Extracurricular Activities
The Perse School for Girls holds the British Council International School Award in recognition of the work the school undertakes with schools in Finland, Hungary, Portugal, Italy, France, Russia, Spain, Germany and Japan. The Comenius project aims to bring the teaching of Classics into the modern world. The school hosted a week on the topic of Metamorpheses in 2010, in which students from the sister schools came to Cambridge to take part in workshops including dance, drama, art and textiles. The Comenius project in 2011 will be hosted in Bruges, Belgium.
There are many opportunities to take part in Residential trips for both fun and learning. Year 4 students go to Burwell near the end of the year and Year 6 students go to Brancaster quite promptly after the autumn term begins. At the beginning of Year 7, students and year staff go to Grafham Water to take part in team building exercises. This helps the year to get to know each other and become closer. In Year 10, all students go to Flanders, for a cross-curricular trip. Exchanges take place for all modern languages taught; The French Exchange in Years 8 and 9, and the others in Year 10. The Year 9 Ski trip and USA exchange are also very popular.
The school is connected to The Gambia, and each year money is raised by initiatives such as the Journey to Africa walk, and occasional soup days. Girls from the older years take part in a journey to the Gambia yearly to directly meet the people they help. The school also raises money for Barnados with Barnados Day, when each pupil is involved in a sponsored event of some sort, a much-loved event with much cake, games and bizarre costumes.
All parts of the school support a different charity each year as well.
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