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Walton Support and Enrichment

Discover the benefits of Walton Support and Enrichment program for Year 11-12 students, including the opportunity to enhance UCAS applications, gain leadership skills, and experience a wide variety of settings. Learn about the difference between Walton Support and Enrichment activities, such as work experience, volunteering, and creative writing, and how they contribute to the AQA Baccalaureate qualification. Explore the possibilities of becoming a peer mentor, participating in sports leadership, and joining Young Enterprise for a competitive edge. Keep track of your involvement through the Enrichment Diary for accreditation.

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Walton Support and Enrichment

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  1. Walton Support and Enrichment Year 11-12 Induction

  2. Why do we Offer Walton Support and Enrichment? • Opportunity to enhance their UCAS application or C.V. • Excellent experience in a wide variety of settings • Gain leadership and organisation skills

  3. What’s the Difference Between Walton Support and Enrichment? • Enrichment happens on a Wednesday afternoon P5-6. It can be in or out of school. They MIGHT need to organise a different time with an outside organisation. • Enrichment could be • Young Enterprise • Sports Leader • Work Experience hospital, school, pharmacy, law firm, engineering company, charity shop etc • Volunteering – could be in the community or in school Weds 5&6 and Thurs 1&2 • Creative writing group

  4. Walton Support is organised by the student with a teacher at a mutually convenient time • It happens at school.

  5. What is Walton Support and what can you do?

  6. Walton Support • Helping / Organising with clubs and activities • Year 7 mentors / peer mentors • Helping students on a one to one basis in core subject areas • Supporting teachers with particular classes and activities • Break-time supervision

  7. Walton Support • “Give back” to the school community • Must be undertaken in school • In addition to Enrichment • Equivalent of 1X 50 minute period every week • Role model • Positive involvement with the House System • Counts towards the AQA Bacc 100 hours

  8. Lots of other Possibilities • Dance club – help prepare for Expressions • Help in Student Support • Help with drama clubs and / or lunchtime supervision of Y7 in the drama studio • Maintain and update classroom displays by helping the Art technician • Help out in any subject at all • Maths department always have plenty of vacancies – see Mrs Hanson • Science Clubs • Become a part of the senior students team

  9. Enrichment • Contributes directly to the AQA Bacc Qualification – Minimum 100 hours needed in total • It can be done in or out of school. Not necessarily on Wednesday. • Students negotiate their own arrangements - work experience placements must be approved before you start work

  10. Work Experience • Out of school placements must be approved • Letter from home needed • Confirmation that the organisation is willing to accept you. • Forms with employer contact details etc. must be returned for approval

  11. Volunteering • McMillan Coffee morning – 12 hours • Supporting Katharine House – 6-8 hours • Listen to young readers in one of the feeder primary schools • Students needed to help regularly in the step centre • Arrange extra lesson support / clubs and activity work in school • Support the work of the sixth form Committee – Big events

  12. Sports Leader & Young Enterprise • Valued by admissions tutors • Sports Leader -organising events in feeder primaries • Young Enterprise - find out about running a real company • Take part in a local trade fair • Prepare business plans, trade fairs accounts and company reports • Present to business professionals • Give you the edge to make your application stand out

  13. The AQA Baccalaureate Overarching qualification with three main strands in addition to • 3 full A Level subjects and 1 AS in a 4th subject • EPQ – Extended Project Qualification • Enrichment Diary

  14. Extended Project • Students choose an area of interest in their subject, but not on the teaching specification • Must investigate a question that they formulate • Either produce a 5,000 word document • Or make a product supported with 1,000 word explanation • Invite small audience for their presentation

  15. Enrichment Diary • Activities done in Walton Support and Enrichment can contribute to the strands of the Baccalaureate Enrichment diary. On line diary where they log all of their extra activities

  16. Accreditation • Pass • Merit • Distinction • Result is dependent on overall A level grades

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