Beyond the Classroom

BEDFORD PREP SCHOOL

Clubs and Activities

The school offers an extensive and diverse range of clubs and activities.

We actively encourage boys (though most need little encouragement!) to participate in a new activity each term when they join, as well as trying out things that they would not normally consider. It is an ideal way to discover new interests or hidden talents.

Clubs and societies typically run at lunchtimes, after school and occasionally before school. And, with the odd exception, no charge is made. A selection of the clubs and societies typically available for boys in Year 3 and Year 4 are shown below.

Academic and General Interest Academic Skills Hobbies Club Animal Care Club Intermediate Chinese Beginner's Chinese Knitting Club Board Games Club Lego Club Calm Kids Club (Intro to mindfulness) Movies Club Careful Colouring Club Pokémon Club Chess Club Scrabble Club Coding Club Times Tables Club Design Technology Club Vocab Builder Drama Club VR Headset Club Gardening Club

Musical Choir Samba Band Guitar Ensemble Steel Band Monster Strings Recorder Karate String Ensemble Recorder Ninjas Theory Class Recorder Taekwondo Wind Power Rock Group Y3-Y4 Band Sporting In addition to the main sports on offer.

Badminton (Y4) Non-swimmers Cricket Rugby Games & Skills Football Running

Golf Squad Skiing

Hockey (Y4) Ice Breakers Squash Swimming

Multi Sports Tennis

Homework

Homework is an important part of your son’s education, and plays a significant role in developing independent working skills and time management. Your son will be issued with a student planner on the first day of term and will be expected to record his homework on a daily basis together with the date when it is due. We also ask that parents check and sign their son’s student planner each day. In Years 3 and 4, boys are likely to receive 1.5 to 2 hours of homework each week. The majority of this will be reading and mental maths practice. Boys will receive one spelling worksheet and one maths worksheet per week (due in the day after it is set) and two ‘Mini Topic’ projects per half of term. Your son will be given a homework timetable which outlines what homework should be done each night. All homework should be entered into the student planner. If for any reason no homework has been set, then a boy should write ‘no homework’ in his book, and the time allocated should be used for revision or general reading.