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Today's intentions was to created a team building environment where by Nick can get to know and work with another student and other mentors. As well as social skill observation during lunch with in a group.

This was a great day for many reasons and one being desensitising thoughts around an intended chat about his September timetable.

The outcomes was that Nick is willing to work with Clare doing garden design and landscaping, and Matt doing some life skills in way of learning about trades. This will be hands on learning where by is Nick's preferred method of learning.

Nick's agreed to work with Barbara looking at animation.

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He's listening really well. When Matt asks questions, he answers well. He's really focused. He seems really calm and getting on with the task really well.

Observation from Kaweesha.

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No Adrian desk build

Objective:

To assemble a small desk with SLC Adrian. Building a flat-pack desk can offer several educational benefits, particularly in areas like practical skills, cognitive development, and problem-solving.

Learning out comes:

Nick learned about different types of fittings used to assemble the desk. Nick can now identify things like what an alan key is. The difference between a nail and a screw. Nick can tell me what a dell is and what it is used for.

Nick also demonstrated he can listen well to verbal instruction, only asking a couple of questions about what he is being instructed to do.

Nick showed he can be patient and persistence. This lesson offered Nick the opportunity to build his confidence/self esteem and independence with a feel good factor on completion of the task.

At all times Nick demonstrated respect, used appropriate language and his feedback was that it was really good.

As his SLC (WR) my opinion is that Nick responds well to kenestetic learning

and enjoys it.

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Nick’s English lesson 23rd September 2024

The focus of Nick’s lesson today was:

-Identifying and using imperative verbs

-Identifying adjectives

-Thinking of his own adjectives and applying them in everyday speech

-Examining key features of a Non-Fiction recipe text

-Recalling key information about plot and characters in a film

-Drawing a labelling a battle scene from a film

Nick arrived in good spirits, having made and eaten a bacon sandwich.

He guided Wayne, blindfolded across the park using imperative verbs. Nick seemed playful while carrying this out. He seemed to enjoy it, making jokes. His language was clear in relation to the way he directed Wayne. Nick was reminded that using imperative verbs meant “being bossy”.

Nick completed 7 questions of a quiz regarding the film “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes”. He answered 5 questions correctly.

After having a break and going to buy a drink with Wayne, Nick chose to examine a video clip advert for Galaxy chocolate. He spoke about the actor’s voice being “intense”. Georgina introduced the theme of “Adjectives”. After listening to 4 simple sentences about objects in the room, Nick was able to accurately specify which words were adjectives, without any mistakes.

He looked at the written transcript for the advert and selected the adjectives. About 50% of the time Nick could correctly identify the adjectives. However, some of the words were quite complex, such as “silky smoothness”, so Nick couldn’t always decipher the adjective the first time, stating that “smoothness” was the adjective. However, when Georgina explained that it wasn’t quite correct, he answered “silky”, then said “smooth” was an adjective.

When asked if Nick could think of his own adjective to describe a bar of chocolate, he said “enjoyable”.

Nick then analysed a recipe text for Galaxy Rice Crispy Cakes. When asked if Non-Fiction meant invented/made up or fact, Nick stated “fact”, reflecting his ability to recall facts about literary features. (Last week, he’d answered “made up”). He was shown the key features within a recipe text.

Nick correctly underlined two imperative verbs in the text and in another colour 2 adjectives when each sentence was read out to him.

To finish off, Nick finished drawing his diagram of the battle scene from “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes”.

Nick was engaged and animated throughout the lesson. He seemed more confident with Wayne in the room with him.

Next steps: -For Nick to label his battle scene diagram

-For Nick to create a word bank with adjectives in preparation for a car advert

-For Nick to co-write a sentence using an imperative verb and adjective.

-For Nick to co-write a sentence for an advert for his Galaxy rice crispy square.

-For Nick to spend 5 mins without Wayne in the room during the lesson.

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Words from Emma, Nick's mum on Nick's one year anniversary since his first session.

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FA Training

The intention for today was to engage Nick with logging on to the FA website and start training on the Playmaker course. It became a problem when Nick said that he can't get emails on his phone. This made it difficult to validate the learning login.

Nick was very fidgety and swung round on his chair. It seemed to me that he was seeking a sensory experience after having a session earlier that was sitting working.

He said that he'd had very little sleep due to playing on his Playstation until 3am.

Nick remained polite and happy to engage with me throughout, regulating his emotions effectively.

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Todays intentions was for Nick to spend time with Georgina in a lesson, and Barbara. Nick managed 30 minutes one to one then I had to attend the last 30 minutes. Nick engaged for one hour.

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Being intentional looked like this today.

Achieving his first 1 to 1 lesson with another SLC, with out WR being there.

Working on his future self with learning about core values.

Ability to understand what gratitude is but sharing with me his top 3 things he is grateful for:

1) "Having a roof ov'a me head"

2) "Having my mum's support and King's Reach supporting me"

3) "Having mum recent support with my football and finding me a new team"

other key highlights from today included meeting Karen who introduced her self and with out prompt Nick offered his hand to shake and introduced him self. A fantastic moment demonstrating respect and maturity.

Speaking with Jaime about food he likes and dislikes.

Today you can really see how purposeful his day has been.

On reflection and summarising the day with Nick he was able to say today was good, and really enjoyed the lesson with Matt.

Mum also confirmed during drop of she is noticing positive change :)

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Nick enjoying trying a new sport & meeting up with the King's Reach Education students. He engaged maturely with-in a group, building new friendships.

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These Watermelons caught Nicks eye in Morisons whilst getting lunch. Nick was able demonstrate effective communication skills when describing how to pick a ripe melon.

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The outcome of today was that Nick started to think about values and picked 3 he could relate to, and give examples.

1) Fun - This is relevant in his words.... "Coz then ill be bored, go out and start smacking people"

2) Fitness - This is a relevant to Nick because.... "I'm a football player".

3) Wealth - This is was relevant to Nick because he said he loved his "PS5 because I can hang out with my mates" Referring to Darren and Stanley. He said it's fun and if have money you have more options to try things.

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Here Nick started to explore different values and why it is important to have positive values and the impacts it has on your personality and outlook on life.

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Padlet from Matt -

Nick was really focused and attentive while doing some small scale electrical work today. We started off by talking about what a Twin & Earth cable is, and why it is called and Twin & Earth. We moved onto the pratical aspect of the session, and Nick was very quick to pick it up, and took to it very well. He stayed peaceful but determined to do it the correct way, and in turn, his work was completed in a high quality. Nick also referred to wanting to learn some plumbing and plaster-boarding in the next few sessions

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Tuesday's intention was to spend time inside King's Reach getting use to the surroundings. To mentor through positive exercise. Start to learn about empathy and what that looks like.

The outcome of today was that Nick was able to explain what Empathy meant to him and was able to talk through a scenario and name the emotions that a particular action could make them feel. The emotion Nick was able to identify was the person could feel scared. Nick also showed good understanding of how experiencing negative behaviours can impact future feelings, interactions, guid decisions as well as creating doubt and anxiety.

Nicks ILP has shifted, the dynamics from his first session was all about structure with-in the football session, it feel now that the structure is now doing lessons with Georgina and Barbara. Football is becoming a happy place to release energy and be creative. Football is still very important to Nick and his progressions.

Nick also did not fancy completing his gym element, how ever he demonstrated respect by agreeing to getting it done and understanding the benefits to it.

Next steps for Nick is to continue to build and honour his word with completing academic work with Barbara and Georgina. To start work based skill discovery with SLC Matt.

We spoke about possible jobs in the future and what type of money can be realistically available, and how to capitalise on business opportunity. He felt he would just be working at a local kfc. This was a good time to tell him he can achieve so much more. Nick's engagement in the conversations suggests he was taking it on board.

Being motivated to learn, grow and achieve will open so much more opportunity for him. Nick's showing willingness towards change.

I've learned that things are really settled at his home with mum.

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84th attendance on agreed timetable. Only 2 days missed. One for being ill, one for traffic due to roadworks and diversions.

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The purpose of the session was to reestablish relationship and trust with Nick and to look at plans for the year ahead.

Nick and I warmed up with a game of table football. We discussed his weekend and the match he played with his new team. He was happy to chat after a long gap over the holidays.

We also discussed the possibility of adding some English and maths to Nick's timetable.

He went on to design a football kit on an origami shirt. Wayne asked to Nick to judge them and he chose my shirt.

In future, we will look at some football statistics and look at ways of representing them with graphs/charts.

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Nick was able to read the headings and identified what he felt would be seen as a positive leader or a negative leader by separating them into two groups.

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Nick entered the room and spoke about his hat trick in his recent football match.

Nick seemed quite relaxed and animated in relation to the session. He seemed less agitated and more open than in previous sessions. He also seemed " more present" and "in the room", giving more eye contact and staying still in the room.

Nick watched a couple of video clips about Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. He was really chatty when discussing the films and had excellent recall regarding the plot of the sequence of films.

We discussed the characterisation of the key figures in the film.

Nick could easily select adjectives regarding those figures and demonstrated understanding of why he'd selected those words.

He then engaged in a brief interview of one of the leaders in the film.

We spoke about the qualities that a good leader needs. He could independently think of two qualities unaided. He said being able to get the job done and .

He could rapidly and successfully select adjectives and categorise them as "a characteristic of a good leader" and " a characteristic of a bad leader".

Nick then chose to draw a diagram of a key battle scene in the film.

He will label the diagram next week. He'll be supported to type labels up on a laptop.

Nick was a delight to teach.

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The winning design was Barbara's "LUSH" sponsored Liverpool shirt. Nick enjoyed engaging in designing an origami football shirt design and chose this one to win. Nick's enjoys being competitive.

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Pre match warm up before spending time with Barbara lesson planning future Monday's.

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Today's intention was to take part in another group trip to Chartwell House. This activity wasn't for Nick on this occasion. It became apparent very early that the goal of the day was to get to try and get to lunch time and end the experience on a positive. Nick really didn't want to be here today as he found it extremely boring.

The positive was that Nick was able to self regulate and be on top of his emotions and in control of his behaviour.

He engaged well when spoken to, stayed with in the group. There was signs of agitation through out the day but nothing to mentor or guide. My reflection of the day was that self managed magnificently despite feeling tired and extremely bored.

Nick achieved the days expectations of experiencing the grounds and house with out disruption.

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First day back 24/25 Season.

Today's intention was to engage with a staff and students at Shorne Country Park. To catch up with Nick and learn his thoughts and feelings about his summer break, coming back to King's Reach, and what he would like to achieve this coming season.

The outcome was amazing. Nick has been a credit to King's Reach and his behaviour has been on point with staff, his peers and especially towards female staff.

An exciting year ahead to see what Nick will achieve.

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Being inspired by another student. This opened up an opportunity to discuss effort, and what Nick wanted to achieve this academic season. (Season, football reference.)

Nick has openly agreed to do 2 pages of work the compromise was that he continued to do only 3 days a week for now and in return he will do more on his school days and engage with what is being offered. Nick has acted like a young gentleman and even he offered his hand out for a hand shake to honour his word and agree to take pen to paper as the saying goes.

Nicks aspirations are to achieve his Play Maker Course, a mandatory introductory course towards his level 1 football coaching badge when he is 16 and Join a football academy.

Nick also spoke about how he is year 10 now, and soon he could leave school. In Nick's words, "I want to be like Matt, and do all the work he does". This is reference to Matt's Trade Skills. It is amazing to see Nick with new aspirations on the first day back after the summer holidays.

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Navigation skills. Nick helped lead this exploration challenge where he used a map to discover certain reference points around the park. Along the orienteering experience Nick seemed to enjoy what felt like an adventure. Nick communicated effectively with both myself and Georgina. The helping relationship is solidifying and the rapport between Nick and a positive female role model is continuously growing. This was a FM target pre summer break.

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At first Nick was nervous to join in. I chose to get involved and lead by example and Nick made a good choice and had lots of fun joining in. Through out the day Nick had games with in groups and with peers. Nick also played football, cricket and badminton. Nick laughed and smiled so much today. He really enjoyed feeling safe. I felt he felt safe as I could leave him in the group intentionally for moments during the day to see how he managed me not being there. Nick appeared to be thriving and enjoying his time with in the group building secure attachments.

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Simply, thank you Emma and Nick for this show of appreciation. This academic year has been an amazing season of personal growth and development for Nick. It's been a privileged to represent King's Reach, which has offered a platform for Nick to feel safe to explore learning at a pace that's suitable to him.

Wayne

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Helping Georgina wash up after joking and semi serious about him not doing it, and saying "I don't do clearing up." Georgina requested his help and Nick agree to.

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Nick was proud and excited to show his trophy to his mum when he got home.

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Working with Matt to create the pizza base and crust.

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End of term - Life skills, football and awards.

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End of term - Life skills, football and awards.

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Today's intentions was to make pizza! The photo's speak for them selves today. So, I will let you enjoy the intentions, the outcomes, and Nick meeting his his FM targets whilst being confident in his skin and believing that he can!!! Nick is ready learn, grow and achieve so much more in September. 23/24 season. Completed. Great effort Nick. Outstanding progress.

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Nick is learning how to cook chicken for the pizza's.

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Nick enjoyed landing the trick Matt tough him.

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Nick learning a new trick with Matt. Matt is inspiring Nick with new skills.

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Preparing the pizza dough with Georgina aka Georginho a nickname given by Nick for her good football skills.

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Today Nick enjoyed a group activity playing indoor football. it was clear and obvious Nick enjoyed being on the same side as the ladies and Matt. Nick was impressed with 'Georginho's footballing ability. There is a lot of focus around Nick to develop secure attachment with our female learning coaches. Nick owned his own behaviour, demonstrated respect by passing the ball to all his team mates.

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Nick received a certificate and a student of the season trophy awarded by Stewart. This is to recognise and award achievement made by Nick this academic season.

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Today's intentions did not go to plan, due to a disagreement prior leaving home. So we decided to have a "reset" day.

We went to Folkstone where we could walk, talk and enjoy the fresh air with no pressure of engaging with planned activities or lesson. We was able to discuss what happened at home with mum, talk about why Nicks feeling things are boring atm. This was a good mentoring opportunity and spoke about personal hygiene to.

Outcomes: Nick was able to remove himself from a moment with mum, able to identify why he wishes to resort to violence to end of argument. Nick also understood on how he can identify emotions and choose to react in a more positive manor resulting in a better outcome for all. Nick and I spoke about the reason for feeling 'bored' is because he chooses to not want to engage sometimes or offer solutions. Nick took it well that a reason could be that he's now ready to do more at his time with King's Reach, and just needs to believe him self.

Nick also raised a conversation around his personal hygiene. After listening to Nick, it was decided to go to Tesco and purchase some hygiene products, this was a shopping trip lead by Nick and demonstrated respect and ability to use life skills effectively.

Nick felt good after saying "I'll have the good hair, the good lips and the good smell." Nick looked and sounded excited.

Lastly Nick chose to make pizza with GB and MK on Monday instead of going to the Kre Ed trip to end the summer term.

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I was lucky enough to spend some time with Wayne and Nick today. We played laser tag in the woods in the morning and then we went for lunch in Maidstone.

Nick was very chatty and interacted well with me during both activities. I asked him lots of questions and he was more than happy to answer. He was comfortable enough to make eye contact with me while talking. We had a good discussion about fighting and respect for women.

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