Extra Curricular Activities

These vary according to the age and interest of the child.  Currently extra curricular activities are offered in the following areas:

  • Netball for Years 5 & 6
  • Football for Years 5 & 6
  • Chess for Years 4, 5 & 6 (lunchtime and after school)
  • Cross Country Club – Years 3 – 6
  • Recorders and Guitars
  • Jazz Dance Classes
  • Cricket Club
  • Rainbows
  • Tennis (Yrs 2 – 6) – after school
  • Cricket – Years 5 & 6 throughout the school year.

(Swimming takes place in school time for Years 4/5.  A charge of approx. £15 is made)

Music / Choir

Children from the age of 8 years (Year 4) are given the opportunity to audition for an orchestral musical instrument.  The Croydon Music Service provide the majority of music teachers for this and parents are charged a termly fee presently of £45. 

Currently we offer provision for violin, piano, cello, brass, flute, clarinet and percussion. Piano commences earlier than Year 4.  Recorders and guitars commence in year 3.  All pupils learn the recorder in Year 3.

The school also has a Choir for pupils from Years 5 & 6 and one session of tuition takes place weekly for choir members.  For half the school year the Choir takes place after school (3.15 – 4.15pm) and for half the year in school session times on Tuesday afternoons.

The Choir enters external competitions (winners of the Croydon Choir Festival) and participates in community activities and in the Year 6 End of Year Production held in July.

Sport

Regina Coeli School has a strong sporting tradition.  Physical education is seen as an important part of the whole curriculum, which helps to develop all aspects of the whole person.  All pupils participate in physical education during curriculum time and are strongly encouraged to join after school sports clubs and clubs within the local community.
AIMS OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AT REGINA COELI SCHOOL

By the end of Key Stage 2 physical education will have presented pupils with opportunities in the main teaching areas of the National Curriculum (games, gymnastics, swimming, dance, athletics and outdoor and adventurous activities): -

Develop appropriate high quality skill in the activity being taken;

  • Enjoy sporting activity at whatever level of competence;
  • Enjoy all physical activity while being mindful of others and the environment;
  • Learn to lift, carry, place and use all equipment and apparatus safely;
  • Recognise and follow relevant rules, etiquette and safety procedures for different activities or events, both in practice and during competition;
  • Observe the conventions of fair play, honest competition and good sporting behaviour as individual participants, team members or as spectators;
  • Appreciate the safety risks of wearing inappropriate clothing, footwear or jewellery and why particular clothing and footwear are worn for different activities;
  • Develop an understanding that regular exercise is an essential requirement of good health;
  • Appreciate the importance of personal hygiene in an active and healthy lifestyle;
  • Develop motor skills, control and co-ordination through a variety of activities;
  • Adopt a best possible posture and encourage an appropriate use of the body;
  • Participate in activities that develop cardio-vascular health, flexibility, muscular strength and endurance;
  • Develop and foster self-confidence and self-esteem;
  • Encourage independence and co-operation in problem solving activities;
  • Take part in a wide range of activities that will, hopefully, lead to a continued adult participation;
  • Develop an appreciation of the different skill, abilities and needs of others;
  • Cope with personal success and disappointment; and,
  • Learn to swim as an essential life saving skill.

At Regina Coeli School pupils have many opportunities to play and enjoy sport through the following activities provided as part of the national curriculum scheme of work and outside school hours.

  • Cross Country Running Club
  • Football Skills Club
  • Netball Skills Club
  • Cricket Skills Club
  • Jazz Dance Classes
  • Crystal Palace in the Community Football
  • Fit & Active Bodies
  • Chess Clubs
  • Swimming (Years 4) – One session per week for 32 weeks

Over the past year pupils represented the school in the following sporting activities:

  • Croydon Primary Schools Football League
  • Croydon 5 & 7 – a – side football tournaments.
  • Catholic Schools Mini-Rugby Tournament
  • Croydon Swimming Galas
  • Croydon Cross Country Championships (3 events)
  • Croydon Primary Schools Netball League and Tournaments
  • Catholic Schools Cross Country, Football & Netball Tournaments and Athletics Meeting.
  • Coulsdon Chess Fellowship League and Tournaments