Extra-curricular activities are an integral part of the ethos of the school. They provide students with an opportunity to enhance their personal development and self-image. Extracurricular activities should be planned as an opportunity to exert the student’s learning experience in the classroom and the wider community.

AIMS:

  • Develop and encourage experience and expertise in areas not provided for within the formal curriculum.
  • Enhance student’s self-image and social development.
  • Provide an opportunity for students to represent at school and national level.
  • Enhance the ethos and image of the school in the community.
  • Encourage student’s active participation in a variety of extracurricular areas.
  • Encourage in both sporting and other competitive pursuits and positive use of leisure.
  • Offer valuable opportunities for residential experience in a variety of extracurricular areas.
  • Provide opportunities for students to develop their performance skills through drama and choral presentations.

BROAD GUIDELINES:

  • All students will be encouraged to participate in some form of extracurricular activity.
  • A variety of extracurricular activities will be available to all students.
  • Activities should take place with due regard to Health and Safety requirements.
  • Student’s endeavors and experiences should be acknowledged and recorded through certification and public presentations.
  • Activities should be planned and published on a termly basis on the school website and displayed at every opportunity in school.

PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AND CONSENT:

As holistic education is dependent on a cooperative approach between parents and the school, it is vital that parents are fully aware of and committed to the success of the school’s FCA and ECA policy. In relation to individual ECA, it is important that any policy mandate the delivery of a leer or form to the parents of students that might include the following:

  • A description of the activity, including date, place, me, duration and means of transport.
  • The purpose of the activity and how it relates to the overall curriculum.
  • The total cost per student and cost to parents after the school’s contribution is subtracted.
  • A permission and release form that allows the student to participate in the activity and must be returned to the school in order for a student to participate.