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The Activity clubs and societies aim to develop and meet the interests of every pupil at Downside; there are more than seventy different clubs and societies. The range of activities available is constantly changing (and may be age-specific) but the following are expected to be on offer in the School during the academic year 2011/12:
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Art
Aviation
Badminton
Ballet
Band
Basketball
Beekeeping
Bridge
CCF
Chanter
Chess
Choir
Climbing
Community Service
Computer Aided Design
Cookery
Cricket
Debating
Design
Dining
Drama
Duke of Edinburgh
Environment
Fencing
Film |
First Aid
Fly fishing
Gardening
Golf
Hebrew
Horse riding
Indoor football
Italian
Jazz
Jewellery Design
Journalism
Justice and Peace
Kayaking
LAMDA
Lepidoptery
Life Drawing
Lifeguard
Local History
Mandarin
Model United Nations
Music Catalogue
Orchestra
Philosophy
Photography
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Polo
Sailing
School Council
Scuba-diving
Sevens
Songwriting
Speech and Drama
Sports Leadership
Squash
Swimming
Table Tennis
Tarantula
Tennis
Theatre
Tutoria
Turkish
Waterpolo
Weight training
Woodwork
Ulysses
Vintners
Yoga
Young Enterprise
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Each year group in the Senior School has its own Academic Society, and the Abingdon and Court of Earls Debating Societies, the Bede History Society, the Knowles, a society for Oxbridge pupils, and the Conspirators, a society of Catholic thought, all flourish at Downside.
CCF, Community Service, Duke of Edinburgh Awards, or Enterprise is compulsory for all Senior School pupils. Drama is compulsory for the First, Second and Third Forms. The Third Form also follow a carousel of activities that includes the CCF, climbing, cookery, debating, and junior sports leadership. The Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Form pupils participate in a rotating series of activities.
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