D/T Club at St. Aloysius' College Year 8, 9 and 10 students

Year 8, 9 and 10 Channing Senior School students alongside Year 8, 9 and 10 St. Aloysius’ College students engage in a D/T Club run by St Aloysius’s D/T teaching staff, at St Aloysius College in their specialist D/T room.

Aims

To create a skillset for Year 8, 9 and 10 Channing students, working alongside Year 8, 9 and 10 St Aloysius’ College students, to learn how to make items such as clocks, chess boards and jewellery boxes, and engage with each other in a more informal and collaborative environment. 

Background

This is a new initiative which started in Autumn 2022.  We have established partnerships with St Aloysius’ College. We wanted to develop more opportunities that could give students new skills, in a social environment that encourages collaboration and enjoyment. 

Resources

St Aloysius’s College are sharing their resources and D/T facilities with us to enable this club, including utility costs. St Aloysius provides the staff and premises, and Channing School provides the D/T materials for their creations, so it is a mutually beneficial partnership.

Impact

Provides opportunities for students from different schools/backgrounds to engage with each other and learn new skills as well as utilise D/T equipment. 

Pupil Involvement

The D/T Club is run by St Aloysius staff for Years 8, 9 and 10 in St Aloysius and Channing, in a half termly rota of age groups.

Frequency

Runs weekly after school for 60 minutes.