Next Practice in Communities for Learning - Chalvedon School and Sixth Form College

Skills for life workshops

Students at Chalvedon School and Sixth Form College are developing a sustainable scheme within which they identify and draw on the 'life skills' within their community and each other. They are focusing on 'learning how to build relations with a community' expanding on issues taught in the classroom.

Sixth form students are taking ownership of curriculum planning, organisation and, in some cases, delivery for the 'Lifeskills' programme. Community partners play a key role in delivering elements of the programme. Active mentoring and coaching of new sixth formers take place using second and third year sixth form students. The school is an enterprise school, and this trial links well with the school's aim to promote more aspiration with regard to leaving home to learn and attending university. Traditionally this aspiration has been lacking in the area served by the school and the lack of life skills has been seen as a key factor. The school has worked through Aimhigher, for example, to change attitudes and sees this as the next step. The school has a large sixth form of 300 students, so the potential audience is large.

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