Our Phoenix Project is taking place again this year with a new group of fourteen Year 8 students ready to get involved in all the special activities we have arranged for them. The aim of the Project is to raise aspirations across the core subjects of English, Maths and Science.

This year’s Phoenix Project launched back in September with a bonding/team building trip to Dorset where students camped for three nights and took part in a range of activities that required them to work as a team and build relationships with one another. 

Their next visit was to West Horsley Place for a tour of the Estate and to watch a performance of an original script 'Wild Walks', produced, directed and performed by Guilford Shakespeare Company. In Wild Walks, serious messages about nature conservation were brought to life by a host of wild creatures and delivered through an exciting blend of modern language and Shakespeare’s prose in this family-friendly, interactive, outdoor performance about nature recovery in Surrey.

Next up was Earlswood Junior School where our students led Reading Workshops for Year 3 children. There was also the opportunity to put to use what they had learnt in Dorset, running Team Building activities with the Earlswood children. 

Coming up after half term students will have the opportunity to visit the University of Kent, where they will tour the campus, have lunch with university students and also take part in a scavenger hunt around the campus. 

And to round off the first term, we will be taking a trip to the West End to see a musical and take a look at the famous Christmas lights!

Each of these experiences are added to their portfolio, with information about what they feel they learn about themselves being added throughout the year. At the end of the year all students will present to their parents what they have learned.