Extra Curricular

What extra-curricular activities are available to students?

At Alperton a large part of educational philosophy is based on offering the young people in our charge a rich and varied diet of extra-curricular activities.

The activities on offer will vary from year to year and for each year group.Over the last few years the enthusiasm and skills of the school staff have enabled us to increase those activities both in variety and coverage.

Sport

A large number of sporting activities are available to students including girls and boys’ football, girls and boys cricket, netball, athletics, basketball and dance.

Lunchtime and after school clubs

Extra curricular clubs include: guitar, drumming (kit, dhol, and djembe), steel pans, chess, Latin, science, Y9 & Y7 lunchtime club, comics, art, computers & ICT, hacky sack, and geography.The school has recently been successful in external competitions where students have gained credit in events as diverse as cooking, debating, and street art. We have been particularly fortunate this year in winning three ‘Big Boost’ awards from the Prince’s Trust.These will be used to develop initiatives in community arts, and environmental improvement.

Drama & dance productions

The school has an annual musical production in which all year groups are represented.The production this year - Felix & the Sunshine Band, has been written by staff members.Other productions which give students the opportunity to showcase their talents include end of term concerts and musical performances.

This year for the first time we have entered the Global Rock Challenge which will see 40 Alperton students appearing on the stage at the Hackney Empire in their own dance /drama spectacular. The school is keen for students to experience professional stage productions and visits are regularly made to plays, musicals and other theatre events including We Will Rock You, Dr Bunhead, Bombay Dreams, The Tempest, and Orestes.

Breakfast Club

The breakfast club currently meets as an activity club at Ealing Road on Monday mornings at 7.45am.Over the next two terms we will be expanding our coverage to take in Wednesday and Friday morning sessions with the option for students of a healthy breakfast to accompany their activities.

Enrichment Days

The school has a programme of six enrichment days where activities might include; museum visits, multi-sports, citizenship, health studies, mathematics games, science investigations, T*I*C*K activities, music, art, ICT, and year group visits.

Residential & Outdoor Education

We have been able to offer the chance of residential visits to a large number of students through funding obtained from the London Student Pledge ‘New Views’ scheme and the John Lyon Foundation.Over the last few years students have attended courses at outdoor centres in Sussex, Kent, the Peak District, Pembrokeshire, and GilwellPark.In November 2007, sixty four of the new intake Y7 students will be selected to attend a five day residential adventure course in the Lake District.Another initiative which involves outdoor education is the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme which has just been re-launched in the school.It is hoped that it will grow rapidly once the first awards are gained.

How do I find out about activities?

Most of the activities will be publicised in the schools daily newsletter The Alperton Megaphone.Other sources of information are year assemblies, the monthly parents newsletter - The Alperton Bugle, Headteacher’s communications, posters produced by staff and students.

How do I get involved?

The easiest way to get involved is to approach the staff member running the club.Joining a club is usually open to anyone with the enthusiasm to be part of that activity.Sports clubs may have selection trials and drama productions will have auditions but even then there will still be opportunities for keen students to be involved.