Community Taster Month
This year’s Community Taster Month in May, organised by the Transition Support team, is packed full of lots of exciting activities.
Preparing students for life after college is something that National Star is passionate about.
This year’s Community Taster Month in May, organised by the Transition Support team, is packed full of lots of exciting activities, from karate sessions, adult discos, cinema visits, careers advice sessions and trips to community farms and sensory spaces.
Priority will be given to second and third year students, but every student is invited to express an interest in taking part.
Navigating life after college can be an exciting, but bewildering time for families, carers, and young people.
The Community Taster Month is designed to ease the transition worries that many students may be facing and ensure they leave National Star feeling confident and excited for the future.
Although the majority of activities are taking place in Gloucestershire, Bristol, Wiltshire and Worcestershire, the Transition Support team has selected activities that they know are run in other parts of the country. It is hoped there are taster sessions that the majority of students could consider for their life after college.
Timetable
Week one: (28 April – 2 May)
- Indoor cricket
- Inclusive bingo run by Kingfisher/Treasure Seekers
- Cheltenham Jazz Festival
- Inclusive all ability rugby session at Gloucester RFC
- Cineworld visit
- Westonbirt Arboretum
- Butterfly Garden – Woodworking session
Week two: (5 May – 9 May)
- Visit to Hatch Camphill Community South Gloucestershire
- Karate activity session
- Inclusive tennis session Swindon
- Dancercise
- Cheltenham Jazz Festival
- Careers advice sessions run by Milford Research and Consultancy
- Inclusive all ability rugby session at Gloucester RFC
- Cineworld visit
- Westonbirt Arboretum
- Butterfly Garden – Woodworking and Garden recycling session
Week three: (12 May – 16 May)
- Jamats Academy visit Gloucester
- Kingfisher/Treasure Seekers visit Gloucester for Makaton Signs and Songs
- Scrubditch Care Farm Cirencester visit
- Inclusive all ability rugby session at Gloucester RFC
- Cineworld visit
- Snoezlan Worcestershire sensory visit
- Westonbirt Arboretum
Week four: (19 May – 23 May)
- Dinky Ponies
- Bioblitz taster session with the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust
- Music Bus with The Music Works
- Bushcraft drop-in and Scrubditch Care Farm visit to National Star
- Inclusive all ability rugby session at Gloucester RFC
- Cineworld visit
- Westonbirt Arboretum
Week five: (26 – 30 May)
- Cineworld visit
- Adult Disco Kingfisher/Treasure Seekers
- Inclusive all ability rugby session at Gloucester RFC
- Westonbirt Arboretum
Dates TBC
Last reviewed on 10/04/2025