Enrichment Programme 2023-2024

ENRICHMENT PROGRAMME

2023-2024

What each club is about, and how to book your activities

“ WHERE THERE IS BELIEF THERE IS POSSIBILITY”

THE ENRICHMENT PROGRAMME

Our rich and varied programme of enrichment runs from Monday to Thursday inclusive and enables your child to explore different interests and discover new talents. The programme is updated each term with new activities added, and others remaining on the programme for the whole year.

All pupils are encouraged to take part and the variety on offer ensures that there is something for everyone. Supervised prep forms part of the programme, which enables pupils to complete their homework in a structured, but relaxed environment.

This booklet explains what each club involves, as well as any associated costs or restrictions on numbers and availability.

Not all clubs run year-round, please consult My School Portal to see the clubs available for this term.

Bookings can be made on My School Portal. Visit the “Clubs, Bookings and Activities” tab and either browse the overview, or navigate to the page for the week day that you would like to book. If a club is showing as unavailable to book, this could be because it has either reached capacity, or because it’s not available for your child’s year group.

CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES

ART CLUB

Venue Teacher in charge Who is the club open to? Key Info

Art Room Miss Lindsay All year groups Limited to 10 places

Art Club runs on a weekly basis and each week we explore new ways of creating art. This is an excellent opportunity, particularly if you have a flair for art, to come along and try out new materials and styles. Last term, the artists worked with paint, clay and printing. In the summer term, we will hopefully get some sessions outside in the sunshine working on easels. You are welcome to join us whether you have experience or just want to have some fun making art!

BOARD GAMES CLUB

Venue Teacher in charge Who is the club open to?

Key Info

J3 Mrs Chick All year groups Limited to 15 places

Board Games Club will give you the chance to make new friends, learn how to play different games and take part in competitive challenges. We will be playing a range of different board games in groups and you can come to relax, socialise and hopefully win, or have a lot of fun trying!

BUTTON CRAFTING

Venue Teacher in charge Who is the club open to?

Key Info

J1 Miss Bahbra All year groups Limited to 12 places

This Craft Club involves designing and creating different objects, primarily crafted out of buttons. We will be making jewellery and cards amongst other things and all resources will be provided for you. There is a small fee of £2 per session to cover the cost of the equipment and resources, which will be charged at the end of the term. It would be wonderful if pupils who were interested could sign up for a half-term course, as we will build on the complexity of our crafting over the six-week period.

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CANDLE MAKING

Venue Teacher in charge Who is the club open to?

Key Info

Food Room Mrs Gibson All year groups Limited to 8 places

We will make a variety of different candles. No session will ever be the same as we will make candles such as rolled beeswax candles, cones and stars using rigid moulds, fruit and flowers using flexible moulds and amazing ‘swirly whirly’ candles’.

COMBINED CADET FORCE (CCF)

Venue Teacher in charge Who is the club open to?

Key Info

Reddam House Mr Hartley & Mr McNaughton Years 8 & 9 Limited places, Cost: £78/term

Combined Cadet Force (CCF) aims to enable the development of personal responsibility, leadership and self-discipline. Each CCF is an educational partnership between the School and the Ministry of Defence, and a CCF may include Royal Navy/Royal Marines, Army or Royal Air Force sections. CCF is open to pre-registered pupils only, please contact Mr McNaughton for more information.

CHRISTMAS WREATH MAKING

Venue Teacher in charge Who is the club open to?

Key Info

Textiles Room Mrs Mascarenhas All year groups Limited to 10 places

We will be making pompoms in colours of your choice, decorating them, and then turning them into a lovely Christmas Wreath ready to hang on your door. N.B. This club will only run in the half term leading up to Christmas.

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CLASSICS

Venue Teacher in charge Who is the club open to? Key Info

J2 Miss Paul Years 7 - 9

Explore the adventures, relationships and feuds of the Greek and Roman gods, heroes, monsters and historical figures. In Classics Club we will dig deep into the language of the ancient Romans to explore their world. You will enjoy these sessions if you have ever read the Percy Jackson series or love watching or reading epic fantasy stories.

CLIMBING CLUB

Venue Teacher in charge Who is the club open to? Key Info

Sports Hall Mr McNaughton Week A - Years 7 and 8 Week B - all other year groups.

Limited to 12 places

Learn how to climb on our fantastic indoor climbing wall or extend your existing climbing skills and push your grades! Come along for a taster session if you have not been before.

CREATIVE WRITING

Venue Teacher in charge Who is the club open to? Key Info

J3 Mrs Chick Year 7-11

Limited to 20 places

Calling all budding writers - whether you are writing your next novel or actually don’t know where to start but fancy flexing your creative muscles. Come along to improve your writing, try out new writing activities and share your ideas with others. The club will work towards creating pieces that can be entered for competitions but also shared in our Luckley Literary Newsletter.

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DEBATE CLUB

Venue Teacher in charge Who is the club open to? Key Info

J3 Mrs Duxbury Years 7 - 12

Debate Club is open to all year groups and takes place on a Wednesday after school. This club is an opportunity to develop speaking and listening skills in a playful way. We start every session with debating games before exploring a topic in more detail. Recently we have tackled topics such as ‘whether university education should be free’, ‘the prison sentences associated with cyberbullying’ and, ultimately, ‘what the best flavour of crisp is’. Last term six of our club represented the school in the Youthspeaks Debate. This term we have the Inter-House Debate competition coming up. Anyone is welcome!

THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD (DofE)

Venue Teacher in charge Who is the club open to? Key Info

H1 Mr McNaughton Open to those who signed up in September only.

Cost:

Bronze £125

Silver £140

Gold £250

First of all, the DofE is a lot of fun! As well as planning and taking part in a twoday expedition with overnight camp, you will engage in three other extended activities in your own time, including physical, skill and volunteering activities. But also, taking part in the DofE helps develop the skills and attitudes you need to become more rounded, confident adults.

Find out more on our website at: www.luckleyhouseschool.org/duke-ofedinburgh-award-scheme/

CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES

ECO SCHOOLS CLUB

Venue Teacher in charge Who is the club open to? Key Info

J1 Mrs

Clutterbuck & Mr Sampson

All year groups

Are you interested in the world around us and environmental issues? Do you wonder how you can be more environmentally friendly or want to know more about nature? Perhaps you already have an interest in these things and would love to use your knowledge to help improve the School’s sustainability. Eco-Schools is an international project which is pupil-led and we need you! Whether you are on the Eco-committee or not, you are more than welcome.

This term, you will get the chance to survey the School’s sustainability and create an action plan to decide how we can make a difference around school in the coming year. We shall also be hands on planting and creating in the wild-life garden.

Join us to get your voice heard, make a real difference to school and spend some (often muddy!) time in nature.

ESPORTS CLUB

Venue Teacher in charge Who is the club open to? Key Info

R1 Mr Dodds & Mr Scott Years 9 - 13

You will have the opportunity to participate in esports activities. These will include First-Person Shooter (FPS) games, racing and cross-over fighter games. Bring your own device (controllers and or console).

N.B. Devices are brought to the club at your own risk and Luckley House School takes no responsibility for these.

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HPQ AND EPQ

Venue Teacher in charge Who is the club open to? Key Info

L3 Mrs Hinz Years 9 - 13

This club is for anyone working on their HPQ or EPQ who requires support with catch-up, general advice or is completing an HPQ outside of timetabled sessions.

INDOOR/OUTDOOR FUN

Venue Teacher in charge Who is the club open to? Key Info

Food Room Mrs Gibson Year 7-10

Everyone is welcome and we meet in the food room at 4.20pm every Monday. Our activity depends on the weather. If the weather is fine, we will go outside for 35 minutes or so. We make use of the zip wire, play outdoor games such as giant Jenga or quoits or we will walk in our beautiful surroundings. We then return to the food room for the last 35 minutes and make something fun. This could be milkshakes, fruit smoothies, popcorn, quick pizzas, hot chocolate with marshmallows or we could even be making candles or bird feeders. The indoor activity will be lots of fun, but the activity varies each week.

JUNIOR DANCE CLUB

Venue Teacher in charge Who is the club open to? Key Info

Sports Hall Mrs Kempton Years 7 and 8

Junior Dance Club is available to pupils in Years 7 and 8, and those who are new to dance. We will look at a variety of dance styles, learning new choreography, as well as technique.

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JUNIOR DRAMA CLUB

Venue Teacher in charge Who is the club open to? Key Info

The Theatre Mrs Kempton Years 7 & 8 By invitation only

Join us for Junior Drama Club! We will enjoy fun and games before working on a production in the summer term.

JUNIOR ROCK SCHOOL

Venue Teacher in charge Who is the club open to? Key Info

SR2 Mr Lupton Years 7 – 9

If you play guitar, bass, piano, drums or sing, come along and join Mr Lupton as you learn to play your favourite pop and rock songs.

MACRAME CLUB

Venue Teacher in charge Who is the club open to? Key Info

Textiles Mrs Mascarenhas All year groups

Learn how to make a variety of products using macrame - a technique for creating fabric using knotting.

MANGA CLUB

Venue Teacher in charge Who is the club open to? Key Info

M1 Mr Hall All year groups

Manga is a style of Japanese comic books and graphic novels. It is a style of art which is a bit like drawing cartoons. Manga Club is a place to develop your drawing skills or learn to draw characters and animals in a comic book style. You can be a complete beginner or have some experience at drawing.

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MINDFUL COLOURING

Venue Teacher in charge Who is the club open to? Key Info

H2 Mrs Woolner / Mrs Matsuya All year groups

Come and unwind from the bustle of the school day with some relaxing mindful colouring. A perfect antidote to stresses of exam season and a lovely way to chill with friends. You bring the colours, we will bring the relaxation! In these sessions there will also be the opportunity to work on your entry for the Spirited Arts Competition (more details in your RS lessons).

MUSIC THEORY (GCSE)

Venue Teacher in charge Who is the club open to? Key Info

SR1 Mr Lynch & Mr Ham GCSE Music students

These sessions will help improve your music theory and focus on developing your knowledge and understanding of music notation to support Music GCSE.

MUSIC STUDIO SKILLS

Venue Teacher in charge Who is the club open to? Key Info

Music Dept Mr Lynch

Years 9 - 13 Limited to 5 places

Learn how to record live sound and skills using a mixing desk, microphones etc.

MUSIC STUDY SUPPORT SESSIONS (GCSE & A LEVEL)

Venue Teacher in charge Who is the club open to? Key Info

SR2 Mrs Ellwood GCSE & A level

Music students

Students can receive support with preparation for composition and performance course work

CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES

OPEN MUSIC

Venue Teacher in charge Who is the club open to? Key Info

Music Dept Mrs Ellwood All year groups

Come and use the Music Department’ facilities and practice rooms for supervised practice and rehearsals.

PREP

Venue Teacher in charge Who is the club open to? Key Info

Various Various All year groups

Use the prep activity to complete homework, revise for a test or work on assignments. Prep runs every day.

PSYCHO-DOODLE

Venue Teacher in charge Who is the club open to? Key Info

A2 Mrs Rumble Years 9 – 13 Limited to 12 places

‘Neurographica’ or neurographic art is a technique found to alleviate stress and reduce the pressures of modern-day life. Combining this colourful and creative ‘doodling’ with learning a little about case studies and experiments from the fascinating subject of psychology will make you think in totally new ways about a range of subjects. Be brave and give it a try!

ROBOTICS

Venue Teacher in charge Who is the club open to? Key Info

SR3 Mrs Blackmore All year groups

Limited to 10 places

Using the School’s VEX robotics you will build a robot from a set of instructions. When you have mastered that, you will move on to designing and building robots of your own imagination.

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ROCK SCHOOL

Venue Teacher in charge Who is the club open to? Key Info

SR1 Mr Mitchell Years 9 – 13 £60/term

An experienced rock band run by Mr Mitchell, our guitar teacher. If you are a confident guitarist, drummer, pianist or singer and want to play pop and rock music, do come and collect a form from the Music Department.

SCHOLARS SOCIETY

Venue Teacher in charge Who is the club open to? Key Info

H2 Mrs Woolner Academic Scholars in Years 7 & 8

This is a compulsory club

Scholars will meet every second week to explore their interests and work on research skills.

SCUBA DIVING CLUB

Venue Teacher in charge Who is the club open to? Key Info

Garden House Mr Phillips & Mr Vallance Pupils who have booked for the PADI Open Water qualification.

Please talk to Mr Phillips about the Open Water 1 qualification, or to Mr Vallance for the Advance course. Pupils will do the theory and practical sessions including closed and open water dives with qualified instructors, and will work towards their Open Water 1 certification.

CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES

SENIOR DANCE CLUB

Venue Teacher in charge Who is the club open to? Key Info

Sports Hall Mrs Kempton Year 9 - 13

Senior Dance Club is available to pupils in Year 9 and above who have some form of dance training already. This activity will especially benefit those taking GCSE Dance. We will look at a variety of dance styles, as well as work on our technique and strength.

SENIOR DRAMA CLUB

Venue Teacher in charge Who is the club open to? Key Info

Whitty Theatre Mrs Brown Years 9 - 13

An opportunity for those who love performing to take part in a play.

SPORTS CLUBS

Venue Teacher in charge Who is the club open to? Key Info

Sports Hall & MUGA PE Department All year groups

A variety of sports options are available each day in addition to the PE fixtures programme. Sports clubs vary each term and by season, but include Indoor Rowing, Climbing, Cross-Fit, Cross-Country, Football, Netball, Basketball, Trampolining, access to the fitness suite and Tennis lessons though ACE Stars* *external provider, cost available on request.