| Variant title |
Committed to community : Ravensbury |
| Variant title |
Committed to community : Cheetham |
| Series |
Education in video
Education in video. ^A1165896
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| Abstract |
Ravensbury Community School, at the heart of an East Manchester Action Zone, deals with the effects of poverty on the families it serves every day. Headteacher Linda Shaw believes that engaging parents in the education of their children helps to break the cycle of poverty. Her school has become the hub of community projects which the outreach members of the school's staff operate. The programme features staff members Anne Roberts and Kay Hudson, who have developed successful methods of integrating pupils into the school. Members of the Parents Survival Class also have their say about the importance of the school in their lives. |
| Abstract |
Paul Barnes, headteacher of Cheetham Community School in Manchester, believes that a community school should be the hub of the community it serves. So the school has an open-door policy, which means that he and his staff are accessible to anyone at anytime. Paul's and his staff's commitment to the 100% ethnic composition of the school is such that all the staff are multi-lingual and multi-skilled. As a Muslim himself, Paul's Friday lunchtimes are spent at the local Mosque where he translates the sermon into English for members of the congregation who don't speak Urdu. Parents are constantly in the school, whether for classes in English or flower arranging or just for a chat. Serious issues arise too, such as when Paul helps Miriam, who has a child at the school, face the prospect of deportation. |
| General note | Title from resource description page (viewed Mar. 5, 2012). |
| Other forms | Previously released as DVD. |
| Language | This edition in English. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction television programs. |
| Genre/form | Instructional television programs. |
