Imagine Co-Curricular Guide 2021-2022 by Wimbledon High School

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a world of As we move into the new academic year, we are delighted to be in a position to resume, in person, our extensive and inspiring co-curricular programme.

possibility… offering, there is a full programme of academic extension, time to relax with PaWHS activities, opportunities to Raise your Voice and plenty of scope to learn new skills and enhance existing skills. It is, as ever, broad, diverse and challenging and it gives the platform to build resilience, empathy and humility and to acknowledge and grasp the qualities required to work successfully as part of a team. There are also opportunities to develop communication skills and take on leadership roles. And if there is a club that you would like to run that is not currently featured, please let me know.

There are opportunities for all in Sports, Music and Drama, with a full return to fixtures, mixed year group rehearsals and live audiences. Alongside this extensive

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Getting involved is critical; our aim is to facilitate the building of self-efficacy, self-confidence and self-esteem, whilst giving time to step away from the potential anxieties that day to day life brings. Co-curricular time is the window for students to enjoy those ‘magic moments’ when you are immersed in activities that you love, or activities you know are doing you good but maybe you don’t love at the time! There appears to be a strong correlation between the highest academic achievers and their participation in a multitude of activities. Therefore, seize the moments you can, to play hard as well as work hard. This year we will see the return of Clubsfest! For those who haven’t experienced this yet, it’s an informal fair where all clubs and societies have a stall to show off what to expect if you sign up to be part of their club. You will have the time to wander around each stall and ask questions before going away to sign up for the clubs of your choice on the online system called SOCS ~ www.socscms.com/socs/login.asp

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With opportunities before school, two 40 minute sessions at lunchtime, after school activities and weekend sports, as a guideline we would expect Years 7-9 to be involved in a minimum of 5-7 sessions per week and Years 10-13 involved in a minimum of 3-6 sessions per week. This will depend on the activities you choose, as some place more demands on your time than others; the programme is designed to enable broad participation in Years 7-9 (with the chance to make new friends

in particular), with the expectation that your choices will be more specific, but not exclusive, as you move into Year 10 and upwards. The key is to strike a balance and your form tutor is there to help you with this. Once you have made your choices, SOCS will show you your individual timetable that incorporates both your lesson schedule as well as your Co-curricular schedule.

Next Steps 1.

Please read the rest of this booklet for Music, Drama, Sport and Academic overviews and the A-Z of activities available. Online you’ll also find the day, time and location for each club.

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2. Decide what you would like to do, then go to the SOCS sign up page to choose your clubs. Instructions can be found on the link below; your tutor will also help you.

https://whs.fireflycloud.net/ co-curricular/on-line-cocurricular-sign-up

Once you have signed up, the lead member of staff will be in contact and you will also be added to that club’s TEAM, then you’re good to go!

I do hope you enjoy this year’s programme. Best wishes Ms Jenny Cox Director of Co-curricular & Partnerships

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Drama

Here’s to an exciting year full of singing, dancing and acting, and there will be lots of opportunities for those interested in learning how to stage-manage or make props and organise costumes. Also for those who want to run lighting, sound and digital tech for performance.

At Wimbledon High School we look to include all those who want to be involved in our Drama productions, however we do audition to help with specific casting decisions; we manage this in an open, flexible and friendly fashion, aware of the need to develop student confidence but also resilience.

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This year it will be wonderful to welcome family and friends back to the Rutherford Performing Arts Centre to watch performances live, and we intend to film and stream all performances where we are allowed as we have learned just how wonderful it is to be able to share your work more broadly within our school community.

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As you get used to a new routine, Year 7 will have designated time in your Music and Drama lessons during the Autumn term to work initially in class groups then collaboratively to produce the Year 7 Christmas Show. In the Spring term we plan to run a Year 7 Drama club where you can enjoy some drama activities and work on monologues, duologues or small scenes in preparation for an informal twilight revuestyle performance. We look forward to seeing many Year 7 performers either as soloists, or in groups, in our Musical Theatre Celebration currently planned for early in the Summer term.

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Our Year 8 Abridged Shakespeare Project will be running in the Autumn term on Monday after school and on Thursday lunchtimes, working towards a performance evening in the Rutherford. In the Spring term you can choose to continue with Drama club to work on monologues for the House Drama Competition, and contributions to the Musical Theatre Celebration. In the Summer term you can take part in the Year 8 & 9 Summer Musical. It is important to note that this requires a greater time commitment but is a fun and exciting way to end the year. In the Autumn term, we are looking forward to working with you on the Year 9 Play which will a creative and physically engaging ensemble piece to be performed in early January. You will need to be able to commit to the core rehearsals on Monday and Tuesday after school. In the Summer term we encourage everyone to come and take part in the Year 8 & 9 Summer Musical; a fun and exciting way to end the year. We also look forward to seeing Year 9 performers either as soloists, or in groups, in our Musical Theatre Celebration currently planned for early in the Summer term. This year, Year 10 are invited to take part in the Senior Musical, working with Year 11 and Year 12 students to produce a suitably challenging piece of Musical Theatre to be performed early in February 2022. We get going as soon as term starts, so sign up quickly on SOCS if you want to be involved, whether in a leading role or in the chorus. Please don’t be worried about being in competition with older students; working on a challenging piece in a friendly and supportive cross year environment will be fantastic. Rehearsals for the Year 10 Play, to be performed at the end of May, start after the musical, which means for the first year ever, Year 10 can take part in a play and a musical in the same year should you wish to.

Year 11 and Year 12 students have to choose to take part in the Senior Play or Senior Musical; both projects are auditioned early in the Autumn term and you can ask to be considered for either or both projects. The Senior Musical will be performed in early February and the Senior Play at the beginning of March. Year 13 Students planning to continue with Drama/ Musical Theatre beyond sixth form may also take part in these projects with permission. Although Year 13 students will necessarily be focusing on their studies, some enthusiastic students are planning to get together during the Autumn term, to prepare and present a short play or scenes and sketches for an informal performance at the start of December. Watch out for notices if you fancy getting involved. In partnership with the English Department, we also run New Views playwriting club for Year 11,12 and 13 on Friday lunchtimes (see photo on page 2).

All year groups are invited to take part in the Musical Theatre Celebration, a concert which will include solos, duets and choreographed group pieces. Students from all year groups will also be encouraged to submit monologue selftapes for the House Drama Competition.

Private LAMDA lessons are available for students from all years with slots at lunchtimes on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. WHS students have continued to achieve outstanding results in LAMDA exams. We are also offering Theatre Tech Club for all year groups, where you learn about sound, lighting, stage management, costume and prop management and the Theatre Tech Crew will be invited to take on roles of responsibility for all performances and events, supervised by our fantastic theatre technicians.

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This is run in collaboration with the National Theatre, where students write their own short plays with input from a professional mentor. If you want to enter your play into the New Views national competition, you could see your play being staged either in full version, or as a rehearsed reading, by the NT company!

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Music

Wimbledon High School has a long history of music making and we’re delighted to celebrate the importance of the performing arts in building resilience, collaboration and living an enriched life, where we all appreciate the joy of playing and singing together.

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Music is a vibrant department at WHS and our colleagues and peripatetic teachers (acclaimed musicians in their own right) are looking forward to the return of live performances after a year of having our wings clipped. We are delighted that many of our clubs and ensembles will resemble pre-Covid times. Larger clubs, such as Canto, A Cappella and WHS Symphony Orchestra will make a spectacular comeback with weekly, in person, mixed year group rehearsals in preparation for our set piece events such as Festival of Nine Lessons and our Spring Concert at Cadogan Hall. Peripatetic lessons will continue to take place in person for students in Years 7 to 13, using the Senior Music rooms.

Canto will be meeting on a Friday morning at 8am. This is an auditioned choir, open to any student in year 7, 8 or 9. Canto will comprise approximately 50 students singing in an SSA format and will be preparing for events such as Festival of Nine Lessons and Cadogan Hall. Please do look out for information in the first week about auditions! A Cappella will be meeting as normal! To hear music radiating from the Senior Hall from 8am on a Tuesday and Thursday is an absolute joy, and a wonderful way to start the day for those involved! A Cappella is open to students from Years 10 to 13 and we will be preparing for the return of our set piece events such as the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols (yes, we’re already thinking about Christmas...!). If you want to join us in A Cappella, sign up on SOCS – we’d love to have you onboard.

Updates on the Co-curricular Firefly page or SOCS

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Autumn 2021 Concert Series Year 7

Alongside this, we are also pleased to offer the opportunity to be involved in choirs and various ensembles across the co-curricular programme.

Our weekly Friday Jammin’ series will be set to make a return and Miss Green will be taking on this side of things. Do drop her an email should you want to be involved. Finally, we would love for you to contribute to our music-making – if you have an idea, pop in and see the Music team and we can work together to find a solution that keeps us all safe and allows our musical creativity to shine. Ms Robertshaw Acting Director of Music

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We are excited to be working once again with the Drama Department on our project for all students in Year 7, taking place during academic music and drama lessons in the Autumn Term. The whole year group will be working on producing a Pantomime brought together for the end of term. It’s a chance for every student in Year 7 to be involved with some acting and musicmaking and promises to be excellent fun. Get your panto quotes at the ready...

Our exciting Autumn concert series is upon us once again, and we will be having recitals and concerts live and with audiences. Our Autumn events include the termly Scholars’ Recital and the first heats of our Young Musician of the Year series. Alongside these, we will also have our Autumn Concert with a ‘returning back home’ theme!

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Sport

Updates on the Co-curricular Firefly page or SOCS

Sport remains an integral part of life at Wimbledon High where girls have the opportunity to learn a wide range of activities which contribute to a healthy lifestyle.

Sport Timeline • Hockey is the major sport of the Autumn Term and every year group has weekly training and matches, including Saturday mornings. We enter many local, regional and national competitions. • The Netball A teams also train in this season as well, as we enter a number of County and National tournaments. • Rowing, Swimming, Cross Country and Gymnastics run concurrently with the Games programme, throughout the year. • In the Spring Term the focus switches to Netball. Last year we ran 28 teams!

Our co-curricular programme offers a huge range of sports and activities, both competitive and recreational, from Hockey to Yoga, Strength and Conditioning to Badminton, as well as the major and minor sport of the term. (See SOCS.) In return, we expect the highest level of commitment from the girls and the determination to succeed and to push themselves hard both in training and competition. Whilst we have a team for every student who wants to represent the school, to be selected for the A team is challenging and competitive. There is fluidity between the teams throughout the year and selection is based on commitment, attitude, application, ability and talent. Check the Sports Fixtures website to get a fuller picture of the range of teams and sports which compete regularly for the school.

We have a large team of experienced, enthusiastic and inspirational PE teachers and professional coaches. In some cases, where students do other sports in their own time, they can represent the school in these sports, with parental support. eg: Equestrian, Sailing, Skiing. For fixtures and team information, see: www.wimbledonhighsports.com. You can download the app to your phone for easy access to up-to-date information.

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By providing inspiring teaching and high-level coaching we ensure that each individual is supported to reach her potential and participates with enjoyment! Students strive for success by being pushed out of their comfort zone in an environment that builds resilience, nurtures curiosity, promotes teamwork and fosters leadership.

• Cricket, Tennis and Athletics are the major sports of the Summer Term. Cricket in particular is a growing sport here at WHS and we have invested heavily to improve our equipment and coaching of the sport. There are training sessions in all of these sports for girls who wish to represent the school. • Running throughout the academic year is our Tennis Academy (email tennis@wim.gdst.net), where girls can opt to receive paid for lessons at lunchtime or Saturday mornings.

These run throughout the year, across Hockey, Netball and Cricket as follows: Years 7 & 8: Tuesday Year 9: Thursday Years 10 & 11: Monday Ms Coutts-Wood Director of Sport

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Fixture nights

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Academic Enrichment Across the year, we put on a host of lectures, speaker events and workshops aimed at ensuring the academic horizons of our students are broadened, stimulating thought-provoking discussion and debate.

Explore talks and Rosewell lectures are aimed at girls in Years 9 to 13, but may be attended by students in any year. Keep an eye on the school website; events will be posted on social media and posters displayed around the school and in High Ways. Parents, older siblings, plus students from our partner schools are most welcome at Rosewell lectures. Speakers are experts in their field. After a 40-50 minute lecture (usually starting at 6:00 pm), there is the opportunity to ask questions. We ask you to book in advance so that we may gauge numbers and organise catering of refreshments.

Dr. Maggie Aderin-Pocock: The Marvels of our Universe (Space Week) Tuesday 5th October

Dr. Simon Kuper in Conversation Tuesday 16th November

Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock is a space scientist, science communicator and presenter of the BBC’s The Sky at Night. She completed a PhD in the Department of Mechanical Engineering in 1994, after an undergraduate degree in Physics also at Imperial. In 2020 she was awarded the Institute of Physics, William Thomson, Lord Kelvin Medal and Prize for her public engagement in physics. She is the first African woman to win a Gold Medal in the Physics News Award. She has also earned the title of the President-Elect of the British Science Association. She is currently the Managing Director of Science Innovation Ltd, through which she organises public engagement activities which show school children and adults the wonders of space. Her lecture falls during Space Week and will explore the marvels of our vast universe including our own moon. If you’re interested in hearing more about our solar system or see yourself as a budding Astro-physicists, come along and be amazed! You’ll even see some rare Lunar Rocks…

Simon Kuper is an award-winning journalist and columnist at the Financial Times. He is one of the world’s leading writers on football, writing from an anthropologic perspective. He often discusses the the culture that surrounds the sport — such as the Old Firm rivalry — as well as the on-field play. As well as Football, he has also written articles on other sports, including cricket in apartheid South Africa. He won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year in 1994 with his book Football Against the Enemy. In conversation with our Sixth Form students, his talk will cover a range of contemporary issues, including the polarisation of social media vs journalism, the impact of the global pandemic and his new book, which delves into Oxford University’s grip on British power.

Stay tuned on our social media platforms for more details about speakers in our 2021-2022 speaker series.

Rosewell Slams They’re back!

Last year, we launched the very successful Bright ‘n’ Wimsy partnership between Wimbledon High School and fellow GDST school, Brighton Girls.

After a pandemic induced hiatus last year, we’re pleased to reignite our Rosewell Slam series. These offer students and staff a forum to discuss a wide range of topics from a multi-disciplinary perspective.

This year, we are excited to be running the partnership with a focus on sustainability with the view to students implementing a project of their choice that has an impact in the community. Scholars in Years 10 and 11 will enjoy a range of exciting opportunities as they develop their ideas, including trips to Brighton and speakers exploring topics such as sustainable architecture, environmental art the vulnerability of our natural world.

Each Slam involves three participants giving a brief talk on the subject of the day and answering questions from the audience. Students and staff are encouraged to get involved and Rosewell Slams will take place during Lunch 2. Refreshments and lively debate will be provided. Stay tuned for dates and look out for social media posts 10 days or so before the Slam for more info!

New for 2021-2022 Festival of Ideas

This year, we will be offering workshops especially designed for students interested in academic writing for peer-review publication.

This year Wimbledon High School is launching its inaugural ‘Festival of Ideas’ in the Spring Term – a celebration of academic curiosity which includes a whole host of events. Students and staff, along with those from our Partnership schools will be invited a festival of workshops and speakers, culminating in a forum where attendees will discuss 21st century challenges.

If you are interested in turning your Extended Project Qualification into published work, keen to submit a research paper to a peer-reviewed journal or intent on entering an essay competition, this workshop aims to explore some challenges that will confront all academic writers regardless of their discipline.

After a year of lockdown and an unprecedented global crisis, it is time to reflect: What are the ideas that we will need to adapt to our new reality? How will they build on the legacy of the past? The talks, dialogues and ideas explored during this festival seek to raise questions about 21st century challenges, while at the same time highlighting the sheer scope of academic curiosity at Wimbledon High School.

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Workshops will start in Autumn term and be held in Lunch 2.

Academic writing for peer-reviewed publication

Primarily aimed at our sixth formers, but open to all, these workshops aim to celebrate the written word. They will offer advice on how to structure papers, how to capture the interest of journal reviewers, how to deal with editors’ expectations, and referencing.

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Club Categories Academic Enrichment These clubs come in various forms and incorporate a range of student led discussion groups and investigations alongside staff led lecture topics that will extend and challenge students at all levels. At times these may include two or more departments teaming up cross-curricular to provide more than one perspective on a particular area. For example, racquet research investigates tennis players (and how they use their racquets) from both a scientific and a sports perspective.

Community These clubs offer opportunities to collaborate with local community partners, broadening your outlook.

PaWHS A student-led initiative which promotes activities that are just for fun or which provide a more mindful experience. They give the moment in the school day to move away from the hustle and bustle, to play a board game, cards or do a puzzle, perhaps.

Raise Your Voice Expressing your opinions and thoughts clearly and coherently in small groups or in a larger arena is a life skill. Signing up to something in this category will help give you those skills. Whether it’s through Model United Nations (MUN), Debating or Black Lives Matter, each will build your confidence in public speaking and help form your arguments clearly. Many of these clubs are led by student ambassadors.

Skill Development

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These clubs, including Sign Language, Teen Tech, Coding and others, provide opportunities to learn brand new skills or enhance existing talents.

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And remember to look out for all the detail of our Music, Drama and Sport clubs and activities online…

Use this code to sign into SOCs.

Led by: Ms Phaophanit Years: 7 and 8 Primary Aims

At this club you will be exploring a wide range of media and techniques. You will be looking at a collection of landscapes with an aim to create individual interpretations of the theme ‘abstracted landscapes’. We will be submitting these outcomes to exciting competitions throughout the year.

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Art Drop-in Workshop

Led by: Ms Owens and Ms Mbeyela Years: 7 - 13 Primary Aims Extend your skills in the media you know, explore new techniques working beyond the curriculum and develop your visual vocabulary. This drop in workshop will help you explore your creative side and allow you to make use of the materials and expertise within the department.

Beginners Mandarin Led by: Ms Fang Years: 7 - 13 (beginners) Primary Aims Come along and try something completely new. You will learn how to communicate in Mandarin as well as finding out about the fascinating Chinese Culture. In the summer term you will have the opportunity to take an internationally recognised qualification of Chinese proficiency - YCT (Youth Chinese Test).

Bioinformatics Club

Led by: Dr Roper and Dr Risso Club Ambassadors: Sophia H and Jemima R Years: 10 - 13 Primary Aims

Advancements in technology has meant that DNA can now be sequenced in seconds, and there are literally thousands of genomes and unknown proteins available to explore, but not enough scientists to study them. Not many school students ever have the opportunity to participate in ‘real’ research that could be published in scientific journals…but you do!

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Bioinformatics is all about computer-aided biological research on a molecular level (i.e. DNA, RNA and proteins). Computers have meant that enormous volumes of data can now be processed and analysed at home by anyone who understands the basics (i.e. some GCSE level biology and a bit more about the data processing tools and how to interpret the results).

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Book Club

Led by: Ms Toffoli Years: 7 - 9 Primary Aims Books enrich our lives in so many ways! Join the school’s book club and unwind, discover new reads, connect with a community of like-minded readers while also expanding your understanding of what literature has to offer.

British Informatics Olympiad Led by: Mr Richardson Years: 10 - 13 Primary Aims This club is for all budding mathematicians, scientists and programmers. The British Informatics Olympiad (BIO) aims to encourage students to take an active interest in information technology, and to allow them to meet and exchange ideas, through a challenging competition in computer programming.

This competition involves solving problems against the clock, using nothing more than pen, paper and a computer. We will be practising questions, considering how we can best solve problems and working out how to program efficiently.

Card Sharps

Led by: Ms Johnson and Ms Quaradeghini Years: 7 - 9 Primary Aims Come along to play and learn card games.

Catan Club

Led by: Mrs Fawcett Years: 9 and upwards

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Primary Aims Learn to play the strategy game Catan. Learn to build your own town by accumulating resources.

Led by: Ms Irvine and Mr Wilmore Years: 7 - 13 Primary Aims A brand new club run by the Year 11 Classics Reps for all years. Whether you want to hear more about the joys of GCSE Latin/Greek, debate the relative merits of Odysseus vs Achilles, or discover some new classical book recommendations, Classics Society is the place for you! It will be an informal discussion-based club, and we’ll also try to get some outside speakers in too, so watch this space.

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Culture Club

Led by: Mrs Cooper and Mrs Franklin Years: 12 - 13 Primary Aims This is a informal interest group for any sixth former interested in discussing the latest cultural talking points be they books, films, Netflix series, Art exhibition, sporting events. Students will be encouraged to put forward their choices for discussion - high brow to low brow and everything in between.

Digital Art Club

Led by: Mrs Evans, Ms Owens and Ms Tamang Year: 8 Primary Aims Do you love making art? Are you interested in how we can use digital technology creatively? We will explore the way physical and digital media can be used together to create exciting artworks. No skills or knowledge necessary - this club is for everyone.

Drawing Class Led by: Ms Owens Year: 10 Primary Aims Some of these will be Life drawing sessions and some other forms of drawing including drawing with wire, straw, printmaking etc.

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This is a timetabled lesson for Year 10.

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Drop in Workshop Led by: Ms Phaophanit Year: 11 Primary Aims Extend your skills in the media you know, explore new techniques working beyond the curriculum and develop your visual vocabulary. This drop in workshop will help you explore your creative side and allow you to make use of the materials and expertise within the department.

DT Workshop Led by: DT Staff Year: 11 Primary Aims

Workshop and theory sessions allowing you to develop your theory and practical skills.

Duke of Edinburgh: Bronze & Silver Led by: Mr Daws Years: 9 and 10 Primary Aims The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award is a long-established scheme bringing together physical challenge, learning new skills and volunteering experience. We always have large numbers of girls participating in the award - it’s a chance to push your boundaries, make new friends across your year group and broaden your horizons by freely giving of your time to those who need it. There will be a practice expedition and a qualifying expedition, both with overnight camping.

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Led by: Dr Neumann Club Ambassador: Leah S Year: 12 Primary Aims Once you are 16 you can start the Gold DofE. You don’t need a previous level to do GOLD. There are five sections to complete and they involve helping the community/ environment, becoming fitter, developing new skills, planning, training for and completing an expedition and working with a team on a residential activity. We have weekly drop-in sessions for advice or help and there are school based activities and training with Activ Adventures as follows: 1st Aid; Kit & Equipment; Safety & Trangias; Route Planning, Practice expedition and finally the Qualifying expedition.

Led by: Mr Dunn Years: 7 - 13 Primary Aims

Adventuring, miraculous deeds and general heroics. Dungeons and Dragons is a tabletop role playing game where you create your own character and set off into a world limited only by your imagination.

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Dungeons and Dragons

Have you ever dreamed of setting off to seek your fortune in the distant mines beneath the Broken Anvil? Perhaps you are already a famed warrior known the world over for your fight against the tyrannous Kyrignis. If either of these sounds like you, then you need D&D! No previous experience necessary, active imagination essential!

Eco Committee

Led by: Ms Sinclair and Ms Lindon Years: All Primary Aims The Eco Committee is a group of staff, students and parents working together to put the UN’s Global Goals for 2030 at the heart of the WHS community.

Whatever your passion, be it the environment, tackling poverty and reducing inequality or raising awareness, come and help us make a difference! The Eco-committee meets every two weeks, however, members work together on specific projects outside of that time.

Economics Society Led by: Mr Finch Years: 9 and above Primary Aims An opportunity to explore topics beyond the bounds of the A-Level course. Ideal for those wanting to broaden their understanding of contemporary issues and for those keen to get a flavour of the subject. All welcome.

Endangered Languages Primary Aims

In this club, we will be exploring languages which are at risk of dying out. As well as learning some of the language, we will be finding out about the culture and history of the places where the language originated.

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Led by: Mrs Baty Club Ambassadors: Sophie F and Aanya S Years: 7 - 8

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Femgineers

Led by: Mr N Sharman Year: 10 Primary Aims Do you enjoy problem solving, being creative and innovating? If yes, then Femgineers is for you. Each term you will be working on a new project. The first term is to design and build an Arcade machine and programme your own games using PyGame.

Figure Drawing

Led by: Ms Owens Years: 11 - 13 Primary Aims Year 11,12 and 13 artists will be invited to these sessions which will not run every week but are designed to develop your confidence in figure drawing, through a program of increasingly complex drawing tasks.

Extend your powers of observation and understanding of a broad programme of media. Perfect for portfolio development too.

First Lego League Led by: Mr Sajadah Years: 7 - 11 Primary Aims Calling all Designers, Programmers, Lego builders and Promoters! The First Lego League teams need you. FLL is a multi-skilled competition in which teams from different schools compete to program an autonomous Lego robot and to solve design challenges. All skill sets welcome!

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Led by: Ms Sinclair Years: 7 - 13 Primary Aims Take time to appreciate the natural world around you and develop your green fingers! The gardening club aim to transform some of our green spaces, growing edible crops as well as plants for wildlife. It is a supportive and friendly community to share your gardening triumphs and disasters at home via our Gardening Club Team.

Led by: Dr Harel, Ms Higgs and Ms Johnston Years: 11 - 13 Primary Aims Keen to explore the world beyond the curriculum? We are passionate about finding out about contemporary geographical issues, ‘Wicked Problems’ and discover who our geographical heroes are. Sessions are a mixture of staff and student led, and give you freedom to explore areas of interest to you! We have stimulating, interesting discussions in a relaxed and friendly environment.

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Golf

Led by: Ms Haq Years: 7 - 13 Primary Aims Interested in learning how to master golf? Come along on a Wednesday after school to Wimbledon Park Golf Club where an experienced Pro will coach you in all aspects of the game.

Graphic Design Club Led by: Ms Tamang Year: 9 Primary Aims Think about the beautifully graphically designed products in Paperchase and recreating your own signature products at school. During this club you will learn how to use computer-aided design and manufacture to create your own line of products. Have fun learning new software, using the laser and plotter cutter to make your graphic products come to fruition!

Hans Woyda Club Led by: Maths dept Year: 7 - 13 Primary Aims The Hans Woyda club is a place where you can exercise your mathematical muscles with weekly challenges and perhaps even join the official team and challenge other schools over the course of the academic year. Will you be the next Hans Woyda champion? Find out! Join the Hans Woyda club!

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Maths. Competition. Is there any more that needs to be said?

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History Girls Senior Led by: Ms Anderson Years: 10 - 13 Primary Aims History Girls is WHS’s History Society, where we cross time and place to discover more about the past in all its diversity, and explore its links to the present. It is entirely student led - you bring your interests, lead and participate in discussion and ask the questions. All welcome, whether you study the subject or not!

Insights into Medicine Led by: Dr Seetharaman Year: 11 - 12 Primary Aims

Do you want to put your science theory into medical practice? This club is to offer support to students considering applying for medical school. It will help you decide whether you are suited to being a doctor, build knowledge of common conditions and provide insights into medicine as a career.

Insights into Medicine (Y13)

Led by: Dr Seetharaman Club Ambassador: Ellen W Year: 13 Primary Aims Interview preparation for medical school, with particular focus on medical ethics, hot topics and situational judgement.

It’s Critical

Led by: Ms Gilchrist Club Ambassador: Ellie M Years: 7 - 13 Primary Aims

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Do you dare disturb the universe? It’s Critical is our weekly exploration of all things literary, led by you and members of the English department who share their areas of expertise and enthusiasm in a friendly, open-table discussion.

Led by: Mr Gunn Years: 11 - 13 Primary Aims Never read a Gospel? Never immersed yourself in textual criticism? Never really thought about who the Gospel writers thought Jesus was? Here’s your chance to plunge into the depths of John, evangelist and interpreter, and find out what he wrote and why he wrote it.

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John’s Gospel

Junior History Girls Led by: Dr Field Years: 7 - 9 Primary Aims Come and join us to broaden your historical horizons! The club will be led by your interests from across time and around the world, but expect films, songs, fiction and lots of sharing ideas and enthusiasms!

Led by: Ms Goodman Years: 7 - 11

LAMDA Primary Aims

Theatre on the River has been running the LAMDA Speech and Drama club since 2017, and the girls have achieved fantastic results in their graded Acting examinations. The club runs for 30 weeks per academic year, during lunch slots, and the girls sit their exams at the end of the summer term at the LAMDA drama school in Hammersmith.

Linguistica

Led by: Languages staff Club Ambassador: Caroline Y, Caterina V and Millie B Years: 7 - 13 Primary Aims

This year, we are featuring a special edition on Heritage. In weekly sessions, you will be able to enjoy masterclasses and workshops on language and culture-related topics.

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Be part of one of WHS’s great publications. This is your chance to explore being creative in foreign language and to have your work feature in our termly blog and annual paper magazine.

Co-Curricular Life 2021 ~ 2022

Linguistics Olympics

Led by: Ms Gilchrist and Mrs Baty Years: 7 - 13 Primary Aims Do you have what it takes to compete in the Linguistics Olympiad? If you have an eye for detail, love code-breaking, and want to find out about fascinating languages spoken all around the world, come and join us at Linguistics Olympics!

Lower Intermediate Mandarin Led by: Ms Fang Years: 7 - 13 Primary Aims If you have already taken your YCT 1 and would love to learn more, then come along to Mandarin Club.

Whilst communication is still the focus, you will also learn how to write Chinese characters. In the Summer Term, you will have the opportunity to take YCT 2.

Maths Beyond the Curriulum Led by: Mrs Rees Year: 10 (max 15 students) Primary Aims Come along and learns some bitesize chunks of the add maths curriculum. A one term introduction. This will be repeated each term.

Minecraft Explorers Led by: Ms Hasan Year: 8 Primary Aims

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Work and play on Minecraft! As a team in open Minecraft worlds, we will work to solve problems facing people in the developing world. Each week, we will look at a different elements of theWE Schools pillars and will build Minecraft solutions to enrich the lives of others.

Led by: Ms Page and Ms King Club Ambassador: Lucy D Years: 7 - 13 Primary Aims Each year, disasters around the world kill nearly 100,000 people.

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Missing Maps

Many of the places where these disasters occur are ‘missing’ from open and accessible maps and first responders lack the information to make valuable decisions regarding relief efforts. Missing Maps is an open, collaborative project that fulfils the D of E volunteering requirements. Whether you are a Geographer or not, join this club for some social and fun mapping!

Mixed Media Art Club Led by: Ms Mbeyela Years: 7 - 13 Primary Aims An exciting club for students who are interested in experimenting with techniques like cyanotype printing, etching and monoprinting.

Model United Nations (MUN)

Led by: Ms Gilchrist and Ms Parker Club Ambassador: Chloe W Years: 7 - 13 Primary Aims Do you want to change the world? At MUN we simulate the discussions and debates of the United Nations and prepare for inter-school conferences. You will act as the delegate for a member state of the United Nations, arguing on their behalf and collaborating to create resolutions. If you are interested in debating, current affairs and international development, this is not to be missed! We are a friendly club, open to all.

Musical Theatre Dance Club Led by: Ms Flaherty Years: 7 - 9 focus, but open to all Can’t help moving your feet to the latest beat? Ensemble Dance Club is an opportunity to learn routines as a group incorporating styles from street, theatre and latin to ballet, tap and jazz in a fun fusion that will get you moving after a long day in the classroom. At times in the year, the club will also work with Drama to perform dance pieces in school productions. All abilities welcome.

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New Views Playwriting Club Led by: Mr Daws Years: 11 - 13 Primary Aims Calling all budding playwrights! New Views is a scriptwriting club, run in collaboration with the National Theatre. Over the course of the year, you will each write your own one-act plays, through weekly workshops and a one-on-one mentoring visit from a professional playwright. At the end of the year, following a national competition, your play has the chance to be fully produced and performed at the National Theatre, with a further nine plays from around the country being staged as rehearsed readings by the NT company. Though spaces are limited, there is no requirement for you to study English or Theatre Studies - just bring a passion for theatre and a love of words!

Non-digital Photography Led by: Ms Edgington Rooley Years: 7 - 13 Primary Aims

Would you like to explore the medium of photography without using a digital camera? Come along to non-digital photography club and discover some of the exciting ways to create photographic imagery using techniques such as cyanotype printing and making pin-hole cameras.

Philosocoffee

Led by: Ms Croucher Years: 7 - 13 Primary Aims Come along to Room P for the best discussion of the week!

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We debate the key ideas of Philosophers as well as different issues of the day. A warm welcome to all.

Physics Lunch Club Led by: Ms Sinclair Years: 10 - 13 Primary Aims Enjoy a challenge? Like solving problems? Come and join the Physics Lunch Club where we try tackling some tricky problems in a relaxed and sociable space.

Led by: Ms Fang Year: 9 Primary Aims

For the Y9 girls who want to take Mandarin GCSE, this is an excellent opportunity to extend your writing skills in Chinese.

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Pre-GCSE Mandarin

PRIDE Club

Led by: Mr Cawsey Years: 7 - 13 Primary Aims This is a discussion-based support group for our LGBTQ+ students and friends. Everyone is welcome! Pop along for a coffee and a chat. Students regularly lead talks and a full schedule will be sent out in September.

Racquet Research

Led by: Dr Roper and Ms Coutts-Wood Club Ambassadors: Rosabel W and Homare S Years: 10 - 13 Primary Aims Ever wanted to be involved in a largescale research project that is both really novel and valuable to the scientific community...AND something unique to Wimbledon?! You have found your niche. This club will enhance your research, IT and maths skills and give you the opportunity to be an author of real science in an academic journal, something not even many university undergraduate students achieve. Have a look at the International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, volume 21, issue 4 for a research paper published by Lizzie earlier this calendar year.

Rubik’s Cube Club Led by: Ms Lloyd Years: 7 - 13 Primary Aims

Co-Curricular Life 2021 ~ 2022

Learn how to solve a Rubik’s cube - no previous skill required! Solve the standard 3x3 cube in a matter of weeks, then go on to solve a variety of different cubes.

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Sapphonics

Led by: Ms McLaughlin Year: 10 - 13 Primary Aims Ancient Greek songstress Sappho has enchanted the world with mere fragments of her lyrics for millennia. Like the Greeks, Sapphonics will treat poetry and music in the same space, so whether you’re the next T. S. Eliot, or the next Taylor Swift, this is the club for you. Or if you just fancy discovering some of the greatest lyric poetry from across time and space, then it’s the club for you too!

Scientific Society

Led by: Ms Gashi, Mrs James, Ms Nicholas, and Mr Patterson Years: 10 - 13 Primary Aims

Delve into a range of scientific topics including, science and poetry, philosophy of science, dissections and many more topics across all the science disciplines. The club will be run a series of masterclasses by science subject reps, dept staff and guests.

Senior Debating

Led by: Mr Courtenay-Clack Years: 7 - 13 Primary Aims This club is based on the British Parliamentary Debating style and is aimed at people who want to debate at competition level, but also more casual debaters. Pupils develop their critical thinking skills, engaging with motions to do with the thorniest ehtical, social or political issues of the day.

Sign Language Beginners Led by: Mrs Frost Years: 7 - 11

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Primary Aims Learn the basics of sign language to communicate with the deaf community or as a fun way to communicate with your friends. An excellent life skill (especially for those who wish to work in a hospital or care environment).

Sign Language Intermediate Led by: Mrs Frost Years: 8 - 11 Primary Aims A opportunity to practise sign language previously learnt.

Led by: Mrs Carpenter Club Ambassador: Renae P Year: 11 Primary Aims Apply your maths to real world problems and further develop your love of maths.

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Smash Maths

Social Robots

Led by: Mrs Evans and Mr Richardson Years: 9 - 11 Primary Aims How shall we, as humans, live with robots? What part can and should they play in society? In this club you will engage with and learn to code our two social robot creatures, Bit & Byte. You will work in teams to develop your own project, with staff and our Year 11 experts to guide you. No coding experience is needed but enthusiasm is essential.

Storybook Dads

Led by: Ms Murphy, Ms Coutts-Wood, Ms Franklin and Mrs Brewster Years: 10 - 13 Primary Aims Storybook Dads is a charity that enables families to reconnect through the magic of storytelling. They help parents in prison to record bedtime stories and messages for their children on CD or DVD. For many families, these story discs are a lifeline, helping to heal rifts and build vital family relationships. The Storybook Dads group meet weekly to discuss issues surrounding prisons, create activities for families to complete together and complete fundraising to support the charity.

STEAM Book Club

Led by: Ms McGovern and Dr Seetharaman Years: 10 - 13 Reading group focused on developing scientific curiosity and inspiring multidisciplinary thinking. The texts will hopefully inspire debate and provide different viewpoints to consider and discuss. The idea is to broaden their reading in science and to engage in discussion whilst appreciating the views of their peers. Meetings will be once a half term, with ongoing discussion / support on Teams. The book will be voted on by the group, prior to the first meeting.

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STEM Club (KS3) Led by: Mr Gaudoin Years: 9 - 11 Primary Aims The club will provide exciting opportunities to discover and explore aspects of science and engineering that go beyond the school curriculum. This will include fun online activities, quizzes, competitions, and a special addition this year to visit the engineers on the building site as the new sixth form centre and auditorium are constructed.

Textiles for Charity Club

Led by: Ms Phillip Club Ambassador: Emily P Years: 8 - 13 Primary Aims

Use your textiles skills to give something back. We will be making dresses and shorts, mainly for Sri Lanka and Rwanda, via the charity ‘Dress a Girl around the World’. you must know how to use a sewing machine already.

Textiles Upcycling Club

Led by: Ms Phillip Club Ambassadors: Year 12 Textile Students Years: 7 - 13 Primary Aims Enjoying sewing and making exciting textiles products? Then this is the club for you. The focus is Upcycling. Taking something old, or using old scrap fabric from the textiles store and making something new; or repairing a textiles product so that it can be use for longer rather than sending it straight to landfill.

TGIF/Logos

Led by: Ms Irvine, Miss Green and Ms King Years: 7 - 9 (KS3) 10 - 11 (KS4) and Logos for KS5

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Primary Aims - TGIF Join us at TGIF on Fridays as we play fun games, make new friends and eat yummy snacks together. Each week we look at a bit of the Bible and see what we make of it - everyone is welcome, whatever your beliefs or ideas! Primary Aims - Logos ὁ λογος (ancient Greek): word, reason, plan, the divine reason implicit in the cosmos, ordering it and giving it form and meaning. Does Jesus have any relevance for the 21st century? Join us at Logos as we examine the Bible and the man who claimed to be ‘the Word’. Everyone is welcome and discussion is actively encouraged - bring your questions and ideas!

Led by: Mrs East and Mrs Lingenfelder Club Ambassadors: Years 7 and 8 Peer Counsellors Years: 7 - 8 Primary Aims A chance to step away from the busy day and enjoy some calm and quiet.

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The Green Room

We meet to complete jigsaw puzzles and other mindful activities such as colouring or origami; we chat about how the day is going and start and finish with a short pause to check in with ourselves so that we can be there for each other.

There’s Rice At Home

Led by: Dr Seetharaman Club Ambassador: Amelie T Years: 7 - 13 Primary Aims A society open to everyone committed to discussing race, ethnicity, and heritage in a respectful and educational manner.

Led by: Ms Gartrell Club Ambassadors: Eugene C and Sophie H Years: 7 - 13

Troubadours Primary Aims

Troubadours is an exciting workshop for budding writers from across the school community. We will explore other writers’ work as a springboard for developing new skills and written pieces of our own poetry and prose. There will be opportunities throughout the year to invite feedback on your own work, enter a variety of creative writing competitions and even to perform in spoken word events.

Women in Politics

Led by: Ms Beckwith Club Ambassadors: Emily G and Antonia Mc Year: 10 - 13 Women in Politics (WIP) is a student-led club in which students engage in interactive political debates and research in order to encourage more young women to pursue the world of politics. With political guest speakers, students are also given a personal lens over what it’s like to be a women in this career field. WIP aims to form strong-minded women with an ability to debate and think critically over political ongoings. This club is great not only for those looking to enter politics in the future, but also those looking for a better understanding of relevant topics and a desire to expand their world knowledge.

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Y7 & Y8 Debating Club Led by: Mrs Treseder Year: 7 - 8 Primary Aims Would you like to learn how to argue persuasively and effectively? If so, come to debating club where you’ll have the chance to perfect your public speaking skills.

Young Economics Society Led by: Ms Abeelack Years: 7 - 8 Primary Aims Why are businesses such as Apple, Coca-Cola, Amazon so BIG? What is inflation? Why are some people rich and others poor? What does the Bank of England do? What is the London Stock Exchange?

If you would like answers to these questions and more, join the Young Economics Society. You will ask questions, offer your views, challenge each other, and present on your areas of interest should you wish to.

Year 7 Maths Puzzles Led by: Maths dept Year: 7 Primary Aims

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Puzzles, quizzes and general Year 7 maths fun.

Without each one of us working hard, doing the performances we did, it wouldn’t have been possible. Jennifer Gadirova

All together we just did it. Jessica Gadirova Olympic Bronze Medal winners, the Gadirova twins, on the power of teamwork. Team GB Gymnastics, Tokyo 2020

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