Student end of year celebrations
At the end of the summer term, students on our post 16 Education pathway celebrated the success of achieving impressive personal targets over the year.
Each participant was presented with a Learner Journey folder to mark their year, which featured photographs, AQA Award Certificates, GLT Certificates of Achievement and end of year reports.
These Learner Journeys reflect the person-centred approach taken on the post 16 Education pathway across the year and highlight individual achievements each participant can be proud of and carry forward to their next adventure.
Participants and staff equally enjoyed their celebration day, with much clapping and food at each event! Read more about how each camp celebrated below:
• The Foundry: Four of our participants made use of our lovely pizza as part of their end of year celebration. The oven showed how effective it can be by cooking a total of eight pizzas in about an hour. Step by Step then used the remaining heat to cook their end of day pizza wrap snacks.
• West Stow: Celebrations featured a delicious All-Day Breakfast. One of the participants had specially requested this as it would be his last ever West Stow session. The sense of community which develops when sessions take place in the long-term, with the same people, amongst the trees, around the fire in the same places each week, was palpable. Each person has a role, a responsibility, a contribution, which they can teach their peers. There was a wonderful sense of celebration – for everyone’s achievements over the year, and a whole host of conversations around the fire about what next year might look like for our participants. We all left the session feeling hopeful and fulfilled.
• Castan: Six participants gathered for an event which also featured lots of food including a feast of doughnuts; with each participant contributing a foodstuff to proceedings. The day included a visit from a participant who after a long time at GLT is now successfully pursuing an apprenticeship with a plant hire and plant machinery company in Ipswich.
• Frithy: Middle Camp hosted a barbecue organised by one of the participants. Sausages, burgers, bacon, vegan coleslaw and vegan potato salad all featured with a bucket full of ice-cold drinks. The participant who ran the day ensured that he had allocated jobs to several staff members and participants, he was the lead for the day. Much fun was had by all.
Well done to all the post 16 Education pathway participants, many of whom are returning this academic year for further progression. We wish all the best to our leavers, who are all moving on to exciting new things such as vocational college courses or apprenticeships.
