September 2015 - Lesson 6 Programme Extending and Enriching your Learning Dear Student Please read through all the options carefully, and then complete the form at the back and hand it in to your tutor no later than Monday 14 September. Guidance for making your choices: All students will only be registered for one activity. You may want to do several activities, but you will only be registered for one. You may choose to go along to extra activities as long as there are places. The teacher in charge of the activity will let you know. You will need to fill in all four option choices; as you may not get your first choice, and you may end up with something you do not want to do. These activities will be running until Christmas. Should you need any further guidance please ask your Tutor in the first instance. Activities open to key Stage 3 Students only Activity Description Year Day Staff Room Numbers Science Club For anyone who would like to extend their knowledge of science. We shall be doing interesting activities and projects. KS3 Thursday Miss L Hodder G01 20 Year 7 Boys Rugby Learn to improve Rugby skills. Compete against other schools in matches. Year 7 Wednesday Mr M Carraway SH1 20 Empire Sports boxing Club The Empire Fighting Chance sessions will be a fun after school class where pupils will have the opportunity to learn some basic boxing skills. You will learn how to throw punches in a controlled environment and do some partner work, hit pads, skip and generally improving your fitness. The sessions are noncontact. KS3 Tuesday Empire Sports Staff Main Hall 20 Year 8 Boys Rugby Rugby training fixtures for Y8 boys. Y8 Thursdays Mr O Bird KS3 Creative Writing Explore a range of strategies to develop creative writing skills. KS3 Tuesday Miss L Fordham R24 14 KS3 Print Club Trying out a range of printing techniques such as lino, polystyrene and etching. KS3 Thursday Mr S Sales B22 20 KS3 Seasonal Craft and Design Students will make objects in the workshop using a full range of new and exciting materials KS3 Wednesday Mrs A Williams BO2 18 Arts and Crafts Fun Craft Activities KS3 Wednesday Miss K Scott B23 15 Garden Club Help look after the garden. Plant seeds and watch them grow. PIP KS3 Wednesday Mr S Flew Thrive Room 15 ¡Qué drama! Learn Spanish through drama Learn Spanish through drama games and exercises, work on your voice, your emotions…In Spanish! KS3 Mr Le Goascoz R21 15 The Photographic Image Taking Photos not snaps KS3 Thursday Mr M Treby BO5 12 The Film Club Watch, discuss and view films. Develop themed art activities and filmmaking skills. KS3 Wednesday Miss C Lowe YO2 12 20 Activities Open to All Activity Description Year Day Staff Room Number Cooking Club A range of recipes made- both sweet and savoury. Students must pay £1.00 to participate. Please remember that sometimes it may take a little longer than 60 minutes to prepare, cook and clean up. All Wednesday Mrs J Davies Mrs H Hughes B21 15 Garden Club Designing and building a school garden. With a focus on wild life and food. All Wednesday Mr I Squire LSU 15 Girls Netball A chance to learn skills and play matches against other schools. All Thursday Miss K Hillier Mrs H James Board Game/Card Club Enjoy the challenge of playing different games and see if you can beat Mrs Mullen at connect4! All Tuesday Mrs P Mullen G21 10 Learning in the Wild Outdoor games and activities with some crafts and a drink and a biscuit. All (PIP) Wednesday Mr I Squire Sewing for Beginners Learn how to use a sewing machine; draw and cut patterns and make things like bunting, bags and skirts! £1.00 per week cost for materials. All Thursday Miss D Baxter Mrs M Read B24 20 EAL Club Supporting EAL Students with their English. For example, giving them a chance to come up with English Language related questions that need clarification; giving them worksheets, quizzes, puzzles. Encouraging them to carry out conversations between them about chosen topics. All Wednesday Miss C Nagy LSC 10 Swimming Club Learn new techniques and have fun in the pool. All Thursday Mr A Pryde Swimming Pool 12 Music Activities Come along and play instruments in a relaxed and informal setting with a view to preforming later in the year. All Tuesday Miss K Miller YO5 20 Origami Learn the ancient art of paper folding. Open to all levels of ability. All Thursday Ms E Mitchell RO7 10 School Production Get yourself involved in the next school production. If you love singing, dancing and acting, we want to see you! You will need an audition to be involved to be involved in this. Information about this will be displayed around the school. If you are successful in your audition, you will need to go to all rehearsals. You need to be dedicated and committed All Monday and Tuesday Miss E Mowat Miss S Harper Lesson 6 options open to KS4 Activity Description Year Day Staff Room Number Volunteering in the Community Help the others and help yourself at the same time! KS4 Wednesday Miss L Greenwood BO1 15 GCSE History Support It will enable you to achieve the best grade possible in your exams. KS4 Tuesday Mr J Lee G22 20 RE Catch Up Revisiting and revising the Y10 syllabus. KS4 Thursday Mr S Crowley G23 20 Year 11 Italian Extra support for controlled assessments. KS4 Thursday Mrs J McMullan R29 15 GCSE Geography Catch Up An opportunity to catch up on controlled assessment and topics covered in lessons. KS4 Tuesday Miss K Pearce G24 10 GCSE Geography Catch Up GCSE History Support Beat your target grade. KS4 Wednesday Mrs C Murray G26 15 Catch up sessions to beat your target grade. Y11 Friday Mr M Stevenson G27 20 GCSE History Support Catch up sessions to beat your target grade. Y10 Monday Mr M Stevenson G27 20 Duke of Edinburgh Award National Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme. Including a physical task, skill, volunteer work and an organised expedition. Students will be expected to do a lot of independent research and personal training in order to complete. KS4 Thursday Lauren and Ziggy G5 25 English Coursework Surgery An opportunity to draft, polish and finish CW for English Language with Cambridge centre moderator, Mr Daniel Allan KS4 Tuesday Mr D Allan R25 30 GCSE Maths Drop in clinic open to all KS4 KS4 Wednesday Miss F Avery RO4 20 Y10 Rugby/ Y10 Basketball This is the Y10 Rugby team and anyone else who is interested in playing in the team or training with the team. From midNovember basketball will be played as the evenings are too dark. Several rugby matches have been arranged. Y10 Tuesday Mr R Frugtniet Year 11 RE Revision Unit 2 revision for all Y11 classes. Y11 Tuesday Miss a Whaley GCSE Coursework Art Catch Up. Contextual Studies and making links to artists. KS4 Tuesday Miss S Adams GCSE Coursework Art Catch Up Drawing and recording. Top up your course work with exciting different ways to draw and record objects. KS4 Wednesday Mr J Bennett 20 G25 20 BO4 20 In Pursuit of Happiness This is a group for promoting emotional well-being and happiness KS4 Wednesday Mrs A Duke BO5 8 Biology Clinic Catch Up and additional support for units B1 and B2 in Y10 + Y11 KS4 Thursday De R de Bruin GO4 20 Physics Clinic Catch Up and additional support for units P1 and P2 in Y10 + Y11 KS4 Thursday Mrs Riddiford GO3 20 Chemistry Clinic (Units C1 and C2) Catch Up and additional support for units C1 and C2 in Y10 + Y11. KS4 Thursday Mrs R Todd GO6 20 By invitation only Units of Sound An individual computer activity for students who would like to improve their reading or spelling skills. All Wednesday Miss N Godsland G21 5 Polish A2 Polish A2 for selected students following on from AS level last year KS4 Wednesday Miss B Gozdziaszek LS4 Invite only GCSE Music This is an after school club for students who play a musical instrument and have a strong interest in studying for a GCSE in Music. KS4 Wednesday Miss E Mowat Y10 Invite only GCSE Dance This is an after school club for students who are talented dancers and choreographers and have a strong interest in studying for a GCSE in Dance. KS4 Friday Miss S Harper YO2 Invite only Option form for lesson 6 Complete the following form, and hand it in to reception by Monday 14th September at the latest. You must list 4 options, in order of preference, if you don`t, you may end up doing something you do not want to do. We will try our hardest to give you your first choice, if not this term, then at some point during the year. At the bottom, please sign the sheet and discuss your choices with a parent or carer. Name: ……………………………………………………………………… Year Group …….... Activity (please describe) Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 Option 4 If you choose swimming, can you please indicate your ability? Non-swimmer Width Lengths Signed ………………………………………………………… (Student) Date …………………………………………………………… Tutor ………… Day