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TAS - Safeguarding Policy

The alternative school ltd SAFEGUARDING YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ATTEND A TAS PROGRAMMETeam: All Staff Working for TASDate: MAY 2010Reviewed: MAY 2009To be reviewed: MAY 20111) Statement of IntentTAS recognises its duty to ensure that young people are protected from harm and therefore makes this general statement of policy.2) Policy StatementTAS works to:Safeguard the welfare of young people we work with by protecting them from physical, sexual and emotional harm Support the creation of an environment…See More

Blog post by stewart townsend Jul 2, 2010

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samantha hall and claire everiss joined The Alternative School Mar 8, 2010

Pendle Friday night youth league

Its official, The Alternative School Friday night football team are now second in the league with 7 points and overall the highest goal scorer's.The team turn out every Friday night come rain,snow and fog to play 6 a side for an hour against a competitive set of teams.Well done to all that help support this, especially the team.See More

Blog post by stewart townsend Jan 26, 2010

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Photos posted by Catherine White Jan 22, 2010

Indoor Rock Climbing

A group of four young people from TAS decided they wanted to develop their rock climbing skills. They researched online and ventured out to the Manchester Climbing Wall. They worked along side one of the instructors from the centre and developed their rock climbing skills with one young person overcoming their fear of heights.More photographs can be viewed in the Indoor Rock Climbing Album by clicking on the photos tab.See More

A blog post by Catherine White was featured Jan 22, 2010

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Indoor Rock Climbing

A group of four young people from TAS decided they wanted to develop their rock climbing skills. They researched online and ventured out to the Manchester Climbing Wall. They worked along side one of the instructors from the centre and developed their rock climbing skills with one young person overcoming their fear of heights.More photographs can be viewed in the Indoor Rock Climbing Album by clicking on the photos tab.See More

Blog post by Catherine White Jan 22, 2010

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Bradley Allan, Catherine White and Nicola Owen joined The Alternative School Jan 7, 2010

Blog posts by stewart townsend Dec 9, 2009

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Photos posted by stewart townsend Dec 9, 2009

2 blog posts by stewart townsend were featured Oct 9, 2009

Ewan McIntosh Digital Commissioner for Channel 4 Television's Innovation Fund talks about TAS

"Why should I learn Algebra...? I have no intention of ever going there." Billy Connolly had a point.Schooling, despite the concentration on curriculum and assessment reform in recent years, largely still hasn't tackled the main issue: meaningless (to young people) pedagogy. It's not the fault of teachers, of course, but of those who "manage change" not managing to give enough time for teachers to think about what they would do differently from the last 400 years. One day extra a year for "the…See More

Blog post by stewart townsend Oct 9, 2009

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SHEAF Project

SHEAF allotment project, Yr 11 young people spent the morning having a look around and coming up with ideas for the allotment such as, vegetable patch, growing fruit trees, compost areas, tree house and swing, grafitti areas, wood carvings, sculptures, wind chimes, cooking area, chickens, chill out areas, and lots lots more. Ideas have been documented on a huge spidergram ready to present to the SHEAF board. TAS young people are hoping to be able to implement some of these ideas, starting…See More

Blog post by stewart townsend Sep 28, 2009

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