1. Welcome to Newcastle City Learning Yvette Nesworthy-Heslop
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2. Management Caroline Miller (Head of Service)
Julie Hickin (Gateway, Funding and Safeguarding manager)
Lizzie Mott (Business Development Specialist)
Colleen Pittman (Employment and Skills Manager)
Hardus du Plessis (Employment and Skills Manager)

3. About the course… Aims of the course Level Length Attendance Demands
Assessment and Progression
Costs
For information on all our courses visit:
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4. 2016-17 Term Dates Date Term Details 5 September 2016
Autumn Term begins
24 October 2016
Half Term
22 December 2016
Christmas break
5 January 2017
Spring Term begins
20 February 2017
10 April 2017
Easter Break
24 April 2017
Summer Term begins
30 May 2017
21 July 2017
End of Summer Term
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5. Where our funding comes from
Many of our course fees are subsidised by funding from the Skills Funding Agency (SFA)
and the Education Funding Agency (EFA) 
Additionally, if your course helps tackle worklessness and develop workplace skills we can match fund from the European Social Fund (ESF) 

6. About the centre… Please enter/exit the building through the main entrance only
Fire exits
Toilets
Refreshments
Car Parking
Security
Daytime classes
Evening classes
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7. Our Policies… Complaints Procedure Disability Statement
Equal Opportunities
Prevent Policy
Health & Safety (inc No smoking policy)
Hospitality & Gifts
Safeguarding
Student Charter
Please refer to your Learner Handbook or for full details of all policies please visit
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8. Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults
Newcastle City Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of learners and expects all staff to share this commitment. We want to provide a safe learning environment in which everyone; staff, learners and volunteers are responsible for:
respecting other people’s right to safety
not hurting or abusing others
not threatening to hurt or abuse others
If you have any concerns, please contact a member of staff.
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9. Prevent
All FE providers have a duty to safeguard their students: Prevent is about safeguarding students to keep them safe from being exploited by extremists. The Prevent Duty is not about discouraging students from having political and religious views and concerns but rather it is about supporting them to use those concerns or act on them in non-extremist ways. Newcastle City Learning is committed to safeguarding our students and protecting them from harm at all times

10. Are you safe on-line?
Do you use the same password for all of your online accounts such as banking, shopping and social media? How unique are your passwords? Are they simply your date of birth, mother’s maiden name or the name of your nearest and dearest? How much information about yourself do you share online? Who has control over what photos, images or stories about you are being added to social media? Who has access to this information? You, your friends or everyone? See the posters around the centres for more information

12. Additional Support
If at any point during the course you feel you would benefit from any additional support, please let me know so that we can discuss what’s best for you.
Discretionary Learner Support and 24+ Bursary Funds
If your household income is less than:
£21,000 for a family
£ for a single person
you may be able to apply for help with costs such as course fees, childcare and resources. Funds are limited and allocated on a first come, first served basis. Please ask the adult education office for details.
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13. You can expect us to…
provide an environment that is free from prejudice, discrimination and harassment
value and respect the differences in others
promote a positive learning environment with a culture that promotes respect for all
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14. What we expect from you…
Our basic ground rules:
Respect and listen to others
Challenge bad behaviour
Maintain good attendance and time keeping
Keep mobile phones silent
…would you like to add any others?
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15. NUS Cards
NUS cards are now available to Newcastle City Learning’s learners. Simply register with NUS online ( and quote ‘Newcastle City Learning’ as your place of study.
Your new card will be sent to your Learner Liaison for collection.
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16. Learner Voice
Throughout your learning programme you will be given the opportunity to feedback to us any comments, ideas or issues in relation to the teaching, learning and assessment you are experiencing.
We value all comments and the information received will be used to improve the quality of our service.

17. Information Advice & Guidance
IAG is available to you throughout your course from a variety of different people.
Advice is available on progression from this course, other courses available with this organisation, other career and training opportunities elsewhere.
Please ask your tutor in the first instance who will be able to answer your query or signpost you to the relevant person.

18. Postponed/Cancelled Sessions
If your tutor is sick or during periods of adverse weather it may be necessary to cancel sessions. In this event we will make alternative arrangements so that your learning is not interrupted. This may include completing work at home, via the internet or by adding time after the published end date of the course.
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19. Certificates
Centre staff will contact you when your certificates are available for collection. If you would like your certificate to be posted out to you, this can only be done if you provide us with pre-paid self addressed envelope for postage.

20. Car Park
Unfortunately due to the Sports Centre being bought by a company there will now be a charge of 20p an hour for the car park. Our learners receive 3 hours FREE parking

21. Level 3
Starting Monday 19th September 2016 Monday afternoon pm 1 day placement in school can be 1 full day or two mornings a week (not pre-school) Lever arch file 12 Dividers Paper Pen Coloured writing pens

22. Units Level 3 Child development Safeguarding Health and Safety
Personal development
Support Learning Activities
Behaviour
Develop professional relationships
Equality and Diversity
Assessment for Learning
Communication
Schools as organisations

23. My contact
(My office) (Front desk)

24. DBS
Form E Directorate - Well being, Care and Learning Job applying for – Student Teaching Assistant Placement Photocopy all identification at the end of the session

25. …and finally A note about Copyright: If you plan to use any text or images from other sources in your course work – written or digital – you must check that you have permission to use it. More information is available at fe.cla.co.uk
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