GlenPark Club: Glendower Year 6 and local Afghan students

GlenPark Club ran weekly, as part of the Glendower Year 6, Post 11+ Programme. It was a joint club between Glendower Preparatory School and Park Walk Primary School, a local state school that accommodated 31 Afghan children whose families arrived Autumn 2021 as evacuees and were being housed in our local community.

The club provided children from both schools with a wonderful opportunity to engage with each other and gain real insight into the similarities and differences of their lives.  

GlenPark Club took place at Park Walk Primary, every Thursday from 3.00pm-3.45pm and ran throughout the spring and summer terms.

Activities included football, sports and games, music, dance and drama, IT & coding, Art and science.

Aims

GlenPark Club aims:

To provide Glendower Year 6 students with an incredible opportunity to develop and demonstrate their leadership through organising and planning for the club’s weekly activities;

To provide the 31 Afghan students at Park Walk Primary with an out of school activities and a chance to meet and develop their communication skills with other children in the local area.

To provide children from both schools with a wonderful opportunity to engage with each other and gain real insight into the similarities and differences of their lives. 

Impact

Qualitative feedback was conducted with Year 6 students and staff at Glendower who took part in this activity as well as with the staff at Park Walk Primary School who engaged in this weekly. Feedback was requested weekly and students discussed the impact of this activity in tutor/growth time. 

Frequency

GlenPark Club took place at Park Walk Primary, every Thursday from 3.00pm-3.45pm and ran throughout the spring and summer terms.