Sixth Form Prospectus - The Perse School

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44Enrichment ProgrammeOnce a fortnight on a Mondayafternoon, all Sixth Formers participatein the Enrichment Programme.2011 –12 Enrichment options include:The aim is to provide something different to the experiences that youget in normal classroom lessons. It may be a cliché, but the moreeffort that you put into your enrichment activities, the greater willbe the rewards that you gain. However, we hope that the EnrichmentProgramme will enable students to:• Learn skills that might not be acquired in classroom lessons• Gain opportunities for leadership• Develop new interests• Serve the wider community• Have the option to work towards a Duke of Edinburgh’s Award• Learn to cope with new challenges.The Perse Exploration Society (PES)PES prepares students throughout the year for a physically and mentallychallenging international expedition. Two field weekends are spentdoing survival or mountain training which typically includes first aid,navigation, leadership tasks, bushcraft and night exercises. The expeditiondestination is chosen by the members of the society and the expeditionwill include some adventurous activities such as white water rafting andmountaineering, as well as community or conservation work. Over thelast few years we have been involved with conservation work in theAmazon and worked in schools in the Himalayas and Eastern Europe.Students from the society have reached 6000m summit peaks in bothEcuador and Ladakh. In 2010, the committee responsible for organisingour summer trip to Kenya won the David Hollier Award from theYoung Explorers’ Trust for the quality of their expedition planning.45Adventurous/Outdoor Pursuit ActivitiesDuke of Edinburgh’s AwardThe Perse Exploration Society (PES)RAF SectionCommunity ServiceAddenbrooke’s Hospital volunteeringCare home volunteeringEnvironmental ProjectsPrimary School volunteeringRed CrossSalvation Army CentreVisiting the elderlyOther optionsArchaeologyBallroom DancingCambridge Cookery SchoolCommunity ArtComputer ProgrammingCookingDIYEnrichment MusicFilm ClubHockey CoachingJewelleryJournalismPerforming ArtsPerse Organic GardenPhotographyRugby CoachingSchool archive research
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