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”“The overarching feel of Emanuel is understated excellence: this is not a school that shows off - but underestimatedon’tit. TATLER SCHOOLS GUIDECo-curricular Life | 3
Pupils at Emanuel benefit from a rich variety of activities beyond the classroom, led by enthusiastic and talented professional coaches and staff.
Friendships, passions and opportunities for leadership all come through being part of a team, a society, or a club. At Emanuel, every pupil is encouraged to take full advantage of the broad co-curricular opportunities. Pupils develop life-long skills and interests outside of their academic subjects. This balance not only broadens horizons, but also has important benefits for wellbeing and mental health.
Sport 4 | Co-curricular Life ”“Pupils are enthusiastically engaged in a programme.well-resourced HMC SPORTS REVIEW
Sport thrives at Emanuel, offering the opportunity to improve personal fitness, boost mental wellbeing and develop specific skills. Being part of a team is central to our sporting ethos. The quality of coaching is excellent at all levels. We run almost 1000 inter-school fixtures across a year and we compete very favourably against our co-educational rivals in London. Emanuel School is recognised as being one of the top performers in this sector among HMC schools. Pupils benefit from the school’s excellent on-site and off-site sporting facilities. Emanuel School has one of the top boathouses on the Thames, located at Barnes Bridge. On the main site at Battersea Rise, there are 12 acres of playing fields for rugby, football and cricket, a 25m swimming pool, netball courts, a large sports hall with multi-lane cricket wickets, a strength and conditioning gym, an aerobic suite, a dance studio, a mini-astro, a climbing wall and tennis courts. Further offsite sports facilities are located 20 minutes away in Raynes Park. There we have a 14-acre site that will be developed for hockey, tennis, netball, cricket, football and rugby in the coming years. We expect this to be one of the best sporting facilities in the local area.
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Co-curricular clubs: Climbing, dance and tennis. Senior Games Programme: Includes over 20 activities, including co-ed yoga, squash, pilates, spinning, croquet and racketball. Health and well-beingfitness,andcharacterdevelopment
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Our aim is to provide opportunities for our talented sports players to excel and to aspire representative honours where possible; for all pupils to have access to excellent coaching and facilities; to provide competitive inter-school fixtures which challenge our pupils, help them grow in their sport and help them to understand the importance and value of competitive sport.
Our aim is to provide a range of supplementary sports and activities which are delivered within the co-curricular clubs and games programme which help to support the athletic development of our pupils. Pupils in sports participate in inter-school competitions.
Athletics Cross Country Fives Swimming Water Polo Football (girls) Cricket Rowing (boys & girls) (boys & girls) Hockey Netball (girls) (girls) Rugby Football (boys) (boys)
A range of additional sports which ensure all pupils participate in some sporting activity, learning the value of regular exercise for health, friendship and challenge .
PERFORMANCE ENGAGEMENT Sport at Emanuel 6 | Co-curricular Life
Co-curricular Life | 7Three-pronged”“approach to sport here: performance for the competitive elite; development where pupils are encouraged to find a sport they love and can play beyond school; engagement to promote wellbeing. GOOD SCHOOLS GUIDE Sport Number of Teams NumberFixturesof Rugby 21 150 Netball 28 225 Football 20 120 Hockey 21 110 Cricket (girls) 16 120 Cricket (boys) 17 119 Rowing (girls) 12 15 Rowing (boys) 12 15 Swimming 6 8 Water Polo 6 12 Athletics and Cross Country 8 11
Meet the team sport 8 | Co-curricular Life Mr Hanson, Director of Sport Miss Low, Deputy Director of Sport and Director of Hockey Miss Bird, Director of Netball Mr Ross, Director of Rugby Mr White, Director of Cricket Mr Liversage, Director of Rowing
Miss Luff, Sports
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Ms Blaikie, Rowing
Mr Rowing Coach Graduate Assistant Coach
Football Miss Murphy, Head
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Pupil Profile (YearPrudie10)
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Prudie is one of our sport and music scholars and is keenly involved in many different areas of co-curricular life at Emanuel. This year, she has represented the school in the under 15 A hockey and netball teams, and performed in the school musical, School of Rock, as part of the orchestra. She is also a member of the symphony orchestra, the senior strings and ‘Roar!’, our contemporary choir. Prudie is currently working towards her Silver DofE. Outside of school, she plays football for AFC Wimbledon and is a member of the England Independent Schools Football training squad
Adam is in Year 7 and holds a sports exhibition. In addition to playing for the U12 A football and cricket teams this year, he has run for the school cross country team and is a member of the mixed touch rugby club. Away from the sports field, Adam attends drama club and maths enrichment club. Outside of school he is part of the Great Britain taekwondo team. “I have enjoyed everything about the sport at school this year. Both my cricket coach, Mr Leigh, and my football coach, Mr Harris, have been inspiring and supportive.”
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Co-curricular Life Drama is at the heart of Emanuel’s vibrant co-curriculum; with eight productions a year covering all year groups, including a whole school musical and two companies that perform at the Edinburgh Fringe. Emanuel pupils have an extraordinary range of opportunities available to them. In total, this year, over 300 pupils have been involved in school productions. There are 14 different clubs a week covering tech and costume as well as performance skills. Every week, we welcome pupils from local primaries who take part in five-week puppetry skills workshops led by our Lower Sixth pupils. A number of pupils, past and present, act in commercial projects on stage and in film, including Vanity Fair, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Apple Tree House, Informer, Paw Patrol, Rosie Plays Julie, Matilda and many more productions.
The Drama department is housed in the Fiennes Theatre; a fully equipped, purpose-built performance space with an audience capacity of 120.We also have our own film studio and a larger performance space, the Hampden Hall, which has a capacity of 500 and is used for major productions.
”“ Co-curricular Life | 13 Pupils’ creative achievements, notably in art, drama and music, are exceptional. INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS INSPECTORATE Shortlisted for the Independent School of the Year Awards 2022 in the Performing Arts category
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Kit joined Emanuel in Hill form as a drama scholar and enjoys being a member of drama club. Outside of school, Kit has had a busy and exciting year! He did the campaign for Sky Glass TV, voiced a new character for Paw Patrol , filmed his first role in a period drama for ITV and got to play Helen Mirren’s grandson in the new movie, Golda. Kit has many other exciting projects in the pipeline! Kit is also involved in a range of other clubs and societies at Emanuel, from house tug of war to Maths enrichment!
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Co-curricular Life | 15 Meet the team drama Miss Fearnley, Head of Drama Miss Graves, Head of Co-curricular Drama Mr Lancaster, Teacher of Drama Miss Seaton, Teacher of Drama Miss Kerstein, Theatre and Events Manager Miss Gu, Theatre Technician Mr Norton-Smith, Director in Residence
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It’s a real joy teaching pupils at Emanuel. Their willingness to input their own creative ideas to our sessions makes the learning experience a refreshingly collaborative one PHOEBE D’ABO, PROFESSIONAL DJ AND VISITING MUSIC TEACHER - DJING Co-curricular Life | 17 Music at Emanuel is exciting, diverse, and unique.The school has an extraordinarily strong musical tradition with a thriving classical and contemporary provision. Pupils have the opportunity to be involved in rock bands, chamber ensembles, jazz ensembles, guitar groups, percussion groups and DJing, and have the chance to perform regularly in school and outside too.We aim to stretch and challenge the elite musicians in the school but also support and provide lots of opportunities for those at different stages of their musical journey.
The first major concert of the year is ‘Showstoppers’ for all Year 6 and 7. We also take our musicians down the road to the Half Moon in Putney go perform a rock gig, the Ministry of Sound for a club night featuring our DJs, the Clapham Grand for “A Night at the Musicals” concert and St Luke’s Church for our annual carol service.
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18 | Co-curricular Life Showstoppers! St Cecilia’s Concert A Night at the Movies A Night at the Musicals Ministry of Sound DJ Event Music Production Workshops House Music Competitions Rock Bands at Half Moon, Putney Evensong at St Paul’s Cathedral Carol Services Classical Musician of the YearPerformances
Co-curricular Life | 19 Guitar Ensemble Intermediate Strings Senior Strings Rock Bands Intermediate Jazz Senior Jazz Emanuel Singers Schola IntermediateCantorumConcert Band Senior Concert Band Roar! Composition Club Music Production Club Percussion EnsembleEnsembles
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Emilia joined Emanuel in Hill Form as a Music scholar and has thoroughly enjoyed all the opportunities for her to develop her passion in this subject. Emilia plays the harp and sings, and is involved in a number of different groups and choirs during the week. She is currently working towards her Grade 8 harp and Grade 6 singing exams. Outside of school, Emilia has entered many music festivals and is a member of the NYHO (National Youth Harp Orchestra) playing with lots of other harpists from around the country. Emilia is also keenly involved in other cocurricular activities and enjoys playing sport at school.
Pupil Profile (YearEmilia10)
Co-curricular Life | 21 Meet the team music Mr Janz, Director of Music Miss Cleobury, Assistant Director of Music Miss Cairns, Teacher of Music Mr Stevens, Composer in Residence Miss Dee,Teacher of Music We also have a team of 26 visiting music teachers who offer lessons in a wide range of instruments
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24 | Co-curricular Life Advanced French Breakfast Club Advanced German Breakfast Club Ancient Greek Club Animation Club AQA Further Mathematics Athena Society Box Drum Club Chaplain’s Discussion Group Chess Club Chess Coaching Christian Cake Club Classic Cinema Club Community Service Computer Club Costume & Craft Club Creative Writing Club Cross Country Club Cultural Theory Seminar Dance Club Drama Club Emanuel Equality Club Filmmaking Club Gardening Club GCSE Writing Workshop Geo Extension Hans Woyda Club Harry Potter Club Hill Form/ Year 7 Enrichment Judt Group Junior Art Club Junior Book Club Junior Debating Society Junior History Society Law Society Lower School Lit Quiz Club Lower School Lit Society Maths Enrichment Club Media Club Philosophy Club Physics Olympiad Politics ‘Cartel’ Psychotronic Book Club Robot Club Senior Book Club Senior Debating Society Swimming Table Tennis Talking TheatreCircleTech Club Touch Rugby UKMT Team Challenge Water Polo World Film Club Clubs & Societies
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Duke of Edinburgh Co-curricular
The Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme is immensely popular at Emanuel with 95% of Year 9 pupils taking the Bronze award and 70% of Year 10 pupils going on to take the Silver award Pupils relish the opportunity to develop skills, volunteer in the local community and throw themselves into the expedition.
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