Beyond the Classroom

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 Gardening Club

Animal Care Club Hobbies Club

Arts and Craft Club Hungry Boys’ Club

Beginner's Chinese ICT Club

Board Games Club Knitting Club

Calm Kids Club (Intro to mindfulness) Lego Club

Careful Colouring Club Movies Club

Chess Club Pokémon Club

Coding Club (Y4) Scrabble Club

Design Technology Club Science Club

Drama Club Times Tables Club

Eco Film Club Vocab Builder

Forest School Club VR Headset Club

Musical Choir Steel Pans (Y4)

Guitar Ensemble String Buddies

Recorder Karate String Ensemble

Recorder Ninjas Theory Class

Recorder Taekwondo Wind Power

Rock Group Y3-Y4 Band

Samba Band

Sporting

In addition to the main sports on offer.

Badminton (Y4) Multi Sports

Cricket Non-swimmers

Climbing Club Rugby Games & Skills

Fencing Running

Football Skiing

Fun Swim Squash

Golf Squad (Y4) Tennis (Y4)

Hockey (Y4) Table Tennis (Y4)

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.