RESHAPING THE SENIOR DAY

KEY CHANGES:

• 30-minute later start.

• 1 hour later finish

• Additional lesson time – more Maths, English and Science.

• Preserve the long lunch time

• Preserve 1 hour lessons to maintain teaching time in examined classes.

• Additional pastoral time.

• Additional co-curricular time.

How will you ensure that GCSE teaching time is preserved?

Following the consultation process the one-hour-long lesson has been reinstated to ease these concerns.

How can Tanglin support increased demand for Co-Curricular activities, especially the popular ones?

This is something we monitor closely on an ongoing basis. We intend to survey students in Term 3 to gauge their interest in different activities and to enable us to try to allow every student to access their first choice. This will not always be possible due to spaces and staff availability, but it is our aspiration.

The new day looks busy, is there enough downtime?

By reinstating a daily long lunch break we have attempted to provide more downtime. We will continue to monitor this to ensure the days are suitably paced and students are able to engage properly in all elements of the curriculum.

Some students already have out-of-school sporting / musical classes which may be affected by the later finish time of 4pm. How can this be managed?

With the lead time we hope planning for external activities can be managed. We also want to offer children all the opportunities they would like in-school. If this is not the case, then we would be pleased to enter into a discussion about additions to the programme.

Will sport be happening in the Co-Curriculum slots during the school day?

We do not intend to be doing activities which require changing and/or showering in the middle of the day, except where we have facilities to support this. Competitive sport practices and events will remain where they currently are after school. During the middle of the day we will be focussing on the provision of clubs and societies that allow students to explore new interests and academic enrichment.