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Enrichment

It has never been more important for a school to seek to develop and nurture the whole child, to ensure that during their five years of secondary education, they are mentally, physically, and academically ready to thrive in the adult world.

To this end, we launched our Enrichment Programme in September 2022, and it has proven a huge success. It provides an opportunity to be creative, ambitious, and visionary in our approach to the secondary school experience. We are pleased to be able to continue to run this programme again this year.

The aim of the Swanmore Enrichment Programme is to celebrate and promote wellbeing, functional skills, and social skills in a purposeful way, tailored to the interests of the individual. Every pupil will have the opportunity to select activities and experiences that appeal to them, and with such a diverse range of options on offer, we believe that there should be something that appeals to everyone.

This page gives pupils an overview of the range of activities on offer to hopefully spark an interest in an opportunity or a skill that they would like to select.

The overriding aim of each activity is to pursue fun and high-level engagement with a sense of purpose, and we believe that this combination will serve to enhance and support the all-round experience of your child as they also pursue their academic education at Swanmore.

Guidance Notes

Please read these guidance notes before selecting your choices:
You are selecting activities for the Summer term 2025.

  • Pupils will be selecting their options online in the coming week. Please discuss these option choices at home so pupils can make their selections promptly.
  • Please pick 5 enrichment activities you would be willing to take part in. Everyone will get one of their five choices.
  • We will allocate places once all pupils have selected their five preferences. We cannot, however, guarantee that pupils will be with their friends.
  • If we are unable to give a pupil their preferences, then we will discuss options with them on an individual basis.
  • Those pupils who have already committed to Bronze Art Award, Spud Club, Dance Live, GCSE French or GCSE Spanish will not be required to make five choices as they have already been allocated a place for Summer 2025.
  • Please be aware that some activities are across multiple year groups while others are exclusive to a certain year group or groups. The options information clearly states the year groups eligible to take each activity at the bottom of each entry and in the list at the bottom of this page.
  • You will only be able to select activities that are assigned to your year group on School Buddy.
  • For most activities, we request a voluntary contribution of £10 per pupil, per term.
  • Some activities incur an additional charge which is clearly identified. This is to meet outside costs such as formal certification or the use of external resources. For these activities, a £10 voluntary contribution is not necessary.
  • If you require support or advice with regard to payments, please get in touch with Pupil Premium via PP-help@swanmore-sec.hants.sch.uk
  • If pupils do not engage with the selection process, we will allocate them to appropriate activities. This allocation may not be able to be altered once the enrichment programme has started.

Year 11 pupils

Year 11 pupils are not required to make any choices for our Summer Term Enrichment program.

Year 11 pupils will be involved in either revision groups allocated to them in school or, if they have met the rewards criteria set, they will be able to revise independently at home. More details of this scheme for this year's Year 11 cohort will follow from your year team.

Further help

If you require any further help or support please message us using the following email address: enrichment-help@swanmore-sec.hants.sch.uk

3 simple steps

  1. Choose 5 options
  2. Enter your selection in School Buddy
  3. Enjoy your activity

The option categories

The options for Enrichment are split into 6 categories listed below. You can click on each of these to go to the page:

Activity index

🔄 If you're viewing this page on a smartphone, you may need to turn the phone 90° to view the table below. You can click on the name of the activity to find out more about it.

Activity

Category

Year 7

Year 8

Year 9

Year 10

Year 11

1st4Sport Level 1 Award - Coaching Assistant Active  ~ Yes Yes Yes
3-Sixty Dance Academy - Street Dance Performance Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Advanced Crochet Wellbeing Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Amped Performance ~ ~ Yes Yes Yes
Ancient Civilisations Subject Specific Yes Yes ~ ~ ~
Arteta Ball Active Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Beginners Pottery Subject Specific Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Board Games Media and Entertainment Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Bronze Art Award Subject Specific Yes
Business and Enterprise Life Skills  ~ Yes Yes Yes
Canine Wellbeing Wellbeing  ~ Yes Yes
Chess Club Media and Entertainment Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Costume Club Subject Specific Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cross Stitch Wellbeing Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Culture Cooking Life Skills  ~ Yes Yes
Dance Live Performance Yes Yes Yes Yes  ~
Darts Media and Entertainment Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Debating Life Skills Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Digital Art and Illustration Subject Specific Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Activity

Category

Year 7

Year 8

Year 9

Year 10

Year 11

E-Sports Media and Entertainment Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Everyday Cooking Life Skills  ~  ~ Yes Yes
First Aid Life Skills  ~  ~  ~ Yes Yes
Foreign Film and Animation Media and Entertainment Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
For the Love of Books Media and Entertainment Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Functional Fitness Active  ~  ~ Yes Yes
GCSE French Subject Specific Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
GCSE Spanish Subject Specific Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Girls Football Active Yes Yes Yes
Golf Driving Range Active Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Law Subject Specific  ~  ~ Yes Yes
Learn to Crochet Wellbeing Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Learn to Cross Stitch and Embroider Wellbeing  ~ ~ Yes Yes Yes
Learn to Knit Wellbeing Yes Yes Yes  ~  ~
Marvel Club Media and Entertainment Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Activity

Category

Year 7

Year 8

Year 9

Year 10

Year 11

Media Makers Media and Entertainment Yes Yes ~
Mindful and Relaxing Colouring Wellbeing Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Mindfulness and Meditation Wellbeing Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Outdoor Explorers Life Skills Yes Yes ~ ~ ~
Photography Subject Specific Yes Yes Yes
Radio-Controlled Cars Media and Entertainment  ~ Yes Yes Yes
Reclaimed Timber Project Life Skills Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Running Club Active Yes Yes Yes Yes ~
School Magazine Club Subject Specific Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Scrapbooking Wellbeing Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Set painting - 'Aladdin' Subject Specific Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Swan-lympics Active Yes Yes Yes  ~
Tag Rugby Active Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
The Spud Club Life Skills  ~  ~ Yes Yes Yes
Warhammer Builders Media and Entertainment Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Y7 Performing and Composing Performance Yes  ~  ~
Young Philosophers Club Subject Specific  ~  ~ Yes Yes Yes