KS4
Student Guide
Summer
2016
‘Children who participate in after school programmes can reap a
host of positive benefits in a number of areas: academic, social/
emotional, and health and well-being.’
Little, Wimer, and Weiss, ‘After School Programmes in the 21st Century’, 2008
Dear parents, carers and students,
KS4 students are encouraged to participate in the enrichment programme;
however it is not a compulsory expectation, unless they are required to
attend a subject intervention. Students are actively invited to contribute to
the enrichment programme by becoming involved in leading or supporting
staff in the delivery of activities.
Students who elect to attend an enrichment and students that are required to attend a subject intervention are expected to attend the enrichment for the whole term and on the rare occasions of being absent from
their enrichment, students must present an absence note (written
by parent/carer) to the enrichment teacher prior to the day of
enrichment.
The Student Enrichment Option Selection Form must be returned by the
deadline, indicated on page 3.
Students will have opportunities to provide feedback and review activities
at the end of each term. To monitor progress in the development of
‘BRIDGES’ skills, students will use the same activity tracking and review
sheet throughout an academic year. Students’ feedback is also encouraged
throughout the year and can be done using the suggestion box at the KS3
reception or through their form’s enrichment representative.
Yours sincerely,
Karen Clarke (Lead Teacher for Enrichment Provision)
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Instructions
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Read through this information booklet carefully (access via
the school’s website).
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Decide on the activities you would like to take part in and the
days you are available to stay after school.

You will be asked to provide your first, second and third
choices. This is to make it more probable that you will get a
first choice enrichment. Look at the exemplar option selection
form for guidance.

Fill in the Student Enrichment Option Selection Form.

Return your completed Student Enrichment Option Selection
Form to your tutor by the deadline of Monday 14th March,
2016

On Thursday 24th March, tutors will tell you of the activities
you will attend during the spring term.

Write the name of activities, day, teacher and location in your
planner. Enrichment clubs will start on Monday 11th April
2016.
Attend your enrichment activities and ENJOY.
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Monday Clubs
Set Design & Props
Design and build the set and staging for this
year’s fantastic production! Are you creative?
Are you adventurous? Are you ready to learn
some new Art and Design skills as part of an
energetic and imaginative team? If so, please
express your interest to Mr Vaghela.
GCSE Chemistry & Physics Intervention
(Invitation)
This enrichment provides an opportunity for students to complete exam
practice questions and practice study skills in a small group.
It is an opportunity to embed key scientific concepts.
Henna Art Club
If you would like to learn how to create
your own henna design, this is the club
for you!
We will be sketching, collaging different
designs and finally practising henna
designs on each other!
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Monday Clubs
GCSE Maths Support
Maths club to support year 10 students with
their GCSE Maths course.
Are you in 10 Bannekar, Fermat, Gorgani or
Cantor?
Do you wish you were doing even better in
the Unit assessments?
Would you like extra support with your maths IL or revision?
School Production Acting Rehearsal
(Invitation)
If you are lucky enough to
successfully audition for a part in the
whole-school production, you will
spend Mondays and Wednesdays
preparing for the performance.
Show Band
(Sign-up in music lessons)
Rehearsals for this year’s show Hercules will
start next term on Monday and Wednesday.
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Monday Clubs
Spanish GCSE Support
(Invitation)
GCSE practice of speaking, writing and reading
for exams in Spanish.
Geography
(Invitation)
Need help with the new learning for GCSE Geography?
Then join this enrichment, where pre-learning and consolidation of new
learning will be the priority.
Girls Can
This enrichment gives girls of all year groups the
opportunity to play a variety of different sports
each week and have some fun!
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Monday Clubs
School Production singing/acting rehearsals
(Invitation)
If you are lucky enough to successfully audition for a part in the whole-school production,
you will spend Mondays and Wednesdays preparing for the performance.
School Production Vocal Rehearsals
Invitation
Those of your who came to the auditions
for Zero to Hero will now start rehearsing
for the final performance. In July, you will
be performing a range of great songs to
hundreds of people. Let’s get rehearsing!
Boxing Club - Year 8, 9 & 10
Non-contact Boxing Club
Open to all students in year 8, year 9 and
year 10.
Initially 20 places available to members of
our school.
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Monday Clubs
Handball
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through coaching from the Redbridge
London Youth Games Coach!
Meditation
Meditation is
when you quiet
and focus your
mind, many
studies have
found that it helps improve concentration
and reduce stress levels. We will be practising different types of meditation and mindfulness over the course of the term to help
you find what works for you. So If you find it
difficult to concentrate and/or you tend to
get worried, anxious or stressed, this could
be for you!
GCSE English Lang/Lit Revision Sessions
(Invitation)
These sessions are open to Y10 students who want to start revising early
for the Summer exams. We will look
back over Romeo & Juliet, and work on
exam skills for both Literature & Language.
Events Team
Could you organise a big event involving hundreds of people? Could you advertise and market
the event to ensure all of the tickets are sold?
Could you come up with inspiring and successful
fund-raising project ideas? Could you organise
and deliver a fantastic refreshment service for the
audience to buy from on performance night? If
so, get involved by joining the Events Team for
the summer production on Monday afternoons!
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Monday Clubs
Cross Stitching
Why not learn one of the oldest forms of embroidery?
Join this enrichment class and learn how to make pictures and designs using
cross stitch. Don’t worry if you have not done cross
stitching before as we will start off with easy and
simple designs and, as you develop, your skills will
move to more complicated, tricky and interesting
designs and explore using your cross stitching skills
to make gifts for your family and friends. Join the
cross stitch enrichment class.
'Your Vote Counts'
Dungeons & Dragons
Interested in voting?
(Invitation)
Are you interested in politics?
Immerse yourself in a world of swords
and sorcery; explore ancient
ruins and deadly
dungeons; battle
monsters while
searching for
legendary treasures.
Want to be part of a campaigns
team?
Are you willing to persuade others?
Come and join the campaigning
team who will be running the
INA school elections this term in
school.
At D&D club you will role-play as adventurers seeking glory and fighting
evil, while exercising your skills in reading, improvisation, and imagination.
The world needs heroes.
Will you answer the call?
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Wednesday Clubs
Debate Club
Find your voice and develop your speaking and listening
skills!
During this club, you will debate a wide range of social issues and learn how to
make the language that you use more persuasive. Debating is an excellent way
of developing communication, verbal reasoning and higher level thinking skills.
GCSE PE intervention
(Invitation)
The enrichment provides an
opportunity for students to practice exam style questions and practice study
skill in a small group.
Dancers for
whole school
production
Creative Costume
School production
Designing and
making the
costumes for
the school
production of
Zero to Hero.
(Invitation)
Those of your who came to the
auditions for Zero to Hero will now
start rehearsing for the final
performance. In July, you will be
performing some fantastic
choreography and routines to
hundreds of people. Let’s get
rehearsing!
If you enjoy Design Technology, Textiles
and fashion this is a great opportunity
to be creative and get some first-hand
experience using the sewing machines,
learning new textiles skill, designing
and creating costumes for the end of
year production.
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Wednesday Clubs
Hip Hop Brass Band (Y)
(sign-up)
The famous collection of horns and drums playing
hip-hop tunes that will get you onto your feet!
Double Science Intervention
(Invitation)
This enrichment provides an opportunity for students to
complete exam practice questions and practice study skills in a small group.
It is an opportunity to embed key scientific concepts for biology, chemistry and
physics.
GCSE support
French
Knitting for Beginners
In this enrichment you will learn
how to knit. If you have knitted
before and want to re-learn or have
never picked up a pair of knitting
needles or a ball of yarn before in
your life, then come along and learn
how to make yourself (or someone
else) something warm and cosy.
(Invitation)
GCSE practice of speaking, writing
and reading for exams in French.
Football - Y10
Be prepared
to practise
skills and get
involved in
team work
during match play.
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Wednesday Clubs
Music Production/Anime Club
(Sign-up)
Learn to be a music producer and
sound engineer. Auto-tune your Logic
Pro Skills to the max.
Also become involved in computer drawing of animation characters.
Biology Intervention
Resistance Sliding
(Invitation)
This enrichment provides an
opportunity for students to
complete exam practice questions
and practice study skills in a small
group.
It is an opportunity to embed key
scientific concepts for biology.
WEININGERSLIDE is using your own
bodyweight whilst sliding to create
a training effect. It uses very little
impact (if any) to condition and
strengthen the body.
Anime Club
Are you interested in hand-drawn or
computer generated animations?
Come and join us!
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Wednesday Clubs
Science—Year 10
Mindful Colouring
(Invitation)
This enrichment provides an
opportunity for students to
complete exam practice questions and practice
study skills in a small group.
It is an opportunity to embed key scientific
concepts for biology, chemistry and physics.
Table Tennis
Anyone of any skill level can pick up a
bat, and immediately have fun
playing. You don’t really need any
skill to enjoy
yourself, but
with every
shot played you
quickly become
more confident.
Colouring is a great way to introduce yourself to the concept of
mindfulness. Allowing us to go
back to a slower pace and help us
to reconnect with ourselves. Perfect after a hard day at school.
Film Club
This club will give you the chance to
watch, discuss and review a diverse range
of films – feeding your imagination.
Film is a uniquely powerful medium,
which can introduce you to a wider world
while promoting better learning, Improved social and communication skills and raising aspirations.
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Thursday Clubs
Redbridge Book Club
Shadowing Group
Computer Science
Learn to code and create a range of
Do you enjoy reading fictional
and non-fictional books?
software programs for fun.
Then come along to book club.
This will involve reading award
winning books and having an
opportunity to work
collaboratively to review these
books.
ARK Gala
KS4 Maths Booster
(Invitation)
Preparations for GSCE
maths exams.
The sessions will include
practice papers and
discussions around key
mathematical techniques.
(Invitation)
If our bid is
successful then we
will start rehearsing
every Thursday from 9th May through to the
end of term. Students will be invited based
on their commitment and practice in big
band lessons during the first four weeks of
term and over the Easter holidays. As with
previous years, students will need to be
released from their existing enrichments (if
on a Thursday), if they are selected to
perform at the Barbican.
Forty students will be selected. Ten from
each year group.
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Thursday Clubs
Table Tennis
Anyone of any skill level can pick up a bat, and immediately have fun playing. You don’t really need any skill to enjoy yourself, but with every shot
played you quickly become more confident.
Clarinet Group
Raising Attainment: History GCSE
(Sign-up)
Year 10
Clarinet
group is a
fantastic
new
opportunity
to learn
another
instrument alongside your big
band
instrument. Learn how
to play all kinds of music from jazz
to pop on this versatile wind
instrument.
Need help with the new learning for
GCSE History?
Then join this enrichment, where
pre-learning and consolidation of
new learning will be the priority.
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Thursday Clubs
Planeteers
School of Rock
Join the Planeteers where you help
to develop exciting Eco projects
across the Academy.
(Sign-up in music lessons)
Do you play guitar or bass and
would like to practice and improve
your skills? Fancy learning some of
the world’s best classic rock and
guitar songs in a fun and relaxed
setting? Then sign-up for School of
Rock on Thursdays 4.15pm-5.15pm
in the Music Department. Rock on!
We are working towards a National
Eco Award and you will have the
opportunity to take part in assemblies, play a key role in the care and
well-being of the science depart-
Social club - Lunch time
This cannot be selected as your only
enrichment for the week.
The lunchtime club will be an
additional club to your weekly
enrichment commitment.
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Thursday Clubs
Zumba
Softball
Awesome workout .
Softball is a variant of baseball played
with a larger ball on a smaller field. It
was invented in 1887 in Chicago as an
indoor game. It was at various times
called indoor baseball, mush ball,
playground, softbund ball, kitten ball,
and, because it was also played by
women, ladies' baseball. The name
softball was given to the game in
1926.
Dance to great music, with your
peers.
Year 10—English Intervention
(Invitation)
This club provides an opportunity to revisit the learning completed in lessons
and to build upon communication skills in preparation for GCSE exams in June
2017.
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Friday Clubs
Geography Stretch & Challenge
(Invitation)
‘Raising attainment in Geography’ is an enrichment activity to support and
stretch students to reach their full potential. Although targeted students will
be invited to attend this club but the club is open to anyone who would like to
improve their exam techniques in GCSE Geography. The club will run on
Monday after school for one hour.
Badminton
Hip Hop Brass Band X
Learn how to play this popular
racket sport with qualified coaches
at INA.
(Sign-up)
The famous collection of horns
and drums playing hip-hop tunes
that will get you onto your feet!
We will be playing badminton
against other schools in the area,
so this is the club to attend if you
are interested in developing your
skills and improving your game.
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Friday Clubs
Soul Band
Pop ’n’ Funk Horns
(Selection in music lesson)
(Selection in music lesson)
The longest-running INA Band. An
incredibly popular fusion of funk
and soul music for Singers, rhythm
New! Saxes and rhythm section
playing all the latest hits.
Girls Running Club
Fancy joining a girls’ only jogging club? Keep fit and get some summer air in
your lungs on a Friday afternoon! Ms Macfarlane’s Girls’ Running Club will
explore running routes in the local area. Years 7-10 welcome! You do not
have to be a regular or strong runner – the club is for anyone who wants an
end of the week jog!
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