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There are four Christian Values Enrichment Days annually. These are aimed at enhancing the Curriculum by focusing on the Christian values, with pupils experiencing a wealth of different activities, educational visits and team based tasks.
2021-22
Below is the programme of the Christian Values Enrichment Day activities for 2021-2022. These were reviewed following the pandemic and have strongly focused on the pupils being able to take part in the activities they missed due to lockdown, particularly educational visits.
Christian Values Enrichment Days 2021-22
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June |
July (1) |
July (2) |
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Year 7 |
Good and Evil AIMS: Pupils take part in activities looking our school motto, ‘Therefore Choose’ and taking part in various activities and reflections. CHRISTIAN VALUES: Community, faith. ACTIVITIES: Pupils take part in activities including a fashion show and drama looking at how God will help if there are any big decisions to be made and how they can make positive choices in life. |
Geography Field visit: White Scar Caves AIMS: Pupils explore the awe and wonder of the limestone landscape at Ingleton’s White Scar Caves. CHRISTIAN VALUES: Creation, thankfulness. ACTIVITIES: Pupils explore the caves and their magnificent features such as stalagmites, stalactites and underground waterfalls. Pupils complete a field sketch of the surrounding limestone landscape at Ingleton. |
“Celebration” AIM: To use creativity exploring themes and preparing for the end of term service. CHRISTIAN VALUES: Creation, community. ACTIVITIES: This day is used annually to prepare pupils for the end of term service and the themes which will be explored in this. |
Teambuilding and wellbeing AIM: To explore both physical and mental health and improve wellbeing. CHRISTIAN VALUES: Community, peace ACTIVITIES: This day is in two halves. Pupils take part in teambuilding physical activities which require both mental and physical strength. Pupils also learn about their own wellbeing and explore themes such as self identity, positive relationships, healthy eating and mental health. |
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Year 8 |
Geography Field visit: White Scar Caves AIMS: Pupils explore the awe and wonder of the limestone landscape at Ingleton’s White Scar Caves. CHRISTIAN VALUES: Creation, thankfulness. ACTIVITIES: Pupils explore the caves and their magnificent features such as stalagmites, stalactites and underground waterfalls. Pupils complete a field sketch of the surrounding limestone landscape at Ingleton. |
Humanities visits Mosque and Synagogue visit: AIM: To build faith bridges with other religious communities. CHRISTIAN VALUES: Community ACTIVITIES: Pupils visit Manchester synagogues and the Blackburn Mosque and speakers talk to them about their religious beliefs and customs. (Islam / Judaism)
Grasmere Geography field trip AIMS: Pupils explore the impacts of tourism on Grasmere village and the importance of stewardship. CHRISTIAN VALUES: Creation, thankfulness, stewardship. ACTIVITIES: Pupils complete a number of data collection tasks to explore how tourism has affected this honeypot site. They will explore both the positive and negative effects of tourism, and why stewardship is so important in village.
History visit to Thackray Medical Museum, Leeds AIMS: Pupils explore medicine through the ages CHRISTIAN VALUES: Community, compassion, thankfulness ACTIVITIES: Pupils attend Thackray Medical Museum and are guided round the museum learning about medicine through the ages. |
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Year 9 |
STEM DAY AIM: To have an entire day dedicated to investigating projects based on Science, Maths, Engineering and Technology. CHRISTIAN VALUES: stewardship. ACTIVITIES: Pupils take part in STEM activities, including sustainability workshops appreciating the importance of working together as a global community. |
Duke of Edinburgh’s Bronze Award expedition June: training day for expedition Pupils are completing their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh’s Award during their Curriculum Enrichment time in Year 9. This culminates at the end of the year with the expedition. In June the pupils do a training day, where they learn how to pack a rucksack, complete some walking, revise map reading skills, trangia cooking and pitch a tent in preparation for the real expedition in July.
July: Bronze DofE expedition Pupils complete their expedition over two days, one of which is the July Enrichment Day.
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Bangdrum AIMS: To give pupils the experience of another culture through the Performing Arts. CHRISTIAN VALUES: Community ACTIVITIES: Outside group Bang Drum allow pupils to experience the culture and rhythms of Brazil. Pupils have a presentation of different styles of world percussion and dance, touching on the history and culture of styles from Egypt, West African and Cuba. They then take part in Art, Dance and Music culminating in a fantastic performance at the end of the day where all their work comes together. |
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Year 10 |
Computing and SMSC day This day is in two parts. AIMS: To promote Online Safety, Computing, allow pupils to try data programming and to give pupils their first insights into revision techniques and strategies for exam success. CHRISTIAN VALUES: Trust, community, endurance. ACTIVITIES: Pupils are involved in ’Super Sleuthing’ using data programming to find treasure. Part of their day is also focused on safety online. Half of the day is dedicated to SMSC, with pupils looking at immigration, Prevent / radicalisation, mental health and wellbeing. |
Runshaw College Sampling Day AIMS: To give Year 11 a taste of college life and explore ideas for their future. CHRISTIAN VALUES: Hope ACTIVITIES: Year 11 attend Runshaw College. They select various subjects and courses to explore which interest them and then take part in these as taster sessions.
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Myerscough College Taster Day AIMS: To give Year 11 a taste of a practical college, apprenticeships and post 18 college life and explore ideas for their future. CHRISTIAN VALUES: Hope ACTIVITIES: Year 11 attend Myerscough College. They learn about the practical courses such as sports and land based courses. Pupils also learn about what post 18 college life is like living on a campus. There are also sessions held in school where employers come to speak to them about their careers.
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Chorley employer experiences AIMS: To allow Year 11 to explore possible career paths and learn from employers. CHRISTIAN VALUES: Hope ACTIVITIES: Year 11 pupils completed a questionnaire stating their career interests for the future. School made links with more than 30 employers in Chorley and pupils were allocated up to six places of work to visit according to their interests. They walked around Chorley with staff visiting and interviewing the employers which included: fire and police services, engineering, retail, health and social care, hospitality, management and business. |
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Year 11 |
Alton Towers AIMS: To celebrate dedicated diligence and give pupils a well-deserved fun day. CHRISTIAN VALUES: Community ACTIVITIES: Pupils go to Alton Towers for the day as a special treat for their hard work and commitment. Pupils benefit greatly from this break from work! |
Year 11 have left |
Year 11 have left |
Year 11 have left |
These activities are reviewed annually and the plan for 2022-23 is presently being created.
2020-21
In Summer of 2020, due to Covid 19, all pupils except Year 10 were taught remotely. Therefore pupils did not experience the usual Christian Values Enrichment Days in June and July 2020. Similarly in September 2020, due to Covid measures and social distancing, the September Enrichment Day also did not take place.
Following this, in July 2021, we were keen to re-introduce these experiences, with a focus particularly on pupils’ wellbeing and personal development, rekindling the social interaction and teamwork these days enhance, and enthusing our pupils once again with the joy and hope of ‘life in all its fullness.’ A new programme for the Enrichment Days was developed, with this in mind, involving a much greater focus on improving pupil mental health, being in the outdoors, teambuilding activities and ‘fun!’
In 2019 we started the Year 9 Curriculum Enrichment programme which enables all pupils to achieve their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. An expedition was planned at the end of 2020, but due to lockdown, the planned expedition for that year group could not go ahead. During 2020-21 the next cohort of Year 9 pupils followed the Curriculum Enrichment programme, meaning they too had achieved all aspects of their Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, except the expedition. In summer 2021, therefore, we had two year groups who needed to complete an expedition in order to pass their Bronze Award. The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award organisers modified the regulations of their expeditions to enable pupils to complete this whilst still under Covid measures, so an ‘on-site’ expedition was planned at school. This allowed pupils in two years groups to complete their award and involved walking ten miles around the school site, completing a nature project, planting trees, and taking part in many physical and mental challenges. A total of 408 pupils completed their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh’s Award in Years 10 and 11 in summer 2021. For this reason, the two Enrichment Days held in July also included extra days to allow the two year groups to complete their expeditions.
Summer 2020-21 Christian Values Enrichment Days
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Monday 12 July |
Tuesday 13 July Enrichment Day |
Wednesday 14 July Enrichment Day |
Thursday 15 July |
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Year 11 |
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Bang Drum / SMSC+wellbeing Half day: Bang Drum is a group which allows pupils to experience the culture and rhythms of Brazil. Pupils have a presentation of different styles of world percussion and dance, touching on the history and culture of styles from Egypt, West African and Cuba. They then take part in Art, Dance and Music culminating in a fantastic performance at the end of the day where all their work comes together
Half day SMSC+wellbeing: Prevent Wellbeing session 2 Expedition skills sessions |
DofE expedition
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DofE expedition
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Year 10 |
DofE expedition
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DofE expedition
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Bang Drum / SMSC / wellbeing See above left for Bang Drum information
Half day = SMSC / wellbeing Bereavement Anxiety Stewardship of our world Container project. (Pupils have designed furniture for our outdoor eating space and one session was spent painting and building furniture for this.) |
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Year 9 |
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Teambuilding / wellbeing PE team building challenges Wellbeing – modified from Saltmine Company
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MFL / European Day The pupils take part in varied activities aimed at increasing their understanding of different European nations, whilst also celebrating the important and necessity of learning languages. They take part in technology and performing arts activities, some cook mini Black Forest Gateaux, create artwork in the style of Hundertwasser, learn Spanish and do some Tyrolean dancing. |
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Year 8 |
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Celebration! Practising Dance, Drama, Music and Art for the end of year service. The service is led by the whole of Year 8.
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Teambuilding / welllbeing PE team building challenges Wellbeing – modified from Saltmine Company
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In addition to the Christian Values Enrichment Days in 2020-21, there was an additional day for Years 9 and 10 held in late June.
Pupils in Year 9 spent the day taking part in the ‘Wonderland’ wellbeing experience led by the Saltmine Company. They also practised for their DofE expedition.
Pupils in Year 10 had a talk from mental health professional Charlotte Lowe, then also practised for their DofE expedition.
Year 11 – in their final week of being in school, also had a bespoke week of experiences, focusing on their wellbeing and the future. Colleges and sixth form schools led lessons ‘virtually’ in subjects not taught in schools, such as Classics, Psychology, Sociology and Criminology, as well as taking part in teambuilding activities, mental health talks and life skills.
The programme is below:
Christian Values Enrichment Days pre-2019
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June |
July (1) |
July (2) |
September |
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Year 7 |
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Good and Evil AIMS: Pupils take part in activities looking our school motto, ‘Therefore Choose’ and taking part in various activities and reflections. CHRISTIAN VALUES: Community, faith. ACTIVITIES: Pupils take part in activities including a fashion show and drama looking at how God will help if there are any big decisions to be made and how they can make positive choices in life. |
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Year 8 |
(Year 7) RE and Humanities trip AIMS: To explore the impact of a cathedral as part of a joint RE, History and Geography trip. CHRISTIAN VALUES: Faith. ACTIVITIES: Pupils travel to Blackburn Cathedral. They explore the life of the cathedral and engage in a short act of worship led by cathedral clergy. Pupils also visit the Blackburn Museum and take part in a Geography survey.
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Celebration AIM: To use creativity exploring themes and preparing for the end of term service. CHRISTIAN VALUES: Community. ACTIVITIES: This day is used annually to prepare pupils for the end of term service and the themes which will be explored in this. This year pupils looked at the First World War, creating costumes and artwork depicting aspects of this. |
Media Day AIM: This is a teamwork project designed to help pupils with their speaking and writing skills and involved a ‘Dragon’s Den’ style activity CHRISTIAN VALUES: Community, trust. ACTIVITIES: Pupils work together to create a entrepreneurial school based business product. They then showcase their product in front of others persuading them of its worth. |
Human Rights AIM Pupils spend the day exploring the theme of Human Rights. CHRISTIAN VALUES: Justice, peace, hope, community. ACTIVITIES: Pupils take part in three out of four practical based activities within Dance, Drama, Art and Music. They watch a film telling the story of Charlotte Salomon, a German Jewish painter, who died in Auschwitz concentration camp in 1943. They then explore various human rights through team building activities. |
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Year 9 |
(Year 8)European Day AIMS: To explore different cultures encouraging tolerance, community and understanding. CHRISTIAN VALUES: Community ACTIVITIES: The pupils take part in varied activities aimed at increasing their understanding of different European nations, whilst also celebrating the important and necessity of learning languages. They take part in PE activities, some cook mini Black Forest Gateaux, make origami butterflies and have the first chance to learn Spanish. |
Salford Quays / Imperial War Museum / Jewish Trail JEWISH TRAIL AIM: To build faith bridges with other religious communities. CHRISTIAN VALUES: Community ACTIVITIES: Pupils visit Manchester synagogues and take part in a ‘Jewish Trail.’ SALFORD QUAYS – for pupils who have opted to take Geography. AIM: To explore the impact of urban regeneration CHRISTIAN VALUES: Stewardship. IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM – for pupils who have opted to take History. AIM: to visit the museum and take part in fact finding activities. |
Salford Quays / Imperial War Museum / Jewish Trail JEWISH TRAIL AIM: To build faith bridges with other religious communities. CHRISTIAN VALUES: Community ACTIVITIES: Pupils visit Manchester synagogues and take part in a ‘Jewish Trail.’ SALFORD QUAYS – for pupils who have opted to take Geography. AIM: To explore the impact of urban regeneration CHRISTIAN VALUES: Stewardship. IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM – for pupils who have opted to take History. AIM: to visit the museum and take part in fact finding activities. |
STEM Day AIM: To have an entire day dedicated to investigating projects based on Science, Maths, Engineering and Technology. CHRISTIAN VALUES: stewardship. ACTIVITIES: Pupils take part in STEM activities, including sustainability workshops appreciating the importance of working together as a global community. |
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Year 10 |
Citizenship, Finance and wellbeing AIMS: For the pupils to learn how to manage money, budget for the future and keep an eye on their savings. The 2nd part of the day explores current issues – pornography, bereavement and social issues. CHRISTIAN VALUES: Community, peace ACTIVITIES: The Maths department deliver sessions to teach pupils about budgeting, savings and pensions. Pupils take part in an enterprise activities requiring them to make their own catering business and manage money. The other half of the day is led by Simon Corner (our Christian Youth Worker) and outside speakers. |
Computing and Teambuilding Day This day is in two parts. AIMS: To promote Online Safety, Computing, allow pupils to try data programming and to give pupils their first insights into revision techniques and strategies for exam success. CHRISTIAN VALUES: Trust, community, endurance. ACTIVITIES: Pupils are involved in ’Super Sleuthing’ using data programming to find treasure. Part of their day is also focused on safety online. Half of the day is led by the PE department and the Army who involve the pupils in team building and endurance tasks. |
Bang Drum AIMS: To give pupils the experience of another culture through the Performing Arts. CHRISTIAN VALUES: Community ACTIVITIES: Outside group Bang Drum allow pupils to experience the culture and rhythms of Brazil. Pupils have a presentation of different styles of world percussion and dance, touching on the history and culture of styles from Egypt, West African and Cuba. They then take part in Art, Dance and Music culminating in a fantastic performance at the end of the day where all their work comes together. |
SMSC Day (Social, moral, spiritual and cultural understanding) AIMS: For the pupils to investigate spiritual relaxation techniques, appreciate the differing cultures around them, understand the Prevent Strategy, investigate extremism and radicalisation. CHRISTIAN VALUES: Community, peace ACTIVITIES: Pupils take part in Mindfulness activities, yoga, look at British values, immigration, extremism and radicalisation. A motivational speaker also leads a sessions on success strategies. |
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Year 11 |
Runshaw Sampling AIMS: To give Year 11 a taste of college life and explore ideas for their future. CHRISTIAN VALUES: Hope ACTIVITIES: Year 11 attend Runshaw College. They select various subjects and courses to explore which interest them and then take part in these as taster sessions.
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Skills for Work AIMS: to provide an insight into the challenges and skills needed for employment in today’s job market and to practise and thereby appreciate the value of teamwork, leadership, communication, management and enterprise skills within the working environment. CHRISTIAN VALUES: Community, trust. ACTIVITIES: Pupils take part in a series of team building activities led by outside employers. |
Skills for Work AIMS: to provide an insight into the challenges and skills needed for employment in today’s job market and to practise and thereby appreciate the value of teamwork, leadership, communication, management and enterprise skills within the working environment. CHRISTIAN VALUES: Community, trust. ACTIVITIES: Pupils take part in a series of team building activities led by outside employers. |
Alton Towers AIMS: To celebrate dedicated diligence and give pupils a well-deserved fun day. CHRISTIAN VALUES: Community ACTIVITIES: Pupils go to Alton Towers for the day as a special treat for their hard work and commitment. Pupils benefit greatly from this break from work!
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