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Hundreds of Pupil Premium young people are being kept entertained throughout the summer holidays thanks to the wealth of activities delivered across Wiltshire as part of the Holiday Food and Activity programme FUEL.
FUEL Programme: https://www.rightchoice.wiltshire.gov.uk/Page/20797
Funding:
Thanks to funding made available to Wiltshire Council by the Department of Education (DofE), Learn by Design have been contracted to manage and deliver the Holiday Activity and Food (HAF) programme in the county. As the activity provider we have designed an action-packed, face to face activity provision across 10 Wiltshire regions. The holiday club places have been made available for FREE, to Pupil Premium young people and are 4 hours a day, 4 days a week for four weeks during the 2021 summer holidays and one week during the 2021 Christmas holidays.
Regions include:
Amesbury – Amesbury Archer Primary School
Calne – Kingsbury Green Academy
Chippenham – Hardenhuish School
Devizes – Devizes Leisure Centre https://www.devizesconservatives.com/news/young-people-fuel-during-summer-holidays
Melksham – Rivermead School
Royal Wotton Basset and Cricklade – Royal Wootton Bassett Secondary School
Salisbury – Sarum Academy
Trowbridge – Studley Green Primary School
Warminster – Kingdown School
Westbury – Matravers School
Activities:
Participants are currently enjoying a variety of high-quality activities whilst attending the camp, branded under the name FUEL. The summer camp activities include, a range of enriching hands-on experiences such as arts and crafts, multi-sports, dance, drumming workshops, zorb football, silent disco, a climbing tower and fun healthy eating workshops. As part of this programme, all participants have been receiving a nutritious meal on each day they attend the programme. Wiltshire Council partnered with Phunky Foods a food provider to produce and distribute hot meals to children attending the activity camps.
DRUMMING WORKSHOP: Aaron Meli of Slappingskins has developed a unique African percussion workshop
BUBBLE FOOTBALL: Jamie from Leap of Faith came and introduced young people to giant inflatable balls. A great laugh with lots of bouncing and bumping!
CLIMBING WALL: Mobile Climbing Warehouse - largest mobile climbing wall operator in the UK
SILENT DISCO: Young people had the chance to dance the session away using LED silent headphones and transmitters thanks to https://silentdiscoparty.uk/
LASER TAG: has been seeing young people dash around a camouflage camp with laser tags in this tremendous challenge of speed and agility.
OLYMPIAN TALKS: Olympian athletes made visits to sites across the region to share experiences of success and resilience in a drive to promote motivation skills.
ARTS AND CRAFTS: Numerous activities including badge making have been encouraging children to get creative.
Take a look at the drumming session below:
Learn by Design CEO Geoff Parsons delivers Olympian Talk.
Young people at the Wiltshire Holiday, Activity and Food camp at Royal Wootton Bassett, enjoyed the visit of Olympic High Jumper, Geoff Parsons.
In keeping with the theme of the camps, Geoff spoke about the huge operation required to feed all the athletes at the Olympic Village, with over 60,000 meals a day being required.
Food:
As part of the HAF programme all youngsters are offered a FREE meal provided by: Phunky Foods. https://www.phunkyfoods.co.uk/
Social media celebrated young people enjoying their lunch: https://twitter.com/Sport4Wiltshire/status/1427926940204294145
Delivery:
Learn by Design Delivery Team at Studley Green Primary School Trowbridge
Tweet from Active Wiltshire: https://twitter.com/Sport4Wiltshire/status/1426170498560446470
Photos:
View all the photos of the action here
Feedback:
“I’ve enjoyed spending time with my friends and doing all the activities. My favourite has been the bubble football! I loved jumping through the middle of the ball. I think all my friends should be coming to the summer camp.”
Young person on the summer camp
Future Summer Camps:
Learn by Design have been delivering and managing events and activity camps since 1995 and have a wealth of experience along with a dedicated team ready to engage students. From motivational, well-being and educational STEM themes, we can design a full package of blended learning for young people from ages 5+. If you're interested in finding out more about what Learn by Design can provide - get in touch today!