PARENT/CARER HANDBOOK
ENRICHMENT The enrichment programme at Elliott Hudson College gives students the opportunity to develop new interests, become more knowledgeable and skilled in an area, boost their self-confidence and benefit from doing something away from their main academic subjects.
Enrichment is not able to take place in the format of previous years in September 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. We hope to be able to run enrichment later in the academic year if we are able to return to our usual timetable. The majority of enrichment activities take place on Wednesday afternoons and last 6 weeks. This gives students the opportunity to try new activities and students will participate in at least two per academic year. They are also challenged to take enrichments in at least two different pathways. Enrichment activities are planned to be purposeful and are closely linked to the competencies students need to evidence on applications. Increasingly, employers and universities say they are looking for applicants with a wide range of employability skills; the CBI say that over 70% of employers want employability skills to be a top education priority. These so called “soft skills� such as independence, team working, communication and problem-solving are developed through these extracurricular activities and will make our young people competitive applicants as apprentices, employees and university undergraduates. A record will be kept of all the activities each student participates in and the details are then used by their guidance tutor to write a reference for UCAS and/or employment. There is a broad range of activities on offer that will help prepare our students to meet the world of work or further study with confidence and commitment.
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