What after-school clubs does your school offer?

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Other than sports? Ours mostly does what amounts to extra PE. A few of us are going to offer our services to get some other, simple, ones running, and I was wondering what clubs are popular at your school.

I did see another local school had a Hama beads club, but I am just boggled at the thought of what you do with the unfinished ones each week, so if you can answer that too, that would be even more helpful.

Our school has (apart from sports):

Art club, choir, lego club, book club, gardening club and they are thinking of doing a sewing/knitting club too.

French, computer club, glee club, choir, homework club (though I don't think that one would be described as 'popular' it's certainly useful for working parents who don't want to try and get kids refocused on schoolwork when it's nearly bedtime), and various sports/gym activities. Some are run by teachers, some by parents, some by freelancers that are allowed to use the premises (these are obviously the pricier ones). It's great to have a wide selection but it can be a bit of a juggling act as every time a leaflet comes home DD1 is keen to join in whatever the latest activity is (DD2 less fussed.)

Can't get my head round a Hama bead club, I would have thought it would be bit limited, but a craft club I'm sure would go down well.

Textiles, drama, Spanish and French.

Just a small first school though. :)

Our gardening club is always heaving!

Our tiny (only 4 classes and less than 100 children) village primary offers the following at the moment in addition to 4 different sporty clubs:

Wool craft
Lego club
Gardening club
Art and Craft
Drama
Chess
Orchestra
Rhythm time (playing instruments for the younger children)
Fun and games (board games, puzzles etc)

Clubs are run by external, parents, volunteers and staff.

Clubs change every half term although popular ones are run year round.

At DD's school, they have extra curricular clubs at lunchtimes and after school:

Lunch time:
Brass Band Y3-6
String Group Y3-6
Playball YR-3
Flute Choir Y3-6
Badminton Y3-6
Netball Y5-6
Tennis Y3-6
Singing Y3-6
Well Being Y3-6
German Y3-6
Debating Y5-6
Dance Fit Y3-6

After school:
Art Club Y1-6
Speech & Drama Y5-6
Playball Yr-2
Cookery Yr-2
Gymnastics Y1-6
Art & Craft Yr-2
Mandarin Y3-6
Gymnastics Y3-6
Drama Yr-6
Dance Fit Y3-6
Science Y3-6
Computer/ICT Y2-6
LAMDA Y3-6

Lunch times we don't pay for. Some after school ones are free, others are paid for, either for materials (Art) or for external agencies/staff

I work in an infant school and we offer lunch time clubs, all not paid for:

cricket
book club
computer club
games club
lego club
dance club

And after school are paid for and run by external agencies:

multi sport
cricket/football - depending on time of year
French
Spanish

I forgot gardening club at my infant school - a biggie there too

All the usual sports clubs plus:
Art club
Gardening club
Maths club
Reading club
Eco club
Cooking club
Breakfast club
Board games
Sewing club
Dancing
Choir
Cheerleading
History club
Geography club
IT club
SATs revision club
Parkour
Drama

All run by teachers and TAs.

Blimey. I thought our school was a bit half-hearted but these lists are really impressive. And there are 300 children in the school, so it's not small.

When people say a more expensive club provided by an external provider, what are the kinds of prices per child?

Craft club
Lego
Gardening
Musicals
Film
Homework
Chess
Ipad
Prop making
Lets get cooking
Drama
Choir

Plus all the usual sports clubs, all run by teachers

The price varies - our French club is about £4/session (but paid termly) and Computer club a bit more (£5ish, runs for fewer sessions per term) but I think it's fair enough, it's someone's livelihood. The clubs run by staff/parents are free.

External clubs are approx £4.50 a session at DD's school

Loads

Sporting including dance, judo, athletics, running, hockey
Board games, used to do chess, guitar, recorders, drama, boys choir (very cool), choir, Lego, knitting

Oh and gardening, dodgeball

There are loads of lunch clubs: Lego, film club, origami and homework club (I forget the rest).

After school clubs are: multi sports, science club, gardening club and craft club (reception only).

DS would be very jealous of a chess club

We don't pay for any of these clubs but the school does football coaching at the weekend (£3) and the PTA do Xmas/Easter craft clubs which are £2.50 (kids get popcorn and a hotdog too).

Clubs run by teachers are free - Lego club, cookery, hockey, rugby, computing, etc

Paid for ones are by professionals - golf, tennis, football , usually £3.50 for an hour

Excluding sport, DD's school has singing, "orchestra", drama, chess, and French. Her old school had a film club and sewing club which were both popular.

The ones the teachers or parents run are free. The private ones are £1-6 per child.

Lunch clubs- gardening club (with some after school times). Chess club, cookery club, sewing club, cheer leading club.

After school- gardening club, YR5/6 cookery (lunchtime is for younger ones), hockey club, sewing club, recorder club, choir, band.

Suggestions or clubs starting soon or planned clubs:
French beginner club
Polish club (by Polish parents)
Art club (fun but simple with teachers untrained in art. As far as I see, minimal teaching bit a go at a lot of arty stuff)
Circus Skills Club
Athletics Club
Netball Club
Beginner Keyboard
Film Club
Fundraising Club

Free:
tag rugby
netball
lego
recorders
orchestra
athletics (run by Y5)
animal club (run by Y5)
art club (run by Y5)
football
gardening
computing
ukelele
choir
story clubs (y1 and y2)
KS1 dance
KS2 dance

Paid:
cheerleading x 2
football/athletics
multisports
tae kwando
judo
cooking x 2

Ours change a lot and some are only for either KS1 or KS2. Those run by teachers or volunteers are free, or token charge to cover cost of materials, those run by professionals cost about £4 a week.

Some run all year round, others are seasonal and vary from 6 weeks to a couple of terms. Some are at lunchtime, some after school. School is about 300 pupils (state primary).

In a typical year you might get

KS1
Multisports
Crafts
Football

KS2
Knitting
Gardening
Art
Skipping
Football
Cricket
Country dancing
Music
Choir
Chess

There is also a general afterschool club for childcare.

There might be more, DS (KS2) is selective about which letters he brings home. Each teacher has to run one club per year I think. Unfortunately not many parents have the time or inclination to run them, it is a big commitment and it is the same people who go in and do reading and are on the PTA that end up doing the clubs as well.

Lunchtimes

Chess club
Maths club
Open to anyone choir
Science club
Gardening club
Netball club
Rounders club
Dance
Language club

After school
Climbing
Judo
Orchestra (invitation only)
Fencing
Modern pentathlon
Football
Chamber choir (invitation/audition)

These are junior clubs the school goes to 18 and a very select number of junior girls are invited to join certain senior music groups after school as well.

RE Hamas

Cling film the thing.

Thank you. That information is going to make my life better at home, never mind anywhere else.

But also thank you for all the rest of the replies - it's really helpful. Also makes me realise that our current provision is rubbish (3 after school clubs, one lunch club in a school of 300).

At our junior school, it's minimal. Netball, football, film club, salsa dancing and parkour (run by an external company). No lunch clubs other than cross country and breakfast club only runs on two days a week. As a working parent, it drives me potty. I'm very jealous of some of the selection of clubs offered by other schools elsewhere!