Activities in Action

by Dulcie Atherton-Bebbington and Lottie Payne

Darts club

A new club founded by members of the sixth form and chaired by Taj Angell, Shiplake has introduced the darts club, where members can enjoy playing darts and socialising in a relaxed environment. It has been a great success for its members and has become a firm favourite activity of many.

Louis Pottier says, “it's a fun new activity and has given me a chance to try something I wasn’t able to do before in my activity slot. It is a chance for me to let off some steam and relax in the afternoon and enjoy spending time with my friends and some friendly competition.”

It's been very well received so far. The members hope to expand it other year groups and maybe even one day set up a darts league with other schools.

Creative i-media

Run by Miss Bhatti, Creative i-media is a club similar to the Duke of Edinburgh award, but for students with less passion for the outdoors and a greater liking for computer sciences. As we entered the Goodwin classroom, we were met by an eager group of students, all keen to share their enthusiasm for the activity. The boys explained the modules and the process they go through to achieve the qualifications at the end of the year. It includes a variety of different software programming courses. Each boy said they would 100% recommend the Creative i-media club to all members of the Shiplake community, for it not only provides you with a qualification but also allows you to access a different degree of technological skills with the help of Miss Bhatti as your guide: “a fabulous mentor,” said the boys. Ollie Smee commented, “my favourite part of Creative i-media is the sweets we get as prizes for finishing modules!”