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OwnZone Angela BliszkoProjects Manager
Oshl ContinYou Cymru

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What is OwnZone?

• OwnZone provides schools and community groups
  with a flexible out of school hours learning
  model providing after school care and learning
  opportunities
• it can be designed and delivered with young
  people
• it supports the development of extended oshl
  within community focused schools

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Why KS3?

• OwnZone was developed for KS3 pupils aged 11-14
  who needed somewhere to go and something to do
  each day after school
• Childcare may no longer by appropriate or
  appealing for this group of young people
• Its neither appropriate nor appealing that they
  go home to an empty house

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What happens at OwnZone?

• OwnZone features 3 main zones that are
  co-ordinated through a central Hub
• ChillZone, where members can relax and socialise
  and find pastoral support
• SkillZone, where members can join in a range of
  activities to develop practical life skills, such
  as first aid or babysitting, and interests such
  as sports or arts activities
• LearnZone, where members can use learning
  resources, complete homework and develop study
  skills

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OwnZone is flexible

• It offers a range of things to do as well as
  space where pupils can just chill in a safe and
  caring environment
• Its structured so that it can be delivered in
  partnership with a range of organisations and
  agencies
• Its about adding value and adding to your
  schools existing oshl provision
• Explore what is already happening and how you can
  build on it
• Start small, build on existing partnerships to
  develop new activities as your club becomes
  established

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A common thread . . .

• running through everything that happens at
  OwnZone is that pupils are actively encouraged
  and expected to be involved in the development
  and where possible delivery of the programme
• this ensures OwnZone is relevant, appealing and
  provides pupils with transferable skills that
  will benefit them later in life teamwork,
  communication and marketing skills

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Benefits for your school

• It enables you to bring a range of activities and
  initiatives under one banner, becoming more
  democratic, where pupils are proud of their oshl
  provision
• Once established you may wish to consider
  expanding to include weekends or school holidays,
  you may even wish to consider charging for some
  of the activities you provide
• Develop improved relationships with parents
• Try out innovative ways of working with partners
• Extending existing activities will enable you to
  meet different needs of pupils and the community
  within the ethos of community focused schools

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Benefits for young people

• Opportunities to get involved in the planning and
  organising of activities
• have ownership
• have a safe, secure place where they can go after
  school - to have fun
• be able to take part in a new activities and
  develop new skills
• take pride in a new range of personal
  achievements
• develop key skills and thinking skills through
  having a say in what happens
• develop confidence and self esteem
• feel positive about school and more motivated to
  learn
• broaden their horizons

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Benefits for families

• OwnZone means that parents and carers will know
  that their children are safe, have support with
  completing homework and an opportunity to take
  part in a range of activities
• Families have peace of mind knowing children are
  safe while they are working, studying or not at
  home
• Confidence that their children are developing
  news skills through new experiences
• Support in balancing their lives at work and at
  home

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Benefits for communities

• Over time communities will have
• Opportunities to engage more with schools
• New activities for young people to engage with
• More people in work, education and training
• Reduced traffic levels at peak times
• Fewer unsupervised children and young people in
  streets
• Peace of mind knowing children are safe after
  school ends

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Targeting Young People

• You may want to consider targeting pupils who
  would particularly benefit from OwnZone
• Who have parents who may wish to work or study
• Those at risk of exclusion
• Who havent settled well into Year 7
• Go home to an empty house
• Have special educational needs
• Have low self esteem, motivation or a history of
  low achievement
• Come from particular ethnic backgrounds
• Are about to transfer from primary to secondary
  schools
• Would benefit from having other pupils as their
  mentor
• Would benefit from developing skills not covered
  in the curriculum

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OwnZone Case Study Bryngwyn Secondary
School Llanelli - Carmarthenshire

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Links with partners and local community

• How do other national partners support your
  OwnZone model?
• - Arts Council
• Sports Council
• Healthy Schools
• Clybiau Plant Cymru
• Play Wales
• Community Food Co-ops
• Youth Service
• Faith Groups
• Voluntary Sector Organisations
• Police
• Fire Service
• Army Careers . . .

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Links with strategies

• OwnZone links with and supports many local and
  national strategies, policies, themes,
  initiatives and priorities
• School
• Curriculum
• School planning improvement, development,
  effectiveness
• Addressing transition, underachievement, special
  needs, gifted and talented, young carers,
  ethnicity, health and fitness, looked after
  children . . .
• National Strategies WAG Priorities
• 14-19 Learning Pathways, Foundation Phase, Raise
  Programme
• Food in Schools Programme, Appetite for Life,
  Cymru Cooks
• 7 Core Aims, Childrens Plan
• Community focused schools
• School Effectiveness Framework

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Staffing OwnZone

• Who is the best person to run OwnZone?
• Who will supervise the different Zones?
• How many staff will we need for each activity?
• Can we use older pupils as peer tutors or to run
  activities?
• What training and checks do you need to put in
  place?
• How will you find the right staff?
• How will you reward or pay staff?
• How will you cover for staff who are absent?

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Covering the Costs

• What are the costs of the different elements of
  OwnZone?
• Staffing Training
• Equipment
• Refreshments
• Oshl activities
• New activities or courses
• How will you cover for staff who are absent?

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What funding is available?

• WAG Community focused schools childcare grant
• Grants, trust and lottery funding
• In kind support and contributions
• Will you need to charge parents?
• Will you be able to subsidise families on low
  income
• Childcare working tax credit - can help families
  afford childcare

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Considering health and safety

• Do we have appropriate insurance cover?
• Does the cleaning contract need to be
  renegotiated so that OwnZone areas are cleaned
  after use?
• How will the adult in charge have access to a
  telephone and emergency contact numbers?
• What are the health and safety considerations?
• Risk assessment
• Get to know your caretaker ?

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Setting up an OwnZone steering group

• Do we need a steering group to support
  development and management of OwnZone?
• How often should it meet?
• How can responsibilities be shared between
  members of the steering group?

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OwnZone development plan checklist

• Audit existing activities
• Involve students
• Involve parents
• Involve your community and your partners
• Introduce new activities
• Decide which pupils to target
• Plan the practical aspects, space, equipment etc

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OwnZone development plan checklist

• Solve transport problems
• Staffing OwnZone
• Covering the costs
• Identifying new partners
• Consider Health and Safety
• Promoting OwnZone
• Setting up a steering group
• Keeping OwnZone going

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OwnZone development plan checklist

• Solve transport problems
• Staffing OwnZone
• Covering the costs
• Identifying new partners
• Consider Health and Safety
• Promoting OwnZone
• Setting up a steering group
• Keeping OwnZone going

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OwnZone skills development

• OwnZone offers skills enhancement for all
  involved
• Teamwork
• Research
• Fundraising
• Negotiation
• Organisation
• Marketing
• Planning
• Budgeting
• Communication
• Evaluation

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Next Steps

• ContinYou Cymru are happy to offer further
  advice and support in the development of your
  OwnZone model as part of Community Focused
  Schools child care provision
• I can be contacted via our Cardiff office
• Telephone [phone]
• Address First Floor, Anchor Court, Keen Road,
  Cardiff CF24 5JW
• angela.bliszko_at_continyou.org.uk

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