OLHS Enrichment 2024-2025
Which enrichment opportunity is right for you?
Have a look through our diverse range and exciting offers of enrichment clubs at lunchtime and after school. To Know,
Enrichment Brochure 2024-2025 Welcome to the OLHS
School is much more than just your academic qualifications.
At Our Lady’s, we believe in developing the whole person as we want you to achieve your full potential in and out of the classroom.
During Lunchtime and After School activities, you will have the opportunity to take part in our extensive range of enrichments, this includes a wide range of career and life enhancing activities, clubs and societies.
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Why should I take part in Enrichment?
Enrichment teaches you new skills and builds on your existing subject knowledge to make you stand out from the crowd when applying for sixth form, collages, university or employment.
It is also a great way for you to make new friends and have fun. Key skills that both employers and further education are looking for include:
Resilience
Determination
Organisation
Motivation
Perseverance Self-esteem
Confidence
Art and Culture Clubs
Expand your horizons and allow your creativity to bloom
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Art Club
What do you do?
Explore, create, and appreciate various forms of visual arts. This club provides a platform for artists and art enthusiasts to share ideas, techniques, and experiences related to art-making and appreciation.
Students will be able to try out different art mediums and techniques including modelling, beadwork
KS3 Bookworms
What do you do?
Reading and discussing a range of books from different genres to help broaden literary understanding
KS4 Bookworms
What do you do?
Reading and discussing a range of books from different genres to help broaden literary understanding
Journalling Club
Junior Choir
What do you do?
Develop your singing skills, learn new
Keyboard Club
What do you do?
Develop your keyboard skills and
Shakespeare Drama Club
What do you do?
Students will rehearse a 30 min version of a Shakespeare play to be performed to the public at Loreto 6th Form College in their pro standard Theatre. This will be alongside 7 other schools and colleges from Manchester as part of the MANCEP Shakespeare Festival
Photography Club
What do you do?
Learn how to use a DSLR camera and develop your photography skills understanding exposure, shutter speed and much more.
Podcast Club
What do you do?
Develop key media skills in how to design, plan, create, record, produce and broadcast a podcast
When?
Musical Production
Set Design Club
What do you do?
As set designers, we are tasked with taking part in multiple school events and performances throughout the year. From idea into sketchbook, into prototype model, into physical finished product.
So, if you are creative, fancy a bit of scenery painting, want to put your design skills into practice, interested in what happens behind the scenes of theatre, or just want to get involved.
Come along and join the fun! Something different every session.
When?
Crochet Club
Craft Club
What do you do?
Sports Clubs
Develop your physical prowess and let off some steam!
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Badminton
What do you do?
fitness
Girls Basketball
What do you do?
Play basketball and develop hand eye coordination, speed, agility and fitness while enjoying time with friends. All skill levels welcome
Basketball Teams
What do you do?
Develop team skills and practise to play in the Manchester Inspire League
Cheer Club
What do you do?
Learn and practise
and skills to
Year 11 Football for Fun
What do you do?
GCSE/ Vcert Boxing
What do you do?
Develop boxing skills with a coach to perform at a high level for GCSE Boxing.
KS4 Boys Fitness
What do you do?
Learn how to train effectively and safely using the gym equipment
Girls Netball
Basketball
What do you do?
Develop hand eye coordination, agility, endurance and team cohesion while playing basketball. Come to work on your skills and enjoy time with friends
Girls Fitness
What do you do?
Learn how to use the fitness suite saely and effectively and train with friends to get stronger, fitter and healthier
When?
Y9 Sports Club
What do you do?
Play
Girls Football
What do you do?
Play, compete and develop your football skills - vital to be part of the school football team.
Boys Football
What do you do?
Play, compete and develop your football skills - vital to be part of the school football team.
Diversity and Inclusion Clubs
Develop your understanding of the wider world and your place in it
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Safe Space
What do you do?
Regulation activities to help students develop coping strategies when struggling with Social, Emotional and Mental Health issues. An opportunity to talk to a member of staff and check in
Spanish Media Club
What do you do?
Develop an understanding of different cultures through Spanish Media. It is an opportunity to practise Spanish understanding through film, music and magazines.
Film Club
What do you do?
Watch various age appropriate films
LGBTQ+ Club
What do you do?
Various activities to help students understand their identity and place in the world in a safe and inclusive environment
Mindful Art
What do you do?
Take a moment to
and recharge in a safe space
Religious Life Club
What do you do?
Religious Life Club is a combination of both GIFT Chaplaincy and Youth SVP. Our members are dedicated to ‘Growing In Faith Together through Putting their Faith into Action’.
We support the Religious Life of Our Lady's through leading Whole School Masses and supporting Reconciliations.
We also have a busy schedule of charities we support throughout the year through hosting events, raising money and spreading awareness.
Come and see Miss White or Miss Hampson if you have any questions!
Skill and Strategy Clubs
Learn new skills, develop analytical thinking and have fun!
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Cooking Club
What do you do?
Learn how to cook different meals including sweet treats
Each term will have a different year group able to sign up, starting with Y9 spaces are limited to 15
When?
Debate Mate
What do you do?
Develop your debating skills- learn
how to put together a reasoned argument and pit your wits against challenging views
KS3 Girls Coding
What do you do?
Learn how to code using different systems
KS4 Coding Club
What do you do?
Develop your coding skills and learn how to build programmes, websites and apps.
Enterprise Club
What do you do?
Develop your entrepreneurial skillsthe club has loaned £200 from the school, develop your business to break even and make a profit!
Chess Club
What do you do?
Are you ready to make strategic moves and sharpen your mind? Join the Chess Club, where strategy, skill, and camaraderie come together to create an exciting and supportive environment for all chess enthusiasts!
The Guild of Assassins
What do you do?
A game for devious people! Can you trick the other participants?
Board Game Club
What do you do?
Play different games of strategy, skill and silliness!
Bingo Club
What do you do?
Play bingo with your friends and develop quick thinking and hands!
Y10 Further Maths
What do you do?
Enhance your maths skills and gain an extra GCSE
Sparx Squad
What do you do?
