Co-Curricular Activities
The academy offers a wide and rich co-curricular programme designed to nurture, develop and stretch the talents and interests of all students.
We want all pupils to be exposed to every possible opportunity that they might not have in their everyday life. Through the programme, students can gain the knowledge and cultural capital they need to become responsible, effective and active citizens.
Many of the co-curricular activities are open to students across both the primary and secondary phase. This provides a chance for students to develop social skills by communicating with pupils of all ages. In addition, Sixth Form students are encouraged to form, recruit for and run their own societies, or support staff in running clubs for younger students.
Clubs available for sign-up - secondary phase
Clubs are after school 3.10pm unless stated. Remember you will not be a member of a club until a signed permission slip is received.
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Badminton (before school) Miss F Picton (KS3) |
Rock climbing Mr Rayner Also Y11 with Mr West |
Volleyball Mr Mulhere (KS3) |
Cricket Mr Dennis |
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Girls Football Mr Edaferhoro (KS3) |
Boxercise (also Y11) Miss Ferran
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STEAM Club Miss Ferran |
Irish Dance Miss Baker-Wells
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Cooking Club Miss Miller-Peart |
Pure Dance (also Y11 performing arts) Miss Baker-Wells |
K Club Miss Khatun |
Pure Musical Theatre Miss Baker-Wells
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Pure Drama Miss Baker-Wells (KS3) |
Football (Y9) Mr O’Connell |
Language Club Mr Rivo
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Girls Football Mr Edaferhoro |
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6th Form Performing Arts Miss Baker-Wells |
Origami Miss Jackson
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Pure Singing Miss Baker-Wells
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Coding Club Mr Habing
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Juggling Miss Presilia |
Football (4.10pm Y11) Mr Pexton |
Football (Y8) Mr O’Connell
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Meanwhile, Elsewhere History Club Miss PIckett |
Basketball (4.10pm Y11) Miss L Picton |
Tag Rugby (Y7/Y8) Mr Rayner |
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HGA Business club (Y8/9) Miss Ogunmefun |
Hand Embroidery Miss Costa
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Homework Support Club Miss Pickett
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Pampering club (Y9/10) Miss Ogunmefun |
Knitting Miss Ali |
Debate Club (Y8/Y9/Y10) Miss Hall |
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Music Club Mr Dennis |
Choir (12:30pm – 1:10pm) Mr Dennis |
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Pupils are told about activities through Harris News and by their tutors. At the secondary phase we host a Co-Curriculum Fair each September. This is an opportunity for students to speak with the staff leading activities and to sign up for an activity. Permission slips are sent home so that parents are not only aware of the activities their child will attend, but also to encourage them to attend more and take an active role in this.
As a Harris Academy, we are also part of Harris Experience. This programme has been designed for the most able students from Year 9 onwards. It exposes them to a range of cultural experiences that take their learning well beyond the curriculum. Recent examples range from learning the art of auctioneering at Christie’s to a day of lectures at the University of Oxford.
Building resilience
One of the aims of our co-cuuricular programe, alongside our formal and informal curricular offer, is to develop resilience in our students to help them meet the challenges that modern day life brings.
When we devise the co-curricular offer we consider the following components that build resilience and offer development opportunities for our students outside of our core curriculum offer. These are known as the seven Cs of resilience:
- Competence
- Confidence
- Connection
- Character
- Contribution
- Coping
- Control
We encourage students to participate in activities that enable them to step outside of their normal comfort zone, whilst taking calculated risks and learning informally through mistsakes.
Measuring the impact
Registers are taken at every co-curricular activity so that we can track exactly who is attending which clubs, how many and how often. This is useful information for the school so that we can ensure that every pupil at HGA is given proper guidance in choosing activities and are positively reinforced; more pupils will then have access to these important activities. This information will also allow us to evaluate the co-curriculum programme regularly.
Enrichment last year
While the school was closed to most pupils due to Covid-19 we also ran an Enrichment at Home programme for all students.
Download our list of co-curricular clubs from November 2019 and January 2020.
