Partners & Sponsors Circle Housing Department for Education Ernest Cook Trust Interfacespace Mayor of (London Schools Excellence Fund) Mercers Company Adult Education Merton Education Partnership Merton Priory Homes Merton Public Health Merton Voluntary Service Council Merton Youth Service Youth Partnership MITCHAM TOWN Sustainable Merton COMMUNITY TRUST SHINE Trust The Taylor Family Foundation INSPIRES University of West London Waitrose Wimbledon Wimbledon Foundation Wimbledon Theatre Civic Trust Parent Quotes Friends & Supporters Attic Theatre Company “SHINE indeed made a British Museum positive difference for my CAP Job Club daughter. It brought her out Christmas Lunch on Jesus “Onwards of her shell and she made East Mitcham Cluster lots of great friends” LB Merton Mitcham Central Neighbourhood & Upwards” “My daughter has learnt to Partnership communicate and socialize Polka Theatre more and has become Salvation Army Pupil Quotes Wimbledon Theatre more independent” Memberships “I made quite a few friends “I think you give an excellent London South East Co-operative at SHINE, I’d love to come opportunity for children Group (LASER) again and become a to learn new things” peer mentor” Achievements The Jeremiah Project “SHINE is the best place Queens Award for Voluntary to be on a Saturday” Service recipients 2014 Accredited London Youth “SHINE helps me Quality Mark Bronze with my learning'' Winners Merton Compact Special Panel Award 2014 Shine Merton shortlisted Young People Now Learning Award Celia Dawson, shortlisted Merton Leadership Award St Marks Academy International Values Quality Mark St Marks Family Centre shortlisted for the National Compact Award

Mitcham Town Community Trust members' and partners are: Benedict Primary School, Bond Primary School, Cranmer Primary School, Cricket Green School, Haslemere Primary School, Jeremiah Project, Liberty Primary School, Melbury College, SS Peter and Paul RC Primary School, St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary School, St Marks Family Centre and St Marks C of E Academy

Main contact: Kristina Burton H Cricket Green School Lower Green West Mitcham H Surrey H CR4 3AF Work mobile: 07532 149 316 email: [email protected] web: www.mtct.co.uk MITCHAM TOWN

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‘Teaching Excellence’ A we have been awarded £68,000 at the University of West London I last year to deliver Masters in with great success.

Leadership and Innovation for Lead Professor Rosie Raffety, M teachers in partnership with Celia Dawson and Emily Watt will University of West London and be presenting the MA Cluster Interfacespace. MTCT currently model at the prestigious APERA sponsors 16 teachers on the conference in Hong Kong on Masters programme. 19th November 2014.

Cluster Study School on 30 Saturdays per year. was designed for older students Support Centre (150 hours in total), targeting to learn how to support younger The Study Support Centre based predominantly disadvantaged pupils during SHINE sessions by at Cricket Green 6th Form is a joint students. passing on their experience and project, creating a partnership sharing their knowledge and amongst all schools from the SHINE Merton recorded the best skills. Selected SHINE graduates Mitcham Town Cluster. The Centre attendance rates this year. Over were invited to come back, train has been designed to provide a 60 disadvantaged pupils from 7 and volunteer in SHINE sessions stimulating, modern high-tech primaries attend every Saturday. subject to successful completion teaching environment. The high Excellent academic progress of the training course. We had a ratio of adults to young people results were noted as well as fantastic response from students enables development of confidence opportunities for wider community and parents which was excellent -boosting relationships between engagement (peer mentor training to see and currently have a students and mentors and ensures and volunteering, East and West group of ten trained volunteers. rapid progress and key skills production and SNAP workshops). development. The programme with Wimbledon Theatre). Cooking School for is currently working on school Graduates funded referral basis and focusing on by Mitcham Youth offering specially tailored study Partnership support and enrichment courses. Successfully running for the All sessions are supported by a third year, the project was rated fully trained Lead Tutor, teaching ‘outstanding’ by Young Inspectors assistants and St Marks Academy last year. The course is designed Ambassadors. In addition, from for all SHINE Peer mentors and this year, we deliver outreach secondary student volunteers tutoring service at Phipps Bridge Youth Centre. The after school as an opportunity for reverse study support is sponsored by inclusion as well as personal and Earnest Cook, Merton Voluntary practical skills development. The Service Council grant and Merton Cooking School runs for 30 weeks Youth Service. per year every Friday at Cricket Green School. We currently have SHINE on Saturday Shine has received a number of fifteen young people (aged 12-18) from various backgrounds, Having been successful in its bid donations this year including including students with special to the SHINE Trust for the second Waitrose Community Matters time, and with support from Circle grant, Christmas Toys appeal and educational needs. Housing and Mercers Company, Dinner on Jesus, grants from the main aim of the SHINE project Mercers Company, Circle Housing, Healthy Schools is to continue to deliver learning Wimbledon Foundation and , opportunities on a Saturday and Earnest Cook Trust. We also ran Mitcham Town Community Trust give the chance to sixty 9-10 yr a successful Summer school that and Jeremiah Project have old pupils (approx.10 per each included Shine taster sessions recently partnered up to deliver Cluster school) to take part in and transition drama activities Healthy Schools programme enrichment activities aimed at delivered by Attic Theatre funded by Merton Public Health. raising attainment. Activities Company. Summer School was The aim is to improve the health include professional coaching, sponsored by Circle Housing of our residents and, over the educational trips, theatre work - and Mitcham Youth Partnership. next five years reduce the shops, SATs revision, free lunch inequalities in health outcomes etc. SHINE curriculum is overseen Peer Mentor Training between the east and west and devised by a fully qualified - SHINE of Merton. We are currently and experienced teacher. SHINE SHINE Merton continued to offer consulting with schools and offers six hours of study support Peer Mentor training opportunities hope to start with the project and enrichment at Bond Primary in September 2014. The training delivery from January 2015. Mitcham in View for networking, fundraising Mitcham Town Community Trust and introduction to a number Study Support invited talented young people of work professionals and MTCT Study Support Centre’s who live in Mitcham to take part partner agencies. been running successfully in the Mitcham In View Heritage since April 2011 project and capture local life with Staff Continuous No. of pupils attended the Pilot: professional support. Pupils will Professional have an opportunity to choose Development (CPD) 18 subjects and local area sites, The Cluster is committed to No. of pupils attended in 2011/12 including special events or just sharing resources and good this academic year: the everyday things that happen practice by putting on a series as part of day-to-day life in of twilights and shorter training 120 Mitcham. All photos will be courses for teaching and featured in a special interactive support staff. No. of pupils attended incl. exhibition, and the creative journey volunteers in 2012/13 this documented in a form of a video Adult and Family academic year: presentation at St Mark’s Academy Learning as part of Mitcham Town Commu - 140 We have partnered for the fourth nity Trust’s Celebration event year with Merton Adult Education No.of Pupils and families on Feb 15. Project is funded by to deliver adult and family learning attended in 2013/14: Circle Housing Community Grant. sessions. These included Story - 150 bird, Family Arts, Mission X game St Marks Academy creation workshops and Food Ambassadors SHINE Safety training. We also offer Pupils enrolled 2013/14: Our thriving partnership with budgeting courses and a Job St Marks Academy has offered Club in partnership with Jeremiah 72 work experience to over 30 Project and CAP. Upon course 6th Form students in MTCT completion, we noticed a number schools since November 2012. of people enrolling to other Each school gets an allocated learning courses and searching Important Dates half term slot and up to four for employment which was very Thu 26 th Feb 2015 @7pm student volunteers for approx. pleasing to see. half a day per week. Schools Celebration of Success Event at tailor the visits according to Development Work St Marks Academy Acacia Road, Mitcham their needs (e.g. classroom study Our development work is based on support, reading mentors, faith strategic planning and innovation. ambassadors, fundraising events, We are focused on growing our arts projects). All 6th Form pupils Trust and embedding charity from St Marks Academy attended initiatives. We are very open 'reading mentors' training and to new ideas and building some also volunteer for the after partnerships and are often school Study Support provision comissioned for project offering academic help to management and delivery younger primary pupils with by other organisations. great success. Please give us a call if you wish to discuss Parent Support potential projects! Advisor Network The Cluster Development Manager regularly meets with the school PSA’s offering them support and guidance. These meetings proved to be a fantastic hub