Our Lady of Lourdes is a member of Excellence In Learning Community (ELC) which is a group of 17 Enfield schools that work together in partnership to improve the outcomes for all pupils and communities within the group.

There is a Steering Group within the ELC and Karen Khwaja (Garfield Primary Headteacher) is the current Chair of the Steering Group.

The role of the Excellence in Learning Community partnership is to promote our vision of ‘working together to deliver excellence in learning across our communities’.

The Excellence in Learning Community set out to achieve:

• Exceptional school to school support
• Ongoing collaborative enrichment events
• Developing additional funding sources to enrich our member schools learning offer through bid opportunities
• Promote co-operation and collaboration between our schools, other educational bodies and the wider communities in which our schools operate

The members will comprise 17 schools within the Excellence in Learning Community partnership:

Alma Primary School

Cuckoo Hall Primary

De Bohun Primary School

Firs Farm Primary

Freezywater St George’s C E Primary

Garfield Primary

Hazelwood Schools

Highfield Primary

Honilands Primary

Our Lady of Lourdes Primary

St John & St James C E Primary

St Michael at Bowes C E Junior

St Monica’s Catholic Primary

Tottenhall Infants

Walker Primary

West Grove Primary

Woodpecker Hall Primary

Upcoming interschool enrichment events include:

• STEM Robot Day – Year 5 programming robots on 11^th October 2019
• Spelling Bee Competition – for Year 1 to 6 in November 2020
• Rock Stars Time Tables – maths enrichment event for Year 2 and 3 in January 2020
• Science Fair – for Year 2 and 3 in March 2020
• Debating – Year 4 inter school competition in on 28^th April 2020
• Dome Day – June 2020 – where representatives from Year 5 in each school will be building geodesic domes

We also run adult training sessions for our parents and carers across our ELC schools and upcoming courses include:

• Level 2 Award in Helping in Schools – 14 week course starting at Garfield Primary on 25^th September 2019

• Pre Entry ESOL – 10 week course held at Garfield Primary, St Michael at Bowes CE Junior and St John and James C E Primary- starts September 2019

If you require any further information please contact Michelle Keady, Excellence in Learning Community Co-Ordinator at michelle@excellenceinlearningcommunity.org.uk or take a look at the website www.excellenceinlearningcommunity.org.uk