Extra Curricular Activities

Extra Curricular Programme 

Day Subject Time (Location)
Monday

Warhammer Club (Year 7)

Dr Frost Homework Help Club

Library Session (Year 8)

Homework Support Club

Craft & Hot Chocolate Club (Year 7 Girls) 

Basketball (All Years) 

Homework & Revision Session (All Years)

Art Session (Year 11) 

SEND Maths Club (Year 11)

A-Level Maths Practice

 

 

Late Lunch in A203

Both Lunchtimes in B307

Lunchtime in Library

After School SEND Department

After School with Mrs McCarten

After School PE Department

After School in Library

After School in A101

After School in A103

After School in Maths Department

 

 

Tuesday

Warhammer Club (Year 8)

Library Session (Year 9)

Gym Club

Homework Support Club

Homework & Revision Session (All Years)

Badminton (All Years) 

Early Lunch in A203

Lunchtime in Library

After School SEND Department

After School SEND Department

After School in Library

After School in PE Department

Wednesday

Warhammer Club (Year 8)

Library Session (Year 10)

Chess Club (Year 10)

Swimming Club

Year 11 Maths Help (Higher)

Homework Support Club

Homework & Revision Session (All Years)

School Band (All Years) 

 

Early Lunch in A203

Lunchtime in Library

Lunchtime in C306

After School SEND Department

After School in B102 

After School SEND Department

After School in Library

After School in Music Department

 

Thursday

Warhammer Club (Year 7)

Homework & Revision Session (All Years)

Late Lunch in A203

After School in Library

Friday

Library Session (Year 11) 

Homework & Revision Session (All Years)

Library at Lunchtime

After School in Library

Practices for Football, Rugby & Netball teams take place when preparing for fixtures and tournaments. Students will be informed of the time and date of these practices via EDULINK. 

Trips and visits

The typical distribution of residential trips and visits is given below:

 

Year Group

Trip

Year 7

Castlerigg Residential

Year 8

Paris Trip (not 2023 – next planned for 2024)

Year 9

 

Year 10

Rome Trip

Business & Politics Trip

Iceland Geography Trip (February half-term Alternate Years)

Italian Volcanoes Geography Trip (July Alternate Years)

Year 11

Rome Trip

Iceland Geography Trip (February half-term Alternate Years)

Italian Volcanoes Geography Trip (July Alternate Years)

Year 12

Business & Politics London Trip

Iceland Geography Trip (February half-term Alternate Years)

Italian Volcanoes Geography Trip (July Alternate Years)

Rome Trip

Year 13

Business & Politics London Trip

Iceland Geography Trip (February half-term Alternate Years)

Italian Volcanoes Geography Trip (July Alternate Years)

All Years

Ski Trip (Runs every other year)

 

Day Trips/Events

Year

Autumn Term

Spring Term

Summer Term

KS3

“Doctor’s show” Manchester / Leeds

“The Rum Story” / “The Beacon” (Y8)

Manchester Visit Jewish Museum (Y9)

Year 7 Keekle River Geography Fieldtrip

Year 7 Carlisle Castle History Visit

Year 8 St Bees Trip – Geography & DT

Beamish (History) Y8

Year 9 Silloth Geography Fieldtrip (Y9)

“Doctor’s show” Manchester / Leeds

 

KS4

Year 10 GCSE Geography: Keswick Fieldtrip

Thackeray Medical Museum – History  (Y11 if not visited in Y10)

 

 

A Christmas Carol (Perf.) Y10&11

 

Year 10 GCSE Geography: Gatesgarthdale Beck Fieldtrip

Thackeray Medical Museum (History)Y10

Computer Sci. Visit UCLAN (Y10)

 

KS5

Year 12 A-level Geography: Manchester Fieldtrip

Whitehaven Records Office (History) (Y13)

Year 12 A-level Geography: Borrowdale & Glaciation Fieldtrip

Y13 Biology “Centre of Life”

Newcastle (2 days)

 

Year 12 A-level Geography: Cold Fell Peat Bog Fieldtrip

Year 12 A-level Geography: Whitehaven Fieldtrip

Whitehaven Records Office (History) Y12

Biology Fieldtrips (Y12)