On Friday 25^th October we had our second Personal Development Day of the academic year. The Personal Development programme looks to educate and nurture students, enabling them to make informed choices in their lives so that they can keep themselves healthy, safe and happy.

All year, groups had a lesson celebrating Black History Month – the theme of which was Reclaiming Narratives.  Each year, the group then followed a bespoke programme for the day with different lessons and experiences:

Year 7 – The focus of the day was team building, new challenges and the importance of communication. Lots of fun was had as the students undertook team building challenges in their houses.

Year 8 – The focus of the day was ‘Think Future’. Students learnt about the option process to help them prepare for choosing their GCSE subjects. All students attended a ‘Options Fayre’. Each GCSE subject had a stall which was manned by a student ambassador from Year 9. The Year 9 students were brilliant at explaining what the subject at GCSE level entailed, showed the Year 8 students the resources and books and answered any questions that they had.

Students also learnt about human rights.

Year 9 – the focus of the day was Global Citizens, and the students looked at important topics such as cultural appropriation and microaggressions.

Year 10 students looked at the influence of role models and looked at human rights through RE lessons.

Year 11 – these students focused on becoming an adult. We welcomed EBP, who delivered a session to the students about being interviewed ready and helped the students understand the language, employability skills and framework that employers may be looking for.

A fantastic day and we look forward to Personal Development Day 3 on Monday 13^th January 2025.