extra-curricular activities
Physical Education
The Physical Education Department offer a wide range of lunch time and after school extra-curricular activities. The extra-curricular timetable changes each half term, providing Bishop Walsh Catholic School pupils the opportunity to attend a broad and balanced range of sporting activities throughout the year. Additionally, Bishop Walsh Catholic School has a number of different sports teams who participate in a range of competitions and leagues, including participation in the Sutton Secondary Schools Event Programme and Catholic Secondary Schools Event Programme.
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Music
There is currently a wide range of visiting peripatetic teachers who lead students in instrumental lessons. School choir and band span all Key Stages and pieces are performed from a variety of musical genres; pop, classical, musical theatre and gospel. The music department works alongside the Dance and Drama department to enable students to produce and perform the fantastic live music that is showcased at the annual school show.
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Drama - After School
Throughout the academic year, the drama department provide a range of opportunities for students to get involved in extra curricular activities and performances. Year 7 drama club runs all year during lunch time and is lead by our A Level students. Students prepare a devised performance for year 7 family Mass as well as rehearsing scripts and working towards parent performances. BW theatre company, lead by the drama staff, invites pupils from all key stages to get involved, focusing on acting, staging and theatrical skills. Rehearsing scripts as well as creating original material, members of the company experience a range of texts from different styles and genres of theatre, helping them to experiment and develop their individual performance skill as well as enhancing their appreciation of theatre culture.
Here at Bishop Walsh Catholic School we are running a fantastic multi-sport programme using all the sports facilities. We are very unique compared to most multi-sports business’s, we are offering a FAMILY environment with a range of sports for all ages starting from age 3 through to teenagers and adults. We also manage all hiring’s/bookings of the sports facilities Monday – Sunday. As you may be aware here at Bishop Walsh Catholic School there some excellent facilities which can cater for all kinds of sports including football, tennis, tag rugby, badminton, table tennis, clubbercise, netball, dance and more.
Community Coaching Programme
The majority of our sessions can be played inside in case of bad weather.
All coaches are FA, LTA or Basketball England qualified.
All coaches have DBS, Safeguarding and First Aid certificates.
Holiday camps for children aged 5-12 are delivered in school holidays.
(For info on holiday camps please see website)
If you are looking for yourself or your child(ren) to attend one of our coaching sessions then please take a look at the timetable below to find out the times and ages of each session we run:
All enquiries please either book directly on the website https://microsportsltd.co.uk/
or contact:
Paul Bayliss
Email - paul@micro-sprots.co.uk
Text/call - 07769 664988
Centre Stage
CentreStage School of Speech and Drama has been teaching at Bishop Walsh for 4 years and the partnership has been a great success. Our aim is to help pupils to find their voice and to build their confidence in speaking up in all situations, from interviews to group discussions and presenting to an audience. We teach pupils with a wide variety of abilities, from those who love performing and wish to develop their skills in this area, to pupils who lack confidence in speaking, or who lack clarity or expression in their speech. We have guided many pupils through LAMDA examinations, which involve reciting a poem and an extract from a book, followed by a conversation with the examiner about the content and technique in the pieces. We have found that the students respond very well to these lessons, increasing their confidence in their ability to perform to an audience, to read in public, and to develop their creative ideas. The lessons also support pupils' understanding and appreciation of English Literature. Every year we hold a recital for parents, for which the students work together to create a visually interesting as well as a vocally engaging performance, and this is one of the high points of the year. Another high point is exam day. This takes place in July, and pupils usually really enjoy it, as they get to perform the pieces that they have prepared so carefully for a London examiner. We are very proud of our exam results which have been outstanding. Across 4 years, we have maintained an 100% pass rate, and over 50% of pupils have received the highest grade band - Distinction.
Our 30-minute lessons run during the school day, in much the same way as instrumental lessons. We run a rotating timetable, including lunchtime lessons, so that classes fall at a different time each week. Fees are payable termly in advance. The current price for a term of 10 lessons is £88.00.
If you are interested in your child taking lessons with us, please email us at admin@centrestageschool.org.uk with your child's name and year at school. We would be delighted to have the opportunity to teach them.
CentreStage also runs classes in Speech, Drama and Acting on Saturdays and Thursday evenings for those who would like to develop their skills further. Please contact us at admin@centrestageschool.org.uk if you are interested in these classes.
