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Playing for Success Presentation (December 2009)

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

The Riverside Stadium’s Hardwick Suite hosted our termly PfS Celebration of achievement event on Thursday 10th December.
More than 100 students, teachers and family members turned out to see young people who’ve been involved with the Playing for Success and Double Club projects over the last school term. Australian international and upcoming Boro star Rhys Williams was on hand to present certificates and prizes out to the pupils of the latest Playing for Success project for their efforts. Pupils were given special prizes for outstanding work including cinema tickets, a match day experience, i-pod shuffles and even a signed away shirt.

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Transition Summer School

Friday, August 28th, 2009

Students from some Middlesbrough’s primary schools were giving the opportunity of taking part in a Transition Summer School. The aim was create situations for the students to practice key skills that they will need to make a successful transition from primary to secondary school.

The first activity that the students took part in was a cookery course in association with What’s Cookin’ Kids at Middlesbrough College. In the aspirational environment of a professional kitchen and under the guidance of an expert chef the students prepared healthy fruit kebab snacks, a wholesome tuna pasta for lunch, sweet chocolate chip muffins for desert and a convenient sandwich to take home. These activities encouraged the students to call upon and develop their preparation and organisational skills.

Next, the group traveled to Carlton Outdoor Education Centre A.K.A Carlton Camp. Here the students would embark on numerous outdoor activities designed to test their communication and team work skills such as orienteering, climbing and puzzle solving.

Gateshead was the next destination for the group where they took part in musical activities in the stunning surrounds of The Sage on the banks of the river Tyne. The focus of the day was being creative and taking risks. The students were encouraged to do their own thing and stand out from the crowd, letting their creativity flow. The  students worked in groups to produce musical rhythms using drums, co-ordinating their beats and taking freestyle solo’s occasionally. Later they were involved in a freestyle rapping session that everyone was part of. Every one created a verse that was then put into a track and put onto a CD.

On the last day the students joined us at the Study Support Centre. Here the students created TV adverts for the cooking project that they took part in. Using footage that was shot on the day the students used iMovie to create their own advert and used the centre’s microphones to record a voice over for the add. The best bit was yet to come as the students entered the Riverside TV studio to record their personal promotions for their adverts in front of the green screen. This was then imported into iMovie to give their adverts a more persuasive edge.

Finally it was off to the Fenton Lounge at the Riverside Stadium where friends and family were invited to celebrate the students success. The whole week had been captured on camera and the footage was show in a presentation to give the attendees an idea as to the activities that their children had been involved in. The awards evening featured special guest for the evening Boro’s own David Wheater who kindly presented certificates of achievement, posed for pictures and signed autographs.

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Presentation Event (March 2009)

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

The Study Support Centre would like to invite students and their close family to join us in celebrating the completion of their Study Support programme. The event will take place in Legends Lounge at the Riverside Stadium on Tuesday 31st of March and it all kicks off at 4 PM.
The celebration events are a great opportunity to share in the students achievements and to show that we all support them in their learning. They are also often attended by a special guest who presents students with certificate and prizes. You never know who’ll turn up!
Click the link below to see our latest event and get an idea what the evening will have in store.

Presentation – Robert Huth (December 2008)

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Presentation – Robert Huth (December 2008)

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008

The Riverside Suite hosted the MFC Playing for Success project’s presentation evening on Tuesday December 9th. Students from primary and secondary schools from across Middlesbrough attended the award ceremony where their achievements were marked with certificated, trophies and special prizes.

The students were celebrating the end of a ten week literacy course where the football club has been the focus of their learning.

Making the evening even more memorable was Premiership star Robert Huth who presented the students with their awards. The Boro defender arrived to a hero’s welcome from the 150+ students, parents and teachers and later posed for pictures and signed autographs.

Martin Hedgley centre manager commented on the success of the evening. “Robert’s attendance capped off a very successful ten week course and helped make the awards evening very special. Having a Premiership star share in your success and celebrate your achievements is a great way to mark the end of the course.”

One excited students said, “The course was fun and we learned a lot but meeting Robert Huth was the best bit!”.

It wasn’t just the students that were excited though. One parent remarked, “My son has taken part in the Playing for Success course and has enjoyed coming every time. The children took us on a guided tour around the stadium last week and this week we all get to meet a Boro player!”.

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