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Challenge Week13th - 16th July 2020

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November 2019

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Challenge Week 2020

I am writing to you regarding our Challenge Week which will take place from 13th – 16th July 2020. All students in Years 7, 8 and 9 will be involved, and this booklet gives parents and students an outline and overview of each activity. Each activity has focused upon the characteristics which students need to develop if they are to be high performers. The Values, Attitudes and Attributes (VAAs) and/or Advanced Cognitive Performance Characteristics (ACPs) for each challenge are identified in the booklet.

You will need to select your choice, using your Wisepay account, unless you are wishing to choose one of the free activities, in which case you will need to complete the slip at the end of the booklet and return to reception.

You will be able to secure a place for one of the paid for activities by paying the specified deposit, or full amount, when activities go live on Tuesday 3rd December 2019 at 8am. Deposits and selection will be available until Friday 13th December 2019. Places will be limited for each activity and activities will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. We therefore recommend that you book early to avoid disappointment as many of the activities filled up very quickly last year. If your first choice of activity is full and no longer available, then please select another activity.

Should you not opt in for an activity by Friday 13th December 2019 then your son/daughter will be allocated free on-site PE.

Please note that for all activities that cost £75 or less, we require the full payment. For activities which cost more than £75 then the deposit will be outlined on the individual activities page on Wisepay. For any activity which is free then please complete and return the reply slip at the back of the booklet and return it to reception by Friday 13th December.

Deposits for trips are non-refundable unless another student can be found to take your son/daughter’s place. Please also be aware that any activity which does not attract a viable number of students may be subject to cancellation, in which case your deposit will be refunded and you will then need to choose another activity.

Activities are subject to change depending on availability of venues once we know numbers for each activity.

Finally, any student that accrues a poor behaviour record during this academic year (2019-2020) will not be permitted to take part in any off-site activity and no refunds will be payable.

Your sincerely,

Moira WattsDeputy Headteacher


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Challenge Week 2020

Contents: Page

1. Anime 42. Backwoods and Forwards 53. Mind your own Business 64. Cartoon Time 75. Cyclo-Splash Challenge Week 86. Animal Challenge Week 97. Days Out 108. Dance Week 119. Fishing Week 1210. Raspberry Pi Challenge 1311. Tabletop Gaming 1412. Harry Potter Learning Week 1513. Off Site PE 1614. On Site PE 1715. French Adventure 1816. The News Reporter in Me 1917. White Knuckles 2018. Blitz and Pieces 21 19. Crime Solving 2220. Outdoor Adventures 2321. Free Activity Booking Form 24


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Total Price: FreeMaximum number of students: 30

Demonstrate values and attitudes

such as enquiring and being open

minded whilst watching a range of

Anime films.

Learn how to sketch Anime style.

This may require some practice.

Exclusive to Year 7 and Year 8 students!

Cost: Free

Max. 30 students

Sign up – NOW!

Be creative and enterprising and

possibly resilient by creating

characters and producing a

cartoon strip or short film.



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Backwoods and Forwards If you enjoy being outside and fancy yourself to be a bit of a Lara Croft, Bear Grylls or Ray Mears; then come and join us!

You will be walking, fire lighting and cooking on campfires, bivouac (den) building, and the chance to spend a night sleeping under the stars in the shelter you have built!

Monday Local treasure hunt/quiz walk to Allington Lock

Tuesday Travel to a local country park by train and shank’s pony. Walk and explore the park, stopping for lunch.

Wednesday Take the train to Wateringbury and walk back along the river path. Lunch at Teston Country Park.

Thursday Hike to Tovil Scout HQ. Backwoods skills with evening BBQ and outdoor games and campfire sing-a-long with Tovil Scouts followed by a night sleeping under the stars.

Friday B&F breakfast, tidy up camp site and walk back

Practice – the new skills you will gain.Perseverance – keep going, using a systematic approachResilience – keep going even if it doesn’t work first time

Enquiring - develop your own solutions to new problems. Open-minded - working with others and listening to their views, incorporating them in the final plan.Risk-taking - confidence in new activities and gaining new skills that challenge you.Creative and enterprising – being creative and inventive with available resources

Collaborative – working with others to learn and master new skills.Concern for society – citizenship and sense of community with new people.Confidence – in sharing your skills and developing your abilities.

The cost for the week is £25(Including all travel and camp food for Thursday and Friday)

Maximum number of students: 12

Demonstrate values and attitudes

such as enquiring and being open

minded whilst watching a range of

Anime films.

Learn how to sketch Anime style.

This may require some practice.

Exclusive to Year 7 and Year 8 students!

Cost: Free

Max. 30 students

Sign up – NOW!

Be creative and enterprising and

possibly resilient by creating

characters and producing a

cartoon strip or short film.


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Mind your own Business (Design, Make it, Market it & Sell it)

You will be signing up to learn how to design, develop, market and sell products for a profit whilst having fun and learning new skills. You will be designing and making a different marketable product each day. Products may vary.

Day 1: Design & make your own ‘Café’ cupcakes & smoothies

Day 2: Design & make your own monster/ Day of the Dead key ring in felt.

Day 3: Design & make your own laser cut decoration/product for Christmas, birthdays etc. with a view to marketing & selling it.

Day 4: Celebrate your entrepreneurial skills with a trip to the cinema, film to be decided nearer the time, and home-made popcorn on your final day.

Total Price: £40Includes all materials and the CinemaMaximum number of students: 15

Self-RegulationStrategy Planning

Big picture thinkingImagination

Precision Fluent thinkingFlexible thinking

CollaborativeConcerned for society

EnquiringCreative and EnterprisingRisk –Taking

ResilienceSpeed & Accuracy


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Total Price: £35Maximum number of students: 10

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You will create with precision a MASSIVE accurate enlarged cartoon characterof your choice (seen outside T3) that you will get to take home.Your final piece will include original stylised lettering and stencilling completed using the laser cutter.

The cost of the week will include all materials and a trip to the cinema to see the latest animated film for inspiration.

Are you interested in Art, Graphics, Design & CARTOONS?

Cost of week: £35The week will be organised and run by Miss Booth.

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Cyclo-Splash Challenge Week

Activities include:Olympic Park, London: Velodrome track plus BMX Bedgebury Pinetum: Mountain Biking Bewl Water: Aqua Park inflatables plus mountain biking Bettshanger: Road and Mountain biking

Cost for the week - £185Deposit of £92.50 required

Includes bike, equipment hire and transportMaximum number of students: 15

Perseverance - Keep going when the road ahead is tough.Resilience - Not giving up when facing an uphill struggle.

Risk-taking - Confidence in new situations. Experiment to find the best solution.

Collaborative - supporting each other. Confident - solving new challenges


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Animal Challenge Week

Have you ever wanted to enquire what it’s like to be a monkey and swing from the trees or swim in the ocean like a fish? How about taking a few risks and holding some animals you wouldn’t normally hold? Maybe you’re concerned for society about the extinction of animals and want to find out how you can help?Well, now is your chance to find out through a variety of different days!

Monday Drusillas - Includes a talk on animal encounters - Get to hold snakes, cockroaches and other animals - A goody bag (please note, students under 12 are not allowed in the play areas but can go on the rides) Tuesday Brighton aquarium AM: self guided tour around the aquarium and lunch on the beach PM: crazy golf (18 holes) and beach time

Wednesday Lion King A matinee show in London, theatre show West End of Disney’s the Lion King. at the West End Please note, this will be a later start and an evening return.

Thursday Chessington zoo and theme park plus Go Ape

You will be split into 2 groups. The first group will visit Go Ape in the morning and Chessington in the afternoon and the second group will visit Chessington first and Go Ape later in the day.Please note this will be a longer day and will run to the evening.

Please note, timings of the Animal Challenge Week will not be normal school timings

Total Cost: £180Deposit of £90 required



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Days OutJoin us for 4 days of varied trips out around the South East with a selection of activities to suit everyone and challenge you.

Please note that although activities have been outlined and arranged this could change slightly for reasons out of our control. However, should this unlikely event arise then alternative activities will be arranged. Days Out will also not necessarily be in the order stated below.

Port LympneGo on a Safari and see some of the animals at Kent’s well known wild animal park. Set in 600 acres, and housing over 650 rare and endangered animals, Port Lympne offers a treat for everyone.

Raft Building at Mote ParkHave fun working together to build a raft…and hope you don’t capsize! Then have some time to unwind in the park with a picnic and some games.

Thorpe ParkThrill seekers of all ages can experience a non-stop adrenaline rush at Thorpe Park, home to some of Europe’s most exhilarating rides and attractions, with fun and thrills for everyone!

OPTION A:

Bedgebury ForestHack around on a mountain bike on the super fun and fast mountain bike trail or take a more leisurely cycle around the less demanding routes with your friends.

Option A (cycling) total cost approximately: £110 Deposit: £55 Maximum number of students: 45

OPTION B:

(limited places – first come first served)

Horse RidingThe opportunity to spend the day taking part in a range of activities such as stable management, riding and grooming at a local stables.

Option B (horse riding) total cost approximately: £130 Deposit: £65 Maximum number of students: 66

Risk takingPerseverance

The horse riding days challenge students, with the fantastic support of the riding school staff, to achieve what is sometimes a huge obstacle, which in this case has four legs!Students learn to be open minded, sensitive to the needs of others (people and horses) and to work as a team. It is an empowering experience building on the confidence that comes from risk taking and perseverance.By the end of a day learning about how to care for and ride a horse, every student, every year, comes away with the experience of starting from nothing to achieving, what for some, are unimagined goals.


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Dance WeekJoin Mr Kelly and his team for an energised week of Dance!

Monday morning Create your very own street dance battles. Ever wanted to rival the Royal Family dance crew? Now is your chance to prove you have the best street dance moves at Maplesden! afternoon Videostar music video creating around Maplesden. Choose your favourite pop-star or group and create your own version of their music videos.

Tuesday morning Unleash your inner musical fan. Sing and dance your way through an exciting musical by world-renowned artist, Michael Jackson. afternoon Bring your own snacks and drink for an afternoon at the dance movies. Carry on creating ideas for your street dance battles ready for a showcase at the end of the week.

Wednesday Take part in a HUGE dance workshop with a world-renowned dance company. Who knows… you may even be grabbed as part of their crew?!

Thursday Reign supreme at Just Dance Maplesdens’ Got Dance Talent- Showcase Performance of our spectacular Dance Creations throughout the week.

Total Price for the Week: £20 Inclusive price of workshop on-site.Pupils will need to provide their own packed lunch and drinks for the week.Maximum number of students: 40


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Fishing WeekThe aim of the week is to experience 4 days fishing in the Maidstone area.

Fishing is a mindful activity, that requires personal characteristics concentration, organisation, strategy-planning, patience and skill. As a part of the school’s drive towards High Performance Learning this activity develops VAAs such as perseverance and practice.

No previous experience is required, however only limited equipment can be borrowed so a rod and basic ‘fishing tackle’ is recommended.Possible schedule:

Monk Lakes, StaplehurstGrove Fisheries, Hadlow.

Total Price: £45Includes price of day ticket


Pupils will need to provide a packed lunch and drink unless they are FSM. Cafes available at venue. In order to keep the cost to a minimum, staff will transport students by car, but some may need to be dropped off and collected at the venue each day by parents/carers.


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Raspberry Pi Challenge

Welcome all gaming geeks and computer nerds!

We have the opportunity to spend 4 days creating our own computer and gaming console which you will then get to keep and take home to play with and build on over the Summer holidays.

We will use our enquiring skills to show our intellectual ability to create our very own gaming PCs. This creative task will test our perseverance and resilience and result in a truly unique personal computer.

What is Raspberry Pi? It is a tiny computer that plugs into your monitor/TV and keyboard. It allows you to explore computing, coding and to learn how to program in languages like Scratch and Python. The Raspberry Pi has WiFi and Bluetooth capabilities. Steam provides you with lots of totally free games to download and play.

The week will consist of:

Challenge

Unboxing of your new Raspberry Pi 3 B model starter kit and beginning the process of setting it up and starting to create.

Install an operating system which will enable you to run games.

Install Steam so that you can begin your gaming experience.

Final installations and time to have fun and play with your new micro computer.

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Total Price: £70Includes your own Raspberry Pi to take home and play withMaximum number of students: 30


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Tabletop Gaming

EventsDay 1Play board games and carry out research

Day 2Create your own board game using dice,cards, a foldable board and playing pieces

Day 3Escape Room trip! Can you and your teamescape the prison?

Day 4Play each others games and then take them home with you!

High PerformanceLearning

Integrate HPL thinking into your board gaming

CollaborativePlay board games with others and conduct research

Creative and EnterprisingMake your own board game to take home

ConfidenceFace new challenges and team up with new friends

Total Price: £40Includes a trip and keeping your own board game!Maximum number of students: 24


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HPL Learning Week

Meet on platform 9¾ and embark on a force filled and magical week.

If you want to know about Hogwarts secret passages, play Quidditch like Viktor Krum, escape from a magic school and create a few fantastic memorabilia, THIS IS YOUR WEEK !!!!

We will ‘confringo’ our enemies, play Quidditch and generally have an ‘out of this world’ time in a MAGICAL WORLD. Visit the sets of the Harry Potter mov-ies, embark on the Hogwarts Express and enjoy a refreshing Butter Beer.

Price includes: Craft workshops Quidditch game Wand duels Coach to Harry Potter World Harry Potter World entry Escape Room - mobile magic school Owls and Birds of Prey Archery

Total Price: £40Includes a trip and keeping your own board game!Maximum number of students: 24

Collaborative

AnalysingOriginality

Total Price: £130Deposit: £65Maximum number of pupils: 25


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Off Site PEJoin the PE department for a week of fun!

MondayMorning Swimming - Mote Park Afternoon Orienteering - Mote Park

TuesdayMorning Bowls - Buckland RoadAfternoon Pool/Snooker - Buckland Hill

WednesdayMorning Watersports - Mote Park Afternoon Games/Tournaments - Mote Park

Thursday Morning Bowling - LockmeadowAfternoon Gravity - Lockmeadow

High Performance LearningDuring this Challenge Week, students can expect to make significant improvements to the following VAAs of HPL; collaborative work during teambuilding activities, confidence in abil-ity, risk taking and enquiring through new activities they will experience and the importance of resilience in order to be successful.

Please note – All sessions are subject to availability. Where a particular sport session is not available, this could be replaced with a different sport session.

Students will be required to meet staff at the venue/location every morning and will be dismissed from the venue/location at theend of the day.



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On Site PECalling all sporting enthusiasts! Join Team PE for a week of different sporting challenges. Sports such as rounders, cricket, tennis, football, tag rugby, softball, kickrounders, basketball, netball, dodgeball etc will be on offer. All students are expected to wear their Maplesden branded kit for the week.

Monday to Thursday 9am - 2:20pm

Total Price: Free

Perseverance - keep going to solve a problem, be patient waiting for resultsResilience - don’t give up when things go wrong

Collaborative - working in team to problem solveConfident - solving new challenges

Creative and enterprising - finding new solutions to problemsOpen-minded - listen and respond to other team membersRisk-taking - confidence in new situations. Experiment to find the best solution


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French Adventure4 days in France!

· Travel by coach to our Hotel. Visit Boulogne sur Mer on the way · Evening entertainment - quizzes, games and French food tasting!

· Rando-Rail/beach games/sand sailing

· Opalaventure Tree Tops

· Travel by coach back to England. Stop for a visit in Le Touquet, a seaside town on the way.

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Have the opportunity to demonstrate the following VAAs on this trip: Risk-taking, open minded, confident, perseverance and collaborative

Total Price: £400Deposit of £100 required Instalment planMeals includedMaximum number of students: 30


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The News Reporter in Me!

Do you love hearing about the latest news?

Fancy becoming a Reporter or Journalist in the future?

Are you up for a creative challenge?

Join Miss Porter and Miss Kemp this Challenge Week.

Spend the 4 days competing to become the ultimate Young Reporter and be in the running to WIN a Prize!!!

Your week will include:• Planning and researching what makes an effective Newspaper/News Report?• Workshopping how to create the BEST News Report.• Creating and rehearsing your own News Report.• Being entered to win a Prize!

High Performance LearningEnterprising/Collaborative/Enquiring/Perseverance.

BREAKINGNEWS LIVE

Total Price: £20 Maximum number of students: 15


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White Knuckles WeekCome collaborate with Mr Davies, Miss Harman and their fearless team of teachers for

a White Knuckle week of extraordinary experiences!

If you love speeding down rides, being soaked in rapids & staring down heights and frights, then this week is for you!

Monday: Thorpe ParkAll day on the rides – some fast passes included!

Tuesday: Gravity & BowlingBounce & roll!

Wednesday: Alton Towers: Splash LandingsAn afternoon in the water park and overnight stay at Alton Towers’ hotel.

Thursday: Alton Towers: Theme ParkEarly entry and all day in the park!

Total Price: £210Deposit: £105Maximum number of students: 90

Please note some activities are subject to change - depending on availability


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Blitz and PiecesCome and join Mrs Eldered and Mrs Hayward for a fun packed week.

Monday

A trip to Blendini’s in Maidstone to

sample smoothies, looking at how a

company advertises its product. Then back to school

to create a mood board.

Tuesday

In small groups you will be

designing your bespoke recipes

and the packaging for your product.

Wednesday

Visit to Lidl to buy our ingredients.

Back to school for food quizzes.

Millenium Park.Enjoy making

and tasting your smoothies.

Thursday

Cinema and McDonald’s

Back for prizes


High Performance Learning Values, Attributes and Attitudes


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Crime Solving

Spend the week learning different crime scene analysis techniques culminating in a crime solving exercise.

Examples of the techniques you will learn:• Fingerprint analysis• Footprint analysis • Identification of unknown samples• Preservation of crime scenes • Processing of evidence

Enquiring – showing curiosity when searching for evidenceOpen-minded – remaining objective when processing evidenceRisk-taking – confident in unfamiliar contexts

Practice – practicing the skills learnt throughout the weekResilience – working systematically and diligently

Collaborative – working as a team to evaluate evidenceConfident – application of knowledge in ‘real-life’ scenarios



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Outdoor Adventures

Enjoy a range of traditional activities exploring the outdoors. You will have the opportunity to be creative in problem solving and to work as a member of a team.

Activities for the week will include problem solving activities as well as trips to:

The river at Horton Kirby for:• Pooh sticks• Duck races• Pond dipping• River games

White Horse Woods for:• Kite flying

The beach for:• Crabbing• Beach combing• Sand castle building competition

Collaborative - working in a team to problem solve. Concerned for Society - human impact on our environmentConfident - solving new challenges

Creative and enterprising - Finding new solutions to problems. Creative use of available resources.Open-minded - Listen and respond to other team members.Risk-taking - Confidence in new situations. Experiment to find the best solution

Perseverance - Keep going to solve a problem, be patient waiting for results.Resilience - Don’t give up when things go wrong.



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Challenge Week Booking Form 2020

Please only return this form if you wish to book a free activity.

Name of Student: Form:

My son/daughter wishes to take the following activity (please tick appropriate box)

On Site PE Anime Outdoor Adventure

Please return to reception no later than Friday 13th December 2019.

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