Sunday 16 December 2007

The last Blog (for this group)

Today we watched the clips from the past two terms with all our photo’s we have taken. Looking back at the pictures we all felt very emotional and touched. These days will never come back but we have so many good memories. Every time we go past these places we will think of all the work we have done. We cannot believe how much we have achieved and how much we have put in together as a team.
We also introduced the new mums to Family Learning and managed to interest 10 new people to come next term.
We will miss meeting as a group on Thursdays. We would like to thank Clare for teaching us how to use the PDA’s with all the different techniques and we are sure we will be able to use them with more confidence and be able to use our mobile phones, camera’s and video’s at home.
All that remains to say is goodbye from
Clare Fry
Sue Jones,
Shorrifa Begum
Saifa Begum
Nasima Akther
Masuma Akther
Taslim Miah
Happy Begum
Nuresa Begum
Radia Begum
Jusna Khatun

Tuesday 11 December 2007

Lights, camera, action!

We first of all worked with the children and did lots of speaking & Listening. The children did Christmas activities. We had a visitor today called Esther who was taking lots of video of us whilst we worked. Esther works for RSC Wales and we will be on screen in a conference showing use of IT in adult education.
Then we talked about Asian married life and did some recordings of it. The recordings were excellent compared how we first started. They were very steady and captured the conversations.
Next week is our last session and we will be showing new mums what sort of things we do in Family Learning.

Thursday 29 November 2007

Working together

Today we talked about differences in cultures and came up with some discussion topics that we will record next week. The topics included marriage, family and growing up. We recorded greeting the children. The children then made Christmas cards and video was recorded of us working with our children. We are looking forward to seeing the videos next week

Friday 23 November 2007

Looking at buildings on St Helen’s Road

Today we went back to St Helen’s Road to look at the buildings. We looked at Miah’s first, it is a restaurant now but it used to be a church. We decided it was quite old. We think it’s a good idea that it is a restaurant now as it is being used as it was empty before. We then walked further along the road. There was a block of flats that we think may have been a hospital before. It had a clock tower on top which made it look like a church at first but we decided that it probably wasn’t. We saw the Methodist church and found out it was built in 1873 it is still in use and is the only one that is still used as a church. Next we saw the old church that has been converted into flats. It is a beautiful building with a classical Greek design with the pillars but there was no plaque on it to find out how old it was. Finally we looked at the large old church which is now having money being raised to convert it into a mosque. Once it is finished it is going to be a community centre and have lots of activities going on.

Monday 19 November 2007

St Helen's Road

Today we went along St Helen's Road looking at the shops and interviewing people. At first we were quite nervous and were not sure about going up to people and asking them questions but Clare and Sue were very impressed as we grew in confidence and interviewed quite a few people. The local people use the shops and restaurants quite often and a few people would like to make the streets a bit cleaner. Everyone we spoke to liked St Helen's Road. Next week we will go back as there are lots of buildings we didn't look at.

Thursday 8 November 2007

Patti Pavillion



Today we walked with the children to the Patti Pavillion. The children were very excited and enjoyed the walk. The children took lots of photo’s on the way. We wanted to interview some people but there weren’t any around. We were surprised that it wasn’t used as it’s a very busy area. It could be because of the weather.

The flower beds were very pretty and the children took photo’s
We also took photo’s of the statue and building work and intend to compare them with photo’s we took in June.

We have emailed the building contractors to find out the plans for the building as we are not sure what it will be.

We talked to a lady who was walking her dog and she didn’t know what was happening either!

The children played in the play area. They preferred to play on the skateboard ramp rather than the swings and slides. It would be a good idea to have a bigger adventure play area to keep the children interested, similar to the one on the beach. Unfortunately there was glass and stones on the floor which are dangerous for the children.

Friday 26 October 2007

Looking around the school


Today we spent time looking around the school at things we liked and what we would like to improve. We liked the reception area now it has been changed and think the school is nice and bright and very friendly. We like the interior as there are lots of displays and photo’s on the walls.
We would like to improve the junior playground, the cloakroom in the junior side looks a bit old and some areas need painting.
The garden area at the back of the school needs a bit of work and we would be interested in starting a gardening club possibly run by parents where the produce can be sold and the money can go back to the school and the club. We don’t think it would take too much to improve the area and it could be ready in time for spring when we can start planting.