Imagination Team MCR

Imagination Team, Greater Manchester. Proudly serving in Baguley Hall Primary School

[City Year UK @CityYearUK]

Calling all Greater Manchester 18-25 year olds! 📢
Are you looking to make a difference in children's lives, and to accelerate your career? We want YOU to join us and #BeTheChange.

Find out more and apply now (it's an immediate start!) ➡️ https://t.co/JHLTjwK4kq

[Fiona Bradshaw @_Fiona_Bradshaw]

If anyone knows any young people (18-25 yrs) looking for 5 months full time school experience with leadership development focus (CV workshops, mock interviews, leadership courses), travel expenses and daily living allowance included, let me know! #volunteering #edutwitter

[Fiona Bradshaw @_Fiona_Bradshaw]

Don't think I'll ever get bored of seeing the amazing work our volunteers do in school every day. @CityYearUkGM #volunteerappreciationmonth #thankyou @ImaginationMcr @DiamondTeamMCR @CityYearUK

[City Year UK @CityYearUK]

Since 2010, 1,169 young people have put on the red jacket and served 1,917,160 hours as volunteer mentors to help improve childrens' lives in the UK  #WorldChildrensDay

[Imagination Team MCR @ImaginationMcr]

VM Lana started her 'Wider World' after school club this week @BaguleyHallPri. The children loved challenging themselves to communicate non-verbally!

[Imagination Team MCR @ImaginationMcr]

Sian and Lana (later joined by the full team) braving the miserable weather to help @BaguleyHallPri to raise money for this year's #PoppyAppeal2019

#charity #charitiessupportingcharities

[CityYearUKGM @CityYearUkGM]

This is great advice for our mentors @CityYearUkGM & @CityYearUK & especially this week as our mentors receive their own corporate mentor in our #BridgeBuilders Programme. @_Fiona_Bradshaw @ImaginationMcr @DiamondTeamMCR @wordbib #mentors #360mentoring #NationalStressAwarenessDay

[Imagination Team MCR @ImaginationMcr]

Emma has chosen #PITW 179: 'Become your message' this week to help focus the team's service in school. She shared that, to her, this meant all of us displaying the behaviours and expectations that we have of the children so they understand what they can achieve. #rolemodels

[Imagination Team MCR @ImaginationMcr]

Ditto!

[Diamond Team MCR @DiamondTeamMCR]

This week, Lead VM Sophia is focusing on #PITW 114: Seek to move out of your "comfort zone" and into your "challenge zone".

When have you followed this advice? In what ways did it pay off? We're doing it every day in our #yearofservice.

@CityYearUkGM @CityYearUK

[Imagination Team MCR @ImaginationMcr]

We've reflected this week that it can sometimes be easy to, in the madness of the end of half term, forget the impact we're having but it's so important that we remember the ways we are making a difference to the young lives we serve.

#ayearofservice #cityyear @CityYearUK

[Imagination Team MCR @ImaginationMcr]

In a busy week for Lead VM Sian, she has chosen to focus on #PITW 21: Don't separate the process from the result.

#bethechange #seethechange #WYPIIWYGO

[Imagination Team MCR @ImaginationMcr]

@CityYearUkGM @CityYearUK She chose this as she feels it is perfectly fitting in today's chaotic world and that with a little more courtesy we could achieve a lot more. @lanaharold

[Imagination Team MCR @ImaginationMcr]

Lana, our Lead VM for the week, was nominated for being fair and objective. She has chosen to focus on #PITW105: Courtesy is a powerful skill for social change.

#bethechangeseethechange #puttingidealismtowork @CityYearUkGM @CityYearUK

[CityYearUKGM @CityYearUkGM]

Good luck to @lanaharold from @ImaginationMcr who is attending the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Youth Affairs @HouseofCommons today. They will be discussing ‘What should the new government’s priorities be for young people?’ #YouthAffairs #APPG #Leadership @AndyBurnhamGM

[Imagination Team MCR @ImaginationMcr]

This week we're focusing on #PITW85: Celebrate achievement. This will be easy on a week with our 1-1 check ins; recognising all the wonderful things we've done in school so far!

[Imagination Team MCR @ImaginationMcr]

Sitting 'Front-most, Centre-most' at our playtime games training today #FiredUp #powertool

[Imagination Team MCR @ImaginationMcr]

Lana has just got in from a lunchtime playing these games: "I had such a good lunch time with the kids, it was the best one yet. The kids loved some of those games, even the boys who normally just play football!"

[Imagination Team MCR @ImaginationMcr]

Very lucky to have learnt from Dave @ThriveMcr this morning to share ideas for playground games we can use to help the children get the physical activity they need to focus on their development. Thanks @BaguleyHallPri for organising for us! #inspired #physicalhealth

[Imagination Team MCR @ImaginationMcr]

We learnt some very important lessons about ourselves during this! #patience #teamwork #nonverbalcommunication #leadership #LeadershipDevelopment

[Fiona Bradshaw @_Fiona_Bradshaw]

On Friday, the volunteers in Manchester had to build a tower as part of their Leadership Development journey. The tower had to be made according to strict guidelines shared out between them in secret. Very important to share these, but they could only communicate non-verbally.

[Fiona Bradshaw @_Fiona_Bradshaw]

#seektrulyeffectivecommunication Our volunteers also used their verbal communication skills with each other and members of the public to achieve as many points as possible for their #manchesterscavengerhunt @CityYearUK @CityYearUkGM