Junior School Co-Curricular Life

Clubs | Trips and visits

Clubs

In all subject areas, activities take place to go beyond the already ambitious curriculum. Budding linguists can explore Japanese and Greek, for example, and Chess Club gives focused time to develop gameplay and strategy. Maths Explorers groups take place from Year 1 to challenge children in their thinking and problem solving. Computing Club gives time to explore programming and journalists in the making can hone their writing in Magazine Club, producing a magazine (Chatterbox) for the whole school to read. Science Club is always full of energy and excitement as children explore and discover more through engineering and experiments. Electronic Music Club introduces children to the use of technology in music production and History Club gives the opportunity to explore historical events and debates while General Knowledge Club tests quick thinking and factual recall.

The clubs take place before school, during lunch times or after school. 

Club timetables vary from term to term and, except for team practices and musical groups where continuity is desirable, are all voluntary, although we do expect club members to commit themselves for the duration of the term.

Please note that there are no additional costs for clubs, except for a tiny minority (for e.g. Ballet, Lamda and Taekwondo). 

Trips and Visits

Visits out of School range from day visits at numerous locations and centres in the local area, to fully residential experiences beginning with one night away in Year 3.  The cost of all these visits are covered within school fees. 

All experiences are carefully planned to enrich the curricular activities in school.  Please see the news and events section of our website for reports on our most recent activities. 

At the beginning of the school year, the Infants all go on a trip together.  This is organised on a three year cycle and includes a trip to either the zoo, farm or safari park. At the end of the Trinity term, there is an end of year Infant trip altogether.  

Reception have a wonderful time at their Forest School in the Alleyn’s School grounds every week.  They participate in various workshops to support their curriculum, most recently a Planetarium workshop, a Dinosaur workshop and a Spanish workshop.  The year ends with a whole year group trip, most recently to the London Museum, Docklands. 

Year 1 go on a variety of trips to support their topics.  Recent trips included Link Age Dulwich, Peckham Fire Station, The London Archives and Surrey Docks Farm. 

Year 2 are taken on a variety of topic visits. Recent trips included Link Age Dulwich, The Natural History Museum, the Tower of London, the London Eye and a Thames river cruise. 

Year 3 start the year with an onsite team building year.  During the year, the children visit The Natural History Museum, The Guildhall Art Gallery and London Amphitheatre and Lullingstone Country Park. They all experience a night away from home on an action-packed residential trip to the PGL centre at Marchant's Hill.  

In Year 4, there are trips to the Horniman Museum, and onsite immersive days to support their topics such as a Young Shakespeare Company Workshop an Arctic Explorers and an Anglo Saxon Workshop.  They also spend two nights away from home engaged in fun team building challenges and environmental investigations at Hindleap Warren, an outdoor activity centre in the Ashdown Forest.  

Year 5 start the year with an onsite Bushcraft Day.  Trips and workshops to support their curriculum include  a Young Shakespeare Company workshop, an Ancient Greek workshop and a trip to the Churchill War Rooms. 

Every June, they spend five days (four nights) at the UK Sailing Academy (UKSA) on the Isle of Wight. Here, they can experience windsurfing, sailing, kayaking, surfing and keel boating as well as growing independence being away from home.  

Trips in have included a Young Shakespeare Company Workshop, visits to the Houses of Parliament, Anderson Press and the Tate Modern as well as participation in the Southwark Junior Citizenship Scheme.  As a celebration of completing the 11+, Year 6 are taken on a special trip -most recently to see Oliver! At the Gielgud Theatre. 

The climax of Year 6 is their week-long residential trip to Yorkshire.  This is a fun packed week which includes a variety of day trips to places such as Diggerland, West Leeds Activity Centre and a trip on a steam railway, as well as spending time with their friends before they move on to the Senior School.