At Northern Education Trust Kirk Balk Academy, we share a vision of being ‘Outcomes Focused, Child Centred’. As such, we believe that all students are entitled to educational experiences that are both enjoyable and enriching.

You may already be aware that in order to achieve this, over the course of Key Stage 3, all students have the opportunity to take part in our ‘EBacc Experiences’ programme. This programme is designed to provide exciting experiences and events which take place throughout each year of Key Stage 3. All experiences are offered to our students completely free of charge and allow students to explore a range of topics from different subjects that make up the English Baccalaureate – a set of subjects studied at GCSE that keep our young peoples’ options open for further study and future careers.

The first EBacc Experience of the year for students in Y7 is due to take place on Thursday 16th December. This involves students watching a showing of Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion in our Assembly Hall. The film will be shown in French and will give our students the opportunity to apply their French language skills in a new context.
Students will follow their normal school timetable until their class teacher escorts them to the assembly hall to watch the film. Students do not need to bring anything with them during the experience and they will of course need to wear their school uniform as usual.

I am sure that this will be a fantastic event for all our Y7 students, and I am looking forward to seeing them enjoy this unique and exciting experience.