Davenies Extra-Curricular Activities 2019

EXTRA-CURRICUL AR Activities 2019

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The boys’ education is enhanced by a range of sporting, artistic, creative, musical and theatrical opportunities.

Extra-curricular activities contribute significantly to personal, social and educational development and a wide variety are on offer at Davenies. Running after lessons in the afternoon, at lunchtimes and even in some cases before school, the activity clubs provide an excellent opportunity for the boys to develop their talents and interests further.

Herein lists the extra-curricular activities on offer at Davenies with more being added each term in order to meet interests.

Please contact Mr Fryer, Head of Activities, sfryer@davenies.co.uk

C R E AT I V E

Group LAMDA Club Does your road to the West End start here?!

Other activities include:

Comic Book Club

Craft Club, Drama Club, DT Club, DT Knex Club, Experimental Art Club, LAMDA Club, Photography Club, Senior Production.

Enjoy finding out about comic book making and illustrating, whilst honing your drawing skills with step-by-step drawing tutorials.

SPORT Athletics Variety is the spice of life so why not try your hand at several different track and field events. What better preparation for Sports Day!

Gymnastics A fantastic opportunity to improve strength, flexibility and fitness while learning to vault, flip and roll on the superb air track!

Hockey Learn how to dribble, pass shoot and event reverse stick from our resident expert.

Football Training Kick-start the football season in style by coming along to perfect those skills.

NFL Club NFL Club has Touched Down! By popular demand, boys will learn all they need to know to become an NFL Pro

Mountain Biking – Advanced Enthusiasm is more important than fitness in this exciting club and boys should expect to get wet (occasionally), muddy (often) and fall off (probably each week)!

Fencing Do you want to try a new sport that is exciting, athletic and fast? Then the Olympic sport of Fencing is for you! An extra cost of approx. £60.00 applies

Touch Rugby A perfect way to practise rugby skills out of season.

Triathlon Club Swim, bike, run! Triathlon is the UK’s fastest growing sport and is a great opportunity to improve fitness and how quickly you can get dressed!

Other activities include: Badminton, Cross Country, Dodgeball, Fitness Club, Football Club, Free Swim, Fun Physical Development, Golf, Indoor Cricket Nets, Judo, Mountain Biking – Beginner, Mountain Biking – Intermediate, Rugby Training, Sailing/ Kayaking, Swimming, Tackle Development, Tennis, Wakeboarding/ Water-skiing.

MUSIC One Voice Acapella Learn about Gospel music and have a go at singing with movement whilst learning music by ear.

Jazz Band A chance to bring a multitude of instruments together to perform wonderful music.

Senior Handbells Handbells inspires musicality and develops advanced listening and rhythmic skills.

Other activities include: Brass Ensemble, Chamber Choir, Guitar Ensemble, Junior Choir, Junior Handbells, Orchestra, Music Technology, String Ensemble.

CUBS Year 3 Cubs Monday and Thursday is Cub night, the boys either enjoy activities within our setting or set out for adventure in and around the area. Leadership and teamwork is underpinned by the Cubs’ ethos of always doing your best.

IT Robotics Club Using Sphero, Ollie and our brand new set of Edison robots, this club is a chance to go beyond your comfort zone and program hardware.

Other activities include: Coding & Programming Club, IT Club, Year 3 IT Club.

DAS

CAD/CAM Club Learn text and block-based programming for practical problem solving and game situations, covering a variety of coding languages.

( D AV E N I E S AWA R D SC H E M E )

DAS provides enrichment to the Years 7 & 8 learning experience. Delivered by a multi-faceted approach, DAS fosters leadership skills, teamwork, everyday life skills, entrepreneurship and a sense of service. The boys also have the opportunity to enjoy a range of cultural, creative, sporting, culinary, intellectual and sociable activities.

OTHER INTERESTS Maths Club Maths beyond a classroom environment. We will be looking at problem solving, logic puzzles and the maths found in the world. There will also be the chance to link up with Science and DT to undertake STEM projects in a range of engineering and design areas.

STEM Club Technology meets Science in this fun and interesting Club.

Build a Volcano, make a lava lamp or make slime, if you are innovative and creative then this club is for you!

Documentary Club Spend the session cathing up on topical TV programmes be it Battlefield Britain, Planet Earth, Blue Planet and then join the lively debate. Have we got the next Sir David Attenborough?!

Find out at this club.

Ornithology Club Calling all twitchers! New to Davenies, Ornithology Club give the boys the opportunity to learn about the variety of birds that inhabit and visit the school site.

Other activities include: Chess, French Cinema Club, French Dance and Rap, Gardening Club, Lego Club, MFL Club, Rumi Club, Snap Circuit Club.

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