What is Enrichment?
At Burnley College we believe enrichment is an essential component of education. It enhances your learning beyond the core academic curriculum, providing opportunities for personal development, skill enhancement, improved wellbeing and vital networking.
Enrichment ranges from sports activities to book clubs to mock trials - all aimed at building futures and changing lives.
You will be choosing your enrichment subject when you come to enrol with us from Thursday 22 August so you’ve got plenty of time to make up your mind.
Alongside your chosen enrichment activity, you will have the opportunity to participate in the central Enrichment Plus programmes on offer, including opportunities such as Duke of Edinburgh and World Challenge.
Why is Enrichment Compulsory?
At Burnley College, enrichment is compulsory so that you will:
• Develop a broad set of skills
• Engage in new and diverse activities
• Experience a holistic approach to education that prepares you for both academic and professional success
Enrichment Name Description
Textiles
Interior design
Introduction to 3D Modelling - Creating a Realistic Asset
Smart Phone Photography
A introduction to fashion and textile techniques. Using an experimental approach using sustainable materials.
Interior perspective drawing, elevation drawing, concept model making.
To introduce students to 3D modelling, enhancing their understanding and skills by guiding them through the creation of a realistic 3D asset. This activity aims to foster creativity, enhance technical proficiency, and provide practical experience in asset creation for games and other media.
An introduction to smartphone photography, this activity will elevate your mobile photography skills and discover your cameras potential. Master advanced settings and composition types to make your photos more interesting and stand out from the crowd.
Scene Analysis
Short Film Club
Esports Coaching and performance building
Esports Content Creation
Decoding Themes and Symbols - watch specific film scenes and discuss their significance. These sessions are designed to deepen your understanding of film analysis, encouraging you to think critically about various elements.
A platform to showcase short films from around the world. Including Anime (e.g. Studio Ghibli) and animation (e.g. stop motion and motion capture).
Learners will be responsible for the coaching, analysis and performance planning for the championships teams. This will include captains meetings, video reviews, practise and workshops.
Learners will be responsible for generating ideas and creating content for the BC Esports social pages, whilst also planning and executing live stream and shoutcasting over the Student Champ series.
Introduction Digital Sculpting
Musical Theatre Film Club
Build your Repertoire
An introduction to digital sculpting to be able to create digital representations of organic creatures.
An opportunity to immerse yourself in the digital world of Musical Theatre. From Calamaty Jane to Come From Away, from Hello Dolly to Hairspray you will experience a variety of entertaining Musical Theatre genres on film!
Join our club for a chance to build your existing repertoire! In this hour, you'll have the opportunity to try out new songs and monologues, whether for fun or auditions. Challenge yourself, learn new material, and expand your performance skills in a supportive environment.
Dance Fitness
A fun, energetic and high energy dance fitness session. All abilities welcome. This session will boost your mood, stamina and flexibility as you learn fitness based routines to a variety of songs.
Latin Dance Latin Dance is a perfect mix of various dance styles from cultures around the world, creating a dance style encompassing this new age of Latin culture. This class is an open class for any ability.
Ensemble Singing
Intro to Studio Recording
Whether you're an experienced vocalist or a complete beginner, this group offers a relaxed, judgment-free environment where you can explore your voice and grow your confidence. There are no auditions or assessmentsjust a shared joy for music and singing. Join to connect with fellow singers, enhance your vocal skills, and experience the pleasure of making music as a community.
Learn how to record sound and music in a studio environment. You will be setting up microphones, operating the mixing console, and capturing the audio in DAW software, while learning how to do so in a professional manner while working with performers and artists.
Death metal with Dave Listening Lesson whereby you can come and kick back and listen to the history of extreme metal music. We will be going back to the beginnings of Heavy Metal music and go right through the metal history timeline, encompassing such beutiful genres as Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Grindcore, Sludge, Black Metal, and of course Industrial Metal.
Workshop session
Illustration Workshop
Fashion Construction Workshop session
Esports Club
Acting Academy
Ceramics
Illustration & Comics
Mario Kart Tournament
A level catch-up second years.
Draw draw and draw somemore. Fun times!
Additional practical support in fashion construction techniques.
Join your friends and colleagues for an hour of relaxed video gaming in our industry standard esports rooms.
Develop your acting skills and work towards a performance project as a company.
Ceramics workshop for BTEC Level 3 Art students, to continue building and further developing ceramic skills: Handbuilding, slip casting, glazing and wheel throwing.
Discuss the history of illustration and comics, historical and contempory practices, and relevant industry news, and develop skills required for a career in the industry.
Srudents will participate in an F1 style tournament on Mario Kart where each week you will race for points using the same character and car. There will be heats and towards the end of the year semi-finals and finals.
Strength & Stretch
A practical class that will consist of a series of exercises to help improve strength, muscular endurance and flexibility. The class will finish with a short relaxing guided mediation.
