Girls ar
e encouraged to learn beyond the classr
oom
boundaries. Extensive use is made of the Collegegr
ounds for a variety of curriculum work including
science experiments and maths trails. T
rips away fr
om the College ar
e or
ganised each term for each
year gr
oup to extend the learning taking place in the
classr
oom. Places visited have included the Black Country
Museum, British Museum, an Envir
onmental Study Centr
e,
Hampton Court, Highcler
e Castle, Hillingdon Outdoor Activity
Centr
e and many mor
e.
Residential trips ar
e or
ganised for the older Junior girls and
include a thr
ee day envir
onmental study visit, a five day
activity trip and a five day trip to the Isle of W
ight. The girls
have the opportunity to learn outside the normal envir
onment
and to face new and exciting challenges. They ar
e also away
fr
om home acquiring the skills of living with and sharing with
others. As well as the learning that takes place the girls alsohave gr
eat fun.
V
isitors ar
e always warmly welcomed. Authors, illustrators,
storytellers and poets have demonstrated the skills they use topr
oduce their work. Theatr
e companies bring live drama to the
girls and musicians pr
ovide a sour
ce of inspiration to budding
young musicians. Paper sculptur
e and the use made of
r
ecycled materials for new purposes have also been
demonstrated. The annual Book Fair sees a fr
enzy of buying
taking place as well as the chance for some fun activities. Visits
AND
r
e
sidential
trips
‘
I lik
ed the out
door
activity c
e
ntr
e
because
y
ou had t
o
w
o
rk as a
t
e
am.
’
Y
e
ar 5 pupil
‘
I f
ound the st
oryt
el
ler
e
x
citing because she t
old
r
e
al
ly good st
ories and
y
ou go
t t
o
act t
o
o
.
’
Y
e
ar 5 pupil
disc
o
v
er
>
le
arn
>
suc
c
eed
Education is not only about pursuing academicexcellence. In the Junior School it is believed that all girls should have theopportunity to extend and develop all their talents. T
o
enable
this to happen, a wide range of extra-curricular activities ar
e
of
fer
ed to all girls fr
om Y
e
ar 1 to Y
ear 6 including individual
music lessons, chess, ballet, speech and drama and judo.‘
I en
jo
y al
l the clubs because e
v
ery time I go
t
o
a club I le
arn some
thing ne
w
.
’
Y
e
ar 5 pupil
Lunch time activities ar
e of
fer
ed by all the staf
f and can
include puzzle club, maths club, needlework, book club,r
ecor
der club, or
chestra, wind band and two choirs. The
physical education department of
fers a variety of clubs
including netball, hockey
, swimming, multi-games, tennis and
many mor
e. Some ar
e open to all and others for further
training for those who may be r
epr
esenting the school in
competitions. All girls ar
e expected to take part in at least one
extra-curricular activity each week.‘
Al
l the activities and s
wimming ar
e fun.
’
Y
e
ar 4 pupil
E
x
tr
a-
C
urricular
A
CTIVITIES
The Junior School is pr
oud of the support the girls
give to charity events.Each form has two charity monitors and they
, together with
their form teachers, help to or
ganise form or year gr
oup
charity events and ar
e involved in deciding which charities ar
e
supported. Recent events have included A
wesome Autumn
Charity
, Chocolate Charity for Childr
en in Need, Christmas
Stars Appeal, Raf
fle and Bingo, New Y
ear Bazaar
, Hawaiian
Pancake Charity and many mor
e.
Not only do these encourage the skills of or
ganisation and
co-operation but they also enable the girls to help those lessfortunate than themselves. The Junior School oftenparticipates in whole school charity fund raising events such as‘Jeans for Genes’ day
.
‘
W
e
r
aise mone
y f
or people les
s
f
ortuna
t
e
than us. Charity e
v
ents ar
e fun. W
e
w
ork v
ery
w
e
l
l
as a c
ommunity and r
a
ise a lo
t o
f
mone
y
.
’
Y
e
ar 5 pupil
The girls enjoy meeting charity r
epr
esentatives who come to
r
eceive the contributions and who explain about the work of
their charity
.
Charity ‘
I lik
e clubs in the Junior School because al
l the t
e
achers giv
e
up their lunch time or time a
f
t
er school.
’
Y
e
ar 5 pupil
Y
ear 5
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