Two new and exciting subjects have been included within our curriculum this year – Music and Performing Arts. Both sessions offer learners the opportunity to develop key personal skills in a creative and practical format. In the photos below:

Eve, Jess and Alex were rehearsing Uptown Funk, with Alex on the guitar and doing some backup singing.

Jess was demonstrating a dance from the Mamma Mia musical, which the group are going to try to incorporate into their end performance.

Alex was showing the group his favourite Dragon Ball Z songs which he has sung in Japanese, which was a big hit!

Supporting learners to develop their personal and social skills is a really important aspect of preparing our learners for adulthood. This year, PSD sessions will be highly supported by the Therapy team, who will be leading on different topics in the curriculum such as community skills, resilience and wellbeing, and sex and relationships.

The introduction of Music and Performing Arts has widened the curriculum offer and learners are enjoying the challenges in these sessions. Learners are excited to be able to begin planning performances across the different sites and we look forward to seeing skills learned being showcased on stage – we might even have surprise performances from some staff!

First-year learners are settling in well across the sites; the Nottingham cohort are finding their feet in college and around the City Centre:

Abeer Asad is following her aspirations of work in the marketing industry by registering to enrol on an L3 Foundation Certificate in Professional Digital Marketing to commence in January 2022. This is a nationally recognised qualification that includes a 12-month membership to the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM). Abeer will be accessing this course independently with the support of her tutor when required.

It’s a busy start to the new academic year for the WayFinder team, with 40 Interns identified for Supported Internships. 25 of those Interns have already had a placement set up and are ready to start.

Phase one of the Greene King pilot is now well underway and two job offers have already been made. Congratulations to both Jessie and Jordan.

Phase Two of our Greene King partnership will commence after the October half term, and we have 13 interns who will be starting their Internships in Greene King premises within their home areas.

We are thrilled to announce a new partnership with Rotherham NHS Trust, although still in the early planning stages this partnership will afford us many and varied roles within the NHS such as Estates & Facilities, IT, Admin, Porters, Ward Housekeepers etc. The trust is committed to offering paid employment opportunities at the end of successful placements.

A warm welcome to Madeleine Pleasance-Mayhew who joined the WayFinder team last month as a WayFinder Pastoral Coordinator. Maddy (as she prefers to be known) will be based at our Eckington High Street location. Her role is to provide pastoral support to learners on the Employability Pathway and manage aspects of our employer-related communication, to develop supported internships programmes.

Please remember you can access the team and the WayFinder premises for all things employability related such as, CV’s, job applications, interview preparation and to discuss work experience and supported internship options for your learners. 

I’m Kayleigh, I have worked at Landmarks for over seven years now, first as an LSA then as part of the LSA Coordinator Team and more recently as a Pastoral Tutor.

Working in these different roles has given me a real insight into the different areas of the college and how the college works best as a team. I am over the moon to have now been given the opportunity to fulfil the role of Additional Learning Support Manager at Landmarks and feel very excited to be able to support the LSA team to realise their potential, recognise the fantastic work that they do at Landmarks, day in day out, and celebrate their achievements within their roles.

I am eager to discuss ideas from anyone in the area of the college team on how to improve our working practices as a team, so please, if you have ideas that you would like to discuss, let me know and I’ll arrange a time to discuss them.

Sally has worked as a speech and language therapist for 35 years, which means she graduated in the dark ages (1986 to be precise).  This means (allegedly) that she has lots of experience to draw on.  She has spent much of her career in education settings including a specialist language school, special schools and, of course, specialist colleges.  She has experience managing SLTs, OTs and assistants over the last 25 years.  She enjoys all aspects of her work but is particularly passionate about high-quality staff training.

Sally has been involved with Landmarks since 2013.  She is very committed to therapies being integrated into the college setting to maximise the educational experience for learners. 

As Becky Plant will have her hands full with a baby, Sally will be picking up the integrated therapies manager role.

• Net-Walking Business Event = Tuesday 26 October (Apperknowle)
• Business Breakfast (for Christmas) = date TBC Nov 21 (The Archer)
• Xmas Fair = Wednesday 1 December 21 (LMH)
• Xmas Jumper Day for Learners = Wednesday 8 December 21
• Xmas Jumper Day for Corporate = Friday 10 December 21
• Christmas Concert = Wednesday 15 December 21 (LMH lunchtime)
• Transitions Event = Wednesday 9 March 22 (LMH)
• Smile with Landmarks #SWL – Wednesday 6^th April 22
• Variety Show = Wednesday 6^th April 22 (MyPlace)
• Spring Fest / Dog Show = Wednesday 18 May 22 (Apperknowle)
• Employer Awards = Wednesday 22 June 22 (The Archer)
• Sky Dive = TBC
• Graduation 21-22 = Wednesday 20 July 22 (venue tbc)

• Net-Walking Business Event = Tuesday 26 October (Apperknowle)
• Xmas Fair = Wednesday 1 December 21 (LMH)
• Xmas Jumper Day for Learners = Wednesday 8 December 21
• Christmas Concert = Wednesday 15 December 21 (LMH lunchtime)
• Transitions Event = Wednesday 9 March 22 (LMH)
• Smile with Landmarks #SWL – Wednesday 6^th April 22
• Variety Show = Wednesday 6^th April 22 (MyPlace)
• Spring Fest / Dog Show = Wednesday 18 May 22 (Apperknowle)

We also have the following vacancies:

• Learning Support Assistant
• Grants and Fundraising Manager

For more information n about our current vacancies please visit www.landmarks.ac.uk/vacancies.