Activities at Durham School
Durham School offers all its pupils a wide range of extra-curricular activities (the majority of which are non-sporting activities) and encourages them to take full advantage of the programme so that they receive as broad an education as possible. This programme is in addition to the games programme which offers every pupil the chance to take part in a sporting activity almost every day of the week.
The programme operates between 5.00 and 6.00 pm each day and is semi-voluntary with younger pupils (Years 7-9) currently expected to opt into a minimum of two activities per week. Older pupils are given greater flexibility.
The following activities are offered in the Christmas Term 2010. Please note that not all these activities are available to all age groups.
- 1st XV Training Sessions
- Art Club
- Athletics Club
- Big Band
- Board Games
- Boxing Club
- CCF (Year 9 upwards)
- Cake decorating
- Ceramics
- Chamber Music
- Choir
- Climbing
- Cricket Nets
- Current Affairs
- DT Club
- Dance & Movement
- Drama
- Duke of Edinburgh
- Durham Eye (School Newspaper)
- Electronics
- Fashion Design
- First Aid
- Football
- French Film & Conversation for GCSE
- Games club
- High Jump Training
- Homework Club
- Hot Potatoes (Discussion Group)
- ICT Club
- Intermediate Squash
- Italian for Beginners
- Jewellery Making
- Junior School Council
- Junior Squash
- Model Making
- Orchestra
- Poetry Club
- Rifle Club
- DT Club
- Soft Toy Making
- Strength & Conditioning
- Swimming
- Sword Fighting
- Tennis
- Water Polo
- Windsurfing
- Woodwork
next event
National Schools' Biathlon semi-final
Sunday, 05 February 2012
Testimonials
"When you join the school, you get a buddy who is there to help you around the House and she is just like a big sister. I found that I soon made friends with all the other girls in MacLeod and many of the Pimlico girls. So settling in was not as scary and hard as I thought it would be - it was actually quite fun!
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Emily Phillips (MacLeod, Year 9)
