Curriculum
Extracurricular Activities
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The school programme for extracurricular activities is revised each year and published early in the autumn term. Extracurricular activities for students are broad, varied and age-appropriate. They include:
- educational visits and trips
- sports activities and events
- performing arts opportunities, concerts and shows
- careers and work experience opportunities
- community choir
Educational visits and trips
Educational visits and trips enhance the learning experience of students. They vary in duration, from half a day through to overnight, and extended stays. Visits and trips are planned to complement the curriculum and are age-appropriate for students. Longer trips typically mean longer planning – so we commit to offering these to parents/carers at least two terms in advance. The opportunity for visits within the school day will be communicated at least one term in advance. Information about charges for visits and trips can be found within the MAT Charging and Remissions Policy.
Sports activities and events
Our extensive extracurricular programme takes full advantage of our superb facilities which include:
- an all-weather pitch,
- extensive fields,
- hard court netball/tennis courts,
- two sports halls,
- dance studio and fitness suite.
All students have regular access to activities that run after school and participation rates are very high. Our sports teams are the envy of many schools. We have hockey, netball, football, rugby league, rounders, cricket, athletics and basketball teams.
In recent years several of our students have been chosen to represent our region or county and even Great Britain, including our own Marcus Ellis who won the bronze medal for men’s doubles badminton in the Rio Olympic Games.
We also offer table tennis, trampolining, badminton and dance clubs, with students having opportunities to display their performances both in school and at external events. Our Sports Leadership Academy is well established and our students help coach at clubs both in school and in our primary feeder schools, as well as assisting with the organisation of a variety of sports festivals.
In addition, the PE department organise regular trips within and outside the UK focusing on team building, skiing and football tours.
Performing arts opportunities, concerts and shows
At CVHS, we strive to provide the very best extracurricular provision for our students, as these are the experiences that they will remember for a lifetime.
Our programme of Performing Arts after school activities includes:
- Vocal, music, dance and drama academies (audition only)
- Vocal Beatz (KS3 singers)
- African drumming
- KS3 contemporary dance
- KS3 Drama Limelights
- String ensemble and string quartet
- Kirklees Musica – who run our Brass Ensemble every Thursday after school and Percussion Ensemble every Tuesday after school
Our main events on the calendar are:
- Christmas concert (alternate years to the school production)
- Summer Showcase
- Colne Valley Young Musician of the Year competition
