Clubs

Across the Academic Year we provide a range of clubs for children to participate in.  These clubs run either at lunchtime or after school led by members of staff from Lea Forest and Central Education.

Clubs that have been available over the course of the year include:

Breakfast Club: Breakfast Club aims to ensure that all children start the day with a healthy breakfast.  A range of sporting and non-sporting activities are available during Breakfast Club.  

Choir: The school has a talented choir that has performed alongside other schools at a number of events this year and will be taking part at YoungVoices 22 at the Birmingham Arena.

Gardening Club: Gardening Club runs every Thursday after school. Children come with their parents to learn about gardening and create lots of garden based crafts. In the Autumn term we have prepared the allotment beds, made mini composters and created lots of products to sell at our school Christmas fair. We are also planted lots of bulbs around the library and allotments so our school will be really colourful next year. In the Spring term we will be planning our planting for the year and starting to sow seeds indoors.

Recorder Club: Recorder Club runs in the Summer Term at Lunchtimes.  The school have a set of recorders which the children can borrow.

Friday Film Club: Children can join in our Friday film club and catch up with some of our favourite films in the Innovation Hub.

Lunchtime Reading Club: A ‘Reading for Pleasure’ group runs at lunchtimes on a Monday. The Group is aimed at older readers who enjoy meeting as a small group to discuss all kinds of reading for pleasure. The following is a brief overview of some of the things covered during the last academic year:

o    Discussing favourite authors/genres and any reading for pleasure completed during the week

o    Exploring what 'hooks' a reader in and makes a reader want to read or not read.

o    Celebrated 'National Storytelling Week' by reading aloud and telling our own stories.

o    Celebrated 'World Book Day' by finding and reading out inspirational reading quotes.

o    Celebrated 'World Poetry Day' by reading out rhymes from 'Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes'

o    Used puppets to re-create/adapt famous stories, eg, The Gruffalo Who Came to Tea! and The Gruffalo Meets a Flying Witch'!!

o    Writing short story and acting them out.

·         Maths Extension Club: Talented mathematicians in year 2 are invited to join a maths club at lunchtimes extending their mathematical thinking and mastery.

·         Sports Clubs: A range of sports clubs /tournaments run after school each week and include, over the year

o   Boys football

o   Girls football

o   Basketball

o   Dodgeball

o   Archery

o   Hockey

o   Multi Skills

o   Tails

o   Dance

o   Athletics

o   Circus Skills

The school take part in cross-school sports tournaments, competing with great success in a number of leagues and competitions

This is a programme that has been specifically designed to provide a broad range of clubs and activities to encourage children to participate in learning beyond the classroom. 

Aims:

• To raise attainment in all subject areas

• To engage children in a wider range of sporting activities

• To engage children in a wider range of extra curricular activities 

• To give children a sense of achievement and a goal to work towards

• To encourage children to commit to attending clubs across a term

• To promote a love for learning and to create new aspirations

• To increase the engagement in out of school learning, e.g. reading and home learning tasks

Impact

Clubs are proven to be extremely popular and will enable staff to develop relationships with pupils from across the academy as well as nurturing hidden talents.  Some clubs can also be linked to our key priorities, such as debating club, STEM and reading.

Staffing

• All teaching staff are expected to lead one club block per year. 

• All support staff are expected to support or lead one club block per year, unless within working hours, in which case additional clubs will be supported.

• Part-time teaching staff will be asked to either support a club or to be on the rota system to cover clubs if staff are absent. 

Specialist Clubs

• Artist - Young curators (Mondays)

• Keyboards (Tuesdays)

• Radio podcasting (Lunchtimes)