Clubs, Societies and Co-curricular activities These are important for developing friendships, discovering new lifelong interests, building team and leadership skills as well as for maintaining the necessary balance with academic work in the classroom. • Opportunities in Drama, Music and Sport are many and varied (team and individual sports, orchestras, bands, choir groups, theatre productions) in addition to other activities run by either teachers or our Mentors from the Upper School. • Here is just a sample of some of the clubs and societies, many of them established by pupils, that boys could choose from during a typical Michaelmas term:
Knit Soc Dungeons and Dragons Rugby Kickers Beginners’ Arabic Geo Explorers Lower School History Society Lower School Scholars Young Entrepreneurs Society Debating
Cycling Pottery Wordsmiths Creative Writing VR and 3D Printing Club
Maths Extension Chess
Swimming Water Polo Mythology Fencing Badminton Table Tennis Basketball
Programming Board Games Concert Choir Aviation Society Warhammer Club
Sport On entering the College, pupils will find they are at the heart of the Games and Physical Education (PE) programmes. Our aim is to unlock every pupil’s potential through exposure to a range of experiences and opportunities and increase their understanding of why sport and exercise plays such an important role in their character development. In Year 7 and 8, there are two weekly Games sessions and sports on offer include football, rugby, hockey, cricket and athletics. All run multiple teams and pupils can enjoy weekly fixtures against other local schools. PE is on timetable every fortnight, where boys work on their physical literacy and swim in our on-site pool. Pupils are also offered a comprehensive and varied co-curricular sports programme, that includes Cross Country, Fencing, Table Tennis, Tennis, Squash, Badminton, Swimming, Water Polo, and even Track Cycling at the local Herne Hill Velodrome. We recognise that sport has a positive impact on our pupils’ wellbeing, provides opportunities to develop socially, and can be a welcome change in focus from academic endeavours. Our goal is to provide a high-quality experience leading to a lifetime of involvement in some form of exercise activity.
“The clubs are one of my favourite things about the College.”
Hear from the pupils about the range of clubs and societies on offer at the College
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