Senior School School Life Activities
Activities
An exceptionally varied and exciting programme of activities is in operation every week with timetabled sessions on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Activities also spill over into evening sessions and weekends.
From year 10, pupils can opt to embark on the much coveted Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme, starting with their bronze award and working towards gold during the Sixth Form. The Combined Cadet Force, offering both Army and Air Force sections is a weekly fixture for all year 10 pupils, providing excellent opportunities to develop team building and leadership skills which are of immeasurable value. Activities include fieldwork, orienteering, assault courses, rifle ranges, flying lessons and camping expeditions. The CCF is tremendously popular and pupils often continue in the CCF right the way through to Sixth Form.
Here is the list of activities as published at the beginning of the present academic year:
- Badminton
- 3D scenes
- Academic Amnesty
- Bead Art and Jewellery Making
- Concert Band
- Cooking
- Fencing
- Football
- Horse Riding
- Italian Club
- Pottery
- Radio Controlled Model Club
- School Play
- Squash
- String Group
- Tennis Coaching
- Art
- Ballroom Dancing
- Boys’ Hockey
- Brainiacs’ Club
- Chess Club
- Choir
- Electric Car
- Film Club
- Film Making
- Gardening Club
- Junior Geography Society
- Mechanics
- Netball Skills
- Rugby Sevens
- School Play
- Sports Development
- Target Practice
- Music Theory
- Dressmaking and Design
- Girls’ Hockey
- Modern Dance
- Orchestra