On Friday 12th February, students were given another opportunity to run Tytherington School during their second Takeover Day. Headteacher, Emmanuel Botwe, has introduced the event this year and it takes place on a termly basis to provide students with an opportunity to develop their leadership skills. With well over 100 applications for a variety of jobs from the site team to the Headteacher, the response to this event is the best that the school has ever seen.
To apply for one of the many roles within the school, students had to fill in an application form about why they wanted to take over the specific role and what skills or qualities they possessed that would help them in the job. This procedure gave an insight into what would be needed to apply for a job or an interview.
Headteacher, Mr Botwe, said: ‘The school community has really embraced this opportunity and I look forward to this event every term. It is lovely to see students from across the years challenging themselves by applying for jobs which will develop their confidence, responsibility and leadership skills both in and out of the classroom. Our staff are eager to see how students cope with everyday school life from a different perspective.’
Three students were selected to take over the role of Headteacher: they briefed the staff, visited classrooms and were interviewed by a group of visiting Year 6s from Dean Valley Primary School who were on a Journalist workshop at the school. They also looked at plans for revamping the reception area. Ben Maw, Year 9, said ‘This has been an amazing experience and I wish I could do it again.” Eva Locoh-Donov, Year 7, said: “It has been really interesting visiting all the lessons today. Mr Botwe visits our lessons pretty much every day so it was great to be able to discuss with him what helps us to learn best.” Holly Mae Brockbank, Year 9, added: “I really enjoyed planning a school video to go on our website. It was great to think about what makes this school great and unique.”
The school hopes that the number of students taking part continues to rise, allowing them to bring energy, enthusiasm and excitement to this termly event.