Cognus – Page 18 of 30 – No limits on learning

PostPosted: 6 Oct 2021Posted in Headlines

Cognus Education Safeguarding Team’s work with schools to support September return

The start of a new school year is always exciting, but challenging at the same time. In the first ten days of the autumn term, the Education Safeguarding Adviser received forty-two calls for advice, which is almost a 40% increase on previous years. There were eighteen Children Missing Education referrals received and two hundred and […]

PostPosted: 4 Oct 2021Posted in Headlines

LCCM & Sutton Music Service presents: Step into the Industry

Sutton Music Service aims to help every young musician in the borough to make, be inspired by, and celebrate the music that they love. We advocate music learning for all. We know that different types of music touch people in different ways, so we engage with and celebrate all forms of music and all abilities. Music […]

PostPosted: 1 Oct 2021Posted in Headlines

Black History Month inspired competition

To mark Black History Month, Cognus would like to invite all young people and Sutton Schools to get involved with our EDI Artwork Competition. The aim is to create a piece of art that illustrates what EDI (equality, diversity and inclusion) means to them. Categories: Primary, Secondary and 16+ To enter: Send a scan/photo of […]

PostPosted: 30 Sep 2021Posted in Headlines

Arvon Writing Residential Course

Sutton Virtual School took eight young people to Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire for a week, to develop their creative writing skills. They participated in creative writing sessions with published author Irfan Master and poet, theatre maker, spoken word performer and Young Identity co-founder Nicole May. We were also joined by Melvin Burgess who talked […]

PostPosted: 29 Sep 2021Posted in Headlines

Summer Fun Day

Sutton Virtual School and the Children in Care Council, joined up over the summer to hold a fun day for the children, young people and families we work with. We welcomed over 20 families, who participated in creating some art pieces, tested their aim with a penalty shootout, tried their hand at learning some circus […]

Paving the Way team up with Sutton’s Children’s Centres

Paving the Way have teamed up with Sutton Children’s Centres at different venues during the summer holidays for ‘Mini Olympics’. Whilst the children were taking part in the fun activities on the Start Well programme, members of the Paving the Way team were able to offer support and advice to parents of children with older […]

PostPosted: 27 Sep 2021Posted in Headlines

Paving the Way and Sutton Music Service – African Drumming workshop

The Paving the Way Team delivered a summer African drumming workshop to children and young people who are currently waiting and working with the Paving the Way caseworkers. We collaborated with the Sutton Music Service and delivered the workshop for children aged between 5 and 11 years old. The aim of this session was to […]

PostPosted: 25 Sep 2021Posted in Headlines

Cognus Education Safeguarding Manager levels up during the pandemic

During the summer, Hayley Cameron, Education Safeguarding Manager, received confirmation of her Masters Award and Accreditation. She achieved Master of Arts in Advanced Child Protection with Distinction. Hayley started on this journey back in January 2019, after being accepted on to a 2-year distanced learning course with the University of Kent. ‘I would like to […]

PostPosted: 24 Sep 2021Posted in Headlines

KIDS and Orchard Hill College help improve the Local Offer

We want the Local Offer to reflect what our young people want. Students at Orchard Hill College took part in a workshop run by KIDS, to help improve the Local Offer. During the workshop, friends and relationships were shown to be the very important for young people. Meeting friends, ‘stop being single’ and having fun […]

PostPosted: 23 Sep 2021Posted in Headlines

Exam outcomes continue to rise for Sutton’s children in care

We are delighted that Sutton’s Children Looked After (CLA) and care leavers have continued to make strides forwards in terms of educational outcomes. Children who come into the care system, often face challenges that can impact their education, but with the support of schools, foster carers and professionals we have a trend of improving exam […]