ELECTIVESYear 7 & Year 8

WEDNESDAY - WEEK B1:45pm - 3:00pm

WELCOME TO THE ELECTIVES PROGRAMMEElectives is a programme of activities that fulfils our ambition to provide ‘extra’ provision for our students at Archbishop Sentamu Academy.

These Electives take place during lesson time and are in addition to our existing range of extra-curricular clubs which will continue to run throughout the week. It is expected that all students in Years 7 and 8 take part in the Elective Programme.

In order to encourage a varied programme of learning, the Electives are organised into three categories. Students have the opportunity to make their choices from:• Citizenship, Service, Enterprise and Leadership• Curriculum and Cultural Enrichment• Personal Leisure, Health and Well-Being

Across the year, it is expected that students will access choices across the three areas.

During the term, we promote Electives through assemblies, tutor time and the Electives area of the school website. A selection form will be sent electronically to parents to make the choices with their son/daughter for the term ahead. Students select and rotate three times in the year.

CITIZENSHIP, COMMUNITY, ENTERPRISE AND LEADERSHIPLOOKING AT CAREERS An exciting opportunity to learn more about a range of exciting careers and help find the perfect job for you! Whether you have dreams of becoming the next Ronaldo or Beyonce, an accountant, doctor, nurse, engineer, solicitor, builder, mechanic or would like to become an astronaut and literally reach for the stars... this is the place for you. Come and research exactly what you need in order to fulfil your career aspirations and remember the world really is your oyster. With hard work and determination you can be anything you want to be!!

LEARNING HOW TO BUDGET Budgeting is the process of creating a plan to spend your money. This spending plan is called a budget. Creating this spending plan allows you to decide whether you will have enough money to do the things you need to do or would like to do.If you don’t have enough money to do everything you would like to do, then you can use this planning process to prioritise your spending and focus your money on the things that are most important to you.To help you support your decisions now or in the future, you will learn about budgeting the expenses you will need to pay when you are older, for example rent/mortgage, insurance, car, electricity/gas and borrowing. You will also learn about how wages/salaries are paid and the tax you will pay. All of these things are important to know to help you prepare for your future.

DEBATE SOCIETY Do you like to argue?, Are you passionate about the injustices of the world? Would you like to be more confident? Would you like to improve your public speaking? Would you like to sharpen your analytical thinking skills? If you would the ‘Debate club’ could be just for you. This is your chance to have your voice heard, either as debater or a judge. All you need is to be ready to listen to others and be willing to discuss a range of controversial subjects. The opportunity to complete against other schools and become a future spokesperson for Archie students and the youth of today awaits!

CREATIVE CARD MAKING & COMPETITIONS Learn new skills in Photoshop and craft making. Get involved in the making of decorations for celebrations and events that take place in the academy and local community. Make decorative cards for good causes and charities. Enter your own artwork and designs, in both local and national art competitions. Work in a fun and creative environment that allows you to experience how an artist and designer works.

GARDENING CLUB Do you like being outdoors, tinkering, growing flowers and vegetables from seeds? Then gardening is the way forward for you. Home grown fruit and vegetables taste so much better than shop bought produce. However gardening isn’t just about plants and vegetables. You need to be creative about the environment around you and learn how to grow with what you have. It provides you with skills, which you can use for the rest of your life.

SONGWRITING Have you got a passion for music? If so, this elective is ideal for you! In these sessions we will build towards giving you the opportunity to write your own song. We will spend time looking at what makes a great song, looking at music and pulling songs apart to find out what the key elements are. You will then have the opportunity to be completely creative - you will write your own song. This elective is open to all abilities, whether you play an instrument or not. You will have the opportunity to write just the lyrics, just the music, or the whole song. The choice is yours!

STEM (ELECTRONICS / COMPUTER SCIENCE)An exciting opportunity to learn about microprocessors, coding, and electronic circuits which form the basis of all electronic machines from hair straighteners to robots. You will learn about microprocessors and their capabilities, how to construct and modify code, and then use this to control electronic circuits which you will learn to build. This course will allow you to work towards the nationally recognised CREST awards which will inspire you to think and behave like engineers. Perfect for anyone with an interest in technology and electronics and those who want to find out how electronic machines work. This is not just for the boys – girls often have a different approach which makes for great engineers.This is the future, and you’re going to build it!

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL YOUTH Do you get angry reading the news? Do you find yourself arguing with your teachers about respect and justice? Are you passionate about standing up for people in unfair situations? If you want to make a difference and learn more about the world, come and support Amnesty International to campaign and fundraise for human rights. Take part in a global movement that includes 500 other schools in the UK! Develop leadership skills and make new friends while we organise fun events and campaigns to raise awareness for important issues all over the world.

POLYMER CLAY, AIR DRY CLAY AND SALT DOUGH MODELLINGThis course offers an opportunity to work with clays that don’t require a kiln and create designs for different projects such as festive decorations, jewellery and keyrings. The aim will be to sell some of these at craft fayres and use the proceeds for further projects and materials.

ECO SCHOOLEco school is for any student who wants to do their bit for the environment. We’ll be working together to bring changes to school life that are better for the planet.

KNITTING AND CROCHETLearn a new craft or refresh your skills. All welcome, beginners and skilled. To make wollen gifts for family and friends. To make items for charity events to sell to raise funds for more wool and to present to specific places such as NICU and H&EY Sands charity for example.

SPORTS LEADERS (YOUNG LEADER AWARD) The Young Leader Award is a great introduction to leadership, giving young people knowledge of how to organise and lead small games and activities that can be used as a part of uniformed organisation, community club or sports club sessions. Young Leader Award aims to help learners develop leadership skills such as organisation, communication and teamwork, as well as helping to build confidence and self-esteem as they take on responsibility of leading their peers and younger children.

FIRST AID Would you like to learn something amazing? To have the confidence to do the right thing when it really counts? To gain a set of skills that will stay with you for the rest of your life? This essential First Aid course offers practical, fun and interactive training. The course deals with serious conditions and common incidents. You will find out what to do when initially faced with an emergency and how to react when dealing with someone who needs first aid. We will cover the essentials of how to save a life, how to treat common injuries and how to keep yourself safe whilst doing so. If you would like to learn how to deal with cuts, burns, asthma and someone choking or would like to know what to do if someone is not breathing, then this is the course for you.

WOODWORK SKILLSThere is something really special about woodwork. The smell and feel of wood, using real tools, the sounds of hammering and sawing, hands and minds working together to express imagination and to solve problems. It is a wonderful medium for expressive art and creative design and it also has the benefit of encompassing many other areas of learning and development providing a truly cross-curricular activity. Woodwork is exceptional for developing student’s creative and critical thinking skills as they tinker and experiment with wood and tools and then go on to express ideas and resolve their work.

CAKE DECORATINGThe cake decorating course is designed for those of you who want to create beautiful and eye catching cakes and cupcakes. We will start with basic piping skills and covering a cake with fondant and move onto more advanced skills such as flower making and making characters out of fondant. This course will give you the confidence and the skills to create fantastic cakes for all your family and friends. (There will be a £1 charge per session to help cover the cost of the food you will take home)

CREATIVE COOKINGThe Creative Cookery Course is designed for those of you who want to create stunning, restaurant quality dishes from everyday ingredients. This course is perfect for the vegetarian foodie or aspiring chef - it will focus on techniques which will extend your culinary repertoire. It will make vegetables the star of the show rather than an afterthought. We will take the best local seasonal vegetables and work with modern techniques to produce exciting flavour and texture combinations. The dishes we will create will wow your friends and families.(There will be a £1 charge per session to help cover the cost of the food you will take home)

CURRICULUM AND CULTURAL ENRICHMENTANIMAL CARE Animal Care offers the potential for students to learn and take part in grooming, cleaning, handling, retraining and caring for our academy’s animals.It offers students opportunities to learn about animals in society, animal legislation, organisations, animal welfare needs and what it is to be an animal owner. This also has great links to our Key Stage 4 curriculum in Btec Level 2 Animal Care

FORENSIC SCIENCE This exciting elective offers you the chance to figure out whodunnit! After investigating a simulated crime scene; you will develop your practical scientific skills by developing fingerprints, casting footprints, testing for bodily fluids, identifying fibres through the microscope and much more! We will learn the science behind how the techniques work; and how they are used in real life to catch criminals. You will also develop your scientific writing skills; preparing a report of your findings. At the end of the term you will bring it all together by being an expert witness at a mock trail. Will your evidence be enough to see that justice is done?

INTO FILMBritish Film Institute Offcial Resources looking at films and a wide range of different cultures.

CLASSICS / GREEK MYTHS AND LEGENDS / TRAGEDYGods and monsters, heroes and heroines, tragedy and triumph, but mainly tragedy. This elective offers the opportunity to explore the ancient Greek and Roman worlds, including gladiators, the Gods of Olympus, worship and sacrifice and the big three tragidians: (where appropriate), Aeschylus’s Agam-emnon, Sophocles’s Medea and Euripides’s Oedipus Rex. If you have an interest in myths and legends, history, literature and philosophy, classics is for you.

BEGINNERS LATIN Stand out from the crowd and see if you can spot how many words we use in English that come from Latin? Over 60% of our language and 90% of all medical and legal terms come from Latin and by following this beginner’s course you will be able to bring together skills from all different subject areas to learn about Classical Civilisation in Pompeii and Rome and start to decode some Latin words.... even using some Harry Potter spells and characters to help!

MUSICAL THEATREA practical exploration into dance, drama and singing!! We will be staging some of the Musical Theatre classics with the end goal being to put on a showcase demonstrating the wide range of talent we have within the Academy. There are also exciting and engaging opportunities to work with industry professionals and the music and drama tutors from Hull University, this will include visits to the Music and Drama Departments to see how you could progress in a career in this field and to help you build on your expertise!

ADVANCED DRAWING It takes a long time to perfect the art of drawing and traditional techniques are still the best way of achieving the top GCSE grades. The Advanced Drawing course aims to provide you with the time, space, resources and guidance to further develop your technique. This course is designed for those of you that already have a keen interest in drawing and want to advance further.

CREATIVE WRITING These sessions will include creative writing games, writing prompts and free writing time to work on a story, comic or poetry of your choice. Then, if you want to, you can share your work with the group and get constructive feedback. At the end of term, we’ll publish your work in an anthology to take home.

ANIMANGA CLUB (ANIME AND MANGA) If you love all things Anime and Manga then this is the club for you! There will be a varied choice of manga provided to read, including JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, My Hero Academia, Mob Psycho, Tokyo Ghoul, Deathnote and Danganronpa! We are members of Cruchyroll so we can access the best anime to watch on the big screen. Come and make friends with other enthusiasts! You can bring your own manga to read, you can draw, watch anime or just hang out and chat. Look forward to seeing some new faces at the one and only Animaga club!

BEGINNERS SPANISHIn this Beginners Spanish club we will learn some key vocabulary and phrases which will help you should you ever visit Spain or come into contact with Spanish speaking people. We will learn through a variety of methods; games, songs, repetition, competitions etc. We will also look at the culture in Spain and Spanish speaking countries, considering their traditions, food, clothes, tourism etc.

HARRY POTTER FROM THE BEGINNING So, you love to read, and you consider yourself a serious book-lover. But you’ve somehow managed to avoid one very famous book series: you’ve never read Harry Potter. I’m here to tell you that it’s never too late to read Harry Potter, because its magic lasts long past childhood. It’s a book that any one, any age can read and enjoy. So whether you’re ready to enter the world of Hogwarts or you’re a returning fan, then come and join me as we start with Harry Potter and the Philosospher’s Stone and travel through the amazing world created by J.K.Rowling.

INDEPENDENT STUDYThis elective will allow you to work on your subject areas independently. Ideal for those of you that want to further improve your independent learning skills or just want to get higher grades in a subject of your choice.

PROBLEM SOLVING (MATHS) Would you like the opportunity to improve your problem solving skills? We will be looking at problem solving in Maths. It will cover a wide range of maths topics using different strategies to enable everyone to succeed. You will also have the opportunity to create your own challenges/quizzes for your peers. I would also like to make maths displays or resources that can be used during maths lessons. For those of you that enjoy puzzles and figuring things out for yourselves this will be good fun.

BOOK CLUB Where will you find yourself today? Hogwarts? Narnia? Middle Earth? Or solving crimes with Sherlock Holmes? Books are our own magical portals to other worlds and you can go anywhere you like! Want to fight Medusa with Percy Jackson? Fight for survival in the Hunger games arena? Or take a journey back into history? Anything is possible when you love reading! The book club will allow you to explore different worlds and times while chatting about your discoveries with friends, new or old!

BRONZE CREST AWARD Let’s investigate Have you got the mind of a detective? Do you ever have questions about the wonders of the world? Maybe you have questions such as: Why do ships float? Are branded / designer products really the best? Who is the fittest person in your class? What type of food do worms prefer in a compost bin? What conditions are best to prevent soda losing its fizz? If you have ever asked yourself any of these questions or have one of your own. Then come along, this elective not only offers great fun but also the chance to earn a nationally accredited bronze crest award from the British Science association scheme.

SCIENCE PODCAST ‘Every day you wake up to a new discovery- but who knows about it? In this elective, you will be researching scientific discoveries and creating your own podcast to share with the school. This is the opportunity to report iconic scientific discoveries and to share your own thoughts on this through a podcast. It will be an opportunity to work with others, to create your own soundscape and to be one of the first people to present the new findings which shape the world we live in. For those interested in science and storytelling. Every day you wake up to a new discovery- help everyone know about it

PERSONAL LEISURE, HEALTH AND WELL-BEINGFLAG AMERICAN FOOTBALL Flag is the fastest growing format of the game in Great Britain, encompassing schools, colleges, universities and in the community. Flag is the non-contact sport of American football where tackles are made by pulling off a flag which is worn by all players. The game retains the same principles as the contact game with offensive teams having four attempts (downs) to reach a certain point on the field with the defensive team seeking to halt their progress.

BALLROOM / LATIN DANCINGBallroom and Latin dancing has flourished in recent years. It is open and inclusive to everyone. You will be learning a number of ballroom and latin dances including; Waltz, Quickstep, Cha-cha and Jive.Students will partner one another over a number of weeks and will receive instruction from a professional dancer and former champion. This is a great activity for building confidence, self esteem and is useful for those who wish to pursue a career in acting, drama and dancing.

DUATHLON - (RUN / CYCLE / RUN) Duathlons are like triathlons, but without the swimming! A duathlon consists of a run, bike, run for-mat, with the second run usually being half the distance of the first. Both Duathlon and Triathlon are sports that are becoming more and more popular both nationally and internationally and as a result, there are many events for any students wishing to eventually progress into competition. The duathlon sessions will be run by an experienced British Athletics endurance and athletics coach and veteran duathlon and triathlon competitor. Students will need provide their own helmets and bikes.

VOLLEYBALL CLUB Volleyball is a sport consisting of two teams of either 2, 4 or 6 players, where they compete over a very high net by trying to force the ball down on the oppositions court under a set of rules. It doesn’t matter how old you are, how fit you are or whether you’re able bodied or disabled. Volleyball is loads of fun and a very social game. It’s the only hi-energy, zero body contact, mixed team sport you can play indoors and outdoors - whatever your ability. Volleyball can enhance your life, improving fitness and coordination.

CHEERLEADING Cheerleading is a competitive sport that can also be done for fun. It comprises gymnastics, jumping, dance and stunts. School cheerleading teams can compete in national competitions, although this is something we will aim towards long term rather than straight away. Cheerleaders also traditionally cheer and chant for their American Football team. It doesn’t matter how athletic you are; there’s a place for everyone no matter your experience, ability or gender. Cheerleading is not just for girls!

MINDFULNESS Take some time out for yourself. Enjoy being in the moment, taking time to enjoy life and getting to know yourself better. Mindfulness gives you the opportunity to build up a toolkit of ways to be positive and to assess your emotions. We will be exploring techniques such as colouring and craft, journaling, meditation, yoga, mantras, nature wondering and a few more. Bring an open mind and a willingness to relax and just be..

LEGO CLUBGet creative with everyone’s favourite building blocks. Follow the steps and build by design or free-style and use your imagination. So come along and hear the satisfying click of the bricks. It’s therapeutic, rewarding and great fun.

MECCANO FOR BEGINNERS Let’s build, be creative, explore the possibilities of Meccano. For learners who enjoy being creative, have an ability to use their hands and minds to explore the mechanical world. Learners can work together to create specific designs or go off piste to make their own creations. Using kinaesthetic learning, Meccano is the ideal way to develop and create.

CHESS CLUB “ Tactics is knowing what to do when there is something to do; strategy is knowing what to do when there is nothing to do” – Savielly Tattakower. “ Move in silence; only speak when it’s time to say checkmate”- Wilhelm Steinitz. “Chess is everything: art, science and sport”- Anatloy Karpov. Chess is a war over the board with the object of crushing your opponents mind. It is described as useful in any professions, with time dedicated to the game never regretted! Want to see what all the fuss is about? Come to Chess club! Work on your problem solving, learn to win and lose with grace develop your creativity and your understanding that every action has a consequence, for better or for worse. Whether you’re a beginner or an expert, your guaranteed a warm welcome and a calm, relaxed space to test your wits on the board!

SCRABBLE CLUBCan you keep a cool head and work through the wackiest world of words on a Scrabble board? Up, down, left and right, creating words on a Scrabble board, in competition with your friends, is a mental exercise of risk and knowledge. Build your vocabulary, test your language skills, concentrate on problem solving, and also have a great time. Join our Scrabble club!

GYM / FITNESS / BOXING CLUB We offer a selection of machines to pinpoint and train each specific body part as well as offering advice on fitness plans. Whether you are male or female, whether you are just thinking about starting down your fitness path or are a more keen sports enthusiast we can help you in your goals. Our gym and boxing club is inclusive to all abilities and the most important thing here is to enjoy yourself and have fun.

GAME CLUB Enjoy a wide range of games, spend time with your friends and even make new ones.

TABLETOP RPGS (E.G. DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, WARHAMMER)Tabletop roleplaying is a deeply collaborative, social activity that engages your imagination and gives you the opportunity to create your own characters, worlds, and stories. Develop your creative and problem solving skills whilst uncovering mysteries and saving the (fantasy) world!

DARTS Are you ready to become the next Power? The next MVG? What about the next big thing to earn thousands of pounds in career earnings? Maybe you could join Fallon “Queen of the Palace” Sherrock in leading the charge of upcoming female darts players?

FOOTBALL CLUB Football club will provide students of all abilities with an opportunity to play Football where the primary purpose is to have fun! Whether you play Football for a team outside of school or you have only ever played during your PE lessons, this club promises to be great for players of all abilities.

GOLF AND TABLE TENNIS Try a new sport that isn’t delivered within PE lessons. Master the technique of playing a selection of shots and win prizes in target practice competitions. Learn and develop your skills/technique in singles and doubles play in a fun environment. Enjoy competing against your friends and playing mini tournaments for small prizes.

LUDO CLUBLudo Pachisi now known as Ludo Club was originated in India by the 6th century. The earliest evidence of this game in India is the depiction of boards on the caves of Ajanta. Each player has four coloured counters whose aim is to get round the board and into their safe ‘home’ at the end. It is a life skill learning game and it is more of a strategy game then luck. You can play this dice game in pairs or in groups with friends. Remember, your probability of winning increases by making good strategy. Learn new skills and apply various strategies in pairs and groups play in an enjoyable competitive environment. Enjoy competing against your friends and playing mini tournaments to win the title of the Ludo King with prizes.