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Associated Teachers TV programmeBridging the Gap: In Portsmouth
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The number of familieswith second and third generations
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who've never worked in the city...
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And that unfortunately carries onwith some of those families.
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I think one of the key thingsthat's changed has been the belief -
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and that's belief in the staff,the parents and the children
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that here is a school where youwill achieve and you can achieve.
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(narrator) We've travelled acrossthe country to visit five areas
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where schools are working ininnovative and interesting ways
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to raise attainment and are
succeeding in bridging the gap.
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In this episode we've cometo Portsmouth on the south coast
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to find out what their schools aredoing to bridge the attainment gap.
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Portsmouth suffers fromareas of urban deprivation
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with above-average levelsof child poverty.
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It might sound incredibly strange,but some of our children...
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We have the sea 1.5 miles awayfrom our school
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and lots of them by the age of sevenhave never been to visit it.
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So it's importantwe provide that opportunity
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where perhaps the parents haven'tseen that there's been a need to.
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For me that's a great sadnessbut also a great joy
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that we're able to bringthat richness to them.
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Portsmouth has had a historyof urban deprivation,
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being a port city.
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It does seem to follow ports around.
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If we look at Liverpool and Bristoland even London to a degree,
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you do find that there'ssignificant urban deprivation
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in the ports around the country.
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We have suffered for that over theyears for many different reasons.
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We are a small island
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but the most heavily
populated island
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in Western Europe, for example.
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This has broughtits own constraints -
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lack of space, lack of resourcesand also lack of opportunity
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because so many jobs wentinto the navy and the dockyard
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which meant there weren'tso many opportunities
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for other business activitiesto take place in the city.
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(narrator) Faced with theseproblems, St John's Primary School
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and St Edmund's Secondary Schoolare working to raise attainment
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by engaging parents,increasing attendance
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and helping to ease the transitionfrom primary to secondary.
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Getting the studentsto regularly attend school
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is one of this school's keystrategies for raising attainment
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and one which headCatherine Hobbs believes
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moved her school from the bottomof the league tables
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to being one of the top five schoolsin Portsmouth.
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Attendance has been an issue for us,not drastically,
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but we're sort of a fractionbelow the national average.
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Year on year it's been verydifficult to push us above the 94%
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and it was an issue raised for usat our last Ofsted.
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The children are aware thaton a weekly basis in our assembly
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we'll announce the class
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that has the greatest attendanceduring the week.
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We've all got something to offerbut we can only offer it
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if we're all hereand we're all here every day.
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This has led to some of the childrenalmost saying to their peers:
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"We didn't get the awardbecause of you."
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And so we've actually improved theattendance of some of our children
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who would have the occasional dayoff when they didn't really need to.
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Don't forget that we're all workingtowards our attendance cup
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that we're going to getat the end of term.
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So in third place it was
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a joint year 2 and a joint year 1,so they deserve a round of applause.
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Right from our very firstreception parents' meeting
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I make it clear thatwe really do expect the children
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only to have time off if theyreally are ill and under a doctor.
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It's a firm and fair policy that Ihave with the parents and children.
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Congratulations to year 6.So, well done, year 6.
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(applause)
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During the eight yearsI've been at St John's
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I've seen dramatic changes
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and I think one of the key thingsthat's changed has been the belief -
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and that's belief in the staff,the parents and the children
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that here is a schoolwhere you will achieve
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and you can achieve and you'llbe given the support to do so.
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(narrator) St John's offers familylearning to help engage parents.
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I was watching and most peoplehad their fingers...
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It was like they were putting theirfinger on the word and copying it,
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just like a child would do.
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And they're physically justconcentrating on their writing,
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so it is quite tricky for them.
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The family learning programmeis a very exciting programme
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and one that I know has enrichedthe life of the children,
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adults and staff here at St John's.
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We offer a termly workshopto all parents in every year group.
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I want you to change to the handthat you're not used to...
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(Catherine) It's an opportunityto show to the parents,
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to make them more aware of what goeson within literacy and numeracy.
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(woman) So, what shall we write?Who do you want to write about?
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We come in every Wednesdayfor the next few weeks.
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We have a joint session in themorning and one in the afternoon.
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The big part is the language for me,
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because I'm good at writingand everything in Spanish
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but not in English,so that's why I'm here.
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And to improve my English as well.
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(narrator) The changing fortunesof these schools is supported
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by a wider strategy developedby Portsmouth City Council.
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The number of familieswith second and third generations
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who've never worked in the city...
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And that unfortunately carries onwith some of those families,
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so we're trying to break thosebarriers down and make sure they see
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there is a future for them,there are opportunities for them
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and they should grabthose opportunities.
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Good afternoon, everybody.
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I'm here today to tell you about theCommunity Improvement Partnerships.
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As you know, schools in the past,
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and schools still, can be very muchworking behind closed doors
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and it's difficult for agenciesto get involved with schools.
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(narrator) Today Mark Scarboroughis discussing an integrated strategy
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at a meetingfor voluntary community workers.
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Some people might say,"Hang on a minute."
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"It's about schools, isn't it? Whyare you using the word 'community'?"
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It works both ways because if we use"School Improvement Partnerships"
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that would switch off organisations
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who thought it wasjust about schools.
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In actual factit's a lot more than schools.
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It is about extendinginto the community.
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Community Improvement Partnershipshave made a difference.
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We're measuring differentranges of impact that it's had
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in the city as a whole.
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(narrator) The partnerships divideup Portsmouth into five areas.
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Each area has a project managerto coordinate
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local services for the schools.
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St Edmund's and St John's areboth supported by Helen Corkery.
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Today was really about
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the representatives of thecommunity and voluntary sector,
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whose work involves workingwith children and young people,
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coming together as a group so theycould really speak with one voice
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about what the issues are for them,
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about how they would liketo be more involved
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in the Community ImprovementPartnerships across the city
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and their views as to howthat can best be achieved.
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(narrator) St Edmund's Secondaryhas felt a real benefit
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from this newly integratedcommunity support.
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In the past the schoolswere very much isolated,
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so when you had problems
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and you wanted to ringsocial services or health people
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it was difficult to get hold of themand you didn't have link people.
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Now you know who they areand you have met with them before
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so the turnaround is faster,
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the communication is better
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and the child is at the centreof everything that we do.
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(narrator) Easing the transitionfrom primary to secondary is seen
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as another key solutionto bridging the attainment gap.
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St Edmund's head teacherIsabelle O'Mara is actively working
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to engage prospectiveyear 7 students.
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We have visits from pupilsin year 5 and year 6
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who come in for taster days.
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We have staff who do presentationsto the primary schools,
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to the pupils, to the parents.
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So by the time they come to year 7they already know the school.
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They know the layout.They know a lot of the teachers.
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We do what we canhere at this school
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to make sure thatthey do feel eased into it.
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What sort of feedback did you getfrom the children this morning
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about how they settled in?
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My job is to make surethat before they come
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I have all the information necessary
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to ensure thatthey're correctly grouped,
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that the curriculum that we'replanning for them is appropriate
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and that they feel happy, confidentand settled as quickly as possible.
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I work closely with Colin Flanagan,
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the deputy head there,also a class 6 teacher,
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and so we have regular contactthrough our joint activities
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and the curriculum initiativesthat we do together.
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(narrator) Along with workingto improve transition,
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Isabelle O'Mara wanted to raiseboys' attendance and attainment.
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Part of the solution has been
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the use of a mobile skate parkat the school.
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The most important thingis creating an environment
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that pupils want to come toin the morning.
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They get up and they want to say,"I can't wait to come to school."
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Therefore you need to make schoolmuch more attractive
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and to have exciting lessons.
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To have things that are going onoutside lessons as well,
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because we have a lot of childrenwho are not keen to come to lessons
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and we need to attract them by doingthings that perhaps they like.
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(narrator) Boys' attendance improvedon days the skate park was running
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and the school is now looking forfunding for a permanent skate park.
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Raising aspirations is a key elementin closing the attainment gap.
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These year 6 children are visitingthe University of Portsmouth
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as part of the UP for It scheme.
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A lot of the areasof Portsmouth are areas
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where entry into higher educationhas traditionally been quite low.
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There's a question in your booklet:
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"Name three thingsyou can see in the library."
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I think it's importantfor all children to learn
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they can do what they want to do andhigher education could help them.
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So it's just that we wereone of the first universities
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that started to do workwith primary schools.
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That's the age wherethey're starting to think
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about what they might wantto do when they're older.
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For them to actually go and seethe university hands on
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and experience whatuniversity courses are like,
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it just raises awareness thatthere's something beyond GCSEs,
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beyond A Levels, for them to do.
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The children come in for theiryear 6 visit and they start off...
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We meet them in the square and thenwe bring them down to a lecture,
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so they have an academic lecture.
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It can be based around any ofthe subjects that we study here.
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Today's was dentistry, so they gotto have a go at filling a tooth,
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learn about what dental hygienistsdo and look at the phantom heads.
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(woman) If I go in the mouth here,they can see exactly what I'm doing.
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So when I'm lookinground the mouth...
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And then finally they gettheir exciting bit -
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they get to graduateon the Guildhall steps
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so they get to put on a miniaturegown and they can graduate
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and throw their hats in the air.It's quite good fun.
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OK, let's hear it for Joel.
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I think it's important they do itbefore they go to secondary school
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so that when they do gothey have a vision to work towards
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and they actually knuckle downand work towards
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whatever it isthey want to do in later life.
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(narrator) St Edmund'sare raising their attainment
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by easing the transitionfrom primary to secondary
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and engaging their students.
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If school isn't exciting for themthey won't come to school
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and if it's not excitingthey won't work
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and they won't get engaged.
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(narrator) St John'sare rewarding attendance
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and engaging family support.
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We realise childrenonly get once chance in life.
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We've been privileged that parentshave trusted that chance to us
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and it's important,by working with the parents,
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the staff and the children together,
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that we actually ensure thateverybody achieves their potential.
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We're up for it!
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Visiontext Subtitles:Margaret Burke
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