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Cobblers orienteering

Anna Letts — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:22:25 +0000

Thomas Becket Double Club visited the Cobblers study centre and NTFC to do some stadium orienteering. They solved numeracy and literacy clues to find the right seats, stands, stadium facilities where they collected letters to make anagrams of ‘goalkeeper’.

They also took digital photos of the various areas in the ground so they could compare them to Arsenal’s ground which they visited a few weekis ago. Centre manager Jean Limpitlaw gave the students some information about the stadium as they looked around. They found different and interesting ways to photograph the stands, pitch, goalmouth, changing rooms, walkways, physio room and stadium complex as a whole. Back in the study centre they used a publisher document to import their photos to match the corresponding Arsenal ones on the template. Back at school they will complete the work by writing and comparing the two lots of facilities.

Thomas Becket visit Arsenal

Anna Letts — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:45:12 +0000

On 14th May 2009, 37 students from Thomas Becket, who have attended Double Club over the last three terms, visited Arsenal football club at the Emirates Stadium.

They took part in a stadium tour where they visited the changing rooms, executive boxes, (where X Factor auditions were taking place!) manager’s area, VIP area, pitchside and the media room. They saw the legends tour with Charlie George leading in front of them and sat on Arsene Wenger’s seat.

The group also visited the club shop and Arsenal interactive museum. They had a fantastic day and were in awe of the stadium. It was great to see a premiership stadium and look around the huge complex. Thanks to Samir Singh for organising this day.

NFER Double Club report is published by DCSF

Anna Letts — Wed, 06 May 2009 18:33:27 +0000

Northampton has had a Double Club since 2006, now we have a report carried out by NFER (National Foundation for Educational Research) which our schools contributed data to. It’s great to see how successful this project has become locally and across the country (there are now 30+ clubs participating) and be recognised as a project of its own standing alongside PfS. Click below to download

nfer-dc-national-report

It’s also on the DCSF website: http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/research/programmeofresearch/index.cfm?type=5

Report highlights:

1. “It is having a positive impact on pupils’ motivation and self esteem, with young people reporting that they work hard in DC sessions and that they feel more confident and able to contribute in their other lessons.

2. “The report presents some data on attainment, which indicates that young people attending DC make good progress in basic skills. Pupils and teachers perceive the programme very positively, seeing it as an opportunity for lower-attaining young people to get additional support with their learning.”

(from section “Impact of DC on attainment”):

3. “In each of the five schools, DC teachers said young people’s performance levels in English had improved after participating in the programme……………Findings from the self evaluation data suggest that the majority of young pupils in the three schools made progress during their invovlement with DC (see Table 1). Most pupils had improved by at least one level in English and some had gone up two levels.”

Arsenal visitor….

Anna Letts — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:46:49 +0000

Scott Cohen from Arsenal Double Club visited Thomas Becket school this week to see how the year 8 students are getting on in their Double Club sessions. He joined us for the literacy, numeracy and practical lessons and was pleased to be able to join in, talk to the students and see what work they were doing.

For week 9’s activities, click here

Scott told the group about what happens at Arsenal Double Club schools and how he has been visiting other projects across the country. It was good to be able to have ‘premiership chat’, particularly recent events concerning Gallas being dropped from the Arsenal squad due to making negative comments about his team mates. This fitted in well with one of the day’s lessons: ’success and failure’.

Scott had this to say: “The Northampton Double Club at Thomas Beckett School is very impressive. The school are really supporting the project by selecting the appropriate boys and girls and putting their own staff in the classroom with the Northampton PFS staff. The pupils engaged with the football and cricket based literacy and numeracy resources and the two hour lesson moved along at a quick pace with some enjoyable activities to break up the lesson. The football part of the Double Club was equally successful. The youngsters responded well to the Northampton Town coach and it was great to see everyone participating and enjoying themselves on a cold day. Long may this project continue!”

To find out more about Arsenal Double Club, follow the links below:

http://double.northantsstudycentres.org/a rsenal-double-club/

http://www.arsenal.com/the-club/community/arsenal-double-club