Clubs and Activities

Mindful Colouring

Club Mindful Colouring Year 2 When Wednesday 3.15pm-3.45pm Where Year 2 Classroom Staff Mrs Gidoomal Places 12

Year 4 Art

Fun art and craft using a variety of materials, including paper, clay, paint and glitter. Girls will learn new skills and enjoy creating exciting new projects.

Club Year 4 Art Where Science Room When Monday 3.45-4.15pm Who Year 4 Staff Mrs Barnett Places 10 Cost Cost of Materials

Craft Skills Year 1 Puzzle Club

Club Craft Skills Year 1 Where 1B Classroom When Monday 3.15pm-4.15pm Who Year 1 Staff Ms Eccles and Mrs Burlton Places 16 Term All Year Cost Cost of Materials

KS2 Art CLUB

Each Art session is based on a famous artist or art form. We learn a few facts about the artist’s technique and life, and then the pupils create their own interpretation of what we have looked at. This includes sculpture, painting, drawing 2D and 3D. Art Club can be enjoyed by all, either as a time to have fun (as there is no right or wrong way to paint), or as a place to help your child work on her skills and portfolio if she does wish to apply for an Art Scholarship. Club KS2 Art Club Where Avenue Elmers Balmoral Room When Monday or Wednesday 4.00pm-5.00pm Who Years 3-6 Staff Mrs Gardiner Places 14 Term All Year Cost Cost Involved Club Puzzle Club Who Years 3-4 When Monday lunchtime Where Year 3 Classroom Places 20 Staff Mrs Meaney

touch typing

Club Touch Typing Who Years 2-5 When Wednesday lunchtime Where Sunshine Room Places 10 Staff Mrs Thomas

Stage Craft

Props, Puppetry & Masks!

Club Stage Craft Where Girls’ Prep Classroom When Key Stage 2 Thursday 3.45pm-5.15pm Key Stage 1 Friday 3.15pm-4.45pm Who Years 1–6 Staff Craftsbury Avenue Places 15 Term Autumn Cost £15 per Session It’s time to make and make believe with this very exciting makers club! ‘Over the course of the term, your children will be briefed about a different and exciting theatrical production. Through model making and artistry, we will learn how to create items used for stage productions and how to bring these items to life through play! We will also take a look at set design and how to create a visual and immersive world. As well as using a variety of different materials and methods that contribute towards your child’s cognitive development, they shall also be documenting their creations, designs and process in their very own scrapbooks! This club is a must for those excited by performance, design and crafting!

reading club

Over the course of this term, we will be discovering and reading an adventure novel. During club sessions, we will read together, explore and discuss ideas. Some sessions will be art-based, so a passion for creativity, as well as reading, is your ticket to discovering a new world. Girls will be provided with a copy of the novel, as well as a sketch book to record our travels.

Club Reading Club Where 5F Classroom When Friday lunchtime Who Years 3-4 and Years 5-6 Staff Ms Fraser and Mrs McNeill Places 10 by Invitation Term All Year Cost Cost of Materials

Sewing

The Year 2 Sewing Club meets throughout the year. Girls are introduced to a variety of stitches and progress from making coasters to bookmarks and pencil cases! Learning to thread needles, tie knots and cast off gives the girls the opportunity to master some super sewing skills. Club Sewing Where 2W Classroom When Tuesday 3.15pm-4.00pm Who Year 2 Staff Mrs Abbott Places 24 Term All Year Cost Cost of Materials

Craft Skills Club

Craft Skills Club offers a range of fun, seasonal activities to help the pupils practise their cutting skills in a friendly setting. Cutting out in all forms helps young pupils to develop their fine motor skills and therefore their handwriting.

Additional Information:

All materials will be provided.

Club Craft Skills Club Where Infant Area When Wednesday lunchtime Who Reception Staff Miss Palmer and Miss Weir Places 12 Term All Year (by rotation)

Magpie Makes Sewing

Magpie Makes Sewing Club is a small club teaching a breadth of hand sewing skills. Pupils will work on two contemporary projects during the term, learning skills such as simple embroidery, construction, appliqué, weaving, pom-pom making, cross-stitch and more.

Club Magpie Makes Sewing Where Girls’ Prep Classroom When Wednesday 3.45pm-4.45pm Who Years 3-6 Staff Magpie Makes Places 9 Term All Year Cost Cost Involved Do you enjoy creating new and exciting things? Do you really enjoy playing with Lego? Want to see your creations come to life? Want to learn how to program robots? Then sign up for Lego Technics Club. Lego® Mindstorms® EV3 has arrived! Combining the versatility of the Lego building system with the most advanced technology Lego has ever developed, unleash the creative powers of these new sets to create and command robots that walk, talk, think and do anything you can imagine!

Club Lego Technics Club Where Science Room When Thursday 3.45pm-4.45pm Who Years 3-4 Places 12 Term All Year Lego Technics Club

Typing’s Cool Club Where When Typing’s Cool Girls’ Prep Monday 7.30am-8.15am

Typing’s Cool is a weekly touch-typing club run by Nick and Sarah Holt, who work in a Who Years 3-6 number of local prep schools. Staff Nick and Sarah Holt Places 15

They work with 7 to 11-year-olds of all abilities, aiming to teach pupils how to type 25 words Term All Year per minute accurately, using the correct fingers. For pupils, the fun is in dodging asteroids, Cost Cost Involved zapping aliens, slaying fire-breathing dragons and racing Nessie the Loch Ness Monster.

Club STEM Club Where Science Room When Monday 3.45pm-4.45pm Who Years 5-6 Staff Mrs Pink and Ms Sullivan Places 20 Term Autumn and Spring

coding club

Club Coding Club Where Year 2 Classroom When Thursday 3.15pm-4.00pm Who Year 2 Staff Mr Williams Places 15 Term All Year

STEM Club

STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Club will be open to Years 5 and 6 girls with a keen interest in these topics. The aim of the club is to engage the girls with practical experiments and projects, creating links between the subjects and demonstrating their relevance in the real world. The girls will also be involved in promoting STEM within the School and have the opportunity to study key people, from both the past and present, whose work has influenced these subjects.

Robotics

An innovative approach, allowing pupils to explore programmable robotics in dynamic creative ways. Technology is advancing rapidly, giving way to a new generation of ways to build, create and invent. Our aim is to introduce pupils to the tools that are available, inspire them with what is possible, and let their imaginations run wild. Technology used: Ozobot, Micro Bit, Otto DIY Smartbot. Surbiton Ultra Mathematical Society (SUMS) Junior is our new club for Year 5 (Spring and Summer) and Year 6 (Autumn) mathematicians. It’s based on our Senior School SUMS, a club for those who enjoy solving mathematical puzzles. Every year, we send the best two Year 8 and Year 9 SUMS regulars to the UKMT Team Maths Challenge, where they get to compete against as many as thirty other schools. You don’t have to be the best in Maths in your class to join SUMS Junior, just enjoy solving puzzles and problems, and have a bit of persistence so you don’t give up when you can’t see a way to a solution straight away.

The club will be run on Thursdays in the Senior School, by our Senior School Maths Department, who are looking forward to seeing a group of enthusiastic young mathematicians, raring to get their teeth into some new problem-solving skills!

Club Robotics Club Where Girls’ Prep Classroom When Friday lunchtime Who Years 1-2 and Years 3-6 Places 12 Cost Cost Involved

Magical Adventures

Relax Kids is a method of introducing your child to relaxation and mindfulness. Classes support emotional literacy and mental and physical health, whilst developing concentration skills, creativity and self-esteem. Pupils learn through our unique seven steps that include movement, games, breathing and stretching, peer-to-peer massage, positive affirmations and visualisations. With a more positive frame of mind, pupils become more calm, productive and focused.

Club Magical Adventures Where Girls’ Prep Drama Room When Monday or Friday lunchtime Who Reception-Year 2 Staff Mrs Huckfield Places 10 Term All Year; Reception Spring and Summer Cost Cost Involved

Surbiton Ultra Mathematical Society

Club SUMS Where Senior School When Thursday 4.00pm-5.00pm Places Unlimited

Quiz Club

An opportunity for girls to test their general knowledge skills and learn about current events.

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Quiz Club Who Years 3-4 Where Girls’ Prep Classroom When Wednesday lunchtime Places 20 Staff Mrs Rockall

Fun French

Club Fun French When Wednesday lunchtime Where Rocket Room Places 18 Staff Mrs Armiger

Mindful Chess

We take a dynamic approach to learning the beautiful game. We look to tailor each session to best serve each individual pupil within the class. Our aim is to build both their capabilities and confidence in an environment which is fun.

Our sessions include games with chess clocks, tactical training exercises, lateral thinking puzzles, giant team chess and much more.

Additional Information:

Club Mindful Chess Where Science Room When Tuesday lunchtime Who Years 1-2 Years 3-6 Places 40 Term All Year Cost Cost Involved Club Beginners German Club Where Girls’ Prep Classroom When Wednesday lunchtime Who Year 5 Staff Mrs Bedford Beginners German Club

The girls will learn the art of public speaking and debating. They will develop their ability to form constructive arguments and counterarguments, and also to work as a team. Debating is a useful skill and also great fun! DebatinG

Club Debating Where Science Lab When Monday lunchtime Who Years 5-6 Staff Mrs Morrod Places 24 Term All Year

DANCE AND DRAMA

At Surbiton High Girls’ Preparatory School, we believe in a holistic education and thus Dance and Drama is an essential part of our curriculum. The benefits of Performing Arts permeate every area of our lives, both personal and social, and therefore it is crucial that our girls be exposed to this subject at a young age. Our girls are taught practical and theoretical skills that will be of value far beyond their schooling careers. We focus on the development of motor skills, spatial awareness, rhythm, communication, vocalisation, improvisation, effective acting techniques and the expression of the whole body, all with the end goal of developing confident, creative individuals. Pupils from Reception to Year 6 are given opportunities to perform both in and outside the classroom, both in formal Dance and Drama lessons, as well as in co-curricular Dance Clubs and Drama Clubs. Every year, Surbiton High Girls’ Prep School hosts a Key Stage 1 Nativity play and Year 4 and Year 6 major productions, often taking the form of a musical. In addition to this, Year 3 and Year 5 have the opportunity to perform in their own Dance and Drama showcase. There are also opportunities for performance in Inter-House Competitions, Poetry Day recitals and class assemblies.

Drama Club Years 4 and 6

Club Drama Club for Years 4 and 6 Where Drama Room When 3.45-5.00pm Year 4 Production Spring Term Year 6 Production Summer Term Staff Mrs King

Drama Enrichment

Club Drama Enrichment Where Runcie Hall/Drama Room When Friday 3.45pm-5.00pm Who Year 6 Staff TBC Places By Invitation Term Autumn

Perform

Perform is a fun-packed drama, dance and singing after school club for Years 1 and 2. Each term is based on one of a range of exciting themes such as: ‘Around the World’, ‘The Circus’, ‘Fairytale Forest’, ‘The Jungle’, ‘The Magician’s Chamber’, ‘Mermaids and Pirates’, ‘Superheroes’, ‘Under the Sea’ or ‘Wild West’.

Club Perform Where Drama When Monday 3.15pm-4.15pm Who Years 1-2 Staff Perform.org.uk Places 15 Term All Year

Enspire LAMDA Drama

Club Enspire LAMDA Drama Where Avenue Elmers When Wednesday or Friday 4.30pm-5.30pm Who Years 3-6 Staff Mr Ryan Term All Year Cost Cost Involved

Club Enspire LAMDA Drama Where Charles Burney House Music Room When Wednesday or Friday 3.15pm-4.15pm Who Years 1-2 Staff Mr Ryan Term All Year Cost Cost Involved

Club Enspire LAMDA Drama Where Charles Burney House Music Room When Wednesday or Friday 3.15pm-4.15pm Who Reception Staff Mr Ryan Term Summer Term Cost Cost Involved

Club Prep Schools’ String Ensemble Where Small Hall, Surbiton Assembly Rooms When Wednesday 7.45am-8.15am Who Years 4-6 Staff Mr Whiting Places 30 Term All Year This ensemble is suitable for Prep pupils learning an orchestral string instrument (violin, viola, cello or double bass). The group performs at major concerts.

Prep Music Theory Club

This club is open to all Prep pupils currently learning a musical instrument, in or out of School. Pupils will work towards graded ABRSM Theory examinations.

Additional Information:

The appropriate level of ‘Music Theory for Young Musicians’ by Ying-Ying Ng workbook will be required and this can be discussed with the teachers. Girls may join this club at any time. Club Prep Schools’ Music Theory Club Where Music Rooms, Surbiton Assembly Rooms When Tuesday 7.45am-8.15am Who Years 3-6 Staff Mrs Baldwin, Mrs Sunda, Miss Atkinson, Mrs Ward and Mr Moran Places 35 Term All Year Cost Cost of Workbook Club Upper Chamber Choir Where Music Room When Thursday 3.45pm-5.00pm Who Years 5-6 by Audition Staff Mr Wray and Mr Hammond-Hall Places 40 Term All Year The Upper Chamber Choir is the elite vocal ensemble of the Girls’ Preparatory School. Members are invited to join after audition and commitment to rehearsals and performances throughout the year is expected. The choir performs at all major school events and participates in external choral competitions. Upper Chamber Choir

Chamber Ensemble

By invitation only. Commitment is expected throughout the term and the ensemble performs at all the major school events, including Prize Giving.

Additional Information:

Club Chamber Ensemble Where Music Room When Monday 7.45am-8.15am Who Years 5-6 by Invitation Staff Mr Wray Places 10 Term Spring and Summer

Reception Choir

Club Reception Choir Where Music Room Who Reception Staff Mr Wray Places Whole Year Group Term All Year The Reception Choir is aimed to provide a fun introduction to choral singing, helping the girls develop their singing voices. The girls work towards performances including Harvest, the Infant Nativity and the House Singing Competition.

Additional Information:

This choir forms part of the curriculum.

Infant Choir

Club Infant Choir Where Music Room Who Years 1-2 Staff Mr Wray Places Whole Year Group Term All Year All pupils in Years 1 and 2 form the Infant Choir to further develop their vocal and ensemble skills. The choir performs at school events such as the Nativity and final assemblies.

Additional Information:

This choir forms part of the curriculum. Club Lower Choir Where Music Room Who Years 3-4 Places Whole Year Group Staff Mr Whiting Term All Year All girls in Years 3 and 4 form the Lower Choir to develop their ensemble singing skills in a fun and productive environment. The choir performs at major events, such as concerts and final assemblies.

Additional Information:

This choir forms part of the curriculum. Lower Choir

Upper Choir

All girls in Years 5 and 6 form the Upper Choir to develop their ensemble singing skills in a fun and productive environment. The choir performs at major events, such as concerts and final assemblies.

Additional Information:

This choir forms part of the curriculum. Club Upper Choir Where Music Room Who Years 5-6 Staff Mr Wray Places Whole Year Group Term All Year

Guitar Ensemble

Club Guitar Ensemble Where Drama Room When Tuesday lunchtime Who Years 4-6 by Invitation Staff Ms Hepworth Places 10 Term All Year

Prep Schools’ Wind Band

This joint ensemble is suitable for Prep pupils learning an orchestral brass and woodwind instrument. The group performs at major concerts.

Club Prep Schools’ Wind Band Where Small Hall Surbiton Assembly Rooms When Friday 7.45am-8.15am

Who Years 4-6 by Invitation Staff Mrs Newman and Mr Moran Places 15 Term All Year

Lower Chamber Choir

Club Lower Chamber Choir Where Music Room When Wednesday 3.45pm-4.45pm Who Years 3-4 by Audition Staff Mr Whiting Places 40 Term All Year The Lower Chamber Choir is the training choir for the Upper Chamber Choir, which is the elite vocal ensemble of the Girls’ Preparatory School. Members are invited to join after audition and commitment to rehearsals and performances throughout the year is expected. The choir performs at all major school events and participates in external choral competitions.

KEYBOARD Club

This is a new club for pupils who wish to further their keyboard skills. The group will have the opportunity to perform at school events.

Club Keyboard Club Where Music Room When Monday lunchtime Who Years 3-6 Staff Mrs Baldwin Places 8 Term All Year Cost Cost of Workbook

ABRSM Aural Club

This club is offered for pupils preparing for ABRSM practical examinations. Pupils will be prepared for the aural supporting tests in Grades 1 to 5.

Club ABRSM Aural Club Where Music Room, Surbiton Assembly Rooms When Monday lunchtime Who Years 3-6 Staff Mr Hammond-Hall Places 20 Term All Year

Prep Schools’ Band

Club Prep Schools’ Band Where Music Room, Girls’ Prep When Wednesday 7.45am-8.15am Who Year 6 Staff Mrs Baldwin and Mr Rees Places By Invitation Term All Year This new club is aimed at those pupils learning guitar, keyboard and singing with an interest in performing contemporary pop music. Members are invited to join after audition. The band will perform at all the major school events.

Music Tech Club

The Music Tech Club is a new offering this year and suits children of all abilities; from boys and girls who already play an instrument through to those discovering music for the first time. Focusing on key musical concepts such as melody, harmony, rhythm and arrangement, we ensure that your child gains a full understanding of how music is created note by note. Each term, children work in pairs and complete a fun and engaging project by creating music to various forms of media. Projects range from making music for TV adverts, movie trailers, radio shows and cartoons through to composing in a range of musical styles. Club Music Tech Club Where Music Room, Surbiton Assembly Rooms When Wednesday 4.00pm-5.00pm Who Years 5-6 Staff Mr Moran Places 14 Term All Year

Ukulele club

Ukulele Club is one of our groups for all – anyone can join! You don’t need to be able to read music, you just need to bring your enthusiasm and creativity. The leaders will work with you to teach you chords and strumming patterns and maybe even to sing at the same time! There might be opportunity to work alongside the Prep Band or one of the choirs… who knows what could happen… come along and find out more!

Club Ukulele Club Where Music Room When Wednesday lunchtime Who Years 5-6 Staff Mrs Baldwin and Mrs Atkinson Places 15 Term All Year

HIT IT! Ensemble

HIT IT! Ensemble is a new group for pupils to explore playing in a group together with percussion instruments. Mr Chowdhury, our specialist percussion teacher, will work with the pupils incorporating rhythmic patterns on djembes, Boomwhackers, tuned percussion and samba instruments. This group is open to everyone, whether you learn an instrument or not; all are welcome! Come and enjoy creating music together!

Club HIT IT! Ensemble Where Music Room When Thursday 7.45am-8.15am Who Years 5-6 Staff Mr Chowdhury Places 20 Term All Year

Infant Musication

Club Infant Musication Where Drama Room When Tuesday 3.20pm-4.00pm Who Years 1-2 Staff Miss Atkinson and Mrs Baldwin Places 20 Term All Year Musication is a beginner group for pupils to explore playing together, working on musical literacy and exploring different timbres of sound and genres of music across the world. The group is suitable for all, but it is aimed to extend musical skills learnt in their curriculum lessons. The group will play percussion instruments, such as drums, bells and Boomwhackers. 29

Mezza-tones

This is a vocal ensemble for the Girls’ Prep School. Pupils in Year 6 will be invited to join the small vocal ensemble and work on a capella singing and performance. The Mezza-tones will perform at whole-school events and this will be a progressive ensemble to work with the Senior School a capella ensembles, Forte and Fortissimo. Club Mezza-tones Where Music Room When Friday 7.45am-8.15am Who Year 6 Staff Mrs Baldwin Places By Invitation Term All Year

Music Theatre Club allows pupils to work together to perform excerpts from musicals and refine their dance, singing and acting skills. This group will focus on preparing for a performance in an assembly or whole-school performances. There will be opportunities for the pupils to take solos within performances and even have the chance to choreograph dance steps for a song.

Club Music Theatre Club Where Drama Room, Girls’ Prep When Thursday lunchtime Who Years 5-6 Staff Miss Atkinson Places 20 Term All Year

The Recorder Club is a beginner group dedicated to exploring the basics of recorder playing in a fun and supportive environment. The club performs at school concerts and assemblies. Girls will need their own recorder and instruction book, details of which will be communicated by Mr Wray after girls sign up for the activity.

Recorder Club

Club Recorder Club Where Music Room When Tuesday lunchtime Who Year 3 Staff Mrs Baldwin Places 15 Term All Year Cost Cost of Workbook Club Prep Schools’ Orchestra Where Music Room When Friday 3.45pm-5.00pm Who By Invitation Staff Mrs Newman and Mrs Baldwin Places 25 Term All Year

Members are invited to join the orchestra after consultation with the Head of Prep Music and their instrumental teacher. This is the elite instrumental ensemble and is run as a co-educational group with the Boys’ Prep. The minimum requirement for entry to the Prep Schools’ Orchestra is at least Grade 2 level for a standard orchestral instrument (pianists are also considered). The orchestra will be expected to perform at all major school concerts. Prep Schools’ Orchestra

Athletics

Athletics is a part of our curriculum and there are additional opportunities for all Years 3 to 6 pupils at the Girls’ Preparatory School. Those who choose to attend will receive coaching in a variety of jumping, throwing and running (long/mid/sprint distances) events throughout the year, with opportunities to represent the School in competitions.

Additional Information:

Collect from Manor Road South at 5.05pm or from the Girls’ Preparatory School at 5.20pm. Club Athletics Where Hinchley Wood When Wednesday 3.45pm-5.20pm Who Years 3-6 Staff Miss Fox, Miss Wardle Places 60 Term Summer

Prep Schools’ Riding Club

This club is open to Key Stage 2 pupils with a range of experiences in horse riding. Sessions include a progression from the trot, gallop and canter on different horses. It involves additional work such as mucking out, feeding and grooming the animals.

Club Prep Schools’ Riding Club Where Chessington Equestrian Centre When Spring and Summer Terms Who Years 3-6 Staff Mrs Dillon Cost Cost Involved