Our community

Introduction

All pupils at Emanuel are encouraged to be outward-looking and to contribute to the community. Pupils in Year 6 take part in enrichment activities with local partners schools throughout the year, whilst those in Years 7 and 8 are able to attend the community service club. Pupils in Year 8 also have timetabled social entrepreneurship lessons where they create a business plan and marketing campaign for a not-for-profit venture to alleviate environmental issues. In addition to the community elements of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, pupils from Year 9 and above volunteer to support Ascent, our Saturday summer school for Year 5 pupils who are falling below National Curriculum expectations. Pupils can also take part in Tea and Tech, where residents in local care homes are guided through technologybased issues.

Primary Ambitions

Primary Ambitions brings together our Lower Sixth students and primary school pupils from schools with a high proportion of pupil premium or pupils receiving free school meals.

On Friday afternoons, Lower Sixth students teach a variety of subjects to Year 6 children on-site at Emanuel.They have sessions on safeguarding, teaching tips and techniques and are supported by a dedicated member of teaching staff to help them prepare their sessions. Our Sixth Form students are supervised by a member of Emanuel staff throughout, but the emphasis is on them leading and running each session.

students facilitate hands-on experiments in the Science labs, help children to write a script and make a film and experience what it was like to be a 10-year-old Londoner in the Second World War through immersive History sessions.

Other opportunities for Lower Sixth students to engage with the community include volunteering with Regenerate Rise, a local community centre for the elderly, and Blossom House, a specialist school for children with speech, language and communication difficulties.

We are an integral part of the Wandsworth community and are keen to support those who are close by. Primary Ambitions has social mobility at its core and we believe that we can really make a substantial impact in our local area.

Primary Ambitions modules cover a variety of subjects in the arts, language, literature, politics, science, technology, mathematics and sport.The intent of the programme is enrichment – each module is curriculum-linked and, most importantly, fun. For example,