Sixth Form Co-curricular

Every Tuesday, Sixth Form students attend games where they are able to enjoy activities of their choosing. A number of popular activities exist such as gym classes, Zumba, netball, tennis, polo, hockey and athletics.

Our Physical Education Department works closely with our Sixth Form students to ensure that all girls can participate in team sport and compete against other schools in county cup matches and regional events.

The School provides transport to The Triangle Leisure Centre (Burgess Hill) and The Dolphin Leisure Centre (Haywards Heath) every Wednesday so that our students can make use of state-of-the-art facilities.

Recent shows have included Chicago, West Side Story, Macbeth, #Snapped, Daisy Pulls it Off and Les Misérables.

There are opportunities for the girls to act with students from other colleges and schools as well as professionals from different aspects of theatre – from Makeup artists to Lighting Designers. Senior students are involved in all aspects of our Drama productions; they operate the lighting rig, run the costume and make-up departments, manage the front of house and backstage team, and there is always a student stage manager.

There are Drama clubs throughout the Senior School and Sixth Form with Sixth Formers leading some of the clubs for younger years. There is also a Lighting & Technical Theatre club.

We offer theatre trips to London and local theatres to all year groups throughout the academic year. We also offer residential trips to all students. Recent excursions have included a Shakespeare Experience trip to Stratford-Upon-Avon; including workshops with the RS, backstage tours of the RSC and watching an RSC production, a New York Broadway Experience, which included a tours of the Theatre District, watching Broadway shows and taking part in professional workshops run by actors from Chicago and Finding Neverland; and a Los Angeles Hollywood trip, which included a VIP tour of the Oscars’ venue, visiting film sets at Warner Brothers and Universal Studios and taking part in professional media and marketing workshops.

We have an annual Inter-house Performing Arts competition which involves girls from Years 7 to Upper Sixth and gives them an opportunity to bring their creative talents together. The house performances are led by Lower Sixth students and all girls have the chance to take part, including script and song writing, performing dance, drama and music. The house entries are performed in front of the rest of the Senior School and external adjudicators on our Performing Arts Day.

Extra workshops are arranged so students can learn from other professionals. We recently ran a production, directed by Bold Girl and ex-RADA student, Phao Wheatley, called #Snapped. We have held Performance Weekends for Years 7 where they worked with professional Director Kathryn Martin. We also host workshops run by professional theatre companies such as Paper Birds, Splendid and Knee high.

Students have the opportunity to take a wide range of instrumental and vocal lessons from our dedicated peripatetic teachers.

Lessons are taught on a rotational basis so that students don’t miss the same curriculum lesson each week. There are a limited number of lessons available before and after school and during lunchtimes. Priority for these is given to older students studying for public examinations.

There are a wide range of musical groups on offer including choirs, orchestras, a jazz band, and an African drumming group as well as a large range of string, woodwind and brass chamber ensembles to suit all abilities. Some girls even form their own ensembles in the form of bands and there is even a Glee Club. There are also opportunities to direct other musicians and learn the skills of conducting.