We believe our children should broaden their horizons and have high aspirations for themselves.  REAch2 have developed the 11-Before-11 set of promises, to empower our children to take the driving seat in their own lives in a fun and inspiring way. 

Why 11 Before 11? 

Life is an adventure – and school should be too! 

It is essential that our children can read, write and complete maths tasks suitable to their age, but at Tymberwood Academy, school has been about so much more. 

Think back – what do you remember about your primary school days? Was it phonics lessons or learning how to do long division? Or was it a brilliant school trip where you camped under the stars? Or built rafts? Or built and launched rockets from the playground? 

These types of great opportunities – the memorable experiences that cement themselves into your psyche (happen in every school). What’s different for us is that we consciously codify it into a set of promises so that it becomes something that EVERY child is entitled to. 

And 11 Before 11 is the way we do this; it’s a set of promises that help our children to be in the driving seat in their own lives. We are ambitious for our children to be FEARLESS in life and have high aspirations for themselves. We want our children to be inspired and challenged so that each one can develop their unique potential to the full. 

11 Before 11 takes our children beyond the usual, to open opportunities in life and inspire them to move forward in their own life’s adventure. We are incredibly proud of 11 Before 11and will continue to invest in delivering it, so that every child’s experience of school with us is exceptional and memorable for all the right reasons. 

All children starting with us in Early Years will have the opportunity to complete 11 promises by the end of Year 6.

Please see below of which promises we as a school will be achieving this year and what they mean.

This promise supports children in putting citizenship into practise, through engaging directly with their local community and beyond. They discover how they can make a positive impact through thoughtful planning, effective communication and action, they become agents of change through acts of giving and service. They dare to be different with a focus on responsibility and service.

This is a whole school promise.

This promise enables children to connect with the importance of food in their lives: they grow their own crops from seed, learning how to care for food, and the nutritional value of the food, then they harvest their crops and use the produce to cook meals for their family, so learning how meals can bring people together.

This promise will take place in Year 1

This promise gives our children the opportunity to design and create a large sculpture; something that will last a long time and possibly identify any budding sculptors among us. This creates an artistic legacy in the school for years to come.

This promise will take place in Year 3

This adventure is an introduction to the thrill and enjoyment of water sports, allowing children to test their courage on the water, and to work in teams. We hope it can be a gateway for a lifelong love of water sports, and help to identify talents to nurture.

This promise will take place in Year 5

Sitting up high and riding a horse, is an exhilarating experience for young children. In riding at such a height, and interacting with large animals, they overcome initial trepidation, so learning to conquer fears. The adventure also involves learning about how to care for horses.

This promise will take place in Year 2

In this promise children experience the thrill of sleeping away from home, under the night stars with their friends. This adventure can fill children with the wonder of our universe, and who knows – could lead to a lifetime’s passion for astronomy.

This promise will take place in Year 4

Do something different, somewhere different.” REAch2 are compiling their own ‘Guinness Book of Records’.  ‘The REAch2 Book of Records’ showcases the amazing individuals, and groups of children who attend our schools. Those who explore mind-blowing feats and record-breaking wonders. It is a fun and engaging opportunity to work with charities and the local community. 

This is a whole school promise

We aim for children to value fairness and justice naturally, fostering compassion and responsibility. 'Caring Campaigner' harnesses their innate sense of fairness, encouraging them to address injustices. It emphasises every child's voice and offers film-making skills and school film premieres.

This promise will take place in Year 4

Within our communities, there is so much talent that we can go seek out and find. Every city, town and village will have unique, cultural experiences at their fingertips- if we only reach out and explore. This is precisely what the Culture Vulture promise is for.

This promise will take place in Year 6

This promise is about creating a clear message to look after our planet than there is now and this can start in our own playgrounds, field and gardens. Conservation for all living things is something that children should learn from a young age. Instilling a sense of responsibility for all the creatures that we share this planet with can start with the simplest of tasks locally but come with the huge rewards of encouraging a strong sense of self-awareness and reflection.

This promise will take place in Reception

This promise giving children the opportunity to build entrepreneurial skills from a young age is of huge importance. Learning about what goes into creating a product from concept to costings to promotion and delivery are invaluable and give children a chance to develop life skills in preparation for adulthood. 'Perfect a Pitch' is a chance to make real life purposeful curriculum links with Maths, writing and design and technology and gives children a platform to learn about profit, loss, marketing, packaging  and promotion.

This promise will take place in Year 6                      

We believe our children should broaden their horizons and have high aspirations for themselves.  REAch2 have developed the 11-Before-11 set of promises, to empower our children to take the driving seat in their own lives in a fun and inspiring way.