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Southfield Superstars!
We welcomed students from Southfield Primary to kick off their Playing for Success experience with an introductory day at the circuit.
Their brilliant attitude and sense of fun was rewarded with an impromptu invitation to visit Audi in the pit-lane, and taste the chocolate on offer. Steve Deeks, long-time friend of the Study Centre, answered questions [...]
Victorious Vettel
Sebastian Vettel drove a superbly smooth and measured race to win the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
Presentation Evening – Summer 2009
Tonight is the last Presentation Evening of this school year. I wonder what the parents and pupils thought of it? Feel free to let us know by leaving a comment below…
PfS Conference Review
The annual Playing for Success (PfS) Conference is an opportunity for PfS staff from the 160 centres around the country to meet, share new ideas, celebrate success and be inspired to further develop our work with young people.
Last week’s conference in Solihull was my first and provided me with enough ideas and food for thought to have made it worthwhile. The overall enthusiasm [...]
BBC Radio Northampton Interview
A couple of weeks ago, during one a Performance Poetry session with Phil Whitehead, I was interviewed by John Griff from BBC Radio Northampton about the study centre and its activities. It was all rather exciting and great to experience firsthand how a professional reporter chats and then seamlessly pulls together his questions into [...]
Croughton Business Plan
One of our Playing for Success sessions is devoted to finance and enterprise. Complete with sound effects from Sir Alan Sugar, we use the Moneyville site to see how the students deal with personal financial choices as well as decision-making in the world of business. Despite a rigorous grilling from Sir Alan, most student are [...]
News Reporter!
News Podcast 2
Commentator Podcast 3
Commentator Podcast 4
Have a listen to some of our podcasts taken in recent PfS sessions – this is raw material, so add a comment saying how you would make it even better!
Welcome Vicki
A belated welcome to Vicki Campkin, our superb new Centre Coordinator. Here she is in action with Playing for Success pupils!
Samorost and Scratch Gallery
Croughton Playing for Success students combined their creative writing skills with Samorost game play, followed by an introduction to Scratch programming. The combination produces a quality outcome as you can see from Bethanie and Sophie’s performance.
Click here to see our Samorost-Scratch Gallery
