Welcome to Gateshead Extended Services
The Extended Services Team have been working closely with colleagues at Gateshead City Learning Centre to provide an engaging and interactive site that provides important information to schools, students, families and the wider community in Gateshead. The Department for Children, Schools and Families agenda for Extended Services rollout is well on the way in Gateshead. Through this weblog the Extended Services Team will keep you up to date with the latest developments in extended services throughout Gateshead and provide information on activities available from schools working in partnership to provide access to a wide range of provision that will have a major impact on the Every Child Matters outcomes within each Extended Services Cluster.
Innovations such as RSS Newsfeed will keep you up-to-date with the latest information whilst video feed will display multi-media content and you can post your comments on the site to our on-line comments box.
We hope you find the site a source of interesting and relevant information and we look forward to your feedback.
About Extended Services
“There is increasingly strong evidence showing the positive impact of Extended Services on children’s motivation, behaviour and engagement with learning. This is beginning to yield real improvements in attainment, particularly for the most disadvantaged pupils.”
Beverley Hughes, Minister of State for Children, Young People and Families.
Extended Services in schools provide a range of services and activities often beyond the school day to help meet the needs of their pupils, families and the wider community. By 2010, all schools are to offer access to the core offer of Extended Services.
Extended Services in Gateshead
Within Gateshead, extended services are being developed in "clusters" made up of a group of primary schools and one secondary school. The clusters are named after the secondary school in that geographic area. Special schools are also included in their geographical cluster.
The core offer is the minimum requirement of extended services that an extended services cluster must offer:
- High quality wrap-around childcare
- A varied menu of activities
- Swift and easy access to specialist services
- Parenting support and family learning
- Community access to facilities
Gateshead is proud to be able to say that all of its schools are meeting the core offer of Extended Services across their clusters. By structuring the schools into clusters based on traditional links of secondary and primary schools we have been able to develop further, strong relationships which existed as a result of previous partnership working.
As a result Gateshead was one of the first Local Authorities able to say that all their schools meet the core offer of Extended Services, which was ahead of the government target of 2010.
Clusters are now working hard to further develop the services and activities they offer to their local communities.
Gateshead is working with the Training Development Agency on a project to develop community access to school facilities and to make Extended Services provision an integral part of School Improvement Planning, this work will begin in November 2007.
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 Active Kidz Summer 2008 DVD (12m:21s) |
 Getting Involved DVD (11m:41s)
"As a parent you can help your children manage their learning. I am talking little things that could make a big difference at the end of the day." James Nesbitt |
Which Cluster?
Clusters are named after the secondary school in your geographic area. If you're unsure which cluster your child's school belongs to, please check below.
St Albans | St Anne’s | St Augustines | St John Baptist | St Josephs – Birtley | St Josephs – Gateshead | St Oswalds | St Peters | St Wilfreds
Bill Quay | Lingley House | Roman Road | The Drive | Whitemere | Wardley
Chopwell | High Spen | Highfield | Rowlands Gill | Parkhead | Winlaton West Lane
Glynwood | Harlow Green | Kelvin Grove | Kells Lane | Oakfield Jnrs | Oakfield Infants | Cedars
Brighton Ave | Caedmon | Dunston Hill | Dunston Riverside | Lobley Hill | St Aidans C of E | Bensham Grove Nursery | Eslington
Barley Mow | Birtley East | Kibblesworth | Portobello | Ravensworth Tce
Crookhill | Emmaville | Ryton Junior | Ryton Infant | Greenside Primary | Blaydon West
Corpus Christi | St Philip Neri | St Joseph’s Blaydon | St Mary’s and St Thomas Aquinas | St Agnes | St Josephs - Highfield | St Mary’s Whickham
Colegate | Carr Hill | South Street | Brandling | Bede | Falla Park | Fell Dyke | Larkspur | Windy Nook | Furrowfield Hilltop
Cloverhill | Fellside | Front St | Marley Hill | Washingwell | Whickham Parochial | Swalwell | Sacred Heart | Gibside
Tell Us What You Think!
We want to know what you think about Extended Services in Gateshead, whether it be about this weblog or about a service or activity you would like to see running in a school near you. All you have to do to post your comments is leave your Age, School that you attend or nearest, Area that you live in
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16.06.2009
16.06.2009
ACTIVE KIDZ SUMMER PLAYSCHEME 2009!!!!!!
Active Kidz is a fully inclusive activity scheme for all children and young people aged 5-19 years. A wide range of challenging activites are available and include boxercise, den building, assualt course, swimming, arts, crafts, games, dance, sport and much much more. Bookings can be made from Monday 29th June 2009, so download your brochure and booking form now!!!!!!
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15.06.2009
15.06.2009
NATIONAL PLAYDAY 2009!!!!!!
National Playday is taking place on Wednesday 5th August 2009, 10am-3pm at Saltwell Park in Gateshead. Free games and activities will be available for all ages including orienteering, arts and crafts, den building, street cheer and many many more, so come along and join the fun!!!!
For more information on what other activities will be taking place, click on the link below!!!!!!
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27.05.2009
27.05.2009
Schools Out, Come On In!!!!!!!!
From 1st June 2009 – 30th August 2009 Fell Dyke Community Primary School, Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School and Brighton Avenue Primary School will open part of their grounds to the public for free use of their grounds and equipment, providing children, young people, their families and the whole community with a safe place to play.
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2.04.2009
2.04.2009
FREE SWIMMING
People aged 17 and under and 60 and over can swim for free in Gateshead from 1 April 2009. Click here for more information.
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