Pupils develop excellent social and physical skills through the comprehensive sports programme and in outdoor pursuits such as bush craft, The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme, community service and charity work, that are a strength of the school.”
Learning is not restricted to the classroom at Walthamstow Hall with plentiful workshops, lectures and trips locally and further afield.
Trips
Students travel abroad regularly and recently have been on school organised trips to Berlin, Rome, Iceland and the United States. There are also study visits, workshops and theatre trips nearer to home as well as the inspiring and thought-provoking Sixth Form Lecture Programme, all carefully planned to enhance and extend what is learned in class. At every stage girls are challenged to think across and around subjects.
Proposed and Scheduled School Trips Academic Year 2019 - 2020
| Year Group (s) | Department | Destination | Residential | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Design Technology | Victoria & Albert Museum, London | October | |
| 11 | Design Technology | 3D Design Aylesford Pottery | September | |
| 7 | Co-curricular/Induction | Romshed Farm | September | |
| 13 | Chemistry | Ecton, Staffordshire | 3 days | October |
| 8 & 9 | PE - Netball | Condover Tournament, Shropshire | 3 days | October |
| 11 | Careers | Skills Fest Fair, Tunbridge Wells | October | |
| 10 - 13 | Art - Textiles | Knit & Stitch Show, London | October | |
| 10 - 13 | Geography | Iceland | 5 days | October half term |
| 10 - 13 | Classics/Theology & Philosophy | Rome, Italy | 4 days | October half term |
| 10 | Religious Studies | GCSE Conference, London | November | |
| 12 | Chemistry | Chemistry in Action Lectures, London | November | |
| 12 | Mathematics | Maths in Action Lectures, London | November | |
| 12 & 13 | Biology | Biology in Action Lectures, London | November | |
| 12 & 13 | Classics | British Museum | November | |
| 12 & 13 | Physics | Physics in Action Lecture | November | |
| 12 | Careers | Skills Workshop, London | November | |
| 12 & 13 | Art | Art in Action Lectures, London | December | |
| 8 | Drama | Theatre trip, London | December | |
| 8 - 13 | Music | Choir tour | February half term | |
| 7 - 13 | Co-curricular | Ski trip, Canada | February half term | |
| 7 | PE - Netball | Condover Hall Tournament & Cadbury World, Shropshire | 3 days | March |
| 9 | History | WW1 Battlefields Trip, Belgium & France* | 2 days | July |
| 8 | Co-curricular | Bushcraft | 3 days | July |
| 10 & 12 | Geography | Cranedale Field Trip, North Yorkshire* | tbc | July |
| 12 | Biology | Juniper Hall Field Trip, Surrey* | 4 days | July |
| * The School has a policy that no student be excluded from curriculum-related trips because of cost. Any parent experiencing financial difficulty may write to the Headmistress in confidence. | ||||
Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme
Walthamstow Hall is thrilled to offer students, from Year 9 right through to Year 13, the opportunity to enrol on the world’s largest youth award programme. The service, resilience, fun and pioneering spirit of the scheme is in perfect symmetry with our ethos and students are actively encouraged to participate. The School has a dedicated and experienced Duke of Edinburgh Co-ordinator, Mr Nic Ramsden who has greatly increased the profile of the scheme within the School and the numbers of students completing their Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards. The School became a ‘Directly Licenced Centre’ for the Duke of Edinburgh Scheme in 2018 and an 18 month Gold Award programme has been established for Sixth Formers to commence in Year 12.The Duke of Edinburgh programme is an integral part of the fabric of Walthamstow Hall and is hugely supported by both staff and parent volunteers without whom the Award could not be run.
The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme Website
Year 7 – 8 Active Adventures Award
The Active Adventures Award Scheme was introduced in the 2018 Autumn Term with the aim of further inspiring and firing the imaginations of our youngest students in the three key areas; selfless service, keeping fit and learning a new skill.
Selfless Service
This section is all about volunteering time to others in any shape or form without reward or payment. Students can help family, friends or others in the community. Any activity which helps others will count with a student’s parents’ permission. Examples of selfless service include:
- Helping parents or relatives with washing up, tidying up or gardening
- Helping the elderly
- Helping at church or at a youth organisation
- Going out litter-picking
- Fund raising for a charity
- Helping parents who may be active with volunteering in the community or for a charity.
Keeping Fit
This section is all about staying healthy, playing a team or individual sport, or taking part in a leisure activity. Students can undertake any series of sporting activities with friends or on their own, in a school club or a sports club. Ideas for this section include:
- Any team or individual sport
- General fitness like walking, swimming, cycling or running
- Rock-climbing, table tennis, archery, gymnastics, paddle sports, dancing.
Learning a Skill
This section is all about learning a practical skill. Students can do any series of skills, using any technique, instrument, medium or media. Potential skills include;
- Amateur dramatics
- Building models
- Cake decorating
- Computer skills
- Cooking
- Creating art
- Doing puzzles
- Face-painting
- Gardening
- Keeping a pet
- Learning first aid
- Photography
- Playing board games
- Playing a musical instrument
Active Adventures Award - Year 7
| Bronze | November - February Half Term | 2 months of Skill, Service & Fitness for 30 minutes per week |
|---|---|---|
| Silver | February Half Term - End of Summer Term | 3 months of Skill, Service and Fitness for 30 minutes per week plus a Community Project - Form Prayers |
| Gold | Autumn - Summer Term of Year 8 | 5 months of Skill, Service and Fitness for 30 minutes a week plus a Community Project - Form Prayers and Expedition - Bushcraft |
Active Adventures Award - Current Year 8
| Bronze | November - February Half Term | 2 months of Skill, Service and Fitness for 30 minutes a week |
|---|---|---|
| Silver | February Half Term - End of Summer Term | 3 months of Shill, Service and Fitness for 30 minutes a week. Plus, Community Project - Form Prayers and Expedition - Bush Craft |
| Duke of Edinburgh Bronze | From the Autumn term of Year 9 students commence their Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award. |
Bush Craft
The residential Bush Craft trip takes place at the end of Year 8. Students camp out for two nights in either tents or under shelters which they have fashioned themselves from branches if they choose! By day the students take part in team activities to build self reliance, resilience, ingenuity and team work skills as well as having an enormous amount of fun.