Dear Parents / Carers,
Cultural Capital Day: Years 7 & 8 – Wednesday 2nd April 2025
At the end of module 4, the Academy will partake in the second of three Cultural Capital events this academic year. Our Cultural Capital days and week (at the end of the academic year), are a true highlight of our Academy calendar. These days offer students enriching experiences and the opportunity to participate in exciting activities in line with National Curriculum guidance.
The Cultural Capital day will take place on Wednesday 2nd April. Students in Years 7 and 8 will be taking part in their annual Growing Against Violence workshops.
Growing Against Violence (GAV) is a charity that aims to protect young people against peer-to-peer violence and exploitation both on the streets and online. The charitable organisation provides evidence-based workshops focused on developing young people’s life skills enabling them to be safe in all environments. Leigh Academy Halley has a longstanding and successful partnership with this charity, who have run workshops here for several years.
GAV aims to prevent youth violence and protect young people against exploitation by gangs and grooming both online and face-to-face. The workshops are targeted at students up to 15 years old and are delivered to students in a single-year group, thereby helping to develop a ‘herd’ resistance and the positive peer pressure needed to reject violence and the negative norms and values associated with it. The Year 7 and 8 GAV workshops are titled Myths & Realities and Choices and Consequences.
Attendance to the Academy on this day is compulsory. Students are to arrive at the usual time of 8.25am, in full Academy uniform. In a change from the usual times of the day, Year 7 and 8 students will have breaktime between 10.15am and 10.35am and lunchtime from 12.45pm to 1.15pm. Those in receipt of a free school meal will have this provided as usual. This day will end earlier than usual with students dismissed 1.45pm.
If you have any questions, please email a member of your child’s small school team.
Yours faithfully,
Mrs H. Panton | Deputy Head of Turing School