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In our next edition of the Courier we look
forward to hearing more from the Parents'
Association, about the exciting ways in which
students are benefiting from their support.
Teresa Lakeman writes – a big thank you to our Parents
Association for providing funding of £1,430 in support of
the following activities within the College this year:
Parents' Association
1. The Open Box, an art project involving students from
our art Challenge Pathways group
- £600
2. Funds to support students taking part in the annual
Ten Tours event with walkie talkies and 0S maps - £400
3. Funds to buy new toys and equipment for use within
our weekly Science Club
- £300
4. Funds to pay part of the cost of the annual Christmas
tree with the purchase of a stand
- £30
5. Props for students involved in the forthcoming musical
Something Wonderful in my Back Yard
- £100
Unfortunately, bids for the following were not successful:
1. A bid for £2,984 for new student soft seating to be
installed in the information corridor to help improve
social space for students at break and lunch periods
2. A bid for £500 to support moving and rewiring of the
current information screen (currently facing the student
entrance) to enable students using the planned new
seating (as in unsuccessful bid 1 above) to view the
information screen
What do the co-operative values mean to you? Equity versus equality.
Dart Valley Learning Trust
The Dart Valley Learning Trust says a fond farewell to Andrew North
The recent AGM for the Dart Valley Learning Trust saw
the departure of the Trust's outgoing Chair, Andrew
North, who has acted as the Co-operative Group
representative on the Trust Board for the past three
and a half years.
Andrew was appointed as Chair by his fellow Trustees
in October 2011 and has since worked calmly and
diligently to support the Trust Board and to work with
Governors to try to develop both the Trust and what it
means to be a co-operative college.
We wish him well for the future and hope he will keep in touch with developments
here at KEVICC. A really big thank you, Andrew, for all of your hard work over the
past three and a half years. We will miss you.
Alan Salt writes: I have been talking to students in
assemblies, as ever about co-operative values, and
focussing this time on equality and equity.
With year 9s, we had some staff 'volunteers' co-opted into
helping us understand the differences between the two.
And, with all groups, we looked at one particular image
which I think particularly helps us think about equity.
Of course we also tried to think about what this means to
us as a College, and here I was able to draw on some of
our work in progress with governors and trustees. Equality
at KEVICC might be represented by wanting to be open
and accepting of everyone and being, in that sense, truly
comprehensive. Equity at KEVICC is important, as we
recognise that all our students need different help, at
different times, in order to be successful.
There’s much to be developed with these and the other
co-operative values, but it's encouraging to be able to start
conversations with students and adults about what these
might mean for us as a College.
