GIVE THEM SOMETHING THEY ACTUALLY OWN.
AFTERSCHOOL AND ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS
Common Ground gives enrichment programmes a structured, proven framework for project-based learning: delivered by your team, adapted to your context, owned by your students.
"It made me think of things I take for granted and really appreciate how much I learn and how much I grow every day. Now I think of my future and I like the ideas I have."
Student, Year 5 · Common Ground 2024–25
THE CHALLENGE YOU KNOW WELL
Filling a session is easy.
Building something across a term — that progresses, that students invest in, that ends with a moment that matters — is harder.
Most enrichment programmes can run an activity.
Fewer can build something.
Common Ground is built for exactly that.
WHAT IY GIVES YOUR PROGRAM
A six-week cycle structure
A clear arc every cycle — with a public student output at the end. Every time.
Real Progression across the year
Cycles built on each other. Not disconnected sessions - a coherent journey.
Independent delivery by your team
Adapts to your context
Training and licensing so your facilitators deliver it themselves — no external dependency.
Your cohort, your language environment, your space. The framework holds. Everything else flexes.
3 pillars. 9 formats. 1 coherent framework.
Your team is trained to deliver across all three pillars. You choose where to start based on your students, your space, and your goals.
Pillar 01
Pillar 02
Pillar 03
Storytelling
& Narrative
Voice &
Presence
Leadership
& Impact
Structuring thinking · Writing with clarity · Defending ideas · Audience awareness
Oral confidence · Reasoned argument · Constructive disagreement
Initiative · Accountability · Collective problem-solving · Ethical decision-making
Formats:
Formats:
Formats:
Filmmaking
Book authoring & publication
Podcasting
Keynote talks
Entrepreneurial/Civic projetcs
Debate Club
Every cycle ends with a public output. Not an exercise. Something that exists.
Facilitator training
Full access to methodology, material and cycle structures
Support through your first cycles
Flexibility to adapt - without losing the framework
A MODEL THAT BECOMES YOURS
You run it, we back you up
We train your team to deliver Common Ground independently.
Common Ground operates on
A training &
licensing model
Your team. Your environment. Your students. Fully independent delivery from cycle one — with ongoing support from Common Ground.
Training format
Initial training · Materials access · Cycle support
WHAT STUDENTS SAY
"We didn't know what to expect. When the audience reacted to our project, we were proud — not just of ourselves, but of the whole group."
Student, Year 6
Student, Year 5
"It made me think of things I take for granted and really appreciate how much I learn and how much I grow everyday. Now I think of my future and I like the ideas I have."
An IB school from nursery through to Baccalauréat. Common Ground runs across both the IB and non-IB tracks — filmmaking and podcasting cycles completed, with public screenings and published episodes.
Ombrosa International School · Lyon, France
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