcome to our new District Parenting Support Officer and the newly released information about Phase II of the PSA (Parent Support Adviser) Project in Hampshire. Find out details about sing up in primary schools and details of an exciting Hampshire exhibition for teenagers coming to Fareham.
The blog exploring play - and explores the 'cotton wool culture' that restricts adventurous play and development. There are lots of photos from recent events such as the Portchester summer play-scheme, download our Portchester consultation competition "A Space to Enjoy Childhood" and a light-hearted look at the summer activity diary of an ESCO.
June - the month of celibacy, accordions and weddings. Find links here for Booked Up, Moving On Up (Yr 6/7 Transition) Cycle Training (again) and my presentation slides for the voluntary sector networking lunch.
The blog about virtual reality babies and birds; rather than the birds and bees! This blog contains links to Solomon Theatre Company, Hampshire Cycle Training and Teen Angels Babysitters. Download Susie's publicity Flyer here too.
This is my "Weather Edition" Blog. It celebrates the latest projects that started in East Fareham in April. Find some useful links to free resources to support healthy schools. Download information about safeguarding children who are accessing extended school activities. Book tickets for The Beer Festival and finally say a warm welcome to our new Children's Centre Coordinator and Youth Worker. The relax and watch the flying penguins!
The Mad March edition - with a special appearance from Alice In Wonderland! This month's blog has two important documents: firstly, the Starting Schools Parent Information Sessions training summary; and secondly, the first draft of the Fareham East Area Action Plan 2007 - 2010 for your input.
The Valentine's Day special! The theme is centred on celebrating individuality with links to the anti-bullying organisation Kidscape. It explores ethnic and minority groups and launches the Portchester Partnership competition "Space to Enjoy Childhood" and the Fareham youth TAG moped project.
Colds and the dreary aftermath of Christmas; this blog explores consultation and School Remodelling in a little more detail. It has links to the extended services initial report and lovely Rainbow Centre Poster for the V-Festival and a video link to the tda Remodelling Programme.
This is the 'elastic band' blog. It has a brief update of how I am getting on with mapping services for children and young people in the area and has the theme running alongside regarding parenting support. It contains links to The Parent Development Team, Starting Schools Rollout and a light-hearted video to finish
Newly appointed to the role - this blog explores the change process using the snoopy cartoon. It contains links to The Ditchley Park Conference on Child Well-being, The Plowden Report and the School Improvement Planning Framework