Enrichment
Find out why enrichment is important to us and our pupils
Why enrichment?
The purpose of enrichment at Reach Academy Feltham is to introduce students to topics and opportunities that they don’t have access to as part of the academic curriculum. Enrichment aims to broaden students’ aspirations and foster a love of learning outside the curriculum. Enrichment is run in phase 2 and phase 3 across the phases, which allows students across years 3-5 and years 6-8 to interact, with older students taking leadership roles.
Enrichment options
Enrichment options in Phase 2 and 3 deepen learning offered in academic subjects or provide access to new disciplines. Examples are Science Club, Coding, Politics Club, Debating, Board Games, Sewing and many more. Sports options are also available to encourage healthy living and varied forms of exercise. Our enrichment program is not formally assessed, but each of the enrichment options builds towards a final project or outcome. For example, in our Art enrichment session, students work on creating their own illustrated story book, which they present to other students in the group at the end. Similarly, in our World Board Games option, students design and create their own board game and present this to other students in the group.
Accountability and reward
As pupils grow older, there is a gradual increase in accountability. For phase 2 pupils, enrichment is a weekly occurrence. However, in Phase 3, enrichment also acts as a reward for academic achievements and positive behaviour. It is only available to those students achieving a score of above 75 on their weekly payslip, which emphasises the need for consistent attendance and provides a time slot each week to catch up on key missed work.
Enrichment Events
We also have a variety of events as part of enrichment. These include the Jack Petchey award, Speak Out Challenge, McClaren Day, and Mock Trial. The Jack Petchey award is allocated to a student every month based on nominations made by teachers and their peers. This award gives the student £300 with which they can fund something of their choice for the school – previous winners have chosen to purchase new sports equipment, or to take their form on a team bonding bowling trip. We also use enrichment sessions to focus on musical theatre and dance for our Year 3, Year 4 and Year 5 pupils, who are given the opportunity to be part of the school performance. Our Y10 students take part in the Speak Out Challenge every year – this is a day off timetable in which students learn how to give a speech confidently, and are given the chance to present something that matters to them. The winning students continue into a local competition, and have the potential to continue to the national rounds.
Clubs, trips and residentials
Our extracurricular activities provide our students with opportunities outside of the curriculum and experiences in the wider world…
