It has been another very good year for Atkinson students in the annual Koestler Awards. We have our first results back as part of the Under 18s Fast Forward Programme.
Koestler Awards 2017
News and Events
Anti-bullying week at Atkinson 26-30 June 2017
Anti-Bullying Week shines a spotlight on bullying and encourages all young people, teachers and carers to take action against bullying throughout the year. The theme this year is ‘All Different, All Equal’.
Art workshops at the Atkinson School
During last term’s Art Week, the students at the Atkinson School had the opportunity to participate in a variety of workshops.
Atkinson has been awarded funding by DFE to support the STAIRS project.
For Atkinson, this will mean additional psychology time for our young people and we will be working with the National STAIRS team to embed this practice across the home.
Koestler Awards
This year, there were over 6,700 entries and there are only 190 artworks chosen for the exhibition, so to have a piece of art selected from Atkinson is a great achievement
New exciting facilities – improving Atkinson
To improve the living environment in our home, we currently have several facility projects underway. The aim is complete them all by summer 2016. Find out what these include…
Why are we using Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy?
We have recognised that most of our children and young people have experienced some form of trauma which affects their emotional and social development. As a result we have to ensure our staff have the knowledge and skills to manage our children therapeutically. Following research and consultation with our Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) colleagues we believe […]