Media and Entertainment options
Clickable list of activities on this page:
- Board games
- Chess club
- Darts
- Esports
- Foreign film and animation
- For the love of books!
- Marvel club
- Media Makers
- Radio-controlled cars
- Warhammer club
Board Games
An opportunity to learn and play a variety of board games, with the chance to design and make your own board game in the second half of term.
This activity will improve:
Mental Wellbeing, Confidence, Social Skills, Motor Skills, Literacy, Numeracy, Oracy
Available to all year groups
Warhammer Club
As well as learning to play the incredibly popular tabletop game Warhammer, you will design, build and paint your own miniatures and scenery - something that has become a popular art form in the gaming community.
We will explore how to create a visually impactful display, design a structure that will support itself, and learn miniature building techniques. The result will be a handmade miniature diorama that you have designed, painted and built yourself, which you can use in Warhammer or other tabletop games and to display your own miniatures!
This activity will improve:
Mental Wellbeing, Physical Wellbeing, Confidence, Social Skills, Motor Skills
Available to all year groups
Chess Club
An opportunity to develop your skill and confidence at a game many would describe as the greatest strategy game of all time.
This activity will improve:
Mental Wellbeing, Confidence, Social Skills, Numeracy
Available to all year groups
Darts
180! Join us to become the next Phil Taylor, Michael van Gerwen or Fallon Sherrock! We will play 501, cricket, round the clock and many more games! You will learn how to throw, how to score and how to win games of darts!
This activity will improve:
Mental Wellbeing, Physical Wellbeing, Confidence, Social Skills, Motor Skills
Available to all year groups
For the Love of Books!
Do you love reading? Fantasy? Thrillers? Dystopia? War fiction? Romance? If so, this is the group for you! Whether there is a particular genre you prefer, or you are keen to read something new, we know you will love the chance to relax, recline and read. In addition, there will be activities for you to enjoy such as meeting an author or publisher, creative book art, making film trailers, quizzes and sharing your enjoyment of books.
This activity will improve:
Mental Wellbeing, Confidence, Social Skills, Literacy, Oracy
Available to all year groups
Marvel Club
A club that looks at the ever-expanding Marvel Cinematic Universe, with a clear focus on representation across the superhero genre and how this is reflected in our world. There will be a range of creative tasks and discussions across the term that will explore/challenge stereotypes in the heroes and villains of the MCU, with the potential to create a short film combining your knowledge and skills. There will be opportunities to develop this knowledge through the various Marvel TV shows and films that make up the MCU. Swanmore, assemble!
This activity will improve:
Mental Wellbeing, Physical Wellbeing, Confidence, Social Skills, Motor Skills
Available to all year groups
Media Makers
Welcome to the Media Makers Club, an exciting new opportunity for students to unleash their creativity and explore the dynamic world of media production.
Whether you're passionate about film-making; have a knack for podcasting; or dream of crafting magazine covers, this enrichment is the perfect place for you. This is also an amazing opportunity to experience a taster of the Media Studies GCSE course.
This activity will improve:
Mental wellbeing, social skills, literacy, confidence
Available to Y8 and Y9
Radio Controlled Cars
Radio-controlled 1/10th race cars. Working in a small team you will learn to drive, maintain and make each car perform to its optimum. In conjunction with TORCH racing, you will learn to race competitively, initially undertaking a driving course aimed at developing your technique. Once you have mastered controlling the cars you will then compete in a series of fast-paced time trial challenges and races on a professional BRCA-approved track.
You will have the opportunity along the way to consider the design of racetracks and the elements that make an effective race team, all whilst working within your team to aim to secure a podium finish.
This activity will improve:
Mental Wellbeing, Confidence, Social Skills, Motor Skills
Available to Y9, Y10 and Y11
Esports
In our Esports enrichment, pupils will dive into the dynamic world of competitive gaming. They will research professional Esports teams, exploring their strategies, branding, and success stories, before creating their own team.
Participants will hone their skills in popular games such as EA FC Club 25, Rocket League, and Fortnite, developing both gameplay techniques and coaching abilities. The enrichment aims to foster teamwork, strategic thinking, and leadership, while giving pupils a taste of the rapidly growing esports industry.
This activity will improve:
Mental wellbeing, social skills, literacy, confidence and co-ordination.
Available to all year groups
Foreign Film and Animation
In this enrichment, we will be learning about art and culture through our analysis of foreign film and animation. We will be watching films exclusively in foreign languages and studying different types of animation techniques. Our goal is to learn more about other cultures as well as explore how to create simple hand-drawn animations. We will be creating a range of materials about the films, such as posters and reviews, as well as analysing them through class discussion.
This activity will improve:
Critical thinking, literacy, motor skills, social skills, oracy, creativity.
Available to all year groups.