Dear Parents/Carers,
Cultural Capital Day – Wednesday 4th December 2024
At the end of module 2, the Academy will partake in the first of three Cultural Capital events. Our Cultural Capital days and week (at the end of the academic year), are a true highlight of our Academy calendar. These days offer students experiences and the chance to participate in exciting activities that complement their usual learning experience, in line with National Curriculum guidance.
On Wednesday 4th December, all Year 10 students will participate in an exciting educational experience run by the Speaker’s Trust and Jack Petchey Foundation. Jack Petchey’s “Speak Out” Challenge! is a programme managed and delivered by Speakers Trust, the UK’s leading public speaking organisation, and is supported and funded by the Jack Petchey Foundation. They aim to amplify young people’s voices by building confidence, developing skills, and creating platforms for young people to share their stories and ideas to empower not only themselves but each other. In this way, they champion effective communication to use in education, employability, and social change.
The in-school workshops are designed to enable students to create powerful speeches and present them to their peers. This is an excellent opportunity for your child to gain vital speaking experience and build confidence in public speaking. This is also excellent preparation for the compulsory Spoken Language element of the English Language GCSE course, which students will complete by the end of this academic year.
Students will need to arrive at school at the usual time to begin the workshop which will take place at the Academy. They will be withdrawn from their usual timetabled lessons for this day, however, break and lunchtime will be as usual. There is no cost attributed to students for this activity.
If you have any questions about our Cultural Capital Days, please get in touch with a member of your child’s Small School team.
Yours faithfully,
Mrs H. Panton | Deputy Head of Turing School