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Clubs and Activities
We offer an extensive and wide ranging programme of extra-curricular activities in order to further enhance the educational experiences of our students and develop their interests. Many Departments offer extra-curricular activities for all ages and abilities, with lunchtime, after-school and off-site opportunities that vary from year to year. The Library is also open every day during lessons, at break and at lunch time so that students can use computer facilities, read or complete work.
Take a look at some of the subject specific activities we offer:
Art and Design Department
Club |
Day and time |
Target group |
Term |
Skills Booster Year 7 |
Monday After school |
KS3 |
1 and 2 |
Gifted and Talented skills |
Monday After school |
KS3 |
all terms |
Homework Club KS3 |
Tuesdays After school |
KS3 |
all terms |
Coursework sessions KS4/5 |
Tuesdays After school |
KS4 and 5 |
1, 2 and 3 |
Catch-up sessions KS4 |
Wednesdays After school |
Focussed interventions: |
Termly |
Revision sessions |
Tues/Weds After school |
Year 11 |
Term 3/4- |
Breakfast Art Catch Up |
Wednesdays before school |
All years (also with breakfast) |
all terms |
Club |
Day and time |
Location |
Time |
Teacher |
Poetry |
Monday |
V1 |
3:00-4:00 |
Mr White |
Creative Writing Years 7-8 |
Thursday |
M3 |
Lunch |
Mr Rigby |
Citizenship
Debate Society and Law Society is run on Thursday lunchtimes - All years are welcome
English
Geography
The Geography department focuses its extracurricular activities on fieldtrips and runs the following trips each year.
- Juniper Hall near Boxhill - 3 day residential in January for year 12/13
- Faltford Mill in Suffolk - 3 day residential term 5/6 year 7/8
- Reculver Coast in Kent - day trip term 3/4 year 12
- GCSE controlled assessment 1 day study event term 1/2 year 11
History
ICT
ICT
Club |
Day |
Time |
Target group |
Location |
Revision Club |
Monday - Friday |
3-4 pm |
All year groups |
Rooms 91 and 92 |
ICT club |
Thursdays |
3- 4 pm |
All year groups |
Room 91 |
Media Studies
Department |
Club |
Day |
Time |
Target group |
Term |
Location |
Media |
Media Club (inc BBC School Report) |
Friday |
Lunch |
KS3&4 |
All |
M4 |
Book Thieves |
Book Thieves |
Tuesday |
Lunch |
All |
All |
M4 |
Media |
Football and Sandwiches |
Thursday |
Lunch |
All |
All |
M4 |
Media |
Fred at School (European Cinema) |
Wednesday |
After School |
Year 10 |
Terms 4 and 5 |
M4 |
Media |
RNS Film Society |
Wednesday (usually) |
After school twice termly |
Dependent on screening |
Twice termly |
Lecture Theatre |
Performing Arts
DAY & TIME |
ACTIVITY |
WHERE? |
Monday Lunch |
Ukulele Club (all years) |
Room 85 |
Tuesday lunch |
KS3 Keyboard Club Music Practise Rooms Open (you must book a slot in advance) |
85 Practise rooms |
Tuesday 3-4/4.30 |
Whole School Show Rehearsals – January-July |
Performing Arts |
Wednesday Lunch |
Music Practise Rooms Open (you must book a slot in advance) |
Practise rooms |
Thursday Lunch |
Music Practise Rooms Open (you must book a slot in advance) Guitar Club (all years) |
Practise rooms Room 85 |
Thursday 3-4pm |
Youth Theatre (by invite only) September - December ‘The Drama Workshop’ – KS3 & 4 September – December |
Room 84 Room 83 |
Thursday 3-4pm |
‘Vocal Harmony’ – KS3,4 &5 singing September -December |
Room 81 |
Physical Education Department
Club |
Day |
Time |
Target group |
Term |
Location |
Basketball |
Wednesday Friday |
Lunch Time |
Years 7-11 |
All year |
Sports Hall |
Netball |
Monday |
Lunch Time |
Years 7-9 |
September-April |
Sports Hall |
Skills Club |
Tuesday |
Lunch Time |
Year 7 and 8 low level students |
All year |
Sports Hall |
Badminton |
Thursday |
Lunch Time |
Years 7-11 |
All year |
Sports Hall |
Futsal Club |
Monday |
3-4pm |
Years 7-11 |
All year |
Sports Hall |
Archery |
Friday |
3-4 |
All years |
All year |
Sports hall |
Softball |
Thursday |
3-4pm |
Years 7-11 |
Summer terms |
Field |
Cricket |
Monday Thursday |
3-4pm |
Years 7-11 |
Summer Terms |
Field/Sports Hall |
Athletics |
Thursday |
3-4pm |
Years 7-11 |
Summer Terms |
Field |
High Jump |
Wednesday |
Lunch Time |
Years 7-11 |
Summer Terms |
Sports Hall |
Basketball Academy |
Every day |
7.30am-8.30am |
All years |
All year |
Sports Hall |
Throughout the year we also enter students in years 7-11 into the SSG Sports competitions, which allows pupils to compete against other schools in Medway in a variety of competitions including; futsal, indoor rowing, basketball, indoor athletics, handball, rugby, cross country, cricket, rounders' and athletics.
Basketball teams compete in the English School Cup, the Kent Cup, The Medway CVL league and the Medway School Basketball League.
We also run school teams in years 7-11 in Football and Netball. These teams train after school and compete against other schools.
Psychology
Visits run by the department include the following:
- An exchange trip to Finland where they conducted cross cultural research and compare findings against those in England. This is great for UCAS statements as the specification does not require independent research but doing it is above and beyond.
- CSI days have been run where students become criminal investigators.
- Trips to Psychology open days at Universities.
- An over night criminology trip to London.
- A theatre trip to see Derren Brown.
- Additionally the psychology department holds revision clinics most nights and lunch times
We are currently planning the following so look out for adverts:
- A trip to the zoo to study animal behaviour.
- Planning brain dissection - potentially for all year groups.
STEM - Science technology Engineering and Maths
- STEM club terms 1-4 – see advertised dates.
- Driving school 4-6 normally Wednesdays
- Gifted & Talented visits led by NST – Term 4
- Saturday schools for Science - as advertised
- Hatching chicks in STEM – Term 4
Non subject specific
- Interhouse Spelling Competition All year
- Lunchtime games club - every Wednesday
- Pride (People Respecting Identity Diversity and Equality) Wednesday lunchtime all years