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Year 7 Cultural Capital Week

Posted on by Leigh Academy Halley
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21
May

Dear Parent/Carer 

Year 7 Cultural Capital Week: Monday 14th July – Friday 18th July 

In the penultimate week of module 6, between Monday 14th July and Friday 18th July, the normal student timetable will be suspended and students will be engaged in a variety of experiences throughout the week, curated to complement their learning across this year and into the next academic year. 

A number of students will be attending the Year 7 residential during the latter half of Cultural Capital Week, from Wednesday 16th to Friday 18th July. All other students are expected to attend the Academy as usual. 

For many of the activities planned across this week, students will work in groups on interdisciplinary projects that will help them develop a range of skills and the characteristics of the Middle Year Programme Learner Profile. Most of the activities across this week are free. Where there are costs to trips such as to the Gravity Trampoline Park or Chessington, this has been detailed in the schedule below. All payments are to be made on ParentPay. All trips are on a first-come-first-served basis and are non-refundable or transferable. Bookings for trips will go live on Monday 2nd June. 

For activities that take place on-site, students will follow an adjusted structure and altered timings of the Academy day, including possible changes to lunch and break times, all of which will be communicated to students ahead of time. Please be aware that some activities and events may conclude after or slightly before the usual time of the Academy day. Students will return to their normal timetable on Monday 21st and Tuesday 22nd July.

Museum Day

  • Date: Monday 14th July
  • Activity: The V&A Museum, National Portrait Gallery, The Maritime Museum
  • Description: Students will visit a range of different museums, some including the conclusion of the museum carousel from the previous Cultural Capital Days.
  • Times: 8.25am – with various dismissal times, depending on when the trip returns to the Academy.
  • Dress code: All students should wear their full Academy uniform.

STEM / Royal Courts of Justice

  • Date: Tuesday 15th July
  • Activity:  STEM Day (onsite) or The Royal Courts of Justice, £6.50
  • Description: Students will be assigned to work in small groups on Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths challenges OR Students can choose (paid-for) to venture outside of the classroom to explore the rule of law at the Royal Courts of Justice, taking part in a mock trial.
  • Times: 8.25am – 3.10pm
  • Dress code: All students should wear their full Academy uniform.

Museum Day

  • Date: Wednesday 16th July
  • Activity: The Young V&A Museum, National Portrait Gallery, The Maritime Museum, The Natural History Museum
  • Description: Students will visit a range of different museums, some including the conclusion of the museum carousel from the previous Cultural Capital Days.
  • Times: 8.25am – with various dismissal times, depending on when the trip returns to the Academy.
  • Dress code: All students should wear their full Academy uniform.

Wellbeing Day / Gravity

  • Date: Thursday 17th July
  • Activity: Wellbeing Day (onsite), Gravity Trampoline Park (£11)
  • Description: Students will be working in groups on a series of life skills sessions including: bushcraft skills, exercise and orienteering OR a visit to Gravity Trampoline Park
  • Times: 8.25am- 2.05pm (early dismissal)
  • Dress code: All students should wear their PE kit. The Academy P.E. kit consists of: the Academy P.E. top, plain black sports shorts or plain black tracksuit bottoms, sports socks and running trainers. Leggings, cycling shorts, fashion trainers, Crocs or other branded sports wear is not permitted.

Activity Day (students select one from list)

  • Date: Friday 18th July
  • Activity: Chessington World of Adventures (£40, payable in 2 instalments), Gravity Trampoline Park (£11), The Royal Courts of Justice tour (£6.50), Hampton Court Palace (Free), The National Army Museum (Free), The Museum of London, Docklands (Free)
  • Description: Students will have the option of a paid-for experience on this day. Students who do not select a paid-for trip will be assigned a free activity.
  • Times: 8.25am – with various dismissal times, depending on when the trip returns to the Academy.
  • Dress code: Only students attending the Chessington World of Adventures trip are permitted to wear non-uniform clothes. Clothing worn must be suitable for an active day, therefore shorts, skirts, and tops/t-shirts must be of an appropriate length. Cropped tops and hot-pants shorts are not permitted. Footwear must be shoes or trainers, no Crocs or flip-flops are permitted. Students attending the Gravity trip should wear their PE kit. The Academy P.E. kit consists of: the Academy P.E. top, plain black sports shorts or plain black tracksuit bottoms, sports socks and running trainers. Leggings, cycling shorts, fashion trainers, Crocs or other branded sports wear is not permitted.  All other students should wear their full Academy uniform.

If you have any questions, please email a member of your child’s small school team. 

Yours faithfully,
Mrs H. Panton | Deputy Head of Turing School