About
African Community School is a community organisation operating from Princess May Primary School, Princess May Rd, N16 Hackney. We provide a safe environment for children, young and adult through a range of services to relieve poverty and promote social and economic well- being of young children living in Hackney and surrounding areas.
The organisation is a registered Charity and was set up in January 2000.
- The school runs on Saturday's between the times of 9.00am to 1.30pm. Cost @ £20.00 per month, £15 per month for concessionary rate.
- The summer school programme runs Monday to Friday: 9.00am to 5pm.
- Accredited ICT class for adults: twice a week (Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10am to 12pm), free
- Family learning every Saturdays from 12pm to 2pm, free
AIM
‘To advance the academic education of children from the age of 3-16yrs plus through the provision of various out of school education support/activities/projects’.
Mission: To create an environment in which Hackney African and Caribbean and the wider community inclusive any other ethnic background from the community to perform and achieve their higher educational attainment.
Vision
- To work in partnership with local schools and wider community
- To improve quality of life and elevate poverty
- To be more inclusive and embrace community cohesion and every child matters agenda in the community.
Who we work with
- 5-16years old
- Adults and Families
- Young people
- Children who come from deprived backgrounds
- Children at risk from underachievement, disaffection or social exclusion, anti-social behaviour and lack of social and emotional needs
- Black and ethnic minority community inclusive any other ethnic group
Services we offer
- Revision class for GCSE and SATs test, Homework support, ICT class, African dance and drumming class.
- Extra tuition to improve performance for both primary and secondary school subjects: KS1 to KS4
- ICT Class for young people
- Youth programmes: drug awareness education, Self development, Confidence building to encouraging confident participation through peer education schemes and peer mentoring.
- Educational/Cultural trips to places of interest.
- Sports (football), games and adventurous outdoor activities.
- Educational seminar/workshops and African cultural events for family.
- Summer school scheme, which incorporates cultural, social and educational aspect.
- Family learning Programme
- Adult Learning Programme focusing on ICT (accredited through OCR)
- Access to arts and creative activities that engage and motivate young children
- Media skills and video production/making
- We promote education and support of vocational and training skills geared to skills required in the labour market.
- We also promote community cohension by making our service to be inclusive to different ethnic groups in the community.
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