1. ACTIVE LEARNING PROGRAMME 2019-2020
YEAR 7 / YEAR 8 / YEAR 9

2. WHAT IS ACTIVE LEARNING AT HEADSTART?
The active learning programme is only for Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9 and is meant to:
Create excitement to come to school to attend a subject the students choose and enjoy
Develop students’ potential
Encourage students to be in control and responsible of their learning process
Provide new learning opportunities,
Encourage and help students to develop a unique set of interests talents, and goals
Present or perform learning experiences, develop transferable skills, master/retain what they learn, can relate it to previous experiences and future expectations
Teachers of the AL activities become guides, mediators, facilitators

3. HOW DOES IT WORK?
The Students from Y7, Y8 and Y9 will have Active Learning 3 times per week: Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8.10am to 9.10am.
During the first 4 weeks, from Friday 30 August until Monday 23 September, the students will be divided into 11 groups of mixed academic years from A to K and experience 11 taster lessons of all the activities that will be offered through the year from the 11 teachers involved in Active Learning. At the end of each taster lesson the teacher will let you know where and with whom your next taster lesson will be or alternatively you can find it in your timetable on the portal.
On Monday 23 September, during the last 10 minutes of the last taster lesson the teacher will ask the students to log-in on their phones or computers to choose the activities they would like to do during the year. Each student has to choose 10 activities. Please choose carefully as you will be allocated 8 out these 10 activities through the year and you won’t be able to change.
From Wednesday 25 September your homeroom teacher will let you know which activity you will be doing for the next 12 weeks. Each student will do 3 different activities per week, selected from the list they have chosen.
For example: if a student chose Basketball/Choreography/Graffiti Art/ Football/Glee/Capture the flags/ Jewelry making, we will choose only 3 of these choices to start the last 12 weeks of Term 1. The other activities will run during Term 2 or Term 3. This student then might do Basketball on Monday, Choreography on Wednesday and Capture the Flags on Friday for 12 weeks.

4. Public Speaking Mr Pollicutt
Public Speaking is the only Active Learning session that is compulsory. You will have Public Speaking once per week for 12 weeks at one point in the year.

5. Mr Richard Cramp/ Mr Liam Brady
Digging up the past
Horrible Histories! (Drama play)
Around the World in ...days
Re-enactment of the original Greek Olympics
Cooking with the ancients!
HISTORY ROOM - 4TH FLOOR

6. Film Review / Make YouTube Video
Ms Ellie Leamon
Film Review / Make YouTube Video
Fitness Circuit Training 
Debating
Science Experiment
Net Games
SCIENCE ROOM - 4TH FLOOR

7. SECONDARY HALL - 4TH FLOOR
Ms Fabienne Mester
Contemporary dance basics
Acrobatics
Latin dance (Salsa, Flamenco, Tango …)
Choreography – Creating your own dance
Dance Recital
SECONDARY HALL - 4TH FLOOR

8. Capture the Flag Touch Rugby Team Building Running Club Water Games
Ms Nathalie Smith
Capture the Flag
Touch Rugby
Team Building
Running Club
Water Games
SPORT HALL

9. Craft (Origami, Macrame, Quilling) Board & Card games Celtic Art
Ms Alex Holmes
Keyboard basics
Ukulele basics
Craft (Origami, Macrame, Quilling)
Board & Card games
Celtic Art
MUSIC 1 - 4TH FLOOR

10. Environmental awareness
Mr Den Habla
Basketball
Nutrition and Health
Calligraphy
Glee Club
Environmental awareness
MUSIC 3 - 4TH FLOOR

11. Christmas Market Craft Textiles Stage Makeup Graphic design
Ms Sam Gill
Stop Motion Animation
Christmas Market Craft
Textiles
Stage Makeup
Graphic design
ART st FLOOR

12. Props/Graffiti Art Jewelry making 3D printing Comic books Mosaic
Ms Jody Leow
Props/Graffiti Art
Jewelry making
3D printing
Comic books
Mosaic
ART st FLOOR

13. Ms Hayley Milner Drama for Fun Drama Extension
Mindful Mornings (Meditation, Art, Relaxation)
Girls’ Group (Empowerment, Confidence)
Stage Management
DRAMA STUDIO - 4TH FLOOR

14. Football fun club Yoga and Pilates Personal Growth Bodybuilding
Coach Asa
Football fun club
Yoga and Pilates
Personal Growth
Bodybuilding
Chess club
SPORT HALL

15. Taster Lesson Groups Sasha Dotsenko Y07 Noah Genzor Y07
GROUP A
Sasha Dotsenko Y07
Noah Genzor Y07
Li Heras-Gomez Y07
Scotty Parkinson Y07
Pan Pan Pittapan Y07
Thandee Potcharakotchanun Y07
Tania Boonyakajorn Y08
Lukas Fisher Y08
CoCo Kim Y08
Andrey Lebedev Y08
Jewelry Sengsrisong Y08
Annie An Y09
Bee Bee Gires Y09
Dayu Kim Y09
Hyunseung Kim Y09
Pleng Kitikiettisak Y09
Book Sahachat Y09
Mat Zakharov Y09
GROUP B
James Byrne Y07
Sami Gluck Y07
Allen Johnson Y07
India Smuthkochorn Y07
Aom Sudthiosot Y07
Eva Sun Y07
Lucky Diamond Y08
Theo Hulot Y08
Nana Ismagilova Y08
Jazz Lawry Y08
Nicky Zuber Y08
Sabrina An Y09
Boo Battle Y09
Linda Liu Y09
Noey Phongworasak Y09
Guy Sudnog Y09
PJ Thamperakul Y09
Alice Voigt Y09
GROUP C
Mika Caspi Y07
Miko Grigoletto Y07
Dasha Kungurtceva Y07
Toni Montanari Y07
Yarik Sirotinin Y07
Sara Wu Y07
Leon Lee Y08
Skylar Liu Y08
Lily Ngarmseang Y08
Putter Pongpech Y08
Danny Wang Y08
Karin Kim Y09
Kirill Kochetkov Y09
Selly Lee Y09
Michael McLean Y09
Belle Prentice Y09
Mehar Sachdeva Y09
TinTin Zhao Y09

16. Taster Lesson Groups GROUP D Palm Hanpipat Y07 Liam Hockey Y07
Dome Koaysomboon Y07
Yejin Lee Y07
Callum Smith Y07
Joyce Zheng Y07
Lizzy Lebedeva Y08
Fifi Ngarmseang Y08
Summer Overman Y08
Krit Phaisamran Y08
Ardip Phuetphong Y08
Max Zhan Y08
Yeeping Chatho Y09
Jessica Gysin Y09
Hito Hitopakorn Y09
Yay Sui Y09
Anda Tripatarasit Y09
Matteo Trocherie-Rey Y09
GROUP E
Pun Chaokijkha Y07
Tim Kuliiev Y07
Alisa Lazarenko Y07
Berta Palop Roca Y07
Colm Patho Y07
Jai Singh Y07
Rohan Aibak Y08
Tina Bai Y08
Erica Ilstam Y08
Rafael Ouaki Y08
Abbie Page Y08
Quentin Simoncini Y08
Poy Hanpipat Y09
Jasmine Hull Y09
Seokhyun Jung Y09
Jack Leow Y09
Thomas Peng Y09
Alyssa Zuber Y09
GROUP F
Till Assmann Y07
Oleg Gordzievskii Y07
Susanna Lee Y07
Dylan Rainfroy Y07
Ingfah Rongrueangkul Y07
Mary Bierwolf Y08
Vikus Li Y08
Natt Piyawichaichat Y08
Fura Prachumpan Y08
Petch Pruksakitsakul Y08
Pear Sienghen Y08
Gordon Sun Y08
Kira Kavtaradze Y09
Taina Lubrani Y09
Ryan Pearce Y09
Gun Rattanaprapakorn Y09
Nina Sonthayanawin Y09
Jamie Udomritkul Y09

17. Taster Lesson Groups GROUP G Eric Cao Y07 Ryan Cox Y07
Jasmine Gilbert Y07
Beer Mitisom Y07
Emma Palop Roca Y07
Nicolas Baltes Y08
Mac Mac Ngernanek Y08
Jake Snyders Y08
Manar Srivakul Y08
JoJo Suzuki Y08
Benz Tangmankokit Y08
Cookie Vu-Guerin Y08
Jimmy Cullumbine Y09
Harry Desmond Y09
Katarina Dyer Y09
Dana Han Y09
Judah Herbold Y09
Lera Sirotinina Y09
GROUP H
Alex Clarke Y07
Natharn Gorton Y07
Shayo Lapanurak Y07
Danny Ma Y07
Steve Tong Y07
Damir An Y08
Emily Avenell Y08
Xavier Cunningham Y08
Nina Diouron Y08
Kristina Lashchenova Y08
Yan Pintusov Y08
Paper Promjeen Y08
Charles Callens Y09
Benjamin Edmunds Y09
Bobo Phunphuk Y09
Jess Rich Y09
Viktor Tjernstrom Y09
Hannah Watkin Y09
GROUP I
Fino Ananchawitkul Y07
Niklas Buskies Y07
Sean Corley Y07
Angela Jia Y07
Oum Promiam Y07
Frank Feng Y08
Christina Fischer Y08
Vanya Gorskikh Y08
Lisa Gudimova Y08
Champ Schmid Y08
Cameron Smith Y08
Ten Ten Tinnapan Y08
Anda Boontoy Y09
Nisha Heitmann Y09
Rio Matsudaira Y09
Chokun Tongchat Y09
Anastasia Uporova Y09

18. Taster Lesson Groups GROUP K Namo Ammatariyakul Y07
GROUP J
Namo Ammatariyakul Y07
Nanki Doowa Y07
J.J. Judges Y07
Jess Manton Y07
Oskar Theander Y07
Eva Ducasse Y08
Zoe Fuchs Y08
Justin Huang Y08
Alice Li Y08
Ryan McKellar Y08
Dylan Reynolds Y08
Wanwin Chusang Y09
Ethan Humeniuk Y09
Hannah Snyders Y09
Dmitry Vygovskii Y09
Ellie Wisnia Y09
Adele Xu Y09
GROUP K
Albert Aechtner Y07
Peemai Kongsawad Y07
Salina Phillips Y07
Bogdan Polekhin Y07
Federico Solaroli Y07
Aly Heppell Y08
Nathalie Larsson Y08
Sabai Phucharoen Y08
Alex Qiang Y08
Nicky Sukyard Y08
Manta Tengamnuay Y08
Ziana Anderson Y09
Dima Durasov Y09
Fleur Masson Sauter Y09
Nae Nae Poudyel Y09
Mark Purinunthakorn Y09
Buraset Thinkohyao Y09

19. Don’t forget
At the end of these 4 weeks you will choose 10 activities but only 8 of them will be allocated throughout the year. Please choose carefully! Remember, you won’t be able to change during the year.
Once you made your choices an Active Learning Schedule for the year will be set and saved in your timetables on the portal.
Wear Headstart PE kit for Active Learning
It is recommended to bring a spare school uniform, to shower and to change after any of the Sport activities.
Be open-minded to learn new skills and try new activities
Enjoy the taster sessions for the next 4 weeks !