Societies and Activities

Societies for students in Years 7-9

These societies are aimed at students in Years 7-9; they aim to enrich students’ learning experience. QEHS staff run the societies, assisted by Sixth Form students. Exact details of when the societies start running is published in tutor notices in September. Where there is a small charge for a society to cover resources and refreshments, this can be paid via ParentMail. Parents should sign students up for Societies at the beginning of the year; these societies run from 12.45-13.15 and students are advised to only attend one society per week.

Society	Activity	Day	Room	Staff	Cost	Comments
Cyber Discovery Club	Computer programming	Mon	28	Mr Senescall		Years 8-12 13.15
Repertory Theatre	Creating a play	Tue	PAC	Mr Rigby		15.45-16.45
Arts Award	Bronze Arts Award		86	Mrs Lawrence	Approx. £30	Terms 5 and 6 only 15.45 - 16.45
Christian Union			31	Mr Russell Mr Betts
History	History Society	Wed	14	History staff
Geography	A variety of fun activities relating to world events and the Geography curriculum		4	Mrs Rider		Every two weeks
Business Studies	Young Entrepreneur Challenge		38	Mr Senescall		Terms 3-6
Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths (STEM)	Bronze Crest Award		63	Mr Hearnshaw	£15
Cooking for Fun	Cooking Club	Thu	37	Mrs Jones Miss Allen	£1 per week	25 students per half term. Please sign up at the start of the year and your child will be allocated a term
Youth Stars	Learning to coach and mentor other students		6	Mrs Sindall		Years 9 and 10
Art Society	Painting murals		61	Miss Garrod		Year 7
Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme	Bronze Award	Fri		Mr Kingdom Mr Johnson Mr Watt Dr Day Mrs Haldenby Mrs Holland	£150	Year 9 students only. Details to be sent to Year 9 parents separately.
Italian Club	Learn about Italian language and culture		23	Miss Souter
Female Lead Society	Discussion/Friendship building and developing Leadership aspirations		68	Mrs Muir		Every two weeks 13.00 – 13.25 Years 9-13
Gardening Club	Creating the QEHS garden		School Garden	Mrs Clarke		All welcome 12.45-13.15
Junior Book Club	Enjoy sharing your reading experiences	Day varies: advertised in tutor notices	Library	English Dept.
Languages Society	Conversation, cultural presentations and other activities	Day varies: advertised in tutor notices		QEHS Languages Assistants
Philosophy Club	Philosophical debate		77	Year 12 students		All welcome 12.45-13.15

Senior School Societies

Society	Activity	Day	Room	Staff	Cost	Who may attend
Music and Drama	Production rehearsals	Mon	86	Mr Corner		Cast
Maths	Senior Maths Challenge	Mon	75	Mrs Cropper		Year 12 and 13 students only
Christian Union		Tues	7	Mr Russell Mr Betts

Languages	Cultural presentations and enrichment activities	Wed	25, 26, 30	Ms Turnbull Miss Clark
Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme	Silver Award	Fri	3	Dr Day	£150	Year 12 and 13 students only
Italian Club	Learn about Italian language and culture		23	Miss Souter
History Film Society	Enriching learning in History		Lecture Theatre	Mrs Slack Mr Milutinovic		Year 12 and 13 students only
Senior Book Club	Enjoy sharing your reading experiences	Day varies: advertised in tutor notices	Library	English Dept.
Business Studies	Young Entrepreneur Challenge		38	Mr Senescall		Terms 3-6

Music

Students who study a musical instrument or have singing lessons in school are required to attend at least one music ensemble a week. Please take this into account when choosing which society to attend.

Society	Activity	Day	Time	Room	Staff	Cost	Who should attend
Music	String Orchestra	Mon	12.45-13.25	87	Mrs Lawrence		All string players
	Junior Band (starts Term 3)	Tues Thurs Tues Wed Wed	12.45-13.15	87	Mrs Lawrence		All beginners and new starters
	Swing Band		12.45-13.25	87	Mr Corner		By invitation
	Chamber Choir		12.45-13.25	88	Mr Corner		By invitation
	Concert Band		12.45-13.25	87	Mrs Lawrence		Grades 1-4

	Flute Choir		13.25-13.50	87	Mrs Lawrence		Grades 1-8
		Thurs Thurs
	Guitar Ensemble		12.45-13.25	88	Mr Poole		All Guitar players
	Soul Band		15.45-16.45	87	Mr Allsop		By invitation
	Choir	Fri	12.45-13.25	88	Mr Corner		All

Sports

The following sports practices run from 12.35-13.15 during term time. Students should also take this into account when deciding whether to commit to societies.

Society	Activity	Day	Staff	Who should attend
Sport	Netball Term 1 and 4	Mon	Mrs Baldwin Mrs Heathershaw Ms Frecknall	Year 7 and 8
	Football Term 1 and 4	Mon	Mr Burge Mr Johnson Mr Watt Mr Fearn Mr Fortis	Year 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11
	Rugby Term 2 and 3	Mon	Mr Burge Mr Johnson Mr Watt Mr Fearn	Year 7, 8, 9 and 10
	Cricket Term 5 and 6	Mon	Mr Burge Mr Fearn Mr Johnson	Year 7 - 10
	Rounders Term 5 and 6	Mon	Mrs Baldwin Mrs Heathershaw Ms Frecknall	Year 7 - 10
	Athletics Term 6	Thurs	Mr Burge Mr Fearn Mr Johnson Mrs Baldwin Mrs Heathershaw Ms Frecknall	Year 7 - 10
	Tennis Term 5 and 6	Thurs	Sport Ambassadors	All Years
	Sports Studies		Mr Burge	Years 10 - 13 Room 89, 90 15.45- 16.45
	House practices	Wed	House Captains and Ms Frecknall	House teams as required
	Basketball	Wed	Mr Burge	Years 9-11
	Handball Term 4	Thurs	Mr Burge	Year 7-9
	Netball Term 1 and 4		Mrs Heathershaw Mrs Baldwin Ms Frecknall	Years 9, 10 and 11
	Badminton Term 2 and 3		Mr Burge Mr Fearn	Years 7-10
	House practices	Fri	House Captains and Ms Frecknall	House teams as required
	Dodgeball	Tues	Mr Burge	Year 8
	Indoor Football	Tues	Sport Ambassadors	Year 7

Catch up and Revision sessions

Catch up and revision sessions run throughout the year from 12.45-13.15. They tend to be for KS4 and KS5 students. Some students will be instructed to attend, others may volunteer. Departments often add sessions closer to the exam season, these sessions are advertised on daily tutor notices.

Subject	Day	Room	Year Group
Design and Technology	All All All	32/33/35	Years 10 - 13
Art		60/61/62	Year 11 only
ITC		29	All
All	Mon-Thurs	Library	The school Library is open to all students for supervised private study until 17.00
Subject mentoring - all subjects	Mon	All	Students to agree with teacher in advance. Runs from 13.30-13.45
Maths	Mon	73	Drop in session Thursday’s Available to all year groups 12.45 to 13.15
French	Tues	25	All
Drama	Wed	PAC	Years 10-13
Maths		73	Years 7-13
Psychology		C2	Years 12 and 13
Physics	Thurs	63	Years 10 - 13
Business Studies		38	Years 10 - 13
Subject mentoring - all subjects		All	Students to agree with teacher in advance. Runs from 13.30-13.45

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