Why 11 Before 11?
Life is an adventure – and school should be too!
It is essential that our children can read, write and add up to the level that you would expect for their age, but at Wilshere-Dacre Junior Academy, school always has been about so much more.
Think back – what do you remember about your primary school days? Was it phonics lessons or learning how to do long division? Or was it a brilliant school trip where you camped under the stars? Or built a raft and crossed a lake? Or built and launched rockets from the playground?
These types of great opportunity – the memorable experiences that cement themselves into your psyche – happen in every school. What’s different for us is that we consciously codify it into a set of promises so that it becomes something that EVERY child is entitled to.
And “11 Before 11” is the way we do this; it’s a set of promises that help our children to be in the driving seat in their own lives. We are ambitious for our children to have broad horizons in life and high aspirations for themselves. We want our children to be inspired and challenged so that each one can develop their unique potential to the full.
11 Before 11 takes our children beyond the usual, to open opportunities in life and inspire them to move forward in their own life’s adventure. We are incredibly proud of “11 Before 11”. We know the impact that it has had so far, and strongly believe that its importance has only grown because of COVID-19 and the impact that the pandemic has had on society, on our communities, and on our families. We will continue to invest in delivering it, so that every child’s experience of school with us is exceptional and memorable for all the right reasons.
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Our 11 Before 11 Promises are:
As Wilshere-Dacre is a Junior School, we deliver seven of these promises over the year.
All year groups will be participating in Good Deeds week in the week commencing 12th December, and we will complete 10 good deeds to help those in the local community.
On Thursday 15th December, all year groups will watch a Christmas Pantomime and completed the Culture Vulture promise.
Throughout the year, each year group will complete their own promise too.
Year 3 will be completing Wildlife Warrior. They will learn about birds of prey, visit a Birds of Prey Centre and create bird feeders to help the wildlife near their homes
Year 4 will be completing Hiking Heroes and going on a 10 mile hike around Hitchin next summer.
Year 5 will be learning all about the stars and space and will complete Sleeping under the stars.
Year 6 will be taking part in water sports and activities to complete Messing about on the water in July.
We look forward to another successful year of delivering promises and creating exciting memories for the children.