Clubs & After School Activities – Year 9
Activities and trips outside of the classroom are an important part of our curriculum and we believe these experiences enrich students’ lives and deepen their understanding of subjects.
Here a number of fantastic opportunities on offer for our Year 9 students this year.*
| Trip | What’s It About |
|---|---|
| Lego Robotics | Annual competition with other schools involving problem solving, teamwork and programming. |
| Paris/Versailles Homestay | French students use language for real purpose, experiencing culture differences, tolerance and understanding of others…and maybe a little trip to Disney too! |
| GCSE Science Live | An exciting opportunity to listen to some of the country’s leading scientists in their field (in 2019 featuring Professor Robert Winston), discussing cutting edge ideas that would allow them to see how science is applied in current research. |
| Ski Trip | Last year’s trip to Italy was a hit. Fresh air and strenuous exercise are all good for physical, mental health and wellbeing, not to mention a great life experience exploring the world! |
| Salamanca Trip | Spanish students use language for real purpose, experiencing culture differences, tolerance and understanding of others to support their GCSE studies. |
| Munich Trip | For engineering students looking at the world of the manufacturing and engineering sectors and the engineered world. |
| Yorkshire Sculpture Park Trip | For art and photography students to support their GCSE coursework. |
| France Battlefields Trip | The trip links well with both French and History. It concentrates on the north of France and its links with England and is appropriate in the 500th anniversary year of the Field of the Cloth of Gold. We also visit sites of importance from WW1 and WW2 such as Atlantic Wall and V1 launch sites in St.Omer. |
| Top of the Bench Competition | A practical competition to support GCSE Chemistry. Our students got to the final at the University of Birmingham last year and came top out of all the schools competing from Yorkshire. |
| Survive and Save Week |
Swimming lifesaving preparatory to NPLQ.
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| RSC Live Schools Broadcast | Watching a Shakespeare performance live broadcast direct into our classrooms. |
| Tender Healthy Relationships Project | Drama students’ preparation for GCSE. Students pass on their learning through a performance to our Year 7 students. |
| The Matrix Competition | Aims to make ICT students aware of cyber security issues and involves them programming/decryption and supports the GCSE syllabus. |
| Literature Quiz | Run by the English department and all revolved around a love for reading. |
| Allan Gibbons Trip | Delivery of workshops and talks to students about reading and creating a love of creative writing. |
| UKMT Regional and National Finals | Chance for Maths high achievers to compete regionally against lots of other schools and finger crossed make it to the national final…which we quite often do! |
| Activity | Department | Day | Time | Location | Staff (Lead) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Club (Early lunch) | Art | Wednesday W2 | 12:10-12:50 | Art Room | LBR |
| Combined Cadet Force (CCF) | N/A | Tuesday | 15:00 – 18:30 | Gateways School | JAL / SJO / DSW |
| Creative Classrooms | English | N/A | N/A | N/A | GHA |
| Choir (boys and girls) | Music | Thursday | 14.55 | Mu1 | PJC |
| String Group | Music | Tuesday | 14.55 | PJC | |
| Concert Band | Music | Wednesday | 14.55 | PJC | |
| Robotics Club | ICT & Computing | Tuesday | 14.55 | JB4 | ELT / JD |
| Basketball Club | PE | Monday | 14.55 | PE | OR |
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Table Tennis Club
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PE | Monday | 14.55 | PE | OR |
| Boys Football Club | Tuesday | 14.55 | JMA / BJS / LDA | ||
| Hockey Club | Wednesday | 14.55 |
CSC / LLA / JHD / SWA |
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| Girls Football Club | Thursday | 14.55 | SBU / WKE | ||
| Dance Club | Thursday | 14.55 | CSC | ||
| Boys Rugby Club | Thursday | 14.55 | BJS / JMA / OR | ||
| Cross Country Running Club | Friday | JMA / CLE | |||
| Mandarin Chinese Club | Tuesday | MLIU | |||
| Connect Club | Duncan | ||||
| Netball Club | CSC / LLA / KHI | ||||
| School Production | SKE / KN | ||||
| Maths Helpdesk for Homework | SLK | ||||
| F1 in Schools/Vex Robotics Club | GDI / GPA |
*Please note – this list could be subject to change, please view the Extra-curricular programme for 2023-24 here.