Enrichment and Extra-Curricular Provision

PE Extra Curricular Provision

Performing Arts Extra Curricular Provision

The school production rehearsals are open to all year groups who are interested in acting, singing and dance. We perform a school musical every year and invite parents and carers to watch.

Dance clubs are in year groups and led by KS4 and KS5 dance leaders. We select a range of styles and choreograph dance pieces to be put into the annual dance show.

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Warhammer Club

Hagley Warhammer Club. We are an inclusive school club which meets every Tuesday and Thursday lunchtime, and sometimes after school. Warhammer is a tabletop gaming universe, where we build and paint models and arrange battles. Students from all year groups are welcome; we have plenty of members who are happy to teach the knowledge and skills surrounding the game. We always start by offering to take mew members though building and painting a free model.

We are schools Alliance members, which means we benefit from resources, support and knowledge from the international headquarters based at Warhammer World in Nottingham. The hobby helps develop fine motor skills, logic, reasoning and maths skills, along with patience, teamworking and encourages reading, through the wide selection of novels associated with the Warhammer universe.

Eco Warriors Club

Starting again in the summer term, Eco Warriors is an inclusive group for all Y7 students on a fortnightly basis who want to find out more about our natural environment, wildlife, and conservation. This group focuses on getting outside into nature, appreciating the beauty all around us, and protecting it as good stewards of the earth for years to come. We are working through the Wild Isles initiative launched by David Attenborough and the RSPB.

So far, we have conducted ecological surveys of the school environment, created our Christmas environment pledge, and litter picked the school site. In future, we will be creating bird feeders, planting wildflowers, and running mindfulness sessions outdoors. This club has been particularly popular with SEND students and we hope to expand in the future.

SVP (St Vincent de Paul) Society

SVP (St Vincent de Paul) Society is a Catholic charity that has been operating in England and Wales for 180 years! It is a charity that works to help those in our local community. Students in Year 7 and Year 8 are welcome to meet in Mrs Ball's classroom twice a month (Tuesday lunchtime) to discuss issues and concerns that they want to address in the local area. We pray about these matters and turn our concern into action. Each half term we try to focus our attention on different issues/charities.

This half term we are running a collection for our local Foodbank and next half term we will be organising a bake sale to raise funds for a cancer charity. In addition to our own group, we are beginning to liaise with the Sixth Form SVP group (B-Attitude) and the local SVP group at Our Lady All Saints, in order to widen the impact we can have, as well as making links in our community.

Our hope is that students will realise they have a responsibility to enrich their communities and that by showing love and kindness to others they can have a huge impact on the wellbeing of our school and the wider area.

Students are welcomed to learn more contemporary worship music on a Monday lunchtime in IG1 with Mrs Ball. Our hope is that students will feel a sense of ownership and belonging in the Mass by knowing that their peers have lead the music. In addition, our hope is that it can build confidence in showing their talents and skills to our school community.

Chaplaincy Extra Curricular Provision

Currently with 102 students involved in our school Chaplaincy team, we help to plan, prepare, lead and evaluate liturgy across Hagley Catholic High School. This includes writing Sunday Gospel reflections, staff prayer during Lent and Advent as well leading on Sacred spaces in our classrooms and offices. In addition to this students are acting as stewards or eco warriors, caring for our environment as part of our Live simply plan.

We look after both our Memorial Garden and Eco Garden helping to commemorate Hagley's past and care for our wider community growing and donating fresh produce to local homeless shelters and food banks in Stourbridge and Birmingham.

Hagley chaplaincy students are able to take part in a rich and exciting programme of events and trips including excusive retreats to Alton Castle and Soli Centre for Youth Ministry. Chaplaincy students in Year 7 to year 10 are fortunate enough to be eligible to attend Summer Camp at Alton Castle which is truly a once in a lifetime experience.

In recognition for their outstanding dedication throughout the year students are offered the chance to attend our annual rewards experience ranging from fish and chips in Hagley village to bowling and days out at Water parks, all of which are well deserved.

Students will also accompany staff into our MAC family of primary schools to lead retreat days and sacrament preparation sessions. Finally, we also offer students the chance to be involved in and lead our annual Hagley Family Masses which are always a highlight seeing our students so passionate about Holy Mass.

Throughout the Chaplaincy year students grow in confidence in their ability to lead and passion for our collective faith at Hagley Catholic High School.

Art Extra Curricular Provision

The Art room is open every lunchtime from 12-12.30 for all students, but in particular GCSE and A level students to work on their NEA and gain support/tutorials/use specialist equipment.

Chess Club

Chess club is every Friday lunchtime in DF5 and open to all year groups (7 – 13). It is attended predominantly by years 7 – 11 but sixth formers join occasionally too.

It is a popular club and an opportunity for all year groups to mix and compete with each other. Playing chess requires a great deal of critical thinking, strategic planning, and problem-solving skills. As a result, regular practice can improve your cognitive function, helping you to become more mentally sharp and alert.