Extra-Curricular Clubs
Clubs provide children with a fantastic opportunity to enrich and enhance their learning experiences. We offer a range of clubs, which allow children to follow their interests, or experience something for the first time.
Booking Club Places
Registering a child for a club using the Arbor app or the Parent Portal is a simple process. Please note, if it is your first time logging into the Parent Portal, you will need to confirm the child’s date of birth before being granted access.
See the guidance for more information.
Club | Description | Day/ Time | Open to | Led by |
Debate Club | Learning to express our point of view while still respecting everybody else's different opinion is crucial. Through our Debate club we aim to explore various arguments and facilitate a healthy debate among the students, so they can develop critical thinking, calm under pressure and the ability of public speaking. | Monday 3:30-4:30pm | Y4-6 | Dance & Arts |
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Drama & Performing Arts | Boo Theatre & Entertainment are delighted to run a Drama Club at Thorpe Hall School for the Autumn term for Years 3-6 on Mondays after school. Boo Theatre is run by Jake and Becky - both professional actors with over ten years’ experience and a true passion for teaching and introducing others to the arts. They also work alongside a fantastic team of industry professionals and aim to bring professional experience and knowledge to create fun and creative clubs, building on key life skills such as self-confidence, the importance of teamwork, public speaking and reading as well as developing skills in Acting, Song & Dance. | Monday 3:30-4:30pm | Y3-6 | Boo Theatre |
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Basketball | Basketball club is a great opportunity for kids to learn the basics skills of basketball. Over the sessions, children enjoy learning new techniques which they then practise in games. We encourage all players to work together to benefit their team. "Basketball club is really fun and the coach helps make the matches fair and interesting!" Year 4 "Coach always explains where we can improve and how we can use the skills we have practised." Year 6 | Thur 3:30-4:30pm | Y4-6 | PTC |
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Creative ballet | All About dance UK are offering Creative ballet to reception - year 1. Creative ballet is a great introduction to ballet and movement. We learn the ballet fundamentals in a creative way using props and storytelling to enhance learning. This class will help build confidence and fine gross motor skills for children in their early years of school. | Monday 3:30-4:30pm | R-Y1 | All About dance UK |
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Gymnastics | All About Dance UK are offering Gymnastics to years 4,5,6. This class is fun, energetic and perfect for children who love to try new skills and learn new things. Children will be following the Key Steps British gymnastics fundamental skills and have fun practicing and building strength through gymnastics movements. | Thur 3:30-4:30pm | Y4-6 | All About Dance UK |
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Choir | Boo Theatre is run by Jake & Becky - both professional actors with over ten years’ experience & a true passion for teaching & introducing others to the arts. They have both appeared in an array of shows, including most recently performing in the Olivier Nominated show ‘Oi Frog & Friends’ (West End & UK tour). Both Becky & Jake have an array of professional credits between them (The Gruffalo West End, UK and International Tour, Cartoon Network, BBC Doctors, Rapunzel UK tour, CBBC UK Tour, to name a few) and both have performed professionally all over the world. Boo Theatre and Entertainment work alongside a fantastic team of industry professionals & aim to bring our professional experience & knowledge to create fun & creative clubs. Our Choir Clubs explore voice, tone and melody through a variety of genres and song and are aimed to be a fun experience working as a group together. | Thursday 3:30-4:30pm | Y3-6 | Boo Theatre |
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Fencing | Little Musketeers is an exciting club inspired by the Olympic sport of fencing. Our engaging and varied programmes appeal to a child’s sense of play and are taught in a fun, safe and educational environment. What child has not grown up pretending to be a swashbuckling pirate, a dueling musketeer, or even the master of swordplay himself, Zorro? Why do they do it? Because it’s fun! Classes are designed and managed by Olympian and 4 time British Champion James Beevers. All our coaches are trained personally by James and hold enhanced DBS certificates. Little Musketeers are proud to be internationally endorsed by Olympians, educators and scientists from across the world. All equipment is either plastic or foam and gives children the real feel of fencing. All of our sessions will be run in accordance to the school’s Covid-19 regulations. Our equipment is sanitised before and after each session and where possible, children will be designated their own mask and sword for each session. Furthermore, we feel fencing is the perfect Covid-19 sport - you wear masks and, if anyone gets too close, you lunge! | Fri 8:00 - 8:45am | Y2-6 | Musketeers Education |
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Dodgeball | At dodgeball club, we work on: team- building skills, coordination development such as throwing and catching , taking turns , building confidence and developing resilience. One of the other benefits is developing well being by running, laughing and enjoying the company of friends. | Tues 3:30-4:30pm | Y1-3 | PTC |
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D&T | At D&T club we will work on our Design and Technology skills in a practical and creative way. We will also be kind to the environment and re-use recycled materials to create our product / works of art. Be ready to cut, colour, stick and fold to create something exciting! | Tues 3:30-4:30pm | Y5-6 | Ms Douglin |
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Sign Club | We are excited that Ms Bacaj is able to run a sign club this term. Pupils of different ages will learn finger spelling as well as signs for commonly used words and phrases.
| Tues 3:30-4:30pm | Y2-6 | Ms Bacaj |
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Times Tables Club | Fast-paced club where you can learn your times tables or use the time to practise them and increase your recall speed. | Tues 3:30-4:30pm | Y3-4 | Ms Fernandez |
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Art Club | Art Club offers the children a weekly opportunity to learn and experiment with a wide variety of creative tools. This entails using clay, sculpting, printmaking, batik, sketching, stencilling, painting and much more in a relaxed environment. ‘In Art Club we use the best Opossum value in my opinion - Creativity! We do this by using our minds and learning and focusing on the techniques taught. This affects us in later life if we want to become artists.” Joshua | Wed 3:30-4:30pm | Y5-6 | Ms Abbott |
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Boys’ Football | Football club is one of our most popular clubs and fills up fast! Every session starts with games and skills training, before moving on to playing football matches in groups, where the coach will offer advice and feedback to help you improve. “Football club is amazing! It’s fun. He helps us with skills so we can all get better at football. It’s not all about matches - you learn a lot from it.” Zakariya | Wed 3:30-4:30pm | Y3-6 boys | PTC |
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Girls’ Football | Football club is one of our most popular clubs and fills up fast! Every session starts with games and skills training, before moving on to playing football matches in groups, where the coach will offer advice and feedback to help you improve. “Football club is amazing! It’s fun. He helps us with skills so we can all get better at football. It’s not all about matches - you learn a lot from it.” Zakariya | Wed 3:30-4:30pm | Y3-6 girls | PTC |
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Wildlife & nature | At wildlife and nature club we investigate nature all around us! We will look at different habitats and homes for our wildlife, construct a wormery and bug hotel. We will also research how to help wildlife that may visit our school and homes by making feeders and looking at what foods they may eat as well as environments that will help them survive. | Wed 3:30-4:30pm | Y1-3 | Ms Bacaj |
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Football (girls and boys) | Football club is one of our most popular clubs and fills up fast! Every session starts with games and skills training, before moving on to playing football matches in groups, where the coach will offer advice and feedback to help you improve. | 3:30-4:30pm | Y1-2 boys and girls | PTC |
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Travel Club | Let's go jet-setting to new places! Every week we choose another country/city to visit and find out about. We will be visiting the place virtually, listening to new languages, finding out where in the world we are travelling to and making a scrapbook of our visits. | Thurs 3:30-4:30pm | Y4-6 | Ms Scanlon |
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Sewing | Sewing is a great and exciting opportunity for pupils to learn a new life skill in a nurturing atmosphere. It improves abilities in a range of skills including fine motor skills, creativity and communication skills. Club members learn the art of patience and confidence as they learn how to hand sew using a ‘Running Stitch’ and some challenging creative stitches such as the ‘Blanket and Cross Stitch’. Importantly, pupils learn how to support each other, develop positive behaviours and use equipment safely. Feedback is encouraging: “ It was hard at first but I’m making progress now!” “I’m excited! I’m looking forward to making a purse and a teddy to take home.” It is rewarding to know that this provision is impactful and that pupils succeed in believing in their abilities and celebrate their achievements. | Thurs 3:30-4:30pm | Y3-4 | Ms Douglin |
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Colouring | At colouring club there is a wonderful choice of pictures and themes to colour, depending on the time of year there is a choice of seasons and festive pictures available. They can also create their own picture to colour too! | 3:30-4:30pm | Y1-2 | Ms Palmer |
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Art Club | Art Club offers the children a weekly opportunity to learn and experiment with a wide variety of creative tools. This entails using clay, sculpting, printmaking, batik, sketching, stencilling, painting and much more in a relaxed environment. “We love all the new things we learn each week. Drawing uses our imagination and allows us to express our feelings through colour and collaboration.” Duru and Skyla | Fri 3:30-4:30pm | Y3-4 | Ms Abbott |
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Yoga Games | At yoga games we use a mixture of yoga poses, games, stretches and movement. It is a fun mixture of energetic and calming movements with which to end the week. | Fri 3:30-4:30pm | Y1-2 | Ms Fernandez |
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Coding Club | Learn the basics of coding and develop your creativity for free! In a typical coding club session, pupils will work through projects with step-by-step guides that will help them create games, animations, and web pages. | Fri 3:30-4:30pm | Y3-6 | Ms Scanlon |
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Homework Club | Relax in the library every Friday afternoon where you can choose to read, do any homework, extra study or work on your home learning project with an adult on hand to support you. | Fri 3:30-4:30pm | Y1-6 | Ms Palmer |