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The Scholars’ Programme

The “Scholars’ Programme” is a programme which promotes and co-ordinates activities to stretch and challenge the most academically able students at JCoSS, alongside those who are hard-working, determined, academically optimistic and ambitious, independently engaged and display attitudes that are vital for their success in the wider world.At JCoSS we regard being Able & Ambitious as possessing expertise in a developmental stage. This means those students who display, or have a potential to, exhibit exceptional performance in one or more areas of endeavour, be they academic, expressive or social. JCoSS acknowledges that being exceptionally Able may be subject specific or more general.

The Scholars’ Programme promotes and co-ordinates activities to stretch and challenge Able & Ambitious students within and beyond the classroom, from Years 7 through to 13 and it is also responsible for encouraging students to apply to Oxbridge and other competitive courses as well as managing these applications.

Cross-curricular

Provision	What is involved?	Who for?
It All Adds Up	The Mathematical Institute and Department of Statistics, University of Oxford, host two inspiring and engaging day-conferences in Mathematics for girls	Year 10
STEM Aspire Days	Science, Maths and Tech work in a lab based exploratory learning environment to promote critical thinking and higher order thinking.	Years 8/9 – A&A students. Staff nominated.
Arkwright Scholarship	An Arkwright Engineering Scholarship is the most prestigious scholarship of its type in the UK to inspire and nurture school-age students to be the country’s future leaders of the Engineering Profession	Year 11

Art

Provision	What is involved?	Who for?
Year 10 residential trip to Spain.	ADT and Spanish students visit and explore historical and cultural aspects in Southern Spain over 5 days. Students gain an insight on how to be inspired from surroundings which supports advancements in their coursework.	KS4 – Year 10
KS3 A&A students accompanying A Level students to the Curwen Print Centre in Cambridgeshire	Selection of KS3 and A Level students taken to the Curwen Print Centre in Cambridgeshire	KS3 – Year 8/9
Museum/Gallery Visit.	GCSE and A Level art students on a trip to a Museum or Gallery. The trip is designed to support their Coursework Units.	KS3/4
KS4 and 5 Booster sessions	Opportunities for students to come and improve their coursework.	KS4/5: Years 10-13
Art Club	Lunch sessions for all students to come and improve their art work	All years

Business & Economics

Provision	What is involved?	Who for?
Student Investor Challenge	Students put together a virtual share portfolio and trade over several months	Year 10 and 12
BASE Accounting Competition	Students analyse a company’s performance and make recommendations to management	Year 12 Economics students
Tenner Challenge	Students start a business and aim to make as much profit as possible from a £10 initial investment	Year 8 students
Economics In Action	Talks from a variety of leading economists	Year 13 Economics students

Computing

Provision	What is Involved?	Who is it for?
Cyber Discovery Competition	A national competition aimed at improving understanding of cyber security	Years 10 to 13
Coding Club	Students can develop their own code one lunchtime per week and get support	Years 7 to 11

Drama

Provision	What is involved?	Who for?
Shakespeare Schools Festival	Rehearsing and working together to bring the text alive. Concentration and focus on staging and performance skills. Workshops and performances at JCOSS and The Arts Depot Theatre in Finchley.	30 students across Key stage 3 and 4.
Frantic Assembly Workshop	Visiting practitioner from Frantic Assembly Company to work with students using Physical Theatre.	GCSE and A Level students
The Stanislavsky Experience	Visiting practitioners to work with GCSE and A level students with a focus on Devising Skills, Stanislavsky and Brecht.	GCSE and A level students.
Chickenshed Theatre Company	Students have the opportunity to participate in workshops.	30 students – GCSE, A Level and PSRP.
Theatre visits	students have had opportunities to visit theatres. Productions this year have included Woman in Black, The Curious Incident of the dog and the Night time, DNA, Label and Everybody is talking about Jamie
Whole school musical open to all years	students have options to use their performance skills or work in the sound/lighting areas and stage management.	60 – 70 students across the school.

D&T & Food Tech

Provision	What is involved?	Who for?
Year 10 residential trip to Spain.	ADT and Spanish students visit and explore historical and cultural aspects in Southern Spain over 5 days. Students gain an insight on how to be inspired from surroundings which supports advancements in their coursework.	KS4 – Year 10
D&T – 6 week Workshop Machine course	Learning how to use the machinery in a safe environment	Less confident students. A&A D&T students will help
D&T – Run a Design Venturer competition	A competition linked with the Design Museum	A&A D&T students
D&T – Rotary Technology Tournament	A problem solving competition	A&A Yr10 & Yr11 students
Food Technology	A cooking competition run in heats	Self select process – all years
KS4 and 5 Booster sessions for both D&T and Food Technology	Opportunities for students to come and improve their coursework.	KS4/5: Years 10-13

English

Provision	What is involved?	Who for?
Read for Barnet	Able and Ambitious readers are invited to participate in the ‘Read for Barnet’ project run by UCS. They provide copies of the books to share, facilitate group discussion, gather and edit book reviews for inclusion on the website (prizes for the best ones).	Nominated Year 7 students
Able readers Carnegie shadowing	Students are provided with copies of the books to share, facilitate group discussion, and support preparation of presentation for the inter-school event. They will gather and edit book reviews for inclusion in the website and feed this into other students’ reading experiences in LRC lessons.	Nominated Year 8 students
Barnet Literature Quiz	Students take part in a quiz with other Barnet schools to find the team that has the greatest knowledge of Literature in Year 7.	Y7 – In school winners of Literature quiz
Book Club	Students who enjoy reading are welcome to join Book Club one lunch time a week where they will read and discuss different books each week. Students will also put together the short list of books for the ‘JCoSS Book Award’ and help to run the competition.	Y7, 8, 9 and 10
JCoSS Book Award	Launched by the students in the Book Club, all of KS3 are invited to read the books on the JCoSS Book Award Shortlist. Once the reading is completed, students will present creative responses to the books. The best creative responses will be selected to participate in a reward trip.	All KS3 students
BBC 500 words competition	The BBC 500 words competition invites students all across the country to write a short, 500 word story. There are lots of prizes awarded to the most imaginative and well-written stories including a trip to a royal residence.	All of Year 7 and Year 8 students
Debating	Able and ambitious students who have shown aptitude for debating learn the procedure of a formal debate and enter a national debating competition.	Nominated Year 9 students
Globe theatre trip	Students are able to attend a free performance at the globe of a Shakespeare play that has been adapted especially for students.	Reward for ambitious Y8 students
Creative writing club	Students can practice the craft of creative writing in a more informal setting	KS3 students
Workshop at the Globe	To support the study of Romeo and Juliet diligent students are rewarded with a trip to the Globe where they work with actors from the theatre company on key scenes from the play.	KS4 ambitious students
Paired reading	Students in Year 10 meet with Year 7 students weekly to read books together.	Able and ambitious Year 10 students
New Views	This is a prestigious playwriting competition run by the National Theatre. The New Views programme gives students a unique and exciting opportunity to work with playwrights to produce their own short play, about a challenging issue. The winning play is performed by a group of professional actors at the National Theatre and the runners up see a staged reading of their play.	Students from KS4 and 5
Mentoring of Year 7 students	Key Stage 5 English Literature students are responsible for the academic mentoring of underachieving students in Key Stage Three. A Level students are able to support literacy and comprehension skills of younger students.	Key Stage 5 English Literature students
Sixth form blog	An opportunity for peers to design and organise an English Literature Blog to support academic progress at A- Level. The Blog contains supporting critical material, advice from students and teachers, and most importantly, reviews and recommendations for wider reading.	Run by KS5 Literature students
Theatre trips	Key Stage 5 theatre trips are frequent throughout the year. There are opportunities to see set texts, as well as enrichment trips to see productions of texts that are relevant in terms of genre or time period.	KS5 Literature students
Study day	The Love Through the Ages Study day is run by examiners and lecturers and supports Paper 1.	KS5 Literature students
Study Days	Lectures on various set texts. Selected students attend the day of lectures, take notes and feedback to classmates	Y12 and Y13 English students
Close reading competition	The close reading competition is run by the EMC and allows students to enter a piece of close analysis of a prose extract. We have had considerable success in this competition in the past!	Y12 students

French, Spanish, Ivrit , Classical Civilisation and Latin

Provision	What is involved?	Who for?
National French / Ivrit Spelling Bee		Year 7
Latin Club	For students in years 9 -11 and run by teachers and sixth form, to support and extend knowledge beyond the classroom.	Years 9-11
Latin Trip	Museum of London	KS3
Ivrit Cambridge Trip	visit to Cambridge Genzia and Department of Modern Hebrew	Year 9
French Language Trip	Normandy	Year 10
Spanish Language Trip	Andalucia	Year 10
French and Spanish Students	1:1/ Small group Foreign Assistant speaking sessions	Y10 – Y13 French & Spanish Students
Shinshinnit	Israel Club and Hebrew language support from Israeli Scout leaders volunteering in the UK fromIsrael	Y7-Y13 Ivrit
Classical Civilisation and Latin A-Level trips	These trips involve theatre trips to see Ancient Greek Tragedy and Comedy alongside carrying opportunities to attend academic lectures on Classical topics	Year 12 & 13
Linguistic Olympiad Competition		– Open to all Y12 & Y13 students.

Humanities

Provision	What is involved?	Who for?
Geography	Stretch and challenge in lessons	KS3
Geography	Differentiated interventions focusing on high level exams skills – Subscriptions/ Magazine articles from – Geographical review, the economist, the Royal Geographic association.	KS4
Geography	Evening lectures to hear specialist speakers through Harrow school	KS5
Sociology	Tailoring resources to stretch the most able for example, exam booklets of past exam questions – Academic literature in the classroom – Notice board of revision materials – Sociology Review Magazine
Politics	Visit Parliament with discussion with a Peer and MPs Trip to student conference , featuring prominent speakers (e.g. Speaker of HOC) Politicians visit the school (e.g. Luciana Berger, Theresa Villiers) Subscription to Politics Review Year 13s mentoring of Year 12s Model answer booklets Independent reading list for key topics to extend student reading

Jewish Education

Provision	What is involved?	Who for?
Jewish Hackney Walking Tour	Walking tour of Jewish Hackney led by Rachel Kolsky, Blue Badge Guide and founder of Go London Tours.	A&A – JE students
Beit Midrash	Intensive Jewish learning	Self-Select
Jack Petchey Scheme – Achievement Award	Recognising achievement	Self-Select
Yoni Jesner Award	Volunteering	Years 7 & 8 – Self Select
Duke of Edinburgh Award	Bronze/Silver Awards. Weekend excursions, volunteering, development of a skill and a physical challenge. Recognition at Celebration Evening for those who excel.	Year 9+ – Self Select
Alan Sennit Community Leadership Programme	Young person led social action project	Year 10 – Self Select
Rosh Chodesh	Spirituality, prayer, education, reflection.	All students
Trip to Natural History Museum	Evolution vs religion	Year 10 selected students
Festival Celebrations	Including Chanukah, Purim, Pesach, Yom Ha’atzmaut	All students
Commemorations	Including Holocaust Memorial Day, Yom HaShoah, Yom Hazikaron	All students
Fables and Bagels – Family Education	Evenings around festival time	Students and families
Summer Programmes Fair	Promoting summer programmes	All students
Mitzvah Day	Day of community service	Self-Select
Fairtrade Fortnight	Students volunteer to help with Fairtrade fortnight	Self-Select
Volunteering Opportunities & Fundraising	Including care home visits, poppy selling, fundraising initiatives, visiting local primaries, litter collection	Self-Select
Shabbaton	Bonding weekend – A few Year 12s volunteer	Year 7 – Self Select
Israel Trip	Students tour Israel for a 2 week excursion. Immersing themselves in the culture, religion and landscape of Israel.	Year 9 – Self Select
Poland Trip	Poland Trip	Year 13 – Self Select
6th Form JE	1 hour per week	All Year 12 & 13
We Day	Day promoting social action	15 students engaged in Social Action
Pause for Prayer	Weekly prayer/reflection activity	All students
Manna from Heaven	Making food for homeless people	Self Select
Philosophy Club	Debating and Discussion on topical issues within Judaism	Self Select
Israel Club	Israel Club	Self Select
Kabbalat Shabbat	Prayer	Self Select

Maths

Provision	What is involved?	Who for?
UKMT junior, intermediate and senior individual challenges.	Students sit a paper in exam conditions. Questions are designed to make you think out the box.	Years 7-13
UKMT team challenge.	Trip out of school to compete against other schools in different style maths challenges	Years 7-13
British Mathematical Olympiad	This is the follow-on round for the senior UKMT Challenge.	Years 12-13
STEP	preparation and support for STEP exams, aimed at Oxbridge candidates	Years 12-13
Mathematical Olympiad for Girls	Aimed to encourage and inspire as many girls as possible to get involved in advannced mathematical problem solving	Year 11
Reach for the 9s	weekly additional sessions for GCSE students aiming for grade 9	Year 11
AMSP Maths Feast	The Y10 Maths feast is an enjotyable and challenging team competition testing mathematical, team working and communication skills.	Year 10
Weekly Maths Quiz	Challenging problem solving questions set through insight.	KS3
Bletchley Park Trip	Students explore, experience and enjoy the once top-secret world of iconic codebreaking huts, learning hrough hands on activities and immersive experiences.	Year 8

Media & Film Studies

Provision	What is involved?	Who for?
Film Club	Creating films and entering film competitions	Year 7 and 8 students (self-select and recommended by teachers)
Media Team	Students form a media team to film events and shows in school. Filming events that happen in school	Year 12/13
Media Consultant	A media consultant industry comes in for a day to run tutored media revision.	Year 12&13

Music

Provision	What is involved?	Who for?
JCOSS Singers	Singing to a high level of competence and skill. Performing in public both in and out of school	Year 7 Vocalists
Chamber Choir	Singing to a high level of competence and skill. Performing in public both in and out of school	Years 7 to 13 Entry by audition/invitation
Junior Jazz Band	Playing Jazz/Big Band music Performing in public both in and out of school	Saxes/Trumpets/Trombones (up to Grade 4) ALL YEARS
Woodwind Ensemble	Playing classical wind ensemble pieces	Woodwind & Brass instrumentalists ALL YEARS
Guitar Ensemble		guitarists ALL YEARS
Jazz Band	Playing Jazz/Big Band music Performing in public both in and out of school.	Saxes/Trumpets/Trombones open to all Grade 4 upwards ALL YEARS
String Ensemble	Playing classical string ensemble pieces Performing in public both in and out of school	Violinists/Violas/Cellos ALL YEARS
Senior Singers	Singing to a high level of competence and skill. Performing in public both in and out of school	Years 8 to 11 singers
Percussion Ensemble	Playing arrangements and original music for tuned percussion ensemble	Percussionists/Pianists ALL YEARS
Sixth Form Close Harmony	a capella Singing to a high level of competence and skill. Performing in public both in and out of school	Sixth formers by invitation

Physical Education

Able information:

Students get nominated to attend trials in a range of sports at district and county level (not all year groups have district or county teams to nominate students for)
Extra-curricular fixtures for students to represent JCoSS at County/Regional level (boys and girls football, table tennis, Cross-country)
Extra-curricular fixtures for students to represent JCoSS at District level (boys and girls football, badminton, athletics, basketball, netball, rounders, cricket, handball, table tennis, Cross-country)
Extra-curricular school clubs in a range of sports after-school for students
Inter-Form Competitions for students to represent their forms in basketball, handball, football, netball and athletics.
Maccabi Tournaments for students to represent JCoSS competing in inter-school events
Nominations to represent Maccabi GB in a range of sporting activities.

Ambitious information:

Students can apply to be a Sports Ambassador in year 7 and if/when places become available in subsequent years
Sports Ambassadors represent the school in external competitions as coaches, umpires and leaders
Sports Ambassadors also run sporting initiatives within JCoSS to increase oppurtunities for their peers to participate in sport.

Science

Provision	What is involved?	Who for?
Science club	Weekly experiments and science enrichment activities with Miss Brogden and Mr Orr	KS3 students
Research projects	Numerous research projects built in to our KS3 scheme of learning as extension and enrichment activities .	KS3 students
Cavendish lab visit		KS4 GCSE Physics students
Combined armed forces STEM day		Year 8
CERN trip		Year 12 & 13
Safe cracking challenge		Year 12
JCoSMos- weather balloon		Run by Year 12
Planetarium opportunity		KS3 Students
Doctors visit	Assist with medical applications to universities	Year 12 & 13
Visiting neuroscientist

Social Action

Provision	What is involved?	Who for?
6^th Form JE	Lessons on a broad range of Jewish themes	Years 12-13
Alan Senitt Upstanders Leadership Programme	Inter-school leadership training programme	Year 10 – Self Select
Beit Midrash	Intensive Jewish learning	Years 7-9 – Self Select
Charity Fair	Fair to choose school charities for the year	Self Select
Festival activities	Activities in the heartspace for festivals	Self Select
Gap Year Workshop and Fair	Introduction to gap years	Year 12
Interfaith Linking – St Augustine’s Priory School	Interfaith linking programme with St Augustine’s Priory Schoo	Year 9 girls – Self Select
Interfaith Linking – Tawhid Boys School	Interfaith linking programme with Tahwid Boys School	Year 9 boys – Self Select
Interfaith Tent	Interfaith encounters and workshops in the Interfaith Tent	Years 7-9
Interfaith Week	Interfaith social action projects	Years 7-9 – Self Select
Israel Club	Lunchtime club – Israel games and activities	Self Select
Israel Journey	2 week immersive Israel Tour	Year 9 – Self Select
Israel Tour Fair	Youth movement promotion of Israel Tour	Year 11
JCoSS Leadership Academy	Leadership development programme	Years 12-13 – Self Select
JCoSS Shabbat	Baking Challah for JCoSS Shabbat	Self Select
Kabbalat Shabbat	Kabbalat Shabbat prayers	Self Select
Maccabi GB Challenge Israel Tour	Israel Tour for young people with learning disabilities	Year 12-13 – Self Select
Manna from Heaven	Lunchtime club – Baking for Homeless Action Barnet	Self Select
Mincha	Mincha prayers	Self Select
Mitzvah Day	Day of community service	Self Select
Poland Trip	Poland Trip	Year 12 – Self Select
Pride Week	Activities for LGBT+ Pride Week	Self Select
Rosh Chodesh	Prayer, reflection and Jewish education sessions on Rosh Chodesh	Years 7-9
Rosh Chodesh	‘TED’ style talks on Rosh Chodesh from distinguished guests	Years 10-11
Social Snacktion	Social action reward club	Self Select
Sukkot & Social Action	Sessions with school charities in the Sukkah	Self Select
Summer Programme Fair	Youth movement promotion of summer camps	Years 7-10 – Self Select
Team Tikkun	Social Action Committee	Self Select
Volunteering Opportunities, Community Visits & Fundraising	Visits to care homes and community events	Self Select
We Day	Day promoting social action	15 students engaged in social action
Year 10 Lag B’Omer Residential	Trip away for Lag B’Omer	Year 10 – Self Select
Year 7 IJE	Values based curriculum delivered through IJE	Year 7
Year 7 Shabbaton	Weekend away	Year 7 – Self Select
Year 8 Volunteering	Each student completes an hour of volunteering in school time	Year 8
Yom Tzedakah	Fundraisers days led by each year group	Each year group
Yoni Jesner Award	Volunteering award	Years 7 & 8 – Self Select