Southwark Community Education Charity
Southwark Community Education Charity (known as 'Saturday School'), is a registered charity which operates three schemes of enrichment classes at the Dulwich Foundation schools for primary school pupils. The Dulwich College Science Scheme is for Year 6 pupils and aims to provide an enjoyable introduction to practical science and to build pupils' confidence before they enter secondary school. The other two schemes concentrate on literacy and maths. 60 children, 26% of whom were on Pupil Premium, in 2017, attend two-hour sessions on Saturday mornings exploring some of the fundamentals of Biology, Chemistry and Physics through practical experiments.
“I have had quite a lot of feedback from parents who have absolutely raved about how fantastic the Saturday School is.” Primary school teacher
Dulwich College provides a schemes co-ordinator who administers all three schemes; a fully trained member of staff to oversee the programme every Saturday morning; facilities, equipment and refreshments. Twenty volunteer mentors from Years 12 and 13 support individual pupils in the classroom, carry out administrative tasks and supervision, and act as role models.
“The best session that I
had in Saturday School was with maggots in Biology.” Pupil
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