SECTION FIVE | Activities and Clubs

ACTIVITIES AND CLUBS

The Junior School o ers a wide range of afterschool activities for pupils. These take place from 3.30-4.30pm, Monday-Thursday.

Our activities have been designed to give pupils a chance to develop skills they may not otherwise have the opportunity to enhance. The afterschool clubs tap into the talents of the teaching sta across the College and enhance the breadth of the educational experience the pupils already receive.

The diet of clubs changes termly and the following is only an example of clubs o ered.

TECHNOLOGY

FILMMAKING P4-P7

This club offers pupils the opportunity to write and produce a short film. Pupils taking part will be expected to contribute to the creation of a screenplay and filming of the group’s ideas before the club ends. We often enter these films into national competitions.

The Digital Café is an ongoing project, based in the house system, in which the children coach staff, and each other, in the use of iPads. This gives the children an opportunity to lead others in an area in which they have expertise.

DIGITAL CAF P4-P7

STEM P4-P7

STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths. This club undertakes projects that relate STEM subjects to real life and is usually tied into national Science and Engineering awards and competitions. This year’s focus will be on Engineering and Robotics.

IPAD/PC MUSIC

P4-P7

In the iPad/ PC Music Club, we use technology to create original music: no experience necessary! By the end of this club session our pupils will have created their very own album.

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HEALTH AND WELLBEING

KEEP FIT P4-P7

Keep Fit encourages our young pupils to get active and reap the benefits, not only through improved fitness but development of their social skills, increased concentration and enhancing their self-esteem. This is achieved through fun activities that they enjoy and look forward to.

Chaplaincy promotes the community of faith within St Aloysius’ College Junior School. It encourages our pupils to live their faith and develop good relationships, not only within the College but in the wider school community. The work of this club will support the Liturgy, prayer and Spiritual life of the school as a whole.

CHAPLAINCY P4-P7

FIRST AID P4-P7

First Aid covers a variety of medical conditions. We begin the year by looking at medical conditions such as asthma and anaphylaxis, moving onto the symptoms of a heart attack, followed by cardiac arrest. Pupils will be shown how to carry out CPR and perform basic First Aid and will use the resuscitation mannequin.

The activities undertaken in Eco Club in 2019/20 will be based on the challenge set by Pope Francis in ‘Laudato Si’. Pupils will work together for the good of our common home. The work of this club enhances not only the children who participate, but also the Junior School as a whole.

ECO CLUB P4-P7

ARTS

LIBRARY CLUB P4-P7

There are many ways to enjoy books and reading within the Library in the Junior School. Library Club involves fun events and activities for children of all ages to help build literacy, confidence, communication and social skills. These activities include illustrating books, creating comic strips, writing book reviews and discussing our favourite books.

An Arts and Crafts Club where pupils will have fun creating beautiful glittering sequin pictures and artwork with friends.

SEQUINS ART P4-P7

PUBLIC SPEAKING CLUB P4-P7

Public Speaking helps to develop and build upon pupils’ confidence when speaking in front of an audience. The sessions help with delivery, expression and intonation when reading aloud, as well as encouraging pupils to project their voices. Each year pupils who participate in the Public Speaking Club are selected to compete in the Glasgow Music Festival which takes place in March.

Cinema club give the pupils the opportunity to view and review a variety of new and classic films. We hope this club will develop our young people’s appreciation for film. Bring your own popcorn (BYOP)!

CINEMA P4-P7

CONSTRUCTION CLUB P4-P7

Construction Club allows our budding Engineers and Architects the opportunity to create their concepts in a variety of mediums such as Lego, card, pipe cleaners. The design world is the children’s oyster.

SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

MARY’S MEALS P4-P7

The Junior School pupils have supported Mary’s Meals for over 10 years, filling over 2500 school backpacks and raising thousands of pounds with their ‘Donate a Dinner’ appeal. The Mary’s Meals Club leads whole school initiatives for this fabulous charity and raise awareness of current campaigns.

LANGUAGES CLUB P4-P7

The Languages club will give a wonderful headstart – children have an opportunity to explore another culture, to develop an open mind and to broaden horizons. This club will offer a variety of fun activities (reading books, watching films, ICT, arts and crafts) in the foreign language which will enhance critical thinking skills, creativity, problem-solving skills and flexibility of mind in young children.

LEARN TO SIGN CLUB P4-P7

This club allows the children the opportunity to learn Sign Language. Part of the work done by our four Houses includes outreach to schools to work with children with additional needs. This club helps develop the skills of our pupils to allow them to engage with others while sharing and developing the foundations of the Jesuit ethos of St Aloysius’ College.

Netball is a sport which demonstrates transferable basic skills in throwing, catching, spatial awareness, attack and defence. It is open to Primary 4 –7 girls and boys. The pupils concentrate on ball skills through their PE and Games curriculum and this club provides an opportunity to play the team sport on a weekly basis.

NETBALL P4-P7

PRIMARY 3 - TERM 3

In Term 3 we introduce After School activities to the Primary 3 pupils. This gives the children the opportunity to participate in clubs as they prepare to move into Primary 4 where they can participate in the full co-curricular programme.

ATHLETICS P3

Through a structured, fun format, our Afterschool Athletics Club gives the children the opportunity to learn new skills that can then be used in a wide range of sports as well as promoting an active and healthy lifestyle.

MUSIC AND DRAMA P3

The Music and Drama club helps young children become more confident and develop life skills by acting out different scenarios. It allows children to explore their creativity in a fun and relaxed environment. Pupils have fun working in groups while developing their social skills.

Jesuit Pupil Profile

Pupils in a Jesuit school are growing to be . . .

Grateful for their own gifts, for the gift of other people, and for the blessings of each day; and generous with their gifts, becoming men and women for others.

Attentive to their experience and to their vocation; and discerning about the choices they make and the effects of those choices.

Compassionate towards others, near and far, especially the less fortunate; and loving by their just actions and forgiving words.

Faith-filled in their beliefs and hopeful for the future.

Eloquent and truthful in what they say of themselves, the relations between people, and the world.

Learned, finding God in all things; and wise in the ways they use their learning for the common good.

Curious about everything; and active in their engagement with the world, changing what they can for the better.

Intentional in the way they live and use the resources of the earth, guided by conscience; and prophetic in the example they set to others.

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