Our basic pattern of daily lessons is enhanced by a whole range of exciting opportunities for students to extend their learning in other ways.

Creative and Cultural

The staff at St Bede’s organise a wide variety of activities aimed at widening students’ academic, social and spiritual experience.
•    Theatre visits both locally and in London
•    School orchestra and choir
•    Annual carol service
•    Performing arts evenings
•    Visits to art galleries
•    Mathematics and poetry competitions
•    Community work
•    Expeditions over challenging terrain
•    Christian activities
•    Drama productions
•    Science link with the Sedgwick Museum
•    Annual leavers’ “Prom”
•    Student Senate
•    Chess Club
•    Link with Christian School in Helsinki
•    Music Concerts
•    International visits to France, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Finland and Rome

Subject-based Activities

•    History and Geography field trips to Norwich, Lavenham, Ely, Audley End, Wimpole Hall, West Stow,
•    Framlingham, Norfolk Broads and Ypres
•    National mathematical challenges and the British Gas Maths Olympiad
•    Maths masterclasses at Cambridge University for very able students
•    Modern Language study visits to Germany and France
•    Visits to plays performed in French or German
•    “Physics at Work” at the Cavendish Laboratory and Science field trips
•    Theatre visits and workshops run by the English Department
•    Annual book fair and various competitions organised by the Resource Centre
•    Annual art exhibition
•    Textiles students visit the Clothes Show
•    Student poetry is regularly published
•    “Young Enterprise”
•    Linton Zoo staff and animals visit school
•    Whole School Humanities Days
•    Carnegie Shadowing Group


Sport
All students are encouraged to take part in sporting activities, mainly through inter-tutor group competitions e.g. cross country, indoor 5-a-side football, team games and athletics. To encourage teamwork, all students are expected to take part in competitive sporting events. Good sportsmanship – coping with success and failure – is important to sports teaching at St Bede’s, as is socialising with other players.
St Bede’s offers a range of team and individual sports, with fixtures usually held on weekday afternoons. There are school teams in football, rugby, hockey, netball, basketball, cricket, rounders and athletics. Teams are chosen from those who work hard in lessons and attend after-school clubs. However, students who face transport difficulties will not lose team places due to missed practices. We practise equal opportunities in sport. In recent years we have had great success in rugby, football, basketball, netball, hockey and athletics.

School Colours
School colours are awarded for representation at district, county, regional or national level and for outstanding success in specialist sporting and cultural activities where students have shown particular talent. The following list of awards gives an indication of the range of activities.

County Athletics District Cross Country
Estelle Ashdjian
Robert Lynch
Andy Bailey
Martha Gilmartin
Oliver Buncombe
Will Taylor
Anna-Louise Waine
Callum Walker

County Cricket Rotary Youth Speaks Competition
Richard Turner
Samuel Starling
Simon Donald
Annelies Randall

District Basketball Sea Cadet Armed Guard Winner
Jim Malubay
Benjamin Miles
Jake Isaksen
Sachin Booysen

England Hockey High Performance Assessment Camp
Jonny Chapman
Scott Perry
Chas Brown
Niall Conroy-Owen

County Hockey Development Squad
Florence Sharp

County East of England Netball Trials
Emma Pearce-Slade

Lead Role in Annie
Amy Brown

County Rugby
Simon Bond



Curriculum Enhancement
For a week at the end of the summer term, students join in a programme of very different curricular activities both in and outside school. The main activities offered include “The Bede Trail” based in Durham for Year 7’s, a trip to Paris for Year 8’s, a history trip to Belgium and Holland for Year 9’s, and work experience for Year 10’s. There is also a range of local activities including various sports activities, first aid training, film and animation, and craft.

Duke of Edinburgh Award
St Bede’s is a centre for the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme. Meetings, which are open to Upper School students, are held after school. Students work towards bronze and silver awards in conjunction with former students returning to complete their gold awards. Over 60 students are currently working towards an award. More details are available from the school.

Charging
Parents are required to make a reasonable contribution to meals and accommodation on residential trips. A charge is made for musical instrument tuition. In respect of other activities, parents will be asked to make voluntary contributions to cover the costs of activities which cannot be met fully from school funds. A copy of the full Charging and Remissions
Policy can be obtained from school.

Instrument Tuition
This is available in brass, woodwind and string instruments, piano and drum kit. Details of charges and how to apply for tuition can be obtained directly from Cambridgeshire Music. Students who receive free school meals are not expected to pay. Students receiving tuition are entered for the Associated Board examinations and are encouraged to join the school orchestra.