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The College has many working partnerships with the local and wider community including a number of secondary schools. In this piece we focus on our partnership with City Heights E-ACT Academy which began when it opened in September 2013. With our campuses just two kilometres apart, we are proud to be involved at all levels of the Academy and to have welcomed them to the Southwark Schools’ Learning Partnership (SSLP), of which the Master is co-director. Each year we select an OA for a gap year placement at City Heights. Here are some of the ways in which our pupils and staff work together. Physical Education Staff from both schools have enjoyed working collaboratively to afford pupils from City Heights an opportunity to play and enjoy a sport to which they might not otherwise have access. Weekly swimming lessons take place in our pool for a group of non-swimmers from City Heights. Two of our basketball players lead weekly basketball coaching sessions after school at City Heights. Approximately twenty pupils attend each week and are enthusiastic in their learning. They are keen to find a sponsor for the team kit! Science and Mathematics Pupils from City Heights and Bonus Pastor Catholic College attended the College for enhanced practical science sessions provided by our specialist science teachers. Teachers from the College attend City Heights to support the top students and their teachers. They also lead intervention sessions after school for a group of pupils identified as high achieving. The pupils have relished the opportunity to be stretched mathematically and to practise more challenging problems. The Worshipful Company of Actuaries has supported this project and their generous funding has allowed City Heights to build on these initiatives. Upper School boys deliver weekly one-to-one mathematics sessions with gifted and talented Year 7 pupils as part of the Liberal Studies programme. Both tutees and tutors gain a great deal of valuable experience from this interaction. Languages The Heads of English at City Heights and the College jointly organised a Literary Conference in December to help encourage the take-up of English at degree level. City Heights is part of a multi-cultural community, particularly Portuguese. Pupils and staff annually attend our International Day in April celebrating their home countries alongside our Boarders. The College is developing plans for a Portuguese club for Dulwich pupils run by City Heights pupils. Community Action As part of our Community Action programme, pupils at the College act as reading mentors. We plan to repeat last summer’s successful Community Action Day with up to 100 pupils engaging in a variety of activities across the school. School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) The College is a national hub for Modern Foreign Languages, Mathematics and Physics teacher training. The scheme attracts new graduates and career changers with 100% of alumni finding full time employment in both state and independent schools across the country. City Heights has provided valuable placement opportunities for our trainees, enabling us to provide a broad and varied teaching experience.
PARTNERSHIP NEWS
Dr Cameron Pyke, Deputy Master External and Trustee for the E-ACT Multi-Academy Trust, writes with an update on how we are working with the local and wider community.
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