Enrichment and Raising Aspirations at Queen Elizabeth’s Girls’ School, Pupil Premium
As a school we believe that enrichment activities and wider experiences beyond the curriculum are an important part of the all-round educational experience and so we invest part of the pupil premium funding in enrichment activities for the students across the year groups.
We have funded the following enrichment and aspirational activities:
| Enrichment opportunities | |
| Elevate – Revision Workshops |
Years 10 and 11 Two sessions ‘Ace your exams' and ‘Memory and Mnemonics’ |
| Free Music Tuition |
Years 8 and 9 Delivered by a peripatetic music teacher on a one to one basis weekly |
| Rock Challenge |
All Years A dance competition which promotes healthy life choices. Students take part in performing, make up, and set designing and building. |
| Shakespeare Workshop |
Year 9 One day event to help get to grips with understanding Shakespeare |
| White Water Writers |
KS3 White Water Writers is a literacy project that enables groups of up to ten writers to write and publish their own novel within five days facilitated by university students. |
| Raising Aspirations | |
| The Girls Network |
Year 9 A mentoring programme that matches students with a professional female mentor in order to inspire them and help them to succeed |
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Careers Interviews |
Years 9, 10 and 11 Throughout the Year |
| University Visits | Throughout the Year |
| PiXL Conferences – Getting into the top universities | Years 10/11 and Years 8/9 |
| Educational Visits | |
| Warner Brothers Studio | Script Writing KS3
Students took part in a script writing and film making course at the Warner Bros Studio |
| Geography Field Trip |
Year 10 Students visit Epping Forest to carry out their research |
| Boulogne | Year 7 |
| Rock Ur Teens Conference |
Year 9 Encouraging students to create a global community of teens in order to inspire change in the world. |
| Residential Trips | |
| History Battlefields Trip | Year 9 |
| Ski Trip | Years 10 and 11 |