THE FORDER PROGRAMME This year has seen many great developments in the co-curricular programme. Pupils across the Junior School have fully embraced the opportunities available to them from the beginning of their Pre-Prep journey, making great inroads into filling their St Dunstan’s shield with innovative and exciting activities. A significant development for us involves the restructuring of the Forder co-curricular programme around the five College values, and I would like to take this opportunity to share some of the highlights from each of these profiles. The Core – Sport and Wellbeing Central to this value is the theme of mental and physical wellbeing. Our youngest pupils in Reception lead the way with engagement with weekly Munchkins sports sessions, which continue to be popular and thriving. Pupils in Years 1 and 2 have taken a leap into the unknown with new activities such as Yoga, Mindfulness and Cookery to name a few. Moving into the Prep school, the plethora of sporting opportunities is endless and engagement in Core sports including netball, football, hockey, cricket, rounders, tennis and rugby continues to grow. New staff have brought new talents with them and athletics is now high up on the agenda for Prep pupils – thank you Ms Shaw! Even the disappointment of the Lent term lockdown was not enough to dampen our spirits; pupils continued to work on their mental and physical wellbeing
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with Mr Macklin’s Maxing and Relaxing sessions, and sporting knowledge was developed through quizzes, research and games. We came back stronger, fitter and keener than ever!
