Activities
The college runs several trips each year on their annual "trips week" - for example New York, Costa Rica, Barcelona, Belgium & Venice. A "Kenyan Adventure" expedition has recently become an annual event, an opportunity for volunteering, but first significant fundraising! The The Duke of Edinburgh's Award is a popular scheme.
As well as the clubs and societies led by staff, students are encouraged to setup and run their own groups. Examples of student run groups include the Gay Straight Alliance, the Christian Union and the Debating Society. A competition entry by the latter was praised by the BBC partially because "every part of the college’s entry was entirely down to the students themselves".
The Barton Peveril Jazz Ensemble won their section of the National Festival of Music for Youth in 2009. Other ensembles (open to all college students) include a choir, soul band, string group, wind ensemble and flute choir. Other extra-curricular performing arts opportunities include shows, for example in 2012 the musical West Side Story, and the annual Rock Challenge dance competition.
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