Session aims:Facilitators from the City Ambitions teams;

Amanda Percy Post 16 commissioning manager Portsmouth City Council

Beth Bray Participation, transition & Progression manager Southampton City Council

The cities approach

• Why we chose to utilise the Windmills ican programme

• An overview of the programme and virtual resources

• Q&A

City AmbitionsIn partnership with;

The i-can resource helps individuals to create a vision for the future and take the first steps towards it.

Self image: Who am I?

Exploration:Who can help me?

Resilience:A lesson for

life.

“When the winds of change blow, some build walls, others build windmills”

A quick history lesson:

Generation Z are the young people in our education system today: working till 80, living to 100…..

Who are they?

With this in

mind….What can

we expect?

Emerging Adulthood key

behaviours:

Identity exploration

Instability

Self focus

The average 32

year old has had

16 jobs

The average age

for a first time

homeowner is 33,

and rising.

A sensible generation?

– less drinking and

smoking, but more

mental health concerns

What can we do?

Building resilience

Windmills i-can: Building resilience, raising aspirations

• Where Gatsby suggests what activities Students should experience, i-can gives them the self-awareness to make sense of the activities and how to benefit from them.

Putting plans in

place

Exploring life goals

Identifying values

Working, learning, playing, giving

https://www.sunoutreach.org/resource-category/flying-start-southampton/

https://www.sunoutreach.org/resource-category/flying-start-portsmouth/

Right now you can find i-can activities on

Worksheets with drop

down choices

Activities to make you

think…

Increase in understanding of strengths, values and motivations 81%

Improvement in ability to take control 71%

Raise in aspirations 70%‘When I was 8 my confidence was stolen by a bully.

iCan has given it back to me.

Growth in support networks 48%

Boost in self-confidence 67%

Increase in understanding of wider opportunities available 74%‘For the first time I have people around me who care and have given me boundaries. I’m doing twice as well

at school than I was this time last year.

Gaining the 3Rs of resilience, relationships and responsibility 98%

Increase in attitude to learning 60%

Improvement in academic attainment 40%‘Getting pupils to identify their talents and use them to make a difference in their community was inspirational

and amazing to witness and honestly, the most enjoyable project in my career.’

‘Outstanding new curriculum with an industrious buzz from live community-based projects’

OFSTED INSPECTION REPORT

Impact Evidence: Liverpool City

combined Authority

Do we think it works?

The evidence says YES!

Delivering i-can

Identify what to deliver to students.

Identify who will deliver it

Speak to your LA SUN lead about training to deliver

• The City Ambitions and SUN teams can support delivery in schools alongside your trained staff