Extended Learning Days

Throughout the academic year we hold five Extended Learning Days (ELDs). These days offer experiences which are broader and deeper than those which could ordinarily be offered within the regular curriculum. They offer opportunities for external enrichment for all pupils, such as trips (Liverpool Albert Dock, Manchester Science and Jewish Museums, Lancaster University, St Walburge’s Church), projects, inter-house competitions, and also opportunities to expand on specific areas in the curriculum.

Extended Learning Days often involve input from external providers, such as our Careers Fair in November, which is visited by pupils from Years 8-11, followed by mock interviews for Year 11 pupils. Year 10 and 11 pupils also benefit from GCSE core revision days for English, maths, science and RE, while Year 9 Pupils have a day focusing on their options choices in January. Many of these events have contributed to us fulfilling our careers requirements as one of the very few schools to have achieved all eight Gatsby benchmarks for three consecutive years.

‘The school has ‘extended learning days’ to encourage pupils to develop their knowledge beyond the curriculum.’

Ofsted 2024

Using the tabs below, you can read and see photos about the Extended Learning Days which our pupils have enjoyed over the last few years, and also look at the timetable of days for the current academic year.

Extended Learning Days 2023/24

Year Group	ELD 1 Wednesday 11 October	ELD 2 Thursday 23 November	ELD 3 Friday 2 February	ELD 4 Wednesday 17 April	ELD 5 Tuesday 9 July
Year 7	RE, Art, Food and Music Including Visit to St Walburge’s Church	English, Music Reading, including Debating and Author/ Library Visits	CPSHE, RE, History and Drama Democracy and Parliament	Modern Foreign Languages El día de los Muertos	Careers Uniformed Services
Year 8	Careers Industry Day	Business and Marketing Including visit to Careers Fair	Geography Brazil – Rain Forests Including Zoolab	RE/History/ Design Technology Visit to Liverpool – Places of Worship	Computing and English Designing your own ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’
Year 9	Science/DT and Maths STEM Day	CPSHE, RE and Drama Including visit to Careers Fair	Careers Options Day	History and Culture Including Culture Day event after school	Geography and History Visit to Liverpool – Albert Dock
Year 10	Safeguarding/Online Safety including PREVENT	GCSE Science Including visit to Careers Fair	Life and Study Skills Including Debating	Careers Introduction to Further Education	GCSE Revision Day: RE
Year 11	GCSE Revision Day: English	Careers Careers Day including visit to Careers Fair and Mock Interviews	GCSE Revision Day: Maths	GCSE Revision Day: Science

Extended Learning Day 1

Extended Learning Day 2

Extended Learning Days 2022/23

Year Group	ELD 1 Wednesday 19 October	ELD 2 Thursday 24 November	ELD 3 Thursday 26 January	ELD 4 Tuesday 25 April	ELD 5 Thursday 13 July
Year 7	RE, Art, Food and Music Including Visit to St Walburge's Church	CPSHE, RE, History and Drama Democracy and Parliament	English, Music Reading, including Debating and Author/Library Visits	Physical Education Dance	Careers Uniformed Services
Year 8	Careers Industry Day	Computing and English Designing your own 'Choose Your Own Adventure' Including visit to Careers Fair	RE/History/Design Technology Visit to Liverpool - Places of Worship	Geography Brazil - Rain Forests Including Zoolab	Physical Education Dance
Year 9	Business and Marketing	Science Mission to Mars Including visit to Careers Fair	Careers Options Day	CPSHE, RE and Drama Including Debating	Geography and History Visit to Liverpool - Albert Dock
Year 10	Safeguarding including PREVENT	Life and Study Skills Including Debating Including visit to Careers Fair	GCSE Science Electricity	Careers Work Skills including Emergency First Aid	GCSE Revision Day: RE
Year 11	GCSE Revision Day: Science	Careers Careers Day including visit to Careers Fair and Mock Interviews	GCSE Revision Day: Maths	GCSE Revision Day: English

Extended Learning Day 4

Extended Learning Day 5

Extended Learning Days 2021/22

Year Group	ELD 1 Thursday 21 October	ELD 2 Monday 22 November	ELD 3 Friday 28 January	ELD 4 Tuesday 26 April	ELD 5 Wednesday 6 July
Year 7	RE, Art, Food and Music Including Visit to St Walburge's Church	MFL, PE, Art Olympic Bid	History Medieval Day	Physical Education Orienteering Day	Science
Year 8	PE Inter-House Competition	Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) Including visit to Careers Fair	RE/Science Visit to the Manchester Jewish Museum and Museum of Science and Industry.	Geography Brazil - Rain Forests Including Zoolab	Computing and English Designing your own 'Choose Your Own Adventure'
Year 9	Science	Chaplaincy Faith and Justice Day Including visit to Careers Fair	Careers Options Day	RE and Drama	Art, Geography and History Visit to Liverpool - Albert Dock
Year 10	Business and Marketing	Chaplaincy Faith and Justice Day Including visit to Careers Fair	Safeguarding including PREVENT	Careers Problem Solving and Team-Building	GCSE Revision Day: RE
Year 11	GCSE Revision Day: English	Careers Careers Day including visit to Careers Fair and Mock Interviews	GCSE Revision Day: Maths	GCSE Revision Day: Science

Extended Learning Day 1

Extended Learning Day 2

Extended Learning Day 3

For further information regarding our Extended Learning Days and the activities which take place please contact:
Mr Warham, email: nwar@ccc.lancs.sch.uk or telephone school reception: (01772) 716912.