English Engage Evening
Engage is our programme for bringing students and their parents or carers together, to engage in fun and interactive activities. It is a programme for all students from Years 7-11.
The evenings are either subject specific – giving parents and carers the opportunity to experience how a subject may be taught – or will focus of other elements of academy learning that may be important for our students.
Students and their parents and carers are invited to several Engage evenings throughout the academic year, where they all work together for 90 minutes across different subject areas. Subjects covered include: English, Mathematics, Science, Drama, Design Technology, Modern Foreign Languages, History, Geography, PE, Music, Ethics, Politics and Religion and Art. In addition, there are also several evenings that are non-subject specific, including SEND (Special educational needs and disability) and SEMH (Social, Emotional and Mental Health).
On the 18 November it was the English Engage Evening with Year 7. The engage session focused primarily on how parents can support students in their learning and help them as much as possible with their school and homework in English. We particularly focused on strategies to support students to enhance their reading, writing and oracy skills, through three well-planned, engaging sessions.
The feedback from the evening has been overwhelmingly positive with parents now having a greater understanding of how they can support their child at home.
