What is Shine?
SHINE on Saturday started in 2001 in London and since then has expanded this programme to offer support to other regions now running 22 projects in London, Manchester and Folkestone. We believe that hands-on teaching, using creative innovative techniques is the best way to turn around struggling students experience of school. Our Saturday projects do just that, helping teachers identify gaps in their students’ learning and helping them fulfil their potential and gain confidence.
- It exists for students to achieve more and enhance their learning
- It is designed to be distinctive from, but complementary to, the school week
- It is run in schools by excellent Teachers, teaching assistants and volunteers
- We have older students to act as a peer mentors from local Secondary Schools
- We have classes of mixed ages and mixed abilities
- The project runs for 25 Saturdays a year
- Provide an extra 125 hours of additional and creative learning
- To promote the development of the children in a safe, secure and happy environment.
- It emphasises excitement, enrichment and activity-based learning – each term has a main theme, supported by investigative learning in literacy, mathematics, science and technology.
- Deliver hands-on, exciting learning in creative lessons.
- Use outside trips and external visitors to expand and enrich the national curriculum
- Behind the fun of our Saturday programmes, there is a clear focus on improving attainment and raising aspirations.
SHINE combines hands-on, exciting learning with outside trips and creative lessons that expand and enrich the national curriculum. Behind the fun, there is a clear focus on improving attainment and raising aspirations. Students who were underperforming end up improving rapidly, regularly exceeding expectations.
What Ofsted reports say:
Ofsted reports at several schools have described SHINE on Saturday as “imaginative”, “effective” and “good value for money”.
Further information about the SHINE Trust can be found via the following link: www.shinetrust.org.uk/what-we-do/shine-saturday-programmes/
