We at PMGHS ensure our pupils are given the opportunity to develop and learn through creativity in all areas of the curriculum rather than just through the delivery of a scheme of work.
Each curriculum area are expected to develop enrichment activities for learners
Enrichment within curriculum areas is aimed at:
- Increasing enjoyment within that curriculum area
- Developing independent learning and challenging in gifted and talented students in the curriculum area
- Developing the profile of the curriculum area or particular skills and themes within that area
Each curriculum area will develop their enrichment activity in the coming academic year. Enrichment will include:
- Development of clubs linked to one or more curriculum areas
- Development of faculty-based trips and outdoor learning opportunities
- Inviting external facilitators to further engage pupils with particular activities
- Celebrating a particular ‘National Day’ or ‘World Week’ such as ‘Science week’ related to an issue of relevance to the curriculum area
Enrichment activities are delivered at different points during the academic year:
- Lessons to celebrate a particular ‘National Day’ or ‘World Week’ related to an issue of relevance to the curriculum area
- After school clubs
- Through half termly Enrichment days
- Assemblies
Enrichment at our school may include:
- Poetry, Drama or Book Clubs
- Celebration of ‘World Book Day’ or ‘Poetry Week’ etc
- Faculty trips to venues related to the curriculum, such as visting museums and galleries
- Multi faith visits
- Participation in ‘UKMT Maths Challenge’
- Celebration of National Science and Engineering Week
- Science Clubs
- Identifying external facilitators to lead learning on different areas of the curriculum
- An ‘Art Club’ to prepare material for display across the school buildings
- Indoor and outdoor sports clubs
- A ‘PMGHS Talent’ day where learners rehearse and exhibit artistic performances on a chosen theme
- Celebration of ‘World Environment Day’, ‘Fair Trade Day’, ‘International Women’s Day’, ‘Citizenship Day’, Holocaust Memorial Day, St George’s Day and other related events
- Development of inter-faith forums
- Faculty trips to museums
- Whole school ‘Sports Days’
2022/2023
2021/2022
“Which of your Lord’s favours would you deny?”
The enrichment day, based on ‘the Art of Sound’, allowed our pupils to acknowledge and embrace two of the blessings from the Almighty: the ability to hear and create sound with our voices.
This enchanting day was bursting with stimulating activities that allowed the pupils to transcend into a world of sensory pleasure without compromising our Islamic ethos.
These eclectic activities, designed to encourage exploration of sound, consisted of opportunities to write musical notation using a voice-synthesiser and perfecting their creation of rhythmical beats with the duff. The musical compositions were truly astounding!
Our musical protégés were not short of inspiration on this special day! Pupils travelled back in time to a period where composers like Beethoven began their journey to musical success; this immersive experience allowed our pupils to understand how determination can break all barriers; they must ‘reach for the sky’ just as Beethoven did!
Returning back to the present day, the pupils welcomed the famous nasheed group ‘Shaam’ who serenaded our school walls with their glorious voices and their expert duff skills. They delivered workshops to our pupils and even performed with our own pupil nasheed group!
What truly epitomised the success of the day was when our pupils refused to leave the school hall after an exceptional performance. The atmosphere was electric: the joy bounced from the walls as did the beautiful melodies. These are the memories that will be etched into the brains of our pupils for a lifetime.
The activities that took place were ;
Body percussion
Compose yourself
Find your voice
Lets explore nasheeds
Lets look for harmony
Paint it don’t play it
Science and sound the great composers
Spoken Word
To enable a smooth transition we have collated a booklet for Year 7 to go through with form tutors on a weekly basis
An extremely successful whole school STEM Enrichment day took place on Thursday 21 October 2021. Many external agencies joined the school to inspire our pupils into multiple career pathways. Below are some activities that took place with different year groups.
Year 7
- Murderous
Maths workshop - Ronit
Kanwar design project
Year 8
- Construction
design project led by Willmott Dixon Construction
Year 9
- Ronit
Kanwar design project - Virtual
insight half day with Gamma Telecoms
Year 10
- Engineering
Activities - Elite
Skills academy with the Army - The
Priorities Game with the AS creatives
Year 11
Mock interviews with Lisa Greenhalgh, Hannah Thurston, Ahmed Rawat, Azhar Khan Pathan, Khalid Mahomed, Rebecca Wood, Michelle Waddington, George Lilley, Sgt Amanda Edwards, Mariyam Arif, PC Nikki Nabi, Layla Mahmood, Gill Hargreaves, Senior Clinical Advisor, Cath Robinson, Saeed Umar, Paul Ingham, Lucy Birchall, Aasiyah Chhadat, Dr Emma Deeks, Zakira Bhailok and Amanda Bacon.
Y11s also had a range of guest speakers from the STEM backgrounds this afternoon: Dr Jenny Gibson (clinical psychologist), Dr Anna Williams (Professor of Forensics), Aasiyah Chhadat (audiologist), Layla Mahmood (petroleum engineer), Afsana Patel (financial analyst) and Fatima AlHalwachi (network engineer).
An extended wellbeing enrichment activity takes place in preparation for pupils return to school.
All year groups will be engaging in an Enrichment day based around Spirituality.
Outline of the day:
Form time – Surah Kahaf
P1 – Rabi ul Awwal – Prophet Muhammed ‘Our hero’
P2 – Quiz
P3 – Competition [Poem on the Prophet Muhammed)
P4 – Launch of our next charity – Salvation Army
Launch of Monday & Thursday Sunnah Fasts
We recognise that the wellbeing of our pupils is of paramount importance. The wellbeing enrichment day provided an excellent opportunity to put this into practice. Opportunities were given to pupils to experience learning outside of the curriculum. A range of stimulating and unique activities were put in place to enable them to not only acquire new knowledge and understanding, but also to develop skills and habits, which help broaden horizons and strengthen character.
The activities centred around ‘The five ways to wellbeing’:
Connect, Give, Take Notice, Keep Learning, Be Active
All year groups will be engaging in an Enrichment day based around Spirituality.
Outline of the day:
Form time – Surah Kahaf
P1 – Rabi ul Awwal – Prophet Muhammed ‘Our hero’
P2 – Quiz
P3 – Competition [Poem on the Prophet Muhammed)
P4 – Launch of our next charity – Salvation Army
Launch of Monday & Thursday Sunnah Fasts
The key focus of this enrichment day was to further improve pupils literacy and oracy skills through a variety of creative activities. The activities included: logistics behind planning a theme park, resolving a murder mystery case and developing a newsletter. The annual ‘Spelling Bee’ competition also took place with the winner, of each year group, being awarded with a Kindle as their prize.
Our Year 10 pupils communication and oracy skills were further boosted through this external programme on enrichment day. Talk about Communication Plus provided pupils with practical opportunities to fine tune those skills learned in Talk about Communication and they had to put them to the test within group situations. The many skills that were learnt on this workshop were: Improving group talk; experiencing whole class debating; fine tuning negotiation techniques; developing listening skills; boosting oracy and confidence levels.
Our Talk the Talk enrichment day experience – by Aniesha Giash, Hafsah Khawaja, Faiza Desai and Humaira Hussain
Enrichment day at PMGHS was totally an incredible experience that helped us to build up our confidence in public speaking, we accomplished this with the help of four phenomenal tutors who were called Craig, Steve, Carl and Krista. Talk the talk are a company that go around schools to help children of all ages to help and encourage them to be confident in what they do. As a result, year 8 are now the most confident year group PMGHS have ever encountered.
We were each given a workbook and our tutor helped us to complete it. We also had short activities that helped us in our oracy skills. Our last activity was to make a two minute speech on a topic of our choice. There would be different sections we had to include for example through PEEP. Position = state your opinion, Explain = why you think you have chosen this opinion, Expand = to make sure your point is made, Point = complete a conclusion and re-state your opinion.
This enriching experience was very entertaining and boosted our confidence.
Here are some comments from the pupils in our year:
Aliyah Akram ‘It really helped boost my confidence in public speaking’.
Aishah Iqbal Patel ‘It was really helpful because it told us how to deliver a speech and some tips for what to do if you forget what you’re saying and how to project your voice. He told us to always keep a water bottle with us so when we drink we can think about what to say and to always imagine a few rows behind the last row of people so everyone can hear us. Overall, he was a very nice man and helped us a lot’.
These fast-moving workshops supported the pupils to hone their communication skills for real-life situations.
These workshops were delivered by Mrs Panchbhaya, Mrs Holland and Mrs Patel. Mental health problems are experienced by up to one in four of the population. The workshops and activities focused on coping with stresses of daily life, positive self-esteem and working productively. Pupils found the workshop interesting and engaging.
Previous Enrichments
Pupils at PMGHS visited the Flipout trampoline park in December. This reward was given to the pupils, from the governing body, for their exceptional behaviour and hard work throughout the term. All year groups visited Flipout at different times, with the pupils thoroughly enjoying their hour long activity.
PMGHS had their own business entrepreneurs who had to create a business initiative which would help them make a profit. Personalised T-shirts, mugs, phone covers and bath bombs were some of the brilliant ideas that the pupils developed. These products will now be sold one lunch time, in the hall, to all those who pre-ordered or want to buy on the day.
The year 9 pupils embarked on a two day enrichment programme where they had to design and create buildings made out of cardboard only. These buildings were constructed according to their set themes. This project linked in very well, not only with the STEM initiatives, but also with SMSC strands of: teamwork and cooperation. The quality of the work was amazing and the judges had a difficult decision to make when choosing the winners.
Fair Play, Respect and teamwork were some of the themes for this terms Enrichment. The year 8 pupils enjoyed a football session that was delivered by UCLAN and Lancashire Football Association coaches. They introduced lots of different games that incorporated teamwork, cooperation, respect and fair play.
‘We thought that the football coaches had lots of fun and enjoyable activities. We particularly liked the games especially ‘the treasure chest’ – these all taught us about respecting others in the game. The coaches were very friendly and we also made improvements in our game of Football.’ Fatima Angraj, Asima Suleman.
Fair Play, Respect and teamwork were some of the themes for this terms Enrichment. The year 8 pupils enjoyed a football session that was delivered by UCLAN and Lancashire Football Association coaches. They introduced lots of different games that incorporated teamwork, cooperation, respect and fair play.
‘We thought that the football coaches had lots of fun and enjoyable activities. We particularly liked the games especially ‘the treasure chest’ – these all taught us about respecting others in the game. The coaches were very friendly and we also made improvements in our game of Football.’ Fatima Angraj, Asima Suleman (year 8).
This Enrichment day was organised around promoting the fundamental British values on respect, tolerance and cultural diversity in a multi-faith modern Britain. Our pupils visited many ‘places of worship’ giving them access to others faiths and beliefs and helping them to understand the lives of others.
Here are the faith visits that took part on the day:
Year 7 visit to the BAPS Swaminarayan Hindu Temple. The priest gave the pupils an insight on Hinduism and their practices. The pupils were also given an opportunity to ask questions. The feedback received from this temple was very positive: ‘the School we had was really good, it’s the best group we have had so far with regards to behaviour and the intelligent questions that they asked’.
Year 8 Visit to Guru Nanak Gurdhwara Sikh Temple. The speaker at this temple spoke about Sikhism and their festivals. The pupils even got a chance to witness a Sikh wedding and how they celebrate such a happy event. The guests were very generous and made sure the pupils and teachers didn’t leave until they had the refreshments that were provided by them.
Year 9 visit to St Johns Minster Church. The Minister at the Church was very engaging and kept the pupils interested throughout the talk that he delivered. The pupils thoroughly enjoyed the visit with the tour of the church and the discussions they had taken part in.
On their return from these visits the pupils took part in faith quizzes and devising board games to ‘test their knowledge’. They enjoyed an informative and wonderful day where they were given the opportunity to learn about other faiths and beliefs.
This Enrichment day was organised around promoting the fundamental British values on respect, tolerance and cultural diversity in a multi-faith modern Britain. Our pupils visited many ‘places of worship’ giving them access to others faiths and beliefs and helping them to understand the lives of others.
Here are the faith visits that took part on the day:
Year 7 visit to the BAPS Swaminarayan Hindu Temple. The priest gave the pupils an insight on Hinduism and their practices. The pupils were also given an opportunity to ask questions. The feedback received from this temple was very positive: ‘the School we had was really good, it’s the best group we have had so far with regards to behaviour and the intelligent questions that they asked’.
Year 8 Visit to Guru Nanak Gurdhwara Sikh Temple. The speaker at this temple spoke about Sikhism and their festivals. The pupils even got a chance to witness a Sikh wedding and how they celebrate such a happy event. The guests were very generous and made sure the pupils and teachers didn’t leave until they had the refreshments that were provided by them.
Year 9 visit to St Johns Minster Church. The Minister at the Church was very engaging and kept the pupils interested throughout the talk that he delivered. The pupils thoroughly enjoyed the visit with the tour of the church and the discussions they had taken part in.
On their return from these visits the pupils took part in faith quizzes and devising board games to ‘test their knowledge’. They enjoyed an informative and wonderful day where they were given the opportunity to learn about other faiths and beliefs.
Elite problem solving with the army’ by the Army jobs Preston and ‘bridge the gap’ by Prestons College activity workshops were delivered to Year 9 pupils on Enrichment day.
Sergeant Archer and Sergeant Arif delivered the army workshop which helped the pupils understand the career opportunities available in the army especially for young muslimahs! The workshop gave valuable insight to these career prospects.
Preston’s College ‘Bridge the gap’ activity helped pupils to enhance their problem solving skills. Leadership, co-operation whilst working as part of a team were key in the fun problem solving activities.