activities week 2016 booklet

2016
Monday 11 July—Friday 15 July
Activities Week
Co-ordinators:
Mrs T. Wiseman &
Mrs D Sawyer-Stone
Dear Parent/Guardian
Welcome to the brochure introducing the information for this summer’s Enterprise Activities
Week. Activities Week takes place this year during the penultimate week of the Summer Term
and has been running in A.H.S. for over 25 years. We aim to end the academic year with a fun
and exciting range of events designed to:
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Spend an extended period of time on an activity of your choice
Undertake a residential experience if you wish
Try something completely different
Progress further with existing skills
Work with students from different year groups
Develop the skills needed to be enterprising and utilise key skills in new situations
All students are expected to take part in an activity.
The school is unable to authorise absence during Activities Week, unless there are exceptional
circumstances, e.g., Armed Forces personnel returning from a tour of duty, police or other
service personnel whose leave has been cancelled during school holidays or a family funeral.
We expect cost to be an important factor; activities which have a price associated with them are
unable to run unless we can cover the full cost through your voluntary contributions. There is,
as usual, a range of free and low cost activities to ensure that every child can take part during the
week.
You will see in the brochure that we are advertising several trips which have to have bookings
well in advance, for this reason there are only a limited number of places unallocated. If you are
interested in one of these activities, you should speak directly to the organiser of the activity.
Before handing in your reply slip.
We will be organising events for over 680 students during this week and would like to draw
your attention to the details concerning how to apply for an activity and how places are
allocated.
Please complete your form carefully.
All in all, I hope you agree with us that your teachers are providing an extensive range of
activities which includes something for everyone.
As in previous years it will be a week packed with enjoyment and learning to bring an end to a
hard working and successful year for all of us.
Mrs T Wiseman
[email protected]
Index of Activities
Activity
Name
Organiser
Cost
Pupils
1
Sports in School
Mrs Zulu
Nil
30
2
Model Making
Miss Hebditch
Nil
10
3
Wargaming
Mr Ecclestone
Nil
15
4
Music
Mr Sexton
£15
20
5
Craftweek
Dr Bennett
£25
25
6
Cricket Academy
Mr Clarke
£30
23
Jewellery
Mrs C Goodliffe
£30
25
Football Academy
Mr Brown
£30
22
Painting
£32
20
Camping
Mr Kent
Mrs E Goodliffe
Mr Calvert
£64
30
Chocolate Week
Miss Jacquet
£65
14
Camping
Mrs Chubbock
£68
45
Fishing
Mr Whiting – Smith
£75
15
Day Trippers
Mrs Beales
£76
50
15
Eagles
Mr Sweatman
£100
35
16
Water Sports
Mr McKechnie
£130
40
Adventure Week
Mr Claxton
£145
60
18
West End Experience
Mrs King
£199
35
19
London Sights
Mrs Auber
£370
40
20
Bude
Mr Stek
£390
48
21
London Theatre
Mrs Martin
£400
40
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10
11
12
13
14
17
Activity 1: Sports in school
Cost: Nil
This activity involves you undertaking coaching to improve your skills in a range of sporting
activities. These may include tennis, badminton, football, water polo, athletics, basketball,
rounders, swimming and table tennis. You will need to be fit to be able to work all day.
Organiser: Mrs J Zulu
Activity 2: Model Making
Cost: Nil
Join the “Airfix Kit Brigade”. This is the ideal chance for all of those of you who would like the
opportunity to practise your model-making skills. You can do one detailed project over the
five days or several smaller ones.
You must provide your own materials. Enough to last the week!! You must show these before
the week to Miss Hebditch.
You will need an apron/old clothes, your own model(s), paints, brush cleaner, water holders,
newspaper for desk covering.
Organiser: Miss S Hebditch
Activity 3: Wargaming
Cost: Nil
The week will consist of painting, modelling, scenery building and most importantly gaming!
Games being played will mainly be WARHAMMER and WARHAMMER40K but any
suggestions will be considered. Some materials will be provided but if you can supply your own
models, paints etc. the week will be far more successful.
Organiser: Mr B Ecclestone
Activity 4: Music
Cost: £15
Organiser: Mr Sexton
Song writing and performance activity
This activity is designed for all musical students. That is any student that can already play a
musical instrument or two and that is prepared to perform in a small concert at the end of the
week. Pupils will work with staff from school and year 11 pupils during the week.
This activity would be ideal for any pupil who is about to start a GCSE or BTEC Music course.
Pupils will work in small groups to either write an original song or prepare cover versions of two
different songs. The songs will be rehearsed, recorded and then performed at the end of the
week.
Activity 5: Craft week
Cost: £25
A week of card making and glass painting and other fun activities. You will learn how to design
and create all types of cards, learning new techniques and methods, learn different styles of glass
painting and have a fun week.
Organiser: Dr S Bennett
Activity 6: Cricket Academy
Cost: £30
Cricket Academy with Bradfield C.C.
A week of coaching with professional coaches. Improve your batting, bowling and fielding skills
with games in the afternoon. Open to boys and girls of all abilities.
Organiser: Mr E Clarke
Activity 7: Jewellery
Cost: £30
Learn to make simple bead and gemstone jewellery as well as a variety of other fun crafts such as
tie-dying, modelling, and felting.
Organiser: Mrs C Goodliffe
Activity 8: Football Academy
Cost: £30
A week of coaching covering all things football, with a different topic each day, including
Passing; Tackling; Dribbling; Heading; Shooting. Drills will include: The Hive – used by Watford
FC; Rondo – used by Norwich City FC and Lightning – used by Arsenal FC, finishing off the day
with a Champions League tournament, EVERY DAY! ALL abilities welcome! Run by Mr
Saunders – A Norwich City Academy Coach.
Organiser: Mr J Brown
Activity 9: Painting
Cost: £32
Painting and sketching in the beautiful Norfolk countryside under expert tuition. Day trips to
different locations specialising in watercolour techniques.
Organiser: Mr R Kent/ Mrs E Goodliffe
Activity 10: Camping
Camping at Breck Farm
Cost: £64
This is a camping adventure based near Weybourne. We will be setting up tents, buying and
cooking our own food on camping stoves, chopping wood and lighting fires. Activities will
include games in the woods and at the beach, long walks of up to 10 miles and a day at
Yarmouth Pleasure Beach. If you are fit and keen enough to walk all day and camp at night
without complaint, you will really enjoy it. Swimming in the sea is not allowed under any
circumstances.
Organiser: Mr L Calvert
Activity 11: Chocolate Week
Cost: £65
Do you dream of all things Chocolate? Would you like to spend a week thinking about, making
and, of course, tasting chocolate of many different varieties? If you answered “Yes” to these
questions, then this week could be for you! We will learn about the history of chocolate and
how it’s made, and make a number of different chocolate creations, from delicate shoes to
sophisticated rice puff cakes! From Monday to Thursday you will work in school, honing your
skills, before presenting a beautiful chocolate based afternoon tea for judgement on Thursday
afternoon. You will, of course, have the opportunity to take lots of goodies home with you …
if you can make them last that long!! On Friday, we will be going for our own chocolate
afternoon tea at Chimney’s Bed and Breakfast in North Walsham. Chocolatiers of all levels, or
none, are welcome! We look forward to you joining us for the Aylsham Chocolate Experience!!
Organiser: Miss H Jacquet
Activity 12: Camping
Cost: £68
This is a tough physical activity, which requires lots of stamina, determination and a sense of
fun. You will plan meals, buy food and cook on camping stoves. You will set up tents, organise
the campsite and participate in activities such as a 10-mile walk, a visit to The Pleasure Beach in
Gt Yarmouth and various beach games. Swimming in the sea is not allowed under any
circumstances.
Organiser: Mrs H Chubbock
Activity 13: Fishing
Cost: £75
Fish local lakes at Blickling, Cobbleacre, Barford and Roughton and enjoy a spot of sea fishing
too (tide dependant). Transport is provided by coach from school with plenty of room for
tackle and bait.
Note: All anglers over 12 yrs. MUST have a current rod licence.
Organiser: Mr L Whiting-Smith
Activity 14: Day Trippers:
Cost £76
Day trippers is an activities week packed with adventure!
You will be challenged at Quasar for the title of the best shooter, you'll be competing for the
most pins knocked over at Hollywood bowl, we will be checking out the best skating moves at
Funky Monkey's as well as seeing who will achieve the lowest score at mini-golf at Pirate's Cove
in Great Yarmouth. We will also be relaxing by watching a newly released film at Odeon,
swimming at Sheringham Splash and getting face-to-face with some amazing sea creatures at
the Sea-life centre.
All of this topped off with a whole day at Pleasure beach, where we will be meeting the
campers, to seek some thrills and see who will dare go on the Sky Drop!
Organiser: Mrs Beales
Activity 15: Eagles
Cost: £100
The Eagles Activities 2016
This activity is exclusively for our Nurture students. Their fun packed week begins with zooming
around at Cromer Kart Track. They will head to Thorpe Woodlands Activities Centre to
undertake various challenges including the Zip Wire, Archery and Abseiling. The week
continues with a morning bowling and an exclusive cinema screening! Good aim will then be
required for an energetic day of Outdoor Laser Quest followed finally by tubing on the dry ski
slopes and a buffet lunch in the heart of the city of Norwich. A confidence and characterbuilding week!
Organiser: Mr Sweatman
Activity 16: Water Sports
Cost: £130
The water-based activities are at the new NYCS base at Whitlingham Broad. You will undertake
canoeing, windsurfing, kayaking, sailing and raft building with some land based activities as well.
An exciting week!
No previous experience is necessary but you MUST be able to swim.
Organiser: Mr T McKechnie
Activity 17: Adventure Week
Cost: £145.
Come and join us for a week of outdoor and adventurous activities that will test your fitness,
skill, nerve and teamwork. The week will include Go Karting at Cromer Kart Track, surfing at
Cromer, Water Skiing and tubing at Bluebird Water-ski Centre Taverham and one day of Skiing
and Tubing at The Norfolk Snow Sports Club. You will need plenty of stamina!!
Organiser: Mr Claxton
Activity 18: West End Experience
Cost: £199
For the Fourth year running Aylsham High School students are being offered the incredible
opportunity to spend the week training alongside stars of the West End! Professional actors,
actresses, choreographers, dance captains and Musical Directors from shows like Matilda,
Wicked, Oliver and Grease will come to the school to work with children on every aspect of
musical theatre. Each day, an actor from a different show will come to AHS to work with
students on their corresponding show...all gearing up to the end of school concert extravaganza
where all of the dance routines, musical numbers and drama sketches you have learned, will be
performed alongside the professionals, to a live audience of family and friends! No experience
required and all abilities are catered for. This really is a once in a lifetime chance to spend time
working and training with some of the UK's best singers, dancers and musicians. You must be
able to perform on Friday 15th July 7pm to 9pm tickets will be available via ticketsource.co.uk
Organiser: Mrs C King
Activity 19: London Sights Week
Cost: £370
This once in a lifetime trip allows you to visit the capital of England, to fully experience the
amazing sights in the city of London. How often do we get to visit this centre of historical
significance and trend setting and only get to scrape the surface? During this activity, you will
get to see and do it all. This is going to be an intense week, to literally pack in as much as
possible to complete the ‘Tour of London’. On Monday, you will leave for your action packed
week, returning to school Thursday to then spend Friday in school working on a tourist project.
Sights we will be seeing include Ripley’s Believe it or Not, China Town, Science Museum, Hyde
Park, The Natural History Museum, Regent Street, Leicester Square, the South Bank amongst
other famous sites. This is the trip dreams are made of!
Organiser: Mrs Auber (This trip is already full.)
Activity 20: Bude
Cost: £390
A fantastic chance to get away and learn new skills at a residential Outdoor Pursuits Centre in
Bude, Cornwall. You will need to be fit and healthy and love getting wet. A good sense of
humour is an absolute must!
Activities will include:
Surfing
High/low ropes
Body Boarding
Canadian Canoeing
Assault Course
Caving
Dragon Boating
Abseiling
Kayaking
Climbing
This activity is residential from Sunday. (This trip is already full.)
Organiser: Mr B Stek
Activity 21: London Theatre
Cost: £400
You will leave for London 9am Monday morning, you will travel by coach to your 4-star hotel.
This year we will visit the sights of London, Madame Tussauds, and the Imperial War Museum.
We will spend a whole day at Harry Potter World. The shows this year are Matlida and Wicked.
Evening meals have been booked at Pizza Express, Spaghetti House and Planet Hollywood. An
exciting week to look forward to! You will return to AHS on the Thursday at approximately 3
pm. Friday will be spent in school.
Organiser: Mrs H Martin
(This trip is already full.)
Closing Date for Applications: Friday 15th April 2016.
Have you made 3 choices?
Student’s Name: ___________________
Tutor Group: _______
Year Group ……………
1st Choice Activity: _______________________________________
2nd Choice Activity: ______________________________________
3rd Choice Activity: _______________________________________
Signature of Student: __________________________________________
Signature of Parent/Guardian: __________________________________
(must be signed by parent/guardian)
Date: _____________________
(must be dated)
Return to: Dining Hall at 10.50am on Monday 11th April.
The bell will sound at 10.50am for these to be returned to Dining area
Box will be at student reception & removed after Friday 15th April 2016.
Make sure your name is on the top!! All students must have selected by this date.
Check the updated board for trips that are already full. This will be outside student
reception.