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Bromley Supports New Secondary School entrants
Bromley Council’s Executive Member for Children and Young People, Councillor Ernest Noad, visited Kelsey Park Sports College on Tuesday 19 August to see the Moving On to Secondary School (MOSS) summer project in action. The project also took place at The Priory and Bishop Justus schools this summer.
The move to “big school” can be difficult for some children and the MOSS project helps children to express their hopes and fears through a range of creative arts and sports activities under expert tuition. Activities include film making, spray art, science workshops, computer design, DJ skills and team games. All MOSS activities are based on transition issues children have raised, e.g. finding their way around a bigger secondary school, being organised, making friends, bullying, travel safety etc.
Funded by Bromley’s Children and Young People (CYP) department, the summer project is delivered and supported by a wide range of partners with an interest in the achievement and wellbeing of young people, including Bromley Children Project, Bromley Mytime Leisure Trust, Bromley Primary Care Trust, Bromley Police, Metrobus and Broomleigh Housing Association.
The MOSS Project was set up to help children, young people and their families feel more prepared and confident about the transition from primary to secondary school. Mytime is one of the main providers for MOSS working with the coordinators to create a wide range of bespoke arts projects for this initiative.
Through 5 years of MOSS hundreds of Bromley students have made a successful transition to their next school.
Councillor Ernest Noad said: “We believe in giving children every opportunity to succeed and MOSS helps to them to get off to a good start to secondary school. I’m delighted that in working with our partners we are able to offer a broad range of exciting and stimulating activities that will help young people to feel more prepared for the challenges that lie ahead. “
MOSS Coordinator Sharon Bingham said: “We work with many schools in Bromley on a wide range of arts and sports activities to help children and young people to learn valuable new skills, work together and develop the confidence to tackle issues of real concern. All of which help to ensure they are more likely to succeed at secondary school and beyond.”
Bethany Moynihan, aged 11 who attended the project said: “It was really fun and helped you get ready for secondary school.”
Schools wanting to enquire about MOSS should contact Sharon Bingham on 0208 857 1512 and for arts services in general contact Mytime’s Arts Coordinator Toni Reeves on 020 8323 1740.
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