Manchester: spreading study support citywide

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Manchester spreading study support city-wide

• Cheryl Pridgeon
• School Services Manager
• c.pridgeon_at_manchester.gov.uk

Amanda Davis Study Support Worker mileshc_at_librarie
s.manchester.gov.uk
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Expanding the service

• Building on success
• A new look
• Funding
• Widening access

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Homework Action Team developing a new model

• A shared space in the junior library
• Fewer sessions, but consistent delivery
• Early stages of a District delivery model

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Strengthening partnerships with schools

• Promoting study support to local schools
• Raising awareness of library services
• Linking with other initiatives eg. Manchester
  Book Award

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Gathering evidence of impact

• It gets me good marks in school and makes me
  happy
• Omar, aged 14
• Extended case studies
• Tracking of educational attainment
• Portfolios of diversionary activities and other
  special events

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Miles Platting Homework Centre
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Reward Systems and Creating a Positive Learning
Environment

• Reward the children and young people for their
  good behaviour and hard work.
• We have devised a reward card. The children have
  to earn 10 stamps in their reward card and then
  they receive a prize. This encourages
  perseverance and patience.

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Reward Systems and Creating a Positive Learning
Environment

• Recognise and reward good behaviour. Catch the
  children being good.
• Encourage the children to bring in any
  certificates they receive from school and display
  on a Good News Wall.

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This is an example of a workshop I ran during
Easter holidays. The project ran for two weeks
and I incorporated the following National
Curriculum links
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Making a mosaic can help to improve an
individual's self esteem, motivation, ownership,
inclusion. working together as a group to improve
teamwork, communication, community presence.
Links to the NATIONAL CURRICULUM Mathematics
Calculate how many tiles are used for the
project and area covered Look at pattern,
symmetry and reflection Discover shapes that can
tessellate, e.g. squares, rectangles, triangles,
etc English Use words and phrases to describe
the position of different tiles or panels Create
letters and words.
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Science Looking at different materials, for
example how each material is created, their
suitability and how they can be broken into
correct shapes Design Technology Problem
solving using different materials, for example if
a mural is to be placed inside or outside will
restrict the materials required. History
Mosaics have been around for thousands of years,
including in Greek, Roman, and Moorish cultures.
Geography A number of different recycled
materials can be used, for example broken
crockery or roof tiles.
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Local Community Involvement Workshop How to
behave in Miles Platting Library
Local community wardens were invited to Miles
Platting Library to conduct a workshop on how to
behave in the library with local children and
young people. Respect for the rules is heightened
if the children are involved in deciding what
they should be and why they are needed.
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Local Community Involvement Workshop How to
behave in Miles Platting Library
The workshop produced some fantastic rule signs.
Children and young people from the Library and
Homework Centre decided on the rules, designed
the signs and painted them, with the help of
local wardens and staff from the Homework Centre
and Library.
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Case Studies
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Case Studies
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