Enrichment Afternoon – Friday 20th March – Townsend Church of England School

Next Friday we have our second enrichment afternoon of the year.

During period 2-4 students will be off normal timetable and will be completing a range of exciting and engaging activities and enrichment opportunities to enhance their curriculum. We will post pictures and information after the event on our school instagram account.

The year groups are doing the following activities and we look forward to a great day:

Year 7	Literacy – Oracy Odyssey A structured set of 12 oracy-focused challenges that participants track on a map to develop their oracy skills; these are through a range of fun practical activities.
Year 8	Careers and destinations A “Skills and Qualities” workshop with Herts Services For Young People. Using the Career Library on Unifrog to explore careers related information, tasks and activities to think about your future.
Year 9	Wellbeing and spirituality STEP will be in school delivering fun and practical activities based around personal growth, spirituality and development.
Year 10	Wellbeing and spirituality A range of outside speakers, workshops and activities delivering sessions on personal development, spirituality and managing exam stress, speakers include Oddballs and MIND.
Year 11	Exam Preparation/Think like a 6^th former Students will have a range of sessions and workshops developing them and preparing them for the upcoming exam season, including revision strategies, and mental health support. Students who have applied for the 6^th form will also participate in activities preparing them for life studying A-levels at Townsend.
Year 12 & 13	Revision preparation Using oracy as a revision technique/revision techniques, mental health support and focused revision sessions.

Mrs M Buckland
Assistant Headteacher