St Bernadette’s Catholic Prinary School requested that the DEAZ should be used as an aid to Year 6 children engaging postively with numeracy. The DEAZ continues to be a popular way of encouaging young people to take a greater interest in mathematics, through a thoroughly enjoyable angling experience. What they say… Miss Jacqueline Ryan of [...]
Read MoreCalthorpe Specialist Sports College caters for children with a wide range of educational difficulties, ranging from moderate, severe and complex needs. In addition, some may have specific physical, sensory, behavioral or autistic conditions, all of which may require additional adult support or specialised facilities. View the related Dreamstore Gallery
Read MoreWilson Stuart School in Erdington, Birmingham, opened its doors to the annual Festival of Challenges on 18 May. The Festival of Challenges brings together SEN and mainstream schools to take part in a series of learning activities. SEN schools involved included Wilson Stuart, Hallmoor, Fox Hollis, Braidwood and Hodge Hill. Mainstream schools included Queensbridge School [...]
Read MoreDEAZ had been tried and proven successful for mainstream school pupils with September’s visit to the Rednal Junior School. With the pilot for DEAZ underway, Get Hooked on Fishing Midlands was asked to support Numeracy Week at the Turves Green Girls’ School year 7. The school motto is ‘Educating Girls for the Future’ and January [...]
Read More2nd and 3rd of November saw the Dreamstore Education Action Zone back at Wilson Stuart Special School for the first of a full pilot for the DEAZ activities. Two days with years 3, 4, 5 and 6 on the Thursday and years 7, 8 and 10 on the Friday. This was larger than the first [...]
Read MoreHaving tested the DEAZ at a Special Needs school, Dreamstore agreed to work with Get Hooked on Fishing Midlands at a mainstream school prior to moving to a full DEAZ pilot programme. Rednal Junior School year 3 was invited to our indoor DEAZ, with an outdoor experience promised next summer term. The school wished to [...]
Read MoreNews of the new Dreamstore Education Action Zone very quickly reached Kent. It was agreed with the British Disabled Angling Association, supported with Environment Agency funding, to explore the level of interest in Kent. In Birmingham the Wilson Stuart School is part of a wider school network of 40 special schools. There appeared to be [...]
Read MoreAt the first indoor DEAZ pupils were promised an experience outdoors in May. Years 4 and 5 and years 7 and 8 pupils were brought to Albrighton Moat near Wolverhampton, a special centre for people with disability that includes a fishing pond in addition to sensory gardens and activity hall. The Dreamstore Education Action Zone [...]
Read MoreDreamstore had the idea for a schools project ever since the Dreamstore Fishing Action Zone at the NEC launched the charity to the angling public in February 2004. Two years of thinking and planning and we were ready to trial an education action zone in Spring 2006. For most pupils this was the first ever [...]
Read MoreEvery Child Matters – culturally diverse young people Richard Walker is a school teacher at Margaret McMillan Primary School, Bradford. He has developed teaching ideas around angling and the environment for his year 5 pupils, which included a day out at a local fishery. The School is culturally diverse, though predominately British Asian. Every Child [...]
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