During Enrichment Week this year, I was involved in two
activities: Communications Day and the Wymondham Life Filming Project. The English Department was running several
other activities (such as Genre Day and the Readathon with Year 7), but I was not involved with them.
Communications Day was devised for the whole of Year 10 and
its aim was to get one of the GCSE English Speaking and Listening CATS
(controlled assessments) completed.
The first part of the day was spent doing team building
activities which were supposed to help students practise skills they would need
after lunch when they were formally assessed.
After an introduction in the Chapel, everyone was put into groups of
about 20. The groups (supervised by one
teacher) then moved from room to room every 10 minutes in a carousel. Each room had a different activity.
After morning break, everyone went back to the Chapel where
the afternoon assessment was introduced - a Balloon Debate. Mrs. Arnold lead this part of the day which
included a demonstration. Five teachers 'in role' played five 'students'; I was
the Band 4/D Grade candidate.
The students were then given some time to practise and
prepare for the assessment which was due to begin at about 2.15pm. My group really got into what we were doing
and I had a rewarding day.
The rest of the week I was part of the small group who were
based in the Studio in the International Centre. Most of the students were from Year 12 and
were Media students, so I knew them well.
The filming project's aim was to produce a short film about what was
happening at Wymondham College during Enrichment Week as a record of events,
but also to be put on the school's website.
Although I did not take part in Genre Day or the Readathon the Monday, I
have done so in the past. I did,
however, take some photos of what the English Department were up to without me
(see below).
