2023-24 2024 - 25
INTRODUCTION
The Co-Curricular programme is an integral and extremely popular part of the day at Ashford Prep School. By offering a wide-ranging programme of enrichments it is designed to support our pupils to be enthusiastic, talented and curious beyond the classroom Our innovative and unique enrichments are grouped into three main focus areas – Craft, Care and Cognition.
Care: Focused on their own well-being, caring for others and the environment around them. Craft: Learning and applying practical skills and techniques.
Cognition: Thinking and learning based enrichments, focused on developing cognitive skills.
Care Craft Cognition
We are active in encouraging pupils to take part in each of the C’s over the year, helping to develop a varied and broad skill set but importantly encouraging them to seek out new and inspiring opportunities and uncover new passions.
The accomplishments and involvement in our 3C’s enrichment programme is collected and rewarded to our Year 6 pupils as they celebrate their time in the Prep School and is a gateway towards the Senior School 3C’s Award
Included in this programme are the exciting opportunities available to our pupils across the three school terms. Not all activities run every term and sign up and enrichments are available for sign up termly on SOCS.
ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT
BOOK CLUB
Cognition
Year 3,4,5,6
An opportunity for pupils to come together to read, share ideas and review as a group.
CODING CLUB
Cognition Year 5,6
Get to grips with Coding skills to build and complete coding projects.
FUN SCIENCE CLUB
Cognition
Year 3,4,5,6
A hands on and practical club to explore, question and investigate in a variety of Science themed activities.
MATHS PUZZLES AND PROBLEM SOLVING
Cognition Year 5,6
Tackle a variety of maths themed challenges and puzzles to help develop quick mental maths, problem solving and logical thinking.
ROBOTICS
Cognition Year 5,6
An excellent opportunity to develop a variety of problem solving skills to build a variety of Robotic themed projects
CREATIVE ARTS
ART CLUB
Craft Year 3,4,5,6
Art clubs for all year groups developing the awareness of skills and art techniques including sketching, painting, clay and crafting
CALLIGRAPHY AND HANDRITING
Craft Year 3,4,5,6
Experiment with different handwriting techniques and styles to create beautiful writing and art.
CERAMICS CLUB
Craft Year 5,6
Students can design, make and glaze their own sculptures onsite in the Art Department.
NATURE ART & PHOTOGRAPHY
Craft Year 3,4
Observing and capturing the beautiful natural world using photography and art
WOOLCRAFT CLUB
Craft Year 3,4,5,6
Learn to create a variety of items using different wool techniques from weaving, crochet and knitting.
LIFE SKILLS
COOKING CLUB
Craft Year 4,5,6
Practical hands-on activity learning to follow recipes and produce a wide range of baked goods
DEBATING CLUB
Cognition
Year 3,4,5,6
Learn how to express your views clearly and speak in front of a small group. Critical thinking, team work and communication skills are explored and developed.
TOUCH TYPING
Craft Year 5,6
Learn to type with growing fluency and accuracy.
PERFORMING ARTS
APS POP CHOIR
Craft Year 3,4,5,6
Learning and performing a wide range of pop songs, an invaluable way to develop musical knowledge, ensemble skills and singing techniques.
BALLET
Craft Nursery, Year R,1,2,3,4,5,6
An opportunity for all pupils to learn all the ballet basics, developing technique, posture and performance in all sessions. Opportunities to take Cechetti ballet exams as pupils progress through their lessons.
BAND
Craft Year
A fun group trained by our drum teacher specialising in rock music and learning basic band skills
CELLISSIMO
Craft Year
All our cellists playing together to progress their musicianship and technique; working towards termly performances through a variety of specially chosen repertoire. This is a training ensemble that also leads to the more able players being selected for the orchestra.
CHAMBER CHOIR
Craft Year
A higher level choir where the singers read from music scores and sing in 2 or 3 part harmonies, an invaluable way to develop musical knowledge, ensemble skills and singing techniques. The Chamber Choir performs at all school events, at external venues and alongside the Senior School in our One School performances.
GUITAR ENSEMBLE
Craft Year
A small group of guitarists trained by our resident teacher and performing artist Mr. Summerland to develop ensemble skills through a variety of repertoire from rock to classical.
PERFORMING ARTS
LOWER PREP SINGING
Craft Year 3,4
This weekly curriculum singing session for Year 3 and 4 provides the bedrock of choral training at the Prep School It builds on the training in the Year
1&2 singing sessions and moves on again in level and challenge - the children learn to sing in parts, develop aural skills, rhythm skills, teamwork, listening and performance preparation. As a group, the children participate in all our Church services and in alternate years have the opportunity to sing in the National Young Voices programme at the O2 arena.
MUSIC THEORY
Craft Year
Aimed at our higher performance pathway musicians; music theory extends and enriches their academic knowledge of music and leads to taking theory examinations to keep pace with the child's performance level.
NATIONAL DANCE TROUPE
Craft Year 3,4,5,6
Pupils audition to be part of the very popular National Dance troupe, taking part in performances and competitions.
ORCHESTRA
Craft Year 2,3,4,5,6
Our main school orchestra features dedicated musicians from different year groups and provides invaluable ensemble experience, performance and leadership opportunities.
RECORDER ORCHESTRA
Craft Year
Our recorder orchestra features our most dedicated and advanced recorder players who perform regularly throughout the year and alongside our Senior School players. Children have the opportunity to play different members of the recorder family from sopranino to tenor.
SHAKESPEARE CLUB
Craft Year 6
The Shakespeare Club are exploring the exciting rhyme and rhythm of 'A Midsummer Nights' Dream'. They are working together to understand it's plots, characters and humour, and are developing their adaptation into a performance in the new year.
STRING QUINTET
Craft Year
A high performance pathway offering for our most promising string students in which the children work on challenging chamber music repertoire which develops their musicianship technique and leadership skills. The Quintet performs in all our concerts and is trained by Mrs. Beattie our cello professional.
THEATRE CLUB
Craft Year 3,4
A chance for our pupils to develop and build on their dramatic skills by working on different scripts and genres of drama.
VIVA STRINGS
Craft Year 3,4
A training ensemble for all our violinists, aiming to build confidence, knowledge and leadership. The repertoire is specially selected and differentiated to suit the players and inject as much fun into the learning experience as possible
YEAR 2 RECORDER PROGRAMME
Craft
Year 2
An enrichment offered to Year 2 children which establishes basic musicianship skills and notation reading through weekly recorder sessions leading to performances in our Pre prep concerts.
YEAR 3 RECORDER ENSEMBLE
Craft
Year 3
Building on the work achieved in Year 2, the Year 3 players tackle trickier music in different styles, sometimes in more than one part. The Year 3 ensemble aims to perform in school events when required.
ASHFORD SCHOOL SWIMMING (PATHWAY AND PERFORMANCE)
Craft Year 4,5,6
An invite only programme for our most talented swimmers who work towards competing locally and nationally. Led by our Director of Swimming, sessions take place before and after school.
HULA HOOPING
Craft Year R,1,2,3,4,5,6
A super activity building on co-ordination, fitness and rhythm, learning a variety of hula hooping routines and moves.
JUDO
Craft Year 1,2,3,4,5,6
An opportunity to learn discipline and coordination when taking on this physical and impressive Olympic Sport.
LEARN TO SWIM
Craft Year R,1,2,3,4,5,6
Ashford Prep School runs a superb swimming programme, providing teaching for beginners and competitors alike. These sessions run outside of curriculum lessons and swimmers from Reception – Year 6 will be placed in groups based on their swimming confidence and skill.
MULTISPORTS
Craft Year 3,4,5,6
An opportunity for pupils to learn different sport skills including badminton, table tennis, basketball, rounders, softball. Developing their sporting skills, teamwork and collaboration.
PRE SEASON SPORTS
Craft Year 3,4,5,6
Weekly sessions focused on preparing our pupils for the upcoming season.
WELLBEING & RECREATION
CHESS CLUB
Cognition Year 5,6
Developing strategic thinking and skills by playing this 1500 year old game.
DUNGEONS & DRAGONS
Cognition Year 5,6
Join the Senior School pupils in this enrichment as pupils explore a fantastical world as characters grow in a story. Collaboration, communication and creativity are necessary!
ECO CLUB
Care
Year R,1,2
The notion of everybody playing a part in looking after our planet and making changes before it’s too late, is becoming more and more important. This club will not only raise awareness and encourage children to 'care for their environment', it will also give children an opportunity to think about ways to create and make using recycled and natural resources.
ENVIRONMENT CLUB
Care
Year 3,4,5,6
A club to promote the wellbeing of the school environment and helping with climate change. Pupil led initiatives encouraged to help keep the school clean and green.
FMS CLUB
Craft
Year
Opportunities to engage in fun activities to build and develop strength in hands and wrists. Children will practise squeezing, pinching and twisting, as well as developing their hand-eye coordination; from threading beads and buttons to exploring nuts and bolts or playing with playdough
GARDENING CLUB
Care
Year 3,4,5,6
A practical club with pupils tending the Garden club grounds, planting and sowing seeds and producing a variety of vegetable and fruit produce.
Cognition
Year 6
Aimed to excite pupils about science and engineering by designing, building and racing an electric go-kart. It encourages pupils to work as team, problem solve, communicate, innovate, manage their time, and be responsible. It also teaches a whole range of mechanical and electrical building skills.
HARRY POTTER CLUB
Cognition
Year 3,4,5,6
From wand making, spell casting and map making –enjoy an opportunity to discover all things Harry Potter.
Craft
Year 3,4,5,6
A weekly build challenge testing the creativity and problem-solving skills of our young builders. Could you create a trap to catch the Lochness Monster? Can you build a new creature? What is the tallest free-standing tower you can build? A must for any LEGO fan.
MINI-MINERS
Craft
Care
Year 2
At our Minecraft Enrichment, younger builders come together to explore a pixelated world of creativity and collaboration As they construct virtual wonders, they're not just crafting blocks but also building teamwork skills
Year R,1,2,3,4,5,6
Calm and relaxing and ideal club to promote mindfulness and giving pupils the time to unwind and learn yoga movement and breathing techniques.
YOGA
LEGO CLUB
GREEN GOBLIN
