Clubs and Societies
There are clubs and societies that run during lunch times and after the school day. Currently, there is are a String Ensemble, Wind Band, Brass and Sax group, Recorder Ensemble, three choirs and various other activities. There is also a Chess club, a science club and a photography club. The school participates in The Duke of Edinburgh's Award scheme.
The Wollaton Park Campus building is the home to Cornerstone Church, a large independent evangelical church, who have their offices within the school and meet at the school each Sunday.
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Famous quotes containing the words clubs and, clubs and/or societies:
“As night returns bringing doubts
That swarm around the sleeper’s head
But are fended off with clubs and knives ...”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)
“Remember that the peer group is important to young adolescents, and there’s nothing wrong with that. Parents are often just as important, however. Don’t give up on the idea that you can make a difference.”
—The Lions Clubs International and the Quest Nation. The Surprising Years, I, ch.5 (1985)
“In societies where modern conditions of production prevail, all of life presents itself as an immense accumulation of spectacles. Everything that was directly lived has moved away into a representation.”
—Guy Debord (b. 1931)