Sir Roger Manwood's School
Extra-Curricular Activities
One
of the guiding principles of Manwood's is that its pupils should work hard,
play hard and contribute to the School community at least as much as they
derive from it. The wide range of activities offers numerous opportunities both
to develop interests and to take responsibility for organisation of events.
Music is a vital part of all this. There are
frequent concerts for choirs, orchestras, brass band, jazz and rock bands, and
soloists, with opportunities for all levels of competence to perform in public.
Participation is the watchword for music in the daily curriculum, and that
philosophy extends just as forcefully into the extra-curricular sphere.
Peripatetic teachers visit the School regularly to give lessons, as well as
taking part in the evening concerts.
Drama is very strong with both Senior and Junior Productions each year and lively Drama Clubs which meet each week. Drama also appears on the curriculum at Key Stage 3 and in the Sixth Form.
The
Combined Cadet Force, in which both boys and girls participate, is greatly in
demand at civic occasions, besides providing many chances of adventure and
responsibility on its Field Weekends, Adventure Training Weeks, and Annual
Camps. All members are volunteers, and the contingent usually numbers about
120.
Manwood's Medics, the Debating Club, Design
Club, bridge, the School Magazine, the Computer Club, the Duke of Edinburgh
Award Scheme: these are a few of the many highly beneficial ways in which
pupils are able to spend their leisure time constructively. In the course of
the year staff organise a wide variety of outings - trips to lectures and
conferences, art gallery, museum and theatre visits, foreign exchanges, form
outings, day trips to France and, annually, a skiing holiday.
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