Wider Strategies

Beyond high quality teaching and targeted academic interventions, we can support children and families in other ways

 

The Brilliant Club - scholars programme

The Brilliant Club – Jan 18

The Scholars Programme helps pupils develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to progress to the most competitive universities.

PhD tutors deliver The Scholars Programme in schools across the UK. They share their subject knowledge and passion for learning with small groups of pupils aged 8-18

Think for the future (TFTF)Think for the Future | United Kingdom

A structured Behaviour and Resilience Mentoring provision, which is proven to have a measurable impact on engagement in learning.

Highly trained Behaviour and Resilience Mentors work for 2 days per week with targeted groups of students who are struggling to engage in their education.

The Mentors are positive role models for your students and are skilled at building powerful relationships and using our social and emotional curriculum to develop character and emotional resilience that students can use to change their in-school engagement.

 

Huddersfield Town Foundation Huddersfield Town Foundation (@htafcfoundation) / Twitter

The Premier League Inspires programme is a collaborative pilot project between The Huddersfield Town Foundation and local secondary schools.

The programme seeks to provide opportunities for learning and life skills that help disengaged young people to aspire to reach their potential, regardless of background or ability. Through this programme, they hope to influence positively young people, their choices and future.

 

Axiom Maths
 
The Y7 Axiom Maths Circle takes place on a Wednesday after school. Students are individually invited to take part in the maths circles. They are aimed at developing the most able mathematicians, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds.
 
In maths circles, pupils:
  • Work through a structured curriculum of challenging problems. They’re exposed to mathematics from beyond the National Curriculum, that takes them deep into stretching and satisfying topics they wouldn’t normally encounter at school
  • Get stuck, and then unstuck. They get used to encountering problems that they don’t get right first time—and so the satisfaction of solving them is even greater
  • Find themselves in a sense of flow. In maths circles there’s no pressure, no test. You get lost in the maths
  • Join a community that values maths. In a culture that doesn’t always prize maths in the way it should, Axiom pupils join a social group that values and respects their talent
Maths circles allow pupils to immerse themselves in recreational maths. The content is challenging, but also satisfying. They give pupils:
  • A different experience of doing maths. In a maths circle every problem is enjoyed for its own sake. Pupils find themselves in a sense of flow where they get lost in a problem. There is no external pressure, no timer, no test. Pupils are not ranked or measured against each other. They get to explore interesting maths for no reason other than that it’s exciting to do so. This environment nurtures passion and interest, and keeps pupils wanting to succeed in maths.
  • A supportive social group where maths is valued. Too many pupils feel like they need to hide their mathematical talent in order to fit in. Maths circles create a space where pupils who enjoy maths can meet together and encourage each other’s interest. They support each other, and help each other to succeed.
The maths circles approach originated in the former Soviet Union, but has been adopted successfully around the globe. Many of the world’s most successful mathematicians trace their journey back to a childhood maths circle. Maths circles exist outside of, but working alongside, the formal education system. Pupils attend by choice because they want to be there and enjoy the experience. Whilst many pupils in maths circles might enter competitions, they are a collaborative and not a competitive space. Maths circles are to maths lessons like band practice is to music lessons. They complement, and do not replace, maths instruction in a classroom.
 
More information can be found on the Axiom Maths website here: https://axiommaths.com/
 
Axiom Maths — Helping children realise ...
 
 

 

Food bank

Food bank support for your families during the school holidays

 

Wider Strategies

Beyond high quality teaching and targeted academic interventions, we can support children and families in other ways

 

The Brilliant Club - scholars programme

The Brilliant Club – Jan 18

The Scholars Programme helps pupils develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to progress to the most competitive universities.

PhD tutors deliver The Scholars Programme in schools across the UK. They share their subject knowledge and passion for learning with small groups of pupils aged 8-18

Think for the future (TFTF)Think for the Future | United Kingdom

A structured Behaviour and Resilience Mentoring provision, which is proven to have a measurable impact on engagement in learning.

Highly trained Behaviour and Resilience Mentors work for 2 days per week with targeted groups of students who are struggling to engage in their education.

The Mentors are positive role models for your students and are skilled at building powerful relationships and using our social and emotional curriculum to develop character and emotional resilience that students can use to change their in-school engagement.

 

Huddersfield Town Foundation Huddersfield Town Foundation (@htafcfoundation) / Twitter

The Premier League Inspires programme is a collaborative pilot project between The Huddersfield Town Foundation and local secondary schools.

The programme seeks to provide opportunities for learning and life skills that help disengaged young people to aspire to reach their potential, regardless of background or ability. Through this programme, they hope to influence positively young people, their choices and future.

 

Axiom Maths
 
The Y7 Axiom Maths Circle takes place on a Wednesday after school. Students are individually invited to take part in the maths circles. They are aimed at developing the most able mathematicians, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds.
 
In maths circles, pupils:
  • Work through a structured curriculum of challenging problems. They’re exposed to mathematics from beyond the National Curriculum, that takes them deep into stretching and satisfying topics they wouldn’t normally encounter at school
  • Get stuck, and then unstuck. They get used to encountering problems that they don’t get right first time—and so the satisfaction of solving them is even greater
  • Find themselves in a sense of flow. In maths circles there’s no pressure, no test. You get lost in the maths
  • Join a community that values maths. In a culture that doesn’t always prize maths in the way it should, Axiom pupils join a social group that values and respects their talent
Maths circles allow pupils to immerse themselves in recreational maths. The content is challenging, but also satisfying. They give pupils:
  • A different experience of doing maths. In a maths circle every problem is enjoyed for its own sake. Pupils find themselves in a sense of flow where they get lost in a problem. There is no external pressure, no timer, no test. Pupils are not ranked or measured against each other. They get to explore interesting maths for no reason other than that it’s exciting to do so. This environment nurtures passion and interest, and keeps pupils wanting to succeed in maths.
  • A supportive social group where maths is valued. Too many pupils feel like they need to hide their mathematical talent in order to fit in. Maths circles create a space where pupils who enjoy maths can meet together and encourage each other’s interest. They support each other, and help each other to succeed.
The maths circles approach originated in the former Soviet Union, but has been adopted successfully around the globe. Many of the world’s most successful mathematicians trace their journey back to a childhood maths circle. Maths circles exist outside of, but working alongside, the formal education system. Pupils attend by choice because they want to be there and enjoy the experience. Whilst many pupils in maths circles might enter competitions, they are a collaborative and not a competitive space. Maths circles are to maths lessons like band practice is to music lessons. They complement, and do not replace, maths instruction in a classroom.
 
More information can be found on the Axiom Maths website here: https://axiommaths.com/
 
Axiom Maths — Helping children realise ...
 
 

 

Food bank

Food bank support for your families during the school holidays