ASC—After School Clubs

P.E.

Meadowside School pupils have been offered the opportunity to access and engage in various After School Clubs this term including Small Animal Care, Digital Photography, Swimming, Edible Playground and Dance, where pupils took part in a special dance event at the Floral Pavilion theatre, organised by Shadow Dance & Clare Mount School.

Mr Stubbs

KS3 -Festivals was the topic, with pupils learning about some of the many festivals both religious and non-religious and how and why they are celebrated. Festivals includedHoli, Diwali, Wesak, Eid-ul-Fitr and Pentecost, with pupils having the opportunity to find out about other festivals from around the world and why they were celebrated. Festivals pupils wanted to find out about included Groundhog Day, Canada Day and the Moon Festival.

Making and tasting Karah when learning about Sikhism

KS4 and Post 16

What is a charity? Who do they help? What do they do? Why do religions have charities? These are some of the questions from the Religion and Charity topic this term. Pupils learnt about the types ofcharities, religious beliefs about charity, why charity adverts are emotional and how they make you want tohelp, with pupils finding out about local and national charities and took part in charity voting. Christian Aid, Tear Fund, Salvation Army and Red Cross Charities and why celebrities such as Paul O’Grady become involved with a charity and finding out about nonreligious charities was also part of this topic.

Post 16 pupils and some of the KS4 pupils participated in a three-day fundraiser for charity. Pupils and staff who were involved running the Maroon Café or who visited and spent some money in the café who all helped make it a success. £154.91 was raised for Christian Aid charity.