

Activities Programme
At the Prep School, we offer a wide range of Activities which can be pursued between 5.50pm and 6.50pm on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.
These Activities provide the children with a wealth of opportunities either to pursue their particular interests further or to have a go at something new. Through the programme, we aim to build confidence and self-belief whilst cultivating new abilities which may develop into lifelong skills and interests and which encourage them to take on new challenges – as well as of course offering plenty of opportunity for fun! Boarders are required to choose an Activity on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays; day-pupils may sign up to as many or as few each week as they wish!
We try to offer as broad a programme as possible: on the sporting side, there is everything from football and tennis to tae kwon-do and fencing, while ever-popular options for the more creative-minded are making mosaics, extra art and design technology projects, dance and drama. Slightly more unusual choices on offer in recent terms have been astronomy and sign-language!
Children who pursue Activities also have the opportunity sometimes to compete in inter-school events, participate in plays, concerts and festivals and attend field trips, all of which help to develop their abilities and build team spirit in a fun environment.
“…childhood still seems to last the right length of time.”
The Good Schools Guide
Activities (5.50pm-6.50pm)
The following activities have been offered in recent terms:
Aerobics | Extra Art | Outdoor Fun Games |
Archery | Fencing | Play rehearsals |
Arts & Crafts | Film Club | Pottery |
Astronomy | Folk music | Professional Squash coaching |
Athletics | Football | Professional Tennis coaching |
Badminton | Gardening | Rambling |
Basketball | Gymnastics | Recreational swimming |
Beginner’s Golf | Hockey | Rounders |
Board Games | Indoor Bowls | Rugby |
Boarders’ clubs | Jewellery-making | School Magazine |
Board Games | Jiminies | Sewing |
Chess | Judo | Shooting |
Computer game programming | Kayaking | Sign language |
Cooking | Librarian Training & Bookworm | Squash |
Costumes & Wardrobe | Library Activities | Strategy Board Games |
Creative Writing | Making Mosaics | Supervised music practice |
Cricket | Membership Golf | Tae Kwon-Do |
Current Affairs | Model Railway Society | Tennis |
Dance Theatre | Music Technology | Trampolining |
Design & Technology | Music Theory | Trivial Pursuit |
Dodgeball | Natural History Society | War Games |
Drama workshop |