At Cansfield High School, we believe in a whole child approach to learning. We place huge importance on developing a student’s character, nurturing student talents and inspiring creativity. Moreover, we recognise our responsibility to support the health and happiness of our students and not just academic results, and work on the basis that every child should be happy, healthy, engaged, supported and challenged to grow in our educational environment. We believe that for our students to flourish, they must be recognised as individuals. We seek to develop our student’s full potential by fostering individual talents and interests. Through participating in extracurricular activities (be it sports, the performing arts or another area of interest) character is built, creativity is sparked and talents are fostered. The skills that pupils develop – individuality, perseverance, ambition – complement our balanced curriculum which has breadth as well as depth. Our extracurricular activities programme helps increase social awareness, social skills, group responsibility and empathy amongst peers, whilst promoting our core values.
Our activities are offered to enable our students to broaden their horizons and develop into well-rounded individuals. This provision allows our students to have an opportunity to engage in activities that they might not otherwise have the opportunity to engage with outside of school. It is our aim to enable our students to sample, enjoy and flourish from a broad range of activities and pursuits. We strive to allow our students to extend their enjoyment of particular areas of learning through more in-depth study. Moreover, we encourage our students to develop friendships between age groups and build a cooperative ethos where students are achieving excellence together. We aim to provide a progressive universalist approach, offering activities in the following areas and beyond.
Our extracurricular activities fall into the following categories:
- Morning activities – These normally run from 8:00am.
- Lunchtime activities – These normally run from 1:00pm.
- Afterschool activities – These normally run from 3:15pm.
Day | Club | Time | Staff | Location |
Monday | Quiet Lunchtime Club (invitation only) Badminton Club (all years) Gaming Club (all years)
| 1.00pm – 1.45pm | Mrs Gibson-Glynn Mr Mugan Mrs Storey | Room 20 Sports Hall Room 38 |
Gardening Club (Year 7 and 8) Netball Club Popped Pods (Years 7 – 9) Textiles into Digital (Year 8 and 9)
| 3.15pm – 4.15pm | Mrs Siddall Mrs Lowe/Miss Threlfall Miss Murray Mrs Rawlinson | Orchard MUGA/Sports Hall Room 42 Room 41 | |
Tuesday | Table Tennis Music Drop-in
| 8.00am – 8.25am | Mr Mayor Miss Rose | Gym Room 44 |
Quiet Lunchtime Club (invitation only) LEGO Club (Year 7) Science Club (Year 7) Volleyball Club (all years) Dance (all years)
| 1.00pm – 1.45pm | Mrs Gibson-Glynn Miss Stewart Miss Simpson Mr Mugan Mrs Lowe | Room 20 Room 3 Lab 4 Sports Hall Room 45 | |
Wednesday | Dodgeball (all years) | 8.00am – 8.25am
| Miss Threlfall | Gym |
Quiet Lunchtime Club (invitation only) LEGO Club (Year 8) Newsletter Club (Year 7 and 8) 5-aside football (all years) Music – Guitar/Ukulele (all years)
| 1.00pm – 1.45pm | Mrs Gibson-Glynn Miss Stewart Miss Jenkinson Miss Rae Miss Rose | Room 20 Room 3 Room 15 Sports Hall Room 44 | |
Maths Club (Year 7 and 8) Football Club (all years) Drama (all years)
| 3.15pm – 4.15pm | Miss Stewart Mr Mayor Miss Tonge | Room 33 3G Theatre | |
Thursday | Trampolining (all years) Dance (all years)
| 8.00am – 8.25am | Mr Mayor Mrs Lowe | Gym Theatre |
Quiet Lunchtime Club (invitation only) Science Drop-in (Year 7) Music – choir/vocals (all years) Maths Revision Drop-in (all years) Maths Catch-up (all years)
| 1.00pm – 1.45pm | Mrs Gibson-Glynn Miss Simpson Miss Rose Miss Moakes Mrs Rothwell | Room 20 Lab 5 Room 44 Room 8 Room 1 | |
Rugby Club (all years) Dance (all years) Everything’s Gone Green – Sculpture and Photography (Year 7) | 3.15pm – 4.15pm | Mr Mugan Miss Lowe Mr Dickinson | 3G Theatre Room 43 | |
Friday | Boxing Exercise (all years) | 8.00am – 8.25am
| Miss Rae | Gym |
Quiet Lunchtime Club (invitation only) Science Revision (Year 8) Drama (all years) Handball (all years)
| 1.00pm – 1.45pm | Mrs Gibson-Glynn Miss Simpson Miss Tonge Miss Threlfall | Room 20 Lab 5 Room 45 Sports Hall | |
B-Tec Catch-up (Year 10 and 11) | 3.15pm – 4.15pm
| Mr Mugan | Room 33 and 34 |