Immersion days at LAE Tottenham are designed to give prospective students the opportunity to have a taste of A Level study in either STEM or Arts, Humanities and Social Science subjects.

On the STEM day, students will be given a scenario within which they will need to use their scientific and technological knowledge. Activities will vary from understanding the different techniques for dissection, using mathematics to understand what is means to test positive for diseases, testing materials to destruction.

Our Arts, Humanities and Social Science day will focus on representations and connections across various subjects. The subjects on offer are: Art, English Literature, Economics, French, Geography, History, Politics, Spanish.

Both days promise to be a thought provoking taste of academic A Level study.

Refreshments will also be provided for all in attendance.

Subject	Title	Descriptions of activities
Art	Language and art	Historical and contemporary contextual presentation of how artists use text within their work. Printmaking practical workshop using lettering to build up an image that students can take away
English Literature	Interpreting drama at A-level: creative approaches	Reading a drama extract together in a circle, acting it out and discussing. Then we would watch a film clip and write a short creative response.
Economics	What will I be paid?	Examples of activities will include a quiz based on the Sunday Times Rich List, pay matching activity using average pay rates for a range of jobs.
French	Aspects of Francophone society	A critical look at the representation of women in French advertising
Geography	Conflicting representations of places	Why did Slough want to rename itself as Slough-on-Thames? What are the contrasting representations of places and who makes these choices? Is it possible to have an ‘objective’ representation of a place?
History	Representations in History: using and abusing the past	Examine a range of primary sources to appreciate how the Boston Massacre was represented differently in England and America. Evaluate how important the Massacre was in driving the American Revolution.
Politics	Conflicting models of democracy in the Brexit era	Is a second referendum democratic? Does Representative Democracy trump Direct Democracy (referendums)?   What is ‘tolerance’? Is it a society that limits free speech when it is offensive or one that defends the right to speak freely even if some find it offensive and obnoxious? What are the arguments for scrapping all `Hate Speech` laws?
Spanish	Aspects of Hispanic society	Learning about the importance of Spanish traditions

 

You can sign up to attend our immersion days which are listed below:

Saturday 18^th January, 8:30am – 12:30pm (STEM Immersion Day)

Saturday 25^th January, 8:30am – 12:30pm (Non-STEM Immersion Day)