AH2 Activities Handbook 2018-19 | Page 14

  Academic Activities  ● It must be made very clear that academic Activities are not an appropriate  vehicle to cover essential parts of the curriculum but are extension and  enrichment opportunity.  ● Each   Faculty   in   the   MS/HS   may   offer   one   academic   activity   per   subject   area   per   season   that   enriches   curriculum.   It   would   be   advisable   for   faculties   to   make   a   yearly   plan   if   they   intend   to   offer   this   type   of   activity   to   ensure   staff   and   the   Heads   of   Activities   are   fully   aware   of   any   other   commitments   they   will   need to make to the activity programme.  ● Staff running academic activities should be rotated each season.  ● The activity must be set up as per normal activity set up with students signing  up online and making a regular commitment to attending the activity.  ● A ‘turn up when you please’ basis is not acceptable as an activity.  ● Academic   activities   cannot   be   made   mandatory   requirements.   It   needs   to   be   made clear that academic activities are optional.   ● The minimum student requirement for these activities would be six students. If  the sign up is less than this then the activity will be cancelled in the same way  as any other activity in this situation is cancelled.  ● You must get approval for any academic activity from the Heads of Activities  and the relevant Principal.  ● The academic activity can only be set up at the beginning of a season, as with  as any other activity, and must not start in the middle of a term.