CHULMLEIGH ACADEMY Enrichment 2017 B U S H C R A F T 20 th & 21 st July GOLF P A I G N T O N Z O O B U D D I N G A U T H O R S T E N T O R S TA S T E R S P O R T S A C A D E M Y BAKE OFF.AND LOTS MORE!
LEARN SOMETHING NEW Enrichment on our Doorstep! I am pleased to provide details of our Enrichment Programme, all for 15 a day or less, giving you an opportunity to try something new and enhance your education without having to spend too much money. Whatever you choose, please put your choices in order of preference on the form on the back page and we will do our best to place you in as many of your favourite options as possible. Make sure to get your forms back to us by Friday 12th May so we can finalise the details. PLEASE NOTE: TRIPS WILL RUN SUBJECT TO NUMBERS. IF NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE SIGN UP FOR A TRIP THEN IT WILL NOT RUN AND YOU WILL, HOPEFULLY, GET YOUR NEXT CHOICE. Enrichment is an important part of the calendar at Chulmleigh Community College which enables students to experience a variety of activities, intended to enhance their development. Students will be required to participate fully and the normal College timetable will be suspended for the 20th and 21st July. Attendance We regard Enrichment Week as an important part of students education and expect normal attendance. Payment for Activities The expected cost is listed on each activity page, which may vary slightly once numbers have been verified. The full cost of each activity is payable as a voluntary contribution. Activities can only take place if there are sufficient voluntary contributions. If there are not enough voluntary contributions the activity will be cancelled.
Compose real music in a day Thursday FREE Are you a musician who can read music? Would you like to write your own music, hear it performed and even produce professional looking printed music? How about a day working with the same (very expensive) software as the top professional composers and students up to degree level? By the end of this one day intensive workshop for budding composers you will have a printed copy and a recording of your composition to take home. Don t wait until GCSE to try your hand at the professionals choice. Places are strictly limited, so make this your first choice and get your form in a.s.a.p. Bring lots of imagination, a sense of adventure and your own headphones if you have some. Build Your Own Skateboard deck Thursday 5 This one day activity will take you through the entire process of designing, constructing and finishing your very own skateboard deck. Copying the classic longboard style you will learn exactly what it takes to make your own brand new deck. You will cut the wood into shape, glue the component parts together shape the blank and then finish it ready for the trucks and wheels. NB you will need to provide your own trucks and wheels.
Bushcraft Thursday or Friday FREE If you prefer to spend your time outside in the natural world, working under a bright blue sky, then this could be the activity for you. You will have the opportunity to learn some practical conservation skills aimed at maintaining and preserving an area of natural beauty. Exact activities will depend on what needs doing, but last year s group learnt how to use a saw and scythe and how to build a bush fire. They also helped to mend a dam and built some steps using natural materials. No experience or skills necessary, just a willingness to have a go. Ten Tors Taster Thursday or Friday from 6 per day Have you got a taste for the outdoors? Have you considered doing the Ten Tors Challenge whilst at school but don t know quite what this would entail? Would you like to learn to use a map and compass and find out how to navigate from point to point? If the answer is yes then the Ten Tors Taster is for you. You can choose either one or two days where you will trek the moors from tor to tor over some of the country s most dramatic wild areas. You will be divided into small groups (according to speed and friends) and follow different routes each day so you really get the feel of what the Ten Tors Challenge might be like.
Budding Authors Thursday or Friday FREE Got a passion for writing? See yourself published one day? Crime? Fantasy? Romance? What ever your genre, experience a day where you can get inspiration, learn some new techniques and share your writing in a supportive atmosphere. Please note that this is a one day activity ie only chose it for one day! Mind Gym at the Movies Thursday FREE "The unexamined life is not worth living" (Socrates). How much do we really think about what we see in the cinema or on a DVD? Often the otherworldly realms of fantasy and science-fiction give us insights into how to understand our own reality in the here and now. We'll choose a movie (or two?) from a selection of classics and blockbusters to watch and discuss, then explore the themes through a variety of enquiry-based activities. If you love a good film and enjoy a good chat, then this day is for you! (We will go outside and get some fresh air at some point, I promise. At least, I think I do...)
Woodlands Thursday 15 An action packed day out at probably the best theme park in Devon. Indoor and outdoor adventures and rides mean that you will have a great time whatever the weather. There is also a zoo farm and falconry displays. Bake off Thursday or Friday up to 5 as a contribution towards ingredients Enjoy baking? this is your chance to take your skills to the next level. You will produce a variety of baked products including a technical challenge and hopefully a show stopper! Ice Skating Plymouth Friday 15 A classic ice skating experience on a spacious rink with good quality skate hire. You will have up to 2 hours of skating at Plymouth Pavilions and will then visit either Plymouth Hoe or Drake s Circus (depending on the weather for lunch).
Laser Tag Thursday or Friday 15 A Laser Tag environment will be created on the front field by using a portable inflated arena. The marshal will explain the game scenario and off to battle we go. Realistic sounding Hi-tech guns fire a harmless infra-red beam to a range of 400 meters Unlimited ammo and lives. Great fun Tarka Trail Cycling Friday 15 You will collect hire bikes at the Puffing Billy in Torrington then ride along the Tarka Trail passing some stunning scenery as you go. The trail is flat and has a tarmac surface which means the riding is relatively easy. After five miles you will pass Bideford, then it s on to Instow where you will stop for lunch and an ice cream. The more enthusiastic riders will have the opportunity to ride further along the trail before turning around and returning to Torrington. Drama Prop making Friday FREE An opportunity for those of you with artistic/ creative enthusiasm to create the props which will be used for the Midsummer Night s Dream performance next term.
Paignton Zoo Thursday or Friday 15 With over 2,000 animals across 80 acres you re in for a really wild time at Paignton Zoo. Paignton Zoo is one of the South West's most exciting visitor attractions. It s a place to roam, discover and get in touch with your inner animal. Get up close to some of the animal wonders of the world across our specially designed habitats - from the savannah to the wetlands and the tropical forest. Hop aboard our unique Jungle Express train to get even closer to the action. Surfing Friday 15 Learn to surf with the North Devon Surf School, one of the longest established surfing schools in the UK, running lessons for over 25 years! Our surf school, surf shop and café are just 50 metres from Westward Ho! beach. The surf school has heated changing rooms, toilets, hot shower, surf shop and café all on site. High quality wetsuits and surfboards provided.
Sports Academy Thursday and/or Friday FREE On either day of our Enrichment programme, you can opt to participate in a wide range of sports. We have Tennis, Football, Badminton, Basketball, Cricket, Gym and much more on offer. Just bring your kit, and each day we can devise a personalised activity list of your favourite sporting activities. Golf Thursday or Friday 15 A great opportunity to learn a new skill or progress further at Chulmleigh golf club. The cost covers club hire, balls & tees, tuition and lunch. Shakespeare In Schools Festival Preparation for next year's Y10 Drama group. Thursday FREE This activity is compulsory for next year s Year 10 Drama group students and will be a full day of rehearsals and activities to prepare for a Midsummer Night s Dream. NB this activity is ONLY for those taking drama GCSE next year
Download the brochure from the school home page www.chulmleigh.devon.sch.uk RETURN BY FRIDAY 12th May Student Name Tutor Group... Please select a 1st, 2nd and 3rd choice for each day by placing 1, 2 & 3 in the appropriate boxes. 3 choices MUST be completed for each day. My choice THURSDAY Cost FRIDAY My choice Compose Music 0 Skateboard deck 5 Bushcraft 0 Bushcraft Ten Tors Taster 6+ Ten Tors Taster Budding Authors 0 Budding Authors Mind Gym 0 Mind Gym Woodlands 15 Bake Off 5 max Bake Off 15 Ice Skating Laser Tag 15 Laser Tag 15 Tarka Trail cycling Paignton Zoo 15 Paignton Zoo 15 Surfing 0 Drama Props Sports Academy 0 Sports Academy Golf 15 Golf Shakespeare Y10 GCSE 0 We hope that Parents/Carers will pay the full amount toward the activity which will only take place if there is sufficient funding. If there are not enough voluntary contributions the activity will be cancelled. I would like my son/daughter to participate as outlined above. Signed Date