It would be impossible for us to be prouder of our 2024 summer graduates ๐
Each of the 60 young people who joined us this summer brought their humour, care, passion, creativity and studiousness to the programme every day, making it into the brilliant three weeks that it was ๐
The last few days, we held English clinics on phrasal verbs, speaking about the past, around the house vocab and debating skills and public speaking ๐ฃ In our politics & culture sessions we learned about the history of hair, Abrahamic religions and how laws get passed in the UKโ๏ธ
Springboard Summer 2024 is officially up and running! This year, young people get to *choose their own adventure* each day of the programme - hereโs a sneak peak of todayโs choices ๐
Weโre excited to be hosted by our new partner school @westlondoncollege - thanks for having us!
We had a truly beautiful last day of term on Saturday: old friends came to visit, young people celebrated their achievements from the past year & the staff team threw a little party to honour two members of the Springboard family who are moving on to bigger things in September ๐ฅฐ
On Saturday we had a long debrief about the elections and talked about what everyone wants to see from the new Labour government in the coming months. Here's part of the manifesto detailing what our group thinks their priorities should be ๐คฉ
We're now taking referrals for our 2024 Summer Programme!ย This year, young people will get toย *choose their own adventure*ย each day of the programme ๐บ๐ฃ๐น๐ชโ๐๐ฅ
Refer here: https://t.co/vrAX6QNTPQ
We kicked off May half-term this week with a visit to the @young_vam Myths to Manga exhibition, to learn a bit about the history of manga and get inspired for the week ahead. Stay tuned for a peak at our own comic creations! ๐จ๐ฅ
May half-term is going to be truly action-packed! ๐ฅ
Along with a trip and a sports day, we'll learn about the history of manga and other types of comic art, act out storyboards for our own comic books and work with an artist to draw our own comic strips!
DM us to join ๐ฒ
Huge shoutout to our wonderful team for thinking through how weโre going to change, grow & challenge ourselves & the oppressive systems weโre caught between over the next 3 years so newly arrived young people feel platformed, powerful & able to thrive in the classroom and beyond!
UPDATE:
Police and HO security saying Peckham coach to Bibby Stockholm has been cancelled - but they wonโt provide any proof. We've also seen today's schedule which has 3 more stops so we're holding the coach until we get confirmation so they don't pick anyone up
COME JOIN US
On the weekend we ran a mini strategy session for our Saturday group to tell us how they want to see Springboard change and grow over the next few years.
Their input will feed into our upcoming Away Day conversations where weโll build out our next 3-year strategy ๐ซ
We're so excited to share that we're
collaborating with @weareyoungroots to deliver
action-packed English sessions Wednesdays at 5pm at their Brent Hub starting this week! โจโจโจ
๐ฒ DM us if you want to join
This week weโre celebrating Rahele, our newest graduate to step into a Peer Leader role! ๐๐๐
Thanks for bringing your thoughtful, caring and calming energy to the team Rahele - weโre so happy to have you on board! ๐คฉ