Doncaster Deaf College Players to meet Young Lions

Players from the Doncaster Deaf College disability teams made a special visit to the Keepmoat Stadium on Tuesday (2nd March) to watch Stuart Pearce lead a training session with his Young Lions before the 2011 UEFA European U21 Championship Qualification match against Greece on Wednesday evening.

Doncaster Deaf College team players compete in the Sheffield & Hallamshire Ability Counts League. The college has three adult male teams and one adult female team. The female team will represent She… Read more

Posted: Tue 02-Mar-2010 1:44PM

Long-Service

Duo notch up half a century of service to Deaf Trust

A Doncaster duo have each notched up 25 years service at a local specialist college.

Derek Morris, Programme Manager and Sally Barnacoat, ICT tutor, have been commended by the Trustees and Governors at Doncaster Deaf Trust for their long service and dedication to their roles.

Bobbie Roberts, Chair of the Trust said: “We are thrilled to be able to celebrate two members of our team having reached such a tremendous milestone.

“Long se… Read more

Posted: Wed 27-Jan-2010 4:54PM

Royal Visit

DONCASTER’S LITTLE LEARNERS GET THE ROYAL SEAL OF APPROVAL

Children attending the Little Learners Day Nursery, part of Doncaster Deaf Trust, got the royal seal of approval when HRH the Countess of Wessex officially opened their nursery following a redevelopment.

The Countess, who is a Trustee of the Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID), opened the nursery by unveiling a plaque at the Doncaster Trust and spent time walking around the nursery, chatting to children, families, s… Read more

Posted: Wed 27-Jan-2010 4:51PM

Sunshine

December 2009

Little ray of sunshine for deaf pupils

The future is bright for pupils at Doncaster Deaf Trust, who can now travel on their learning adventures on a Variety Club Sunshine Coach.

The Yorkshire Region of the Variety Club Children’s Charity, has provided the Trust with one of their ‘Sunshine Coaches’, to help enhance learning experiences, adding to the vast programme of activities already in place within the school and the college.

The coach, which has a specialised… Read more

Posted: Wed 27-Jan-2010 4:39PM

Ready Steady Store

Ready Steady Store Doncaster, will donate fifty pounds to Doncaster Deaf Trust if you ‘store’ with them! Please click the ‘Ready Steady Store’ link for more information

Posted: Wed 27-Jan-2010 4:04PM

National Cup Success for College Team

National Cup Success for College Team

Doncaster College for the Deaf ended the 2008/09 season on a high by winning the English Deaf Cup Final, beating Everton Deaf 2-1 at Wrexham football club at the weekend. Doncaster took an early lead thanks to Sinclair, this was quickly followed by set piece taken from the training ground a disguised shot from Wood outfoxing the Everton defence allowing Denmead to slot home for 2-0.

Doncaster went in with a 2-0 lead at half time. The second half… Read more

Posted: Thu 04-Jun-2009 2:44PM

Boxing at College

Last Friday former commonwealth champion boxer John Jo Irwin came into the college to do a boxing lesson for the Sports students. Students were given the opportunity to receive coaching and instruction on different boxing techniques from John. The session went very well and everybody involved enjoyed it (it is all non- contact of course!!!). John will be coming back after the half term to deliver more sessions to the students.

Posted: Wed 29-Apr-2009 1:38PM

College Celebrates Deaf Awareness Week

We are celebrating Deaf Awareness Week at the College w/c 4th May. We are offering Deaf Awareness Sessions to the public that comprises some Sign Language and basic techniques to help communicate with deaf people.

On Wednesday 6th May we have an Open Day and would welcome anyone wanted to see what we do at our College.

Posted: Wed 08-Apr-2009 9:30AM

Deaf student inspires car technicians to sign up

An inspirational deaf student from Doncaster has put the finishing touches to his CV by impressing body shop bosses at a leading luxury car manufacturer in the borough.

Doncaster College for the Deaf student James Jennings, 19, attended BMW’s Vehicle Preparation Centre in Thorne on a two-week placement as a vehicle body refinish trainee and received a glowing reference from his supervisors.

The quality of James’s work and the impact the Edlington lad has had at BMW has led employees to… Read more

Posted: Wed 01-Oct-2008 10:39PM

The DeaF.A Cup

On Saturday the 17th of May 2008, 12 men’s and 3 ladies’ teams came to Doncaster College for the Deaf to take part in the ‘DeaF.A Cup’ 5-a-side football tournament. Throughout the day there was a steady stream of people who came along, altogether around 150-200!

The matches kicked off at 10.00am on 4 different pitches. The men were put into 2 leagues, each playing 5 matches before the top 8 teams battled it out in the knockout stages. The ladies played 6 matches each, with the top 2 m… Read more

Posted: Thu 22-May-2008 10:34AM

'Spread the Sign' Website

‘Spread the Sign’ is a signed website in six languages for deaf people who want to work or travel in Europe.

Doncaster College for the Deaf is involved in a partnership with deaf colleges from five other European countries to develop a website for deaf people wanting to visit or work in a different European country. The site contains a visual dictionary showing a wide range of everyday signs and vocational signs used in Woodwork, Construction, Catering and Hospitality.

The site… Read more

Posted: Mon 17-Mar-2008 4:35PM

Catering trip to Paris!

Two weeks ago, Kevin Logue, Lucinda Waudby and Jonathon Artis went on a trip to France with the Catering Department from the Hub. They stayed in a hotel in the Clichy area of Paris.

On the trip they visited the Moet & Chandon champagne house where they were given a tour of the cellars- there are 200 miles of them! All full of champagne!

Their next visit was to a chocolate factory in Reims where they watched the chocolates being made before buying gifts from the shop for Mothers’ Day.

Fi… Read more

Posted: Wed 12-Mar-2008 5:01PM

Gold for Zoe

Gold rush for deaf Doncaster swimmer as Paralympics beckons

A deaf teenage swimmer from Doncaster is making waves in the Paralympic world after clinching two gold medals and a British junior record at a national swim event.

Zoe Clayton, from Scawthorpe, claimed gold and the record of 42.86 seconds in the 400m freestyle race at the Disability Sports Event (DSE) National Junior Championships, held at Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield recently. She also won gold in the 50m… Read more

Posted: Fri 07-Mar-2008 9:03AM

NaRS Pool Lifeguards

Huge congratulations to our 6 Sports Studies students who are all now qualified Pool Lifeguards. Claire Kamis, Jemma Townend, Zoe Clayton, Rachel Haywood, Harry Perry-Lewis and Chris Taylor have all been committed to the NaRS course since last November, giving up 2 hours on a Wednesday evening to attend classes in our swimming pool, and another 2 hours on a Thursday evening in lectures, to learn both the practical and theory aspects of saving lives. Since Christmas yet more hours were needed to… Read more

Posted: Thu 06-Mar-2008 11:28AM

Doncaster student building bridges at home

A deaf Doncaster student has set his heart on a career in construction after building a strong reputation with his hometown council.

Dominic Haldane, from Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, is currently studying City and Guilds Construction at the Doncaster College for the Deaf and spent two weeks work experience at Three Rivers Construction, a division of the Three Rivers District Council in Rickmansworth, Herts, as part of the course.

Dominic put into practice the painting, plastering and labou… Read more

Posted: Tue 12-Feb-2008 8:41AM

POLISH SATURDAY SCHOOL SET TO OPEN ITS DOORS IN DONCASTER

A Saturday School for Polish youngsters is set to open this week (December 8th) at Doncaster College for the Deaf.

The school will see more than 70 youngsters aged 3-15 learning Polish language along with Polish culture and tradition.

Bobbie Roberts, Chair of Trustees for Doncaster College for the Deaf said: “We are delighted to be able to play host to this Saturday School for Polish youngsters.

“Doncaster Deaf Trust plays an important role in the Doncaster community and we are alwa… Read more

Posted: Tue 12-Feb-2008 8:36AM

Doncaster College for the Deaf is a Good College, say inspectors

Doncaster College for the Deaf is celebrating following a recent Ofsted visit, which gave an overall Grade 2 ‘Good’ report.

The report recognises the college for its achievements with high standards of learners work, good teaching and for offering a wide range of realistic working environments with opportunities to develop work related skills. The College was also recognised as providing outstanding enrichment opportunities whilst being good value for money.

Doncaster College for the… Read more

Posted: Tue 12-Feb-2008 8:33AM

'Bike Safe' training for students

Computer Hardware students took part in the recent Bike Safe Event which was held at the college. The competitive nature of the students came out as they tried to ride the course with as few penalties as possible. The best score went to Kevin Gibbons, with Kevin Flahavan a close second. Well done!

Posted: Tue 05-Feb-2008 11:44PM

Keep looking for an update on our Sporting Achievements

Our College is respected for its Sporting Achievements - during 2007 many activities and competitions took place. An update of those achievements will be posted soon. Keep looking!

Posted: Wed 16-Jan-2008 9:34PM

College celebrates students achievements CLICK here to view the latest photographs in the gallery

2007 was another very successful year, and the College prize day was a time for staff and students to celebrate their achievements during the last academic year. You will see from the gallery what a special day everybody had.

Posted: Wed 16-Jan-2008 9:25PM