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Enrichment at Harborne Academy

Harborne Academy offers a thriving enrichment programme that provides our students with a huge range of opportunities, allowing them to find out more about their interests and passions, develop confidence in their unique skills and talents, and make friends along the way.

 

Picture1At the heart of Harborne Academy life is a calendar of events that draws the whole school community together. There’s always something going on around the academy with a varied programme, including Roald Dahl Day, National Poetry Day, Black History Month, PSHE days, Arts’ Week, the Harborne Christmas and Summer Fayres, STEM Week, World Book Day, concerts and our end of year production. We also ensure key local, national and international events are suitably commemorated such as Remembrance and Holocaust Memorial Day.

 

 

It is important to us that our students get involved in school-based activities as much as possible and, at Harborne Academy, there is plenty to choose from. From sport, to learning an instrument; from pottery to chess; whatever the interest, there is something for everyone.

 

Enrichment2Enrichment opportunities are often delivered by our staff, but we have also forged external links with organisations and specialist providers to ensure a high-quality offer for students. Harborne Academy is part of Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre’s Education Network (HEN). This provides our students with unique learning experiences, such as creating their own performances, but also provides numerous opportunities for them to enjoy a range of live theatre. In Year 7, all students have an opportunity to work towards the Arts Council of England’s Arts Award Explore qualification. If they choose to, Years 8 and 9 students can then complete the Arts Award Bronze Level. The Arts Award ensures that our students have opportunities to study, experience and enjoy a range of art-forms and, after completing their portfolio, gain a recognised qualification. In Years 9 and 10, students participate in the Duke of Edinburgh Scheme at Bronze Level, providing them with an array of invaluable experiences.

 

Enrichment3Throughout the year, we have numerous authors, poets and illustrators visit the Academy, to work directly with our students, but also to talk about their lives and inspirations. In recent years, we have welcomed Patrice Lawrence, Jessica Mikhail, Tom Palmer, Linda Newbery, Bali Rai, Alex Wheatle, Matt Windle, Martin Impey, Richard O Brien, Liam Brown, Hunt Emerson, Helen Greetham and Sufiya Ahmed.

 

Picture8Harborne Students are also provided with a huge array of opportunities to visit amazing places as part of enrichment outside the classroom. Trips include visits to London, theatres, museums, The Hay Festival, the Black Country Living Museum, Cadbury World, Bletchley Park, Oxford’s Pitt Rivers Museum, the battlefields and cemeteries of the First World War in Belgium and France, our skiing trip to Italy, Carding Mill Valley and National Memorial Arboretum.

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Weekly Enrichment Overview

Enrichment schedule 2025

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Please note that there are circumstances that may result in a club being unable to run. When this occurs, parents will be informed via a text message.

@@HarborneAcademy04:05 PM - 14th March, 2025 To see what’s been happening at the Academy, please read our weekly newsletter via the link below or from our website.Read more
@@HarborneAcademy01:18 PM - 14th March, 2025 We are delighted to have welcomed Author Tom Palmer to the academy today. Students have enjoyed a wonderful assembly and literacy workshop. pic.twitter.com/sNN1PUVxHq
@@HarborneAcademy12:12 PM - 14th March, 2025 As part of our STEM Week, students from the University of Birmingham are working with a group of our Year 8 students coding and robotics program. Watch this space! pic.twitter.com/HHS7HQ9BEk
@@HarborneAcademy10:10 AM - 14th March, 2025 Good luck to our students taking part in the National Reading Champions Quiz today. We have received an encouraging letter from Preet Kaur Gill 😊 pic.twitter.com/mHuyOrhBkq
@@HarborneAcademy08:43 AM - 12th March, 2025 Year 8 students have been exploring African textiles, these hold cultural significance. They have carefully printed the carved Lino block on to fabric using their own designs. pic.twitter.com/MAT0ukYQww
@@HarborneAcademy12:37 PM - 11th March, 2025 Some of our year 7 & 8 students had a fantastic time visiting Harry Potter World last week! pic.twitter.com/NyyT3upHRe
@@HarborneAcademy11:02 AM - 11th March, 2025 Today, we welcomed Trench Brothers to Harborne. Students learned about the life of a WW1 Tommy and were able to handle and explore a huge range of artefacts. A fascinating day. pic.twitter.com/fiMJtg7Jkk
@@HarborneAcademy08:37 AM - 11th March, 2025 Year 10 students visited the George Marshall Medical Museum to consolidate their knowledge on surgery for their Health & the People unit.Students acted out amputations without anaesthetic, with anaesthetic, and then with antiseptic spray.Their acting was brilliant and historical! pic.twitter.com/6HwhxY5agD
@@HarborneAcademy10:32 AM - 10th March, 2025 Well done to our top scorers and Zephaniah! pic.twitter.com/LnZl1Gwo6y
@@HarborneAcademy10:31 AM - 10th March, 2025 Congratulations to this week’s stars of the week! pic.twitter.com/nOmJwDM0Qx
@@HarborneAcademy10:29 AM - 10th March, 2025 This week is British Science Week. 🔭🧑‍🔬🧪🧬 pic.twitter.com/wbmG5a1B16
@@HarborneAcademy03:54 PM - 7th March, 2025 To see what’s been happening at the Academy, please read our weekly newsletter via the link below or from our website.Read more
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