Friday 24 September 2010

Extended Services

Education Group are an extended services partner used by many local authorities and school cluster groups and can offer packages of extra curricular activities before school, after school or during school holidays.

We work closely with Extended Services Coordinators creating partnerships with schools and clusters groups in many areas of the country, delivering both short and long term projects. Together with the schools we aim to provide access to services that meet the wider needs of their children, families and communities and help schools to become a hub through which the community can access these provisions.

Our services are flexible and can range from an ongoing weekly dance club in one school to larger community cohesion projects. Many are funded through the Disadvantaged Subsidy Fund.

We are very aware of the burden and extra workload that can be placed on an individual reponsible for organising an event or coordinating extended services and are very happy to discuss how we could help.

Forensic Science Workshop

Education Group have a new Forensic Science Workshop available for Primary Schools for the School year 2010/2011. It is an exciting day designed to enhance the science provision across Key Stage One and Two and adds an element of problem solving and team work for the children.

Hidden within the hills and the heather of the Yorkshire Moors sits a beautifully old manor house named ‘The Yorkshire Pudding Bed and Breakfast’.

Many say that The Yorkshire Pudding is haunted by a couple, Mr. and Mrs. Parkin, who used to own the house before they mysteriously went missing one dark, cold winter’s night.

This new forensic science workshop is a hands-on day that allows the children to take part in a unique mix of "whodunnit" and science. The workshop is designed to meet the requirements of the National Curriculum at Key Stage 1 & 2 and covers the following:

Crime Scene Investigation
Forensic Anthropology (Bones)
Forensic Entomology (Insects/Decomposition)
Blood
Documents (handwriting)
Fingerprints
Analysis of Hair & Fibres
Impressions (footprints)

Solve the mystery and have fun with forensics by visiting www.educationgroup.co.uk