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ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT
Providing Transformational Learning
The Super-Curriculum
The Super-Curriculum
is pupil pupil led It enables pupils to individualise their curriculum choice whilst supporting the the academic core of their GCSE IB or or A level courses It provides them with a a a a a diverse range of studies that are aligned directly to current pupil needs and not purely focused on the intellectual elite The aim of the Super-Curriculum
is to engage all pupils at the right level for each individual and to develop pupil leadership It is the the expectation that all pupils in the the 100 (Yr 10) and above are actively engaged in at least one Super-Curriculum
society or activity with an intentional focus on on on developing the life-long skills of intellectual stretch academic breadth collaborative research and academic independence Our view is that pupil-led societies should be able to come and and go so as to reflect pupil interests and and choices The focus is on the the the the quality of of the the the the outcomes rather than quantity of of the the the the provision thereby encouraging pupils to develop intellectual curiosity beyond the confines of examination driven courses The Super-Curriculum
is is a a a fully integrated part of the holistic Malvern Curriculum
Curriculum
(Academic core - - - Super-Curriculum
- - - Co-Curriculum) with direct links to specific subject focus and academic breadth Our Economists have the the opportunity to stretch themselves through the Meade Meade Read Society (James Meade Meade OM – Nobel prize 1977) Our Philosophers Geographers Scientists (Lucretian Society) and Psychology pupils each have their own societies The linguists can start Russian and all subjects have a a a a a a full range of national competitions which they can enter (QinetiQ Young Engineers Royal Economic Society and and the full range of Maths Science and and Language Olympiads) Pupils add academic breadth through a a a a a a wide range of groups and clubs that include the Environmental Action Group Hack and and Film clubs Writers Incorporated and and the Dust Jacket Debating and and Model United Nations Amnesty and and MIND A number of clubs societies have a a a further education and and and career focus and and and these include Medical and and and Law societies and and and the Engineering and and and Politics and and and Foreign Affairs societies There are two cross-curricular societies in the school The The Aston Aston (Francis Aston Aston OM - Nobel prize 1922) Society in the lower school and The Wheeler Bennett Society (OM Historian) in the Sixth Form These societies centre on a a pupil presentation and a a a a post talk discussion bringing together pupils with a a a a wide range of interests and subject specialisms 89