Enrichment
Enrichment Opportunities
Staff provide excellent support for our students, ensuring that great importance is placed on their personal development. We have a dedicated team of highly experienced and committed form tutors who support our students in tutorial time. During this time, students get a personalised and guided approach to information that will ensure they leave Burnside Sixth Form College as responsible citizens and young adults.
The sixth form aims to prepare students for life after school and this is achieved by an array of extra-curricular activities. These offer support to build confidence, personal skills and experience alongside your studies. Enrichment activities are wide ranging and students enjoy various residential visits and the opportunity to develop new skills and talents.
These activities include:
Mentoring
Buddying study partners with year 12 and year 13 students
Reading partnerships with year 7 students
Cambridge University Residential
Duke of Edinburgh
NUFC Building Skills Day
NCS experiences
Work Experience week
STEM Activities
Extra-curricular: Duke of Edinburgh Awards
We provide our students with lots of exciting opportunities to extend their learning beyond the classroom and gain recognised awards. Through participating in such programmes we aim to develop students’ knowledge, skills and understanding that students need to be active and responsible citizens.
We are incredibly proud of our highly successful Duke of Edinburgh Award. Over 400 students have completed one of three progressive levels which, when achieved, leads to a Bronze, Silver or Gold certification. To complete this award students must take part in a range of challenges involving helping the community/environment, doing a physical activity, developing new skills, planning, training for and completing an expedition.
In addition to this, students in lower school can take part in the The Young Civic Award, where they experience a range of similar challenges. This is an excellent opportunity for students to improve their self-esteem and build confidence. Our students thrive on these opportunities, gaining essential skills and attributes for work and life such as resilience, problem-solving, team-working and communication.