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Enrichment Week

While a large proportion of our students’ time is spent on ensuring their academic success,
we also believe in helping students develop their characters; find out more about their
interests and passions; and invest in their social, moral and cultural life-skills.
The activities the College offers in Enrichment Week, including Sports, Arts, Music,
community development and work experience, are perfectly placed to support this. They
can help improve students’ future employability, boost self-confidence, develop
leadership skills, instil self-motivation, overcome fears and help them succeed in society.
They are also a fantastic way to increase students’ enjoyment of College life, creating an
inclusive spirit and helping build life-long memories and friendships.
During enrichment week the normal college timetable is collapsed and students are
offered a range of alternative learning experiences and activities outside of the usual
curriculum. Activities range from Creative Writing
workshops, Football sessions, Cinema trips and
Caving to Surfing, Cheerleading, Dance trips to
London, and Outdoor Educational trips to the
Ardeche.

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Impact Day 2

Wednesday, 14 March saw the second of the College’s Impact Day Initiatives. As with the previous Impact Day
it was a day that represented everything that is best about the quality of character education at the College,
with topics of Exploration, Discovery and Sustainability covered through workshops and themed curriculum
lessons.
We were delighted to welcome back Science Made Simple, to deliver one of their unique science shows - Music
to Your Ears.
The PE Department completed a day of physical activity to see what power output they could create and,
using a conversion chart, what this would mean in terms of electrical devices they could power.
Year 9 attended a very informative presentation by Dr Tim Poate, from Plymouth University. He is an expert on
Wave Mechanics and Coastal Studies.
A sculpture workshop on the theme of sustainability had students embracing the challenge of creating art from
recycled materials with a series of collaborative drawing activities; wire fish sculptures; and a large metal fish
installation, combining recycled plastic bottles and crushed tin cans.
Various activities continued throughout the lunch time. Presentations ranging from the type of packaging used
in products which are sold in our College canteen, to a cookery demonstration and taster session for various
Quorn products. Also the team from Devon Norse provided a Smoothie Bike and a huge amount of fresh fruit,
and showed just how fruitful human power can be.
Twenty-six keen Year 7 scientists presented their projects in the Science competition. Sixth Form students and
staff judged the presentations and ‘Evolution in Technology’ was the winner. In all twelve students won places
on the MET Office Science Camp later in the year.
A presentation was given to Sports Academy students by nutrition expert, Matt Lawson and Simon Bradeley from
Tanita UK (world leaders in body composition technology). Students were given the opportunity to look at their
muscle mass, body fat mass, hydration and testing of different areas throughout the body.
The day finished in an assembly with Year 11 with a talk by Mark Lawson to students who are due to take their
exams in May. He emphasized the importance of exercise, nutrition and sleep during the exam period and
ways that good nutrition and exercise can improve brain function and concentration.

The College Echo - Summer 2018 - www.ivybridge.devon.sch.uk