Latest News
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in college at the moment.
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Staffordshire SEND Local Offer Video
Thu 31 Mar 2022This short video is aimed at children, young people, parents, carers & others who wish to know more about the SEND local offer.
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New NHS Wellbeing Website
Thu 17 Mar 2022There is a new NHS Wellbeing website with resources to help young people, parents and professionals look after their mental health. Why not take a look on this link
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Online Safety at Newfriars College
Wed 16 Mar 2022Online Safety Message. Today our Vocational Pathway students had an assembly about ‘phishing’. We talked about not clicking on links you do not know, being very careful when you are asked to sign into anything and to check website and email details carefully. Is this person or company who they say they are? It can be difficult to spot the fake or scam messages. This Youtube video has more helpful information: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=XsOWczwRVuc
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February-March 2022 Student Newsletter
Wed 02 Mar 2022What’s new at Newfriars?
Newfriars College has been rather busy recently. They and their students have been doing many interesting things both inside and out. Not only that, but also many other places have been getting involved.
The New Vic Theatre has been doing acting workshops with the students in the college and invited said students to a dress rehearsal of a production about the holocaust. The story follows a group of Jewish people doing their best to survive during the holocaust.
The Independent Living Pathway (ILP) have visited Trentham gardens, using the money skills they have developed with the help of that pathway to buy food from the café. They have also researched employability skills, using them to find out about all of the different jobs at Trentham Gardens.
Work experience has started for some of the vocational students. They have been working at Furniture Mine, performing tasks such as stocking shelves, sorting stock and even delivering some of it. They also get some travel training mixed in, as they have to catch the bus to get to the furniture mine.
The Alice Charity has been working closely with one of the employability groups in order to create new opportunities. While doing this, the group has been developing their employability and preparing for adulthood in order to prepare for opening a community café at the charity in the near future. Not only that, but they have also been assisting the charity with many of their projects, such as their recent Christmas appeal. The Christmas Appeal involved helping the team at the Alice Charity to sort toys and gifts that were donated to them. This helped to give over 6,000 presents to children and young people within the city. This group has also worked on various other kindness projects, such as sourcing and creating over 100 random act of kindness gifts to give to staff and patients at the Royal Stoke Hospital.
Stoke City Football Club have been coming to the college every Friday afternoon to do training sessions with some of the students. They have played a few games and helped the students learn various drills.
Weekly LEGO therapy sessions are now available at Newfriars College. These sessions help learners follow instructions, as well as develop their communication, positive behaviour, teamwork, independence and confidence.
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Newfriars College working with the Association of Colleges
Wed 02 Mar 2022Newfriars College was delighted to be recognised as a Leadership Academy in partnership with The Association of Colleges (AOC) this year. Newfriars is passionate about developing young people to be both leaders and role models through sport and several of our students have enjoyed an array of ambassador and volunteering roles as part of the programme. Students have been volunteering as leadership assistants at local Primary School Games in the city, supporting Stoke City Football club when they deliver activities both within college and to local schools and importantly inspiring and supporting other students in college to enjoy getting active– particularly those students who may not have previously participated in sport. We are excited to develop this initiative further with links with the RFU Tag Rugby Programme and daily exercise initiatives planned for the coming term.