Hampshire Head teachers Conference 10th March 2010
Hampshire Headteachers Conference 10th March 2010
JustDifferent attended the Hampshire Head Teachers Conference on March 10th at the City Cruise Terminal, Southampton. We met some fantastic Head teachers who had received JustDifferent workshops and some who had never hear of JustDifferent. We hope to work with all the schools in Hampshire and if you are interesting in booking a workshop, please do contact us.
Toby (CEO and founder of JustDifferent) attended the conference and had the privilege of meeting Simon Weston OBE who was the guest speaker for the day. Simons speech echoed the message JustDifferent deliver in their workshops. Simon encouraged people not to judge others for what they look like or question what they may be able to achieve.
JustDifferent workshops help children understand that people with a difference or a disability can achieve the same things as them just in a different way. They may have to use their feet rather than their hands, or tackle the problem from within a wheelchair rather than on foot, but they can still achieve the sames things.
Toby and everyone at JustDifferent want to thank Simon for his kind words and encouragement with the charitable work that JustDifferent deliver in schools…thanks Simon.
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JustDifferent brings some exciting news.
This month we have undergone important changes at JustDifferent. We are pleased to announce that JustDifferent will now be delivering our charitable workshops free of charge.
As a charity it is our aim to reach all schools in England. We do not wish to exclude any school from receiving a workshop due to the fee.
We are asking for a suggested donation for a day of 3 workshops. It costs JustDifferent £420.00 per day to deliver our workshops.
As there is no fee, we also encourage schools to support JustDifferent with an activity from our fundraising pack, which is available when your booking is confirmed, or can be download from this website. Each activity in the pack is designed around disability and difference and reinforces the messages delivered in our workshops. You may decide however to use one of your own tried and tested fundraising activities.
Requests for workshops are coming in thick and fast, so please make your booking as soon as possible to avoid joining a waiting list.
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We were very proud to be asked to attend the Communication Works Event hosted by Charlton School in Charlton, South East London recently. This annual event is organised by CENMAC which is a unique London-based support service offering assessment, reviews and loan of equipment to help pupils access the curriculum using assistive technology.
CENMAC invite disabled students from across the London Borough of Greenwich, their teachers, parents and carers as well as SENCO’s and Speech & Language therapists. The exhibition includes representatives from suppliers of a variety of assistive technologies. JustDifferent took a stand and we were delighted to talk to lots of students who were interested in our job opportunities; as well as a number of teachers and SENCO’s who felt that our workshops would greatly benefit their schools.
The highlight of the day was Toby’s inspirational talk entitled ‘My achievements with AAC’. Despite being given a slot towards the end of the day the meeting room was packed to capacity. The presentation was extremely well received, there were so many questions at the end that Toby’s session over ran and he had to continue answering them in the corridor outside to make way for the next presenter!
All in all this was a very worthwhile event, we met some interesting people and CENMAC and Charlton School should be applauded for their efforts.
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JustDifferent is delighted to announce that, after several months of research and development JustDifferent has now added a range of new and exciting workshops to its existing Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 workshops.
We are especially pleased to say that we are now able to satisfy all of those enquiries from secondary schools with two fabulous workshops.
Key Stage 3 Workshop
• A one hour session
• Lots of audience participation and active discussion.
• Identifying different types of disability and their characteristics
• Our disabled presenter will share with the group his or her personal experiences, with particular reference to developing independence and the challenges of secondary education.
Key Stage 4 Workshop
• A two hour session
• Group discussion and encouraging the group to ask those ‘uncomfortable’ questions.
• The disability movement and its influence in the UK
• Disability ‘etiquette’
• Our disabled presenter will share with the group his or her personal experiences, with particular reference to choosing a career and seeking employment.
Both of the above satisfy the requirements of the PSHE and Citizenship parts of the National Curriculum. Additionally we have been asked on several occasions to support mentoring programmes in schools and we are now able to offer a modular mentoring programme aimed at students in Key Stage 4.
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A visit to Headington Preparatory School in Oxford has gone a long way in opening the pupils minds to disability. Ross Smith, our Hampshire based Workshop Presenter performed three workshops on disability and difference to pupils in Key Stage 2. Headteacher, Andrea Bartlett wrote:
“Thank you so much for arranging our visit with Ross today, he was absolutely fantastic. The girls loved meeting him and I think that they all feel more informed and confident now in their approach to disability. I am sure that we will be asking him to come again in the summer term to see the groups he didn’t see today”.
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