Wider Curricular Activities
Wider Curricular activities
All pupils are encouraged to get actively involved in school life as it is a fantastic way to work as a team and make new friends. Joining clubs is also a great opportunity to really experience the wider life of school, to become more fully involved in the life of our Christian family and it is part of the way in which we strive to educate the ‘whole child’ in body, mind and spirit. It is also a key part of the personal development provision at St Michael’s.
Wider curricular activities are run voluntarily by various staff and the days for these do change, sometimes on a weekly basis. Pupils should listen to announcements by tutors for any alterations or cancellations and speak to the member of staff organising the activity to discover when and where they are running.
The PE department run seasonal sporting activities and pupils should regularly check the PE noticeboard for weekly practices. These practices are also sent out to parents / carers via Synergy on a Friday afternoon for the following week.
As the clubs are at the discretion of staff, activities may be cancelled but where this occurs, teachers will offer suggestions as to how pupils can contact parents, if necessary.
The following clubs are available at St Michael’s at times throughout the year. They are open to both boys and girls, unless specified. Some are only offered to certain year groups.
Wider Curricular Clubs - Year 7
Wider Curricular Clubs - All Years
These are the clubs which will run in 2022-23.
Club |
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Archbishop of York Award Simon |
Armstrong Choir Mrs Brotherton |
Art Club Mrs Cardwell |
Athletics PE staff |
Badminton PE staff |
Band Mr White / Music Council |
Basketball PE staff |
Bible Study Mr Neville |
Big Choir Mr White |
Chapel Choir (Hughes) Mr White |
Christmas Cake decorating Mrs Faulkner / Mrs Smith |
Charities Committee / Zambia fundraising Simon |
Computer Club Mr Hooley |
Debate Club Mr Banks |
Cricket PE staff |
Cross Country PE staff |
Dance Academies Mrs Burgess / Mrs Walsh |
Discovery Club Simon |
Drama Clubs Miss Forrest / Drama Council |
Duke of Edinburgh Miss Curtis |
DofE(Silver Club) Miss Curtis |
Fairtrade Simon |
Foyle Young Poets Mr Roome |
Football PE staff |
Gaming Club Mr Cree / Mr Leadbeater |
Geography Club Miss O’Malley |
Gymnastics Mrs Brunsden |
Handball PE staff |
Hockey PE staff |
Holocaust Project Mr Egelnick |
Indoor Athletics PE staff |
Instrumental lessons Mr White |
IT and Computing Miss Williams |
Karting External (see Mr Hooley) |
MFL Film Club Mrs Cattell |
Music Theory Mr White |
Netball PE staff |
Reading Club Mrs Stretch |
Rounders PE staff |
Rugby PE staff |
School Council Mr Kohler |
Shakespeare for Schools Festival Miss Forrest |
Steel Pans Mr White / Music Council |
STEM Club Miss Callander |
Strings Mr White / Music Council |
Swimming PE staff |
Table Tennis PE staff |
Tag Rugby (girls) Miss Simons |
Tennis PE staff |
Ukelele group Mr White / Music Council |
Worship Band Mr White |
Science Club Mrs Wilk |
Youth Speaks Mrs Smith |
Information about the clubs
Wider curricular activity |
Details (please note – Sports practices are advertised on the noticeboard in the PE department and these change regularly. They are also sent to parents / carers on Friday via Synergy. Pupils should check the notice board on a Friday in the PE department each week.) |
Netball / girls’ football / hockey / badminton / tag rugby / swimming / table tennis |
Open to all girls, no experience necessary. Teams are selected and the teams play in matches in the region and county. See PE notice board weekly for details. |
Football / basketball / rugby / hockey / swimming / table tennis |
Open to all boys, no experience necessary. Teams are selected and the teams play in matches in the region and county. See PE noticeboard weekly for details. |
Athletics / indoor athletics / rounders / tennis / cricket / handball / cross country |
These are seasonal and pupils will be informed when these are running. They will not be running in the first term. |
Gymnastics |
Open to everyone. No experience necessary. |
Orchestras / wind band / strings / ukelele group / steel pans |
All organised by Mr White and run by the Music Council. Music teachers will inform pupils of when these are and whether prior experience is necessary. |
Big Choir |
Open to everyone. You just need a love of singing! |
Armstrong Choir |
Formerly the ‘Training Choir.’ This is a choir for pupils in Years 7-9 who enjoy singing religious music. Pupils in the Armstrong Choir can audition for the Chapel Choir at the end of Year 9. |
Worship Band |
This is a group which performs music in worship. Pupils must be in upper school. |
Instrumental lessons |
Music staff will explain these to pupils. Pupils can start a new instrument in Year 7. Music lessons have a cost. |
Music Theory lessons |
For pupils who play an instrument at Grade 4 or 5 level. |
Dance Academies |
Dance Academies are open to all and are held on various lunchtimes. Pupils will be informed when these start. |
Drama Club |
Drama Club is open to all years on different days but due to its popularity, in the first half term pupils in Year 7 will attend depending on their tutorial (01-04 on Tuesday and 05-08 on Thursday.) If pupils wish to attend on the other day due to friendship groups they can discuss this with Miss Forrest. After the first half term, the group is usually amalgamated. |
Geography Club |
A club for all pupils who enjoy their geography lessons and are interested in all things geographical and environmental. |
Gaming Club |
Open to all. Pupils play a variety of tabletop and board games. Run by Mr Leadbeater and Mr Cree. |
Science Club |
Open to all. Pupils who have an interest in practical Science can come and do experiments and learn more about the world! |
Discovery Club |
The school Christian Youth Group. Run by Simon, our Christian Youth Worker. |
IT and Computing Club |
This club builds on the IT lessons and will have a half termly focus, e.g. Scratch, Photoshop, Raspberry Pi's etc. |
Computer Club |
For pupils with an interest in advanced computer programming. Open to all years. |
Foyle Young Poets |
A club for aspiring young poets with the aim of entering the Foyle Young Poets competition. Pupils will look at contemporary poetry and look at a variety of poetry styles to inspire their own writing. |
Reading Club |
A club for all pupils with an interest in reading. |
MFL Film Club |
Films with English subtitles –open to all. Films are in either German or French. |
Holocaust Project |
Pupils in 2021-22 had the opportunity to work on a project with academics at University College London as part of our Holocaust Beacon School Award. We are hoping this will be available again to pupils this year. Mr Egelnick will inform pupils of how and when they can be involved. |
Bible Study |
This is a club for pupils with a particular interest in learning more and having a deeper understanding about the messages of the Bible. Only open to upper school. |
Archbishop of York Award |
This is open to Year 8 pupils. Pupils take part in a variety of community projects culminating in them achieving the Archbishop of York Award. More information will be shared by our Christian Youth Worker Simon. |
Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award |
All pupils in Year 9 complete the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award as part of their Curriculum Enrichment programme. There is a cost to this programme. |
DofE Silver Club |
Pupils who have a particular interest in the DofE after completing the Year 9 programme can work more independently towards their Silver Award. This is a new venture for 2022-23 and will be organised by Miss Curtis. |
Debate Club |
Pupils meet to discuss current and topical issues and learn debating techniques. Pupils in upper school can take part in the Youth Speaks competition. |
Fairtrade |
Simon will inform pupils of when the Fairtrade Cafes run in 2022- 23 and how pupils can be involved. |
Charities Committee |
Simon will inform pupils about these meetings. This year we are particularly looking for pupils interested in leading and organising fund raising for the school Zambia project. |
Karting |
School has a Go-Kart Club that meets weekly and attends national competitions. It is run by an external group. If pupils are interested in joining they should speak to Mr Hooley. |
STEM Club |
Only open to Year 8. Pupils take part in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) activities and competitions. |
Shakespeare for Schools Festival |
This is held biennially and will take place in 2022-23. Pupils will be informed of how to audition and there will also be Dance and Music involvement. |
School Production |
We have a whole school musical production biennially. The next school production will take place in 2023-24. |
School Council |
School Council is made up of elected representatives from each tutorial and meet to discuss current events and raise issues in school. It is led by the Student Leaders. |