Extra Curricular Activities – Warton Nethersole’s Church of England Primary School

Each half term we offer 6 different after school clubs – a real achievement for our small school. These clubs are varied and led by school staff to enrich our children and their experiences. Clubs are for all children, but sometimes we invite particular children we think will especially enjoy it or succeed in it or where it will expand their wider experiences. We track which children take part in our clubs to ensure that everyone who wants to be involved can be! So far our this year our clubs have included coding, French, drama, hockey, netball, cooking, sewing and many more!

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Term 1	Cooking Club	Mrs Rose and Mrs Miller made cakes, coleslaw, fruit kebabs, hummus and sausage rolls with eager bakers from years 3-6.
	Construction Club	In construction club we have been making towers and seeing who can build the biggest tower, designing and building different Lego houses and building new sets following instructions.
	Sewing Club	During Sewing Club the children have been making a bear they have had lots of fun designing, threading needles, cutting fabric and creating their projects with Miss Friend.
	French Club	In French Club we have been having great fun learning lots using songs and Rhymes to help. We have learnt to say Hello and Goodbye, our name and counting 1-10.
	Art Club	We have been having fun in Art Club with Miss Berry, making masks and creating Autumnal collages using a range of different materials.
Term 2	Circuits	We have had great fun learning about and making circuits with Miss Kiffin & Miss Turner.
	Cooking Club	We have been designing and decorating Christmas themed biscuits with Mrs Rose and Mrs Miller
Term 3	Modelling Club	This week we started our Paper Mache projects, we will be making Hot air balloons, masks and getting very Messy!
Term 4	Multi Sports Club	We have been having fun seeing how many times we can hit a balloon in the air with a small bat, practicing our tennis skills and playing Parachute games.
	Choir	Our choir is doing well and learning a range of songs ready to perform at our concert in March. Each week we start with some breathing exercises and a vocal warm up, we then rehearse the songs and finish with a vocal cool down. We make sure to keep hydrated throughout the session and try not to stretch our voices too far. The voices together sound fantastic and we can’t wait to perform to an audience!
	Coding & Animation	Following a few weeks focussed on programming the Micro-Bits, this week we began to create our own stop-frame animations. The club started by creating their own creatures before taking a series of photos that, put together carefully, made a short film. They were brilliant! We are looking forward to having a go and perfecting these next half term.
	Hockey	After a few weeks practising how to pass and stop the ball we were ready to move onto a new challenge, dribbling and shooting. We started by creating snakes to dribble through before shooting into the goal. This led to some team competition to see who could get the most points. A lot of fun was had by all. We are looking forward to playing our first hockey game next week.
Term 5	Netball	Our Key Stage 2 children have been learning new Netball skills, different positions and learning the rules. They have been playing small games each week with a lovely parent volunteer teaching the class each week who plays the game as a hobby.
	Photography	Each week, children in Year 1 or 2 have been given a theme to base their pictures around, such as words, colour, black and white, nature, people etc. They’ve all done a really great job!
	Maypole Dancing	As is Tradition here at Warton School we have been practicing ready to take part in the annual village Carnival on June 8th. The children have been busy learning to do The Plait, Spiders Web and Barbers pole with Mrs Parker.
	Cooking Club	Today Reception children made grilled pepper humus with veggie sticks. We discussed how this would make a healthy snack or lunch. Not everyone was keen to sample the end product. But we explored smell, texture and taste as well as observing change in appearance from whole foods to blended foods. The humus was made by blending tinned chick peas with grilled peppers, paprika, lemon juice and salt and pepper into a smooth paste.
	Messy Science	Revd Joanne Dyer from All souls Parish, our local church has been running a Messy Science club with a biblical twist for KS2 children. The children each week have been doing science experiments, making Volcano’s, Star Constellations and learning about Gravity. Each experiment has been linked to the bible and our school values.