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LearnPlay Foundation delivers programmes that centre on the needs of schools and students.
In primary schools we deliver programmes that assist students with learning difficulties through the use of specific consoles and games that aid with basic numeracy and literacy.
At secondary school level, we focus on engagement; helping schools through our tailored programmes to reengage the disengaged back into mainstream education. We work with pupils who are on the verge of exclusion, those who are on restricted timetables and those who are on Re-Entry timetables. The programmes can be delivered on- or off-site and we also work closely with student support services.
LearnPlay Foundation also delivers programmes in Pupil Referral Units and to those classified as T3+.
We also provide a specific programme aimed at teaching teachers to show them how to use and integrate games into their curriculum teaching. Results and feedback has shown this greatly aids the teachers in bringing the class to life and provides useful visuals and reinforcement techniques in a less intimidating package which assist pupils to grasp more difficult concepts.
One to One or Group Programmes
Through our Entry 2 Learning Foundation and ASDAN programmes sessions are built to accommodate either individuals or groups.
Individuals
We are aware that young people have different learning styles and that they may or may not be ready or comfortable to work in groups for a variety of reasons, this is why we provide programmes based around the needs of the young person who prefers to work in a safe, non-threatening environment which also allows them to develop their confidence before moving on. This can take place at a location of your choosing or right here within our space.
Groups
Some young people thrive and enjoy working in group environments, for this reason we have developed programmes to allow this to happen. The structure of our programmes and the environment that we create ensures that young people are immersed in a fun and exciting way and also learn as much as they can through our highly customised and innovative programmes.
We undertake all ASDAN awards for both Individuals and groups.
School Programmes
Skills Builder Programme
A structured, fun and engaging programme built around developing the skills of its learners. Ages of the groups vary across the board and, encompass either young people in school or those not in employment, education or training (NEET). The programme can also be customised to include more mature members of the community if required. Group sizes also vary but a typical group would consist of between 10-12 people, this of course can be varied to you’re your needs.
The types of activities included in this programme include:
• Teambuilding 2
• Active listening
• Communication presentation
• Negotiation
If you require different sets of skills within the programme we can customise and use off the shelf components to build your own programme.
All programmes begin with an engagement session using all of our games consoles to build an affinity between and amongst the young people and our facilitators
All of the activities within the Skills Builder programme are based on and around the use of Video games.
ASDAN activities with peer tutoring awards
This programme presents the person with an ASDAN certificate which allows them to use its points towards GCSE’s, A’ Levels AS Levels and UCAS points. This particular programme provides the person with an opportunity to complete 3 activities and 3 peer tutoring tasks. It gives them total control and autonomy to develop and complete their own activities or anything that interests them, within guidelines, and enables them to fulfil their own self learning ambitions with real evidenced outputs. Peer tutoring assists in creating and developing all aspects their communication skills. This is achieved through giving them the opportunity to distil knowledge that they have acquired to their peers, having one to ones, having one to groups and also by presenting their work through a presentation.
ASDAN Expressive arts
This programme is fun and engaging for the learner. They are given the opportunity, with guidance, to develop their own arts award using video games technology; examples of work include portraying an in game scene from a literary classics and films right through to developing their own game level. The aim of this programme, as the award suggest is to allow the young person to express themselves artistically. This approach allows the young person to open up and develop a whole range of soft and basic skills. This process becomes easier because they are actually achieving something of their own choosing. The young person is guided and encouraged all the way through the programme receiving a lot of one to one development time with our trained facilitators.
Maths Booster
This is a programme that is built around your schools maths curriculum and caters for children doing key stages 1-3. This programme uses video games technology to enhance the experiences of children learning maths or preparing for their SATS by reinforcing knowledge that has been acquired in the classroom in an innovative, fun and engaging manner. This programme is custom built so that it incorporates that weeks maths lessons from the classroom therefore increasing knowledge retention. This programme can cater for anything up to 16 children in one session. Session length is dependent upon your needs
An independent assessment has already been carried out and is currently being written up around the maths booster programme, demonstrating that it is a proven tool for impacting upon the maths skills of its target audience.
English Booster
This programme has been used in school to enhance and reinforce parts of the English Literature curriculum in a fun and exciting way. An example of an English Literature based booster session includes the development of Shakespeare’s Macbeth in game. As well as reinforcing English text it also helps to build:
• Active Listening Skills
• Communication Skills
• Working to a brief
• Priority Management
• Time management
• Creative project management skills
This programme can be used to develop and reinforce either English Literature as described above or English Language. There are countless ways in which we can work with you to develop a tailor made programme that suits your needs and based upon any part of your curriculum at any stage from beginning to SATS. All of these programmes can also be tied in to an ASDAN award for your children or young people.
Games Zone
This is a carefully crafted programme aimed at young people who are attending Pupil Referral Units (PRU). These young people are often some of the most vulnerable in the community and may have a range of social, mental health and behavioral issues that need to be understood by us in advance of any delivery to ensure that the programme fulfills their needs. We understand that our games approach engages these young people very successfully but we are also aware that more often then not, these young people do not want to attend the PRU in the first instance, thus in addition to the certificates that are awarded at the end of the programme, we like to discuss incentive/points options with the PRU Heads to ensure good attendance.
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