Clubs & Activities
Downside’s co-curricular programme is incredibly exciting. Opportunities are available across a broad range of areas of interest, with a roving programme of options accessible throughout the year.
Lower School Clubs and Activities: |
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| Dance | Swimming | Sports Scholars University of Bath |
| Badminton | Cross Country | Athletics Development Programme and Strength & Conditioning |
| Lectio Group | Art Academy | Tennis |
| Rugby | Board Games | Bronze DofE |
| Cricket | David Attenborough Documentary Club | Dungeons & Dragons |
| Cricket indoor nets | Expedition Society | Junior Climbing |
| Archery | Football | Book Chat |
| Fashion Show | Fencing | Kayaking |
| Maths Magic | Shooting | Hockey |
| World of Maths | Athletics | |
wednesday Afternoon Activities: |
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| Ceramics | Illustration | CCF |
| Chess & Board | Chinese | Environmental Group |
| Golf | Golf Development & Leadership | International Committee |
| Knit and Natter | Language Leaders | Music Technology / Recording Group |
| Sign Language Course | Allotment Leaders | Illustration |
| Beanstalk Reading | Book Chat | Yearbook |
| Care Home | Contemporary Dance | Cracking Cryptic Crosswords |
| Design | Fitness | Fashion Show |
| First Aid | Ground Force | Horse Riding |
| Jewellery | Mixed Media | School Radio |
| Sewing | Sports Coding | Technical Theatre |
| Trim Trail | Wallingford & Scientific Reading | Woodwork |
| World of Curiosity | ||
Music & Dance Activities: |
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| Concert Band | Boys’ Chamber Choir | Brass |
| Choir Who Can’t Sing | Close Harmony | Concert Band |
| Girls’ Chamber Choir | Contemporary Dance | Drum Session |
| Latin & Ballroom | Mixed Chamber | Music Theory |
| Orchestra | Percussion/Drum Line | Piano Trio |
| Pipe Band | Pointe Club | Radio |
| Recreational Dance | String Ensemble | Guitar Ensemble |
| Schola Cantorum | Wind Ensemble | Jazz Band |
| Social Dance | Drum Line | |
Upper School Clubs and Activities: |
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| Swimming | Sports Scholars ADP | Kayaking |
| Badminton | Basketball | Cross Country |
| Hockey | Netball | Open Gym |
| Table Tennis | Squash | Tennis |
| Wine Appreciation | Yoga | Rugby |
| Ten Tors | Athletic Development | Gym |
| Fashion Show | Acro/Stretching | Tennis |
| Athletic Development | Dinghy Sailing | Engineering |
| Gold DofE | Golf | MedSoc |
| Mountain Bike | Personal Fitness Training | Silver DofE |
| St Francis Community | Textiles | Sailing |
| Archery | ||
Chaplaincy: |
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| First Holy Communion | Confirmation | St Johns (Lectio) |
| St Luke’s (Liturgy and Mass) | St Teresa’s Young Leaders | St Teresa (Service) |
3 Days in June: |
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| Badminton | Open Gym | Abingdon Debating |
| Mixed Media Collage | Art Experience | Bake Off |
| Band Camp | Basketball | Bushcraft Survival |
| Chemistry Film Production | Create a bit of Spain | Cricket Fund Raising |
| Dance in a Dash | Dragon Heist | Digital Leaders |
| Dinghy Sailing | Express Yourself | Faraday Challenge |
| Faraday Challenge | Fitness Suite Refurb | GCHQ Spy Programme |
| Girls Cricket Festival | Gold DofE Expedition | Golf Experience |
| Indoor Tennis | Introduction to East Asian Culture | Isabella Flowerella |
| Jane Austen Experience | Languages Outreach | L’Arche Community Residential |
| Leaving School Early | Lend a Hand | Marathon Challenge |
| Music Video Challenge | Musical Theatre Experience – Singin’ in the Rain | National Gallery & Hampton Court Palace visits |
| Open Canoeing | Paddle Sport | Petre Cloister Project |
| Pilgrimage to Glastonbury | Pinhole Camera Club | Quilt Making |
| Robotics Programming & Building | Roving Reporters | Research & Development |
| School Magazine Horizon | Silver DofE Expedition | Sphero |
| Start Sign Language | TEFL Introduction | Tennis & Multisport |
| Textile Crafts | Transcribing Archive Documents | Transcription of OG Diaries |
| Well of Life course | ||
Weekend Activity Programme: |
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| Longleat Trip | Open Gym | Rugby Trip England U20’s Fixture |
| Fitness | AirHop | Basketball Bristol Flyers |
| Bath Shopping | Watch Bath or Bristol Rugby | Pottery |
| Chinese New Year | Cinema | Clay Target Sunday Shooting Club |
| Crazy Climb | Escape Rooms (Bristol) | Frome Market |
| Somerset Cricket (Somerset County Cricket Club) | Go-karting | Ice Skating |
| Indoor Laser Tag | Ninja Warrior | Oxford vs Cambridge Varsity Match |
| Paintball | Ten Pin Bowling | Pot Holing (Wookey Hole) |
| Team Bath Netball Matches | Somerset T20 Matches |