Christmas cards, wrapping
paper and decorations
produced by young people
at Prior's Court have proved
a huge hit.
Our young people contributed to
the creation of the festive items
during their lessons as part of our
vocational streams approach to
post-16 education.
The items went on-sale in a popup shop
in The Oracle shopping
centre, in Reading, and in a Prior's
Court online shop in the run-up to
Christmas.
Monies from every sale are
used by our staff to purchase
more raw materials for new
products, ensuring our young
people continue to develop and
generalise their vocational skills.
With the support of staff, parents
of our young people and the
general public, hundreds of
pounds worth of sales were made
in the run-up to Christmas.
The lessons in which the
items were made are focused
specifically on developing,
practicing and generalising
vocational skills which are geared
towards helping our young people
to secure employment in the
future.
Skills learnt include
following instructions
and manufacturing
techniques, with
additional benefits from
learning about running
an enterprise, such
as stock-taking and
fulfilling deliveries.
Charlie Harris,
Vocational Teacher
who has led on the
sales project, said:
"Our young people
have contributed at
all stages to the items
which were on sale.
"We have regularly sold
a range of items on-site to
staff and parents in the past
and it was hugely exciting to be
able to show the wider world what
young people at Prior's Court are
capable of
"This is the first step we are taking
with an online enterprise and we
hope to build on this in 2021 so
watch this space."
We worked with Artisans
Handmade
UK, a
collective of
artisans and crafters, which gave
us the opportunity to sell stock in
its pre-Christmas pop-up shop in
The Oracle shopping centre.
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Soaring sunflower wins inter-house challenge
One of our young adult homes Charlotte
House has risen to claim the first ever
Prior's Court Sunflower Challenge prize.
The inaugural challenge was launched with the
aim for our young people to get involved with
growing a sunflower at their residential homes
to complement their learning in horticulture
lessons.
The aim was to grow the tallest plant with
Charlotte House coming on top with its seed
growing into a whopping 11-feet-tall sunflower.
The sunflower-growing was part of a wider
refurbishment project of the Charlotte House
garden which all of the young adults there
have taken part in. This has included growing
vegetables which are being eaten in lunches inhouse
with increasingly complex recipes being
used.
Charlotte House was presented with rosettes
and a certificate for their victory.
Double store success for our festive goods
Young
person
James with
two cards he
made