Extended Learning Opportunities

It is a vital strength of Cambourne Village College that we have students who display a whole range of abilities and talents. Our definition of ability and talent recognises academic, practical, creative, musical, physical, sporting and social performance.

Please visit this page regularly to find extended learning opportunities: competitions, lecture series, drama and performance opportunities, career talks, extension tasks, reading ideas, public and private seminars and webinars, and many other ways to extend learning.

We aim to develop the full positive potential of every individual pupil in our care and recognise that this means the full development of the different parts of individuals’ lives. All students have the right to have access to challenge within their work.

We support those identified as Gifted, Talented and Most Able in a number of ways: differentiated teaching within the classroom, additional opportunities beyond the classroom and homework extension opportunities.

Identified Gifted and Talented students should take leading roles in discussions, debates and group work, and undertake extension work both within class and as homework. For more specific guidance on extension work please refer to the Parental Handbook for the relevant year.

PE Lectures

Free online public lectures hosted by the PE Department. Targeted at students, teachers, & members of the community. Everyone is welcome!

Know your 'self' by Dr Liz Durden-Myers, Senior Lecturer in Physical Education

Norwich City FC Regional Development Programme. Lecture Feedback Form.

Education-All: a new free public lecture series! 

Introducing our brand-new public lecture series! We hope that these free lectures help to foster a love and interest in a variety of subjects. There will be a range of speakers and the opportunity to ask questions at each lecture. This also fits in with our wider school remit of being a Village College, inspired by the ideas of Henry Morris, in which schools should act as a community hub and that education is a lifelong process. Everyone is welcome!

For this academic year, all lectures will be online and shared via Microsoft Teams. Since moving our lectures online, we have been able to invite multiple schools- attached is a map highlighting where people have been 'tuning in' from. We have had up to 270 people attend our live lectures and even more access our recordings which are freely available on the school website. Details about how to join the events (free of charge) will be available via the school website and via Twitter: @Education__All 

Free online public lectures hosted by the Cambourne History Department. Targeted at students, teachers, & members of the community. Everyone is welcome!

Originally, we intended to host these monthly but due to the current lockdown we have decided to host at least one a week during this Half Term. We hope that these lectures will help students and the wider community during this period of remote working, and we are incredibly grateful to all the speakers who agreed to take part at late notice. 

For this academic year, all lectures will be online and shared via Microsoft Teams. Details about the events, how to join them (free of charge), links to access the recordings of previous lectures are available via the school website Education-All - Cambourne Village College (cambournevc.org) and via Twitter: @Historic_All

The aim of these lectures is multifaceted: they expose our students and the wider community to academics and scholarly debate, and they are intended for History teachers to continue to build subject knowledge, but most importantly they foster a love and interest in the subject. This also fits in with our wider school remit of being a Village College, inspired by the ideas of Henry Morris, in which schools should act as a community hub and that education is a lifelong process. Everyone is welcome- spread the word!