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through the medium of sport. “THE PFS CENTRE IS A Rugby League team, Hull Kingston Rovers gained SCOTLAND – SEAMAB SCHOOL,
It has been kitted out with a superb corporate- WONDERFUL promotion into the Super League at the end of last KINROSS-SHIRE
style state-of-the-art learning environment that ACHIEVEMENT AND I’M season and are presently holding their own in the £38,600 FOR A SPORTS AREA AND AN
looks and feels as little like a classroom as possible. SURE THE YOUNG PEOPLE league. As part of its resurgence, the club has spent ASSAULT COURSE
It boasts a secure reception area, an administration WILL ENJOY BEING SO considerable amounts on the Craven Park Stadium,
office, an ICT suite and teaching area, a meeting CLOSE TO THE WARRIORS the pitch and players. The PfS facility has been built Seamab School, named after a mountain in the
room, a multi-purpose room that acts as a soft AND THE FIRST TEAM.” in a dedicated two-level extension to the main nearby Ochills, is in the village of Rumbling Bridge
working area, teaching room overspill area, and a stand. between the Forth and the Tay. It houses and
student chill-out room and library. WARRIORS CHAIRMAN, Spoon Yorkshire has contributed £38,200 to fund educates 16 pupils aged 5-13 from all over Scotland
Teacher Glynn Lodge project-managed the setting CECIL DUCKWORTH the purchase of IT equipment to allow the children on a 52-week basis who are emotionally fragile
up of the Centre and now heads up the facility with to improve their basic numeracy, and IT skills. with severe social and/or behavioural difficulties.
the support of a pool of volunteers recruited from “TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE PfS at HKR is run on much the same lines as the The School recently relocated to new premises ‘The
the University of Worcester, Worcester Sixth Form CHILDREN’S FACES WHEN other PfS projects Spoon has supported and with Hollies’ providing a site with much better facilities
College, Droitwich High School, Pershore High THEY SEE THE teacher Paul Hattan’s energy, enthusiasm and and more space and adjoining living and teaching
School and Worcester Royal Grammar School. Staff, ENVIRONMENT THEY CAN initiatives and with the support and contribution facilities.
supporters and Academy Players will also be NOW WORK IN MAKES IT from the of the Club’s players, this facility should be In this nurturing environment and with the
involved along with community workers. VERY REWARDING.” a great success. support of the very caring staff, the children are
Wooden Spoon Worcester, contributed £24,000 The Study Centre was officially opened on the given back their confidence and self-esteem and
towards the purchase of the state of the art IT PFS TEACHER, evening of the Super League fixture between Hull begin to enjoy a loving but disciplined way of life
equipment and many were in attendance at the GLYNN LODGE Kingston Rovers and Huddersfield Giants in April. that has been previously denied them. Children, on
opening in March to see Worcester Warriors’ Before the game kicked off the Right Honourable average, stay three years and 50% are by then fit to
skipper and England International, Pat Sanderson John Prescott MP, supported by Spoon Yorkshire return to local schools.
cut the ribbon to officially mark the opening. First Chairman, Richard Smith sat with children from SCOTLAND - BUTTERSTONE NEW
team stars Kai Horstmann, Tony Windo, Chairman Alderman Cogan Primary school who demonstrated SCHOOL, DUNKELD Wooden Spoon Scotland funded £38,600 for the
Cecil Duckworth, former Director of Rugby, John their computer and animation skills. The children £35,000 TOWARDS A CLASSROOM provision of a new all-weather external play area
Brain and backs coach Billy McGinty, were also in showed great confidence and enthusiasm during EXTENSION AND REFURBISHMENTS comprising a tarmac base covered in synthetic grass
attendance. this display, something they would not have had the with football goals and basketball goals and the
“The official opening was a very exciting day for the ability to do ten weeks previously. Butterstone School is located in a Victorian country Assault Course; an adventure playground
PfS Study Centre and we were delighted to After the official opening and round of speeches, house on the Lisle estate, in a delightful setting in comprising linked wooden structures designed for
welcome invited guests to the Centre, including 80 children and their families from local schools
the Perthshire countryside. Founded in 1992, it
children to let off steam out of school hours.
representatives of Worcestershire County Council, benefiting from the Study Centre sat down to
provides a very focused schooling to children who
Joint Honorary President, Peter Brown led the
Worcester Warriors, the DfES, and our sponsors, watch the super league game before parading
find mainstream schooling a real struggle, but for
opening ceremony on behalf of Wooden Spoon and
together with pupils and volunteers who took part around the ground at half time, in front of the huge
whom current special school provision is
was soon to be found between the posts emulating
in the pilot programme,” said Glynn Lodge crowd as a celebration of the opening.
inappropriate.
“ THE NEW EXTENSION the goalkeeping skills of his late father ‘Jock Brown’
The Study centre has now been live since the This is the third project that Yorkshire Spoon have
The New School is a mixed, secondary school for
beginning of the Summer term and is such a funded at a Rugby League club and they are
children from 12 to 18 with capacity for 44 children
WAS A PERFECT FIT WITH who kept goal for Clyde’s cup winning side in
- 36 weekly-board and 8 are day-pupils. The
SPOON’S CRITERIA AND IT 1938/39 as well as for Scotland.
success that additional schools have been added to making great in roads into the traditional sport of
children may have a number of mild learning
WAS A PLEASURE TO The day was a great success for everyone and the
the programme. the North of England.
difficulties which collectively can be quite disabling.
SUPPORT SUCH A children were extremely grateful to Spoon for their
So good was the response that many students
Many will have suffered bullying in mainstream
CREDITABLE AND wonderful new facilities.
were reluctant to leave the Centre and had to be A full report on Spoon’s relationship with rugby schools. They come with a sense of failure, low WORTHWHILE CAUSE.”
persuaded to go home some twenty minutes after league will appear in the next edition of Spoonews. confidence and self-esteem, and are in a downward
the scheduled ending of the study session! A good spiral of under-achieving. The school aims to SPOON SCOTLAND, JOINT SCOTLAND - NCHS RESPITE AND
proportion of students are keen to return to further
develop each pupil according to his or her needs
HONORARY PRESIDENT, ASSESSMENT CENTRE IN FALKIRK
develop their literacy, numeracy and ICT skills.
through very small classes, motivation and
PETER BROWN £45,000 TOWARDS AN EXTENSION TO
In addition, students have involved themselves in
confidence-building. Parents are encouraged to
TAYAVALLA
fun brain gym activities, interactive rugby shirt
become fully involved in supporting their child’s
design, making an identity card, reporting on their
teaching and development. Academic results are
stadium tour and interviewing Warriors players and
good and some children return to mainstream
NCH Scotland is part of NCH, the Children’s Charity
schooling.
of the Methodist Church, which is one of the UK’s
staff.
Recently the school has undergone some
leading children’s charities, now approaching its
As a motivational tool all students have been
refurbishment with a former Art Room being turned
50th anniversary. It has seven projects in Scotland
awarded Premiership Points for their attendance,
into an IT room and an extension built to provide a
dedicated to supporting children and young people
effort, work completion, behaviour and for
new classroom.
with severe learning and physical disabilities.
additional study undertaken in their own time with
all students achieving the targets set. This centre Spoon Scotland was the major funder for the work
looks as if it really will be a success
on new classroom, contributing £35,000 with
further significant support coming from The
Above top: Bart McGettrick-
Chairman of Governors, Gavin
Gannochy Trust. Hastings, Andrew Wilson-
YORKSHIRE - PLAYING FOR SUCCESS AT
Headmaster and Lady Linklater-
HULL KINGSTON ROVERS
In May, Joint Honorary President, Gavin Hastings,
founder of the School and
children from Butterstone School
£38,200 TOWARDS ICT AND RELATED
unveiled the plaque during the official opening
Above: Spoon Scotland, Joint
EQUIPMENT IN THE STUDY CENTRE
Top right: The Right Honorable
ceremony for the new buildings. He was
Honorary President, Peter Brown
John Prescott with children at the accompanied by his wife Dianne and other
with children and parents at the
opening of the new PfS Study
Spooners in attendance were Trustees, Philip
opening of the new extension at
Although operational for the last two months, the
Centre at Hull Kingston Rovers
Blunden, Steuart Howie and Scottish Chairman,
Tayavalla
government supported Playing for Success project
Rugby Club
Charlie Bryden.
Right: Spoon Scotland, Joint
at Hull Kingston Rovers was only officially opened in
Right: The Right Honorable John
Honorary President, Peter Brown
Prescott is impressed by the skills
demonstrating his ‘egg and
April by the Right Honorable John Prescott. The day on display at the Study Centre spoon’ skills at the opening of the
of celebrations included sponsors, local dignitaries,
opening
new play area at Seamab School
80 children and a live rugby League game.
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