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May-July 2007

Playing For Success Update

It has been an exciting time for PFS. We have recently said goodbye to pupils from Victoria, Wellington, Lampton and St Mark’s schools who have all had an excellent 6 weeks with us. We have certainly enjoyed the enthusiasm and attitude shown by all learning apprentices throughout the whole PFS programme. They have had a fun time using the fantastic resources such as digital stills cameras, camcorders and apple ibooks. Whilst learning about filming and editing the young people have created some excellent movies.

There was also a once in a life opportunity to meet players and cross examine them in a Press Conference. Ryan Peters, our own Reading Champion, was a big hit along with some players from the BFC Youth Team. We were also very fortunate to have access to a previous Brentford manager – Barry Quinn who gave up his time to be grilled by the young people from Lampton High School. All pupils were thrilled to be given signed photos and autographs.

We welcome pupils from Spring Grove Primary, Belmont Primary, and Brentford School for Girls and look forward to another exciting term at GPLZ.

July 2007

History Workshops

From 9^th -13^th July Brentford will be alive with characters dating back to key moments in the club’s history. Detective Brent Ford, the time traveling detective and his assistants from Primary schools across the borough will attempt to solve the mystery of a missing talisman, crucial to Brentford’s luck next season.

There are four suspects: Mrs Dobbs who, back in 1937 was moved from her house to accommodate the new club gates in Braemar Road; the Air Raid Warden whose job it was to usher locals to safety under the stands during the WWII bombings; the infamous Club Chairman who dared suggest that Brentford share a ground with QPR and Bill the long serving groundsman who is looking for stories to include in his memoirs.

Watch this space to find out whether the intrepid detectives from Worple Primary, Cedars School, St Mary’s Chiswick, Andrew Ewing, Belmont Primary, Lyndon Bennett and Green Dragon track down the culprit and restore the good luck charm to its rightful place.

Many thanks to Questors Theatre and St George.

July – August 2007

Hounslow Summer Uni

Ready to try something different?

For the first time ever, thousands of Hounslow young people have the opportunity to take part in a huge range of summer activities……..for FREE!

Hounslow, Jack Petchy Foundation and London Challenge have made it possible to offer hundreds of FREE activities to young people aged 8-25yrs over the coming summer.

The activities have been organised by 17 different partners of GPLZ and include Animation, Drama, DJing, Dance, Multisports, Arts & Crafts, Journalism, Video & Radio Production and much, much more.

Don’t miss your chance to learn new skills in a hugely enjoyable way.

For more details log on to www.sumerunilondon.org or contact us here at GPLZ.

July - August

The Buzz

Its back! The new edition of The Buzz will again be designed by young people over the holidays, ready for other young people’s viewing pleasure in September.

We want this edition to be the best ever and are looking for your stories, poems, pictures, jokes and more…………

If you have anything you would like to appear in the The Buzz please email it to gplz@hounslow.gov.uk or send it in to us (GPLZ, Griffin Park, Braemar Rd, Brentford, TW8 0NT) and we will endeavour to find a space for it in the new edition.

The Learning Zone team up with the Hounslow Children’s Fund ‘Sort It Out’ project every summer to co-ordinate the newspaper’s production. The Buzz is written by a group of young journalists who report about all the activities taking place in Hounslow over the summer. 20,000 papers are printed so every primary school receives copies for their students.

June 2007

Soccer Street Dance

The recent June half term saw GPLZ team up with Watermans Theatre and Brentford FC Community Sports Trust for a superb street dance project.

Over four days a group of local young people took skills from the football field onto the dance floor.

The group were taught football skills on St Paul’s Rec then transformed them into a dance routine in the Hive at BFC with the help of a Watermans’ street dance tutor. The week culminated with a performance on the stage at Watermans which was enjoyed by friends and family.

More street dance projects to come in the future.

If you are interested in working with us or have any particular projects we could assist with, please give us a call on 020 8758 0523.