We run a variety of extra-curricular clubs for children in Years 1 - 6 before and after school and during lunchtime.  The choice of clubs changes termly and we aim to provide a range of clubs that will appeal to different children so that every child can find a club that interests them.  Examples of clubs include:  Art, Cross Stitch, Football, Choir, Drumming, Library, Allotment, Dance, Digital Leaders, Drama, Eco-warriors, Keyboards, Netball, Magic Maths, Science Ambassadors, Bowling, Fitness.  We also run Bright Starts and Wellbeing morning clubs to provide children with a great start to the day.

In order to provide the children with opportunities to attend inter-school competitions, we run clubs in co-operation with other schools in the ONE (OWL North East) Trust.  We also work with external organisations such as Newcastle United Foundation, Newcastle Falcons Rugby, Newcastle Thunder Rugby League, Newburn Leisure, Newcastle Music Service and Tardis Education in order to provide a wider variety of extra-curricular activities.  

Autumn Term 24-25 Clubs Roundup!

Netball, Cookery, Eco Warriors, Science Ambassadors, Arts & Crafts, Forest School, Yoga, Games, Gymnastics/Dance, Boys and Girls Football, Cheerleading and Digital Leaders! 

Year 3 Cooking Club

During Autumn 1, Year 3 prepared a range of tasty treats that allowed them to develop their knife skills. Starting with a butter knife, children perfected the bridge and claw techniques to prepare soft fruits for fruit kebabs. As the term progressed, children moved onto using sharp knives to cut harder foods and made delicious checkerboard cheese on toast, rainbow couscous and chunky vegetable soup.

Year 4 Cooking Club

During Autumn 2, Year 4 pupils learned to make a variety of pasta dishes. Each week they created different sauces to accompany their pasta including a tomato sauce and a cheese sauce. They explored different vegetables that they could add to make their dishes more filling and include more elements of the Eatwell Plate.

Netball Club

This term, pupils in Key Stage Two have been developing their understanding on the game of netball. Building on their throwing and catching skills, the pupils took part in a range of skill-based drills that encouraged them to work on their accuracy of passing and footwork skills. Using this, they applied their skills to a game of netball where they began to improve on skills needed to play in certain positions.

KS1 Arts & Crafts

Arts & Crafts Club had a fantastic time creating lots of different works of art to be proud of! The children learned about different mediums, drawing on their knowledge of art from their lessons in school. They enjoyed leaf painting and created autumnal pictures; they had fun with paper plate crafts and made octopuses; they created birds using wool; they explored uses of felt and made beautiful winter wreaths! Well done, Arts & Crafts Club!

Cheerleading Club

Year 5 and 6 children enjoyed taking part in cheerleading club throughout autumn term. The children worked hard to form a routine which was made up of a range of skills: tumbling, stunting, dance and jumps. At the end of term, the cheerleading club showcased their Christmas routine for the whole school in assembly. What a brilliant performance! 

Eco Warriors!

Already this year, Eco-Club have been busy promoting sustainability and ecology, across school and beyond, helping our school community learn more about the impact that our small, everyday actions have on the wider environment, and ways that we can all help meet the needs of future generations without damaging our planet. This term, Eco-Club delivered a whole school assembly demonstrating which classroom articles we can recycle and which would risk the recycling being rejected. Our Eco-Club are proudly keeping an eye on this in class! In November, Eco-Club had great fun at the North East Net Zero Heroes Event at the Civic Centre, learning many of the different ways to save energy in school, from limiting food waste to mapping biodiversity and harnessing green energy. As December arrived, they had the chance to put some of this knowledge to work, helping our Climate Action Plan visitors conduct a heat survey of the school, while spotting even more opportunities to use lower energy equipment and helping to remind adults to turn equipment off when it's not in use. Great work, everyone!

Yoga Club

During autumn term, the children have learned a variety of poses, meditation and breathing techniques.  They have focused on developing a toolkit to support their mental wellbeing and build upon their fundamental skills in P.E to support with movement, strength and flexibility. By the end of the term, the children have become physically stronger and strengthened their core to support with everyday movements such as sitting on a chair, standing from a seated position and bending down to reach the floor. The children now have an understanding of how breath work can support regulating their emotions and how it can be used in everyday life.

Girls' Football

During Autumn term, we held a Year 3/4 girls’ after-school football club. The children practised their dribbling, passing, shooting and teamwork skills to improve their overall game. Well done to everyone involved! We look forward to continuing this during Spring term.

Choir

Choir Club have had a wonderful term and have worked hard towards some fantastic performances!

Choir sang in the Grainger market at the end of November, showcasing our fantastic learning and singing that has taken place since September. The children sang a range of Christmas carols and spread lots of festive cheer!

Choir also visited our local care homes to sing for and spend time with the residents. It was really lovely to see the interactions between the residents and our children. The children represented our school fantastically!

To end our festive singing period, the children sang their carols outside of school for their grownups.  They were also joined by some of our fabulous staff. Well done, all!

Summer Term Clubs Roundup!

Italian Club

Ciao! Students have been working super hard to start their journey into the Italian language. They have been learning how to introduce themselves, colours, numbers and how to order food and drink in a café. Children have accessed a variety of different ways to enhance their Italian such as Duo Lingo, worksheets, peer conversations and scenario work.  It has been 'grande!'

Cheerleading Club

Children in Years 5 and 6 have enjoyed cheerleading club this half term. They have worked brilliantly as a team to develop routines involving jumps, gymnastic skills, stunting and dance. The children loved having the opportunity to perform their routines for the rest of the group!

Cookery

Year 5 have been learning about how to make more suitable meal and snack choices whilst having lots of fun! They practised a range of new culinary skills when following simple recipes to create healthy, filling and quick recipes. 

Bowling

The children enjoyed working alongside the community when attending the local Bowls Club! The members spent time teaching the children how to play the game, supporting them to improve their technique and practising good sportsmanship skills! Thank you to everyone at Throckley Bowls Club for letting us come along and play with you.

Spring Term Clubs Roundup

Fashion and Design

Our Fashion and Design club launched during spring term, and it has been enjoyed by children across Key Stage 2. Year 5 and 6 children were thrilled to create their own tote bag designs, as well as vision boards using current fashion magazines and articles. Year 3 and 4 children have developed a range of their own clothing designs, looking at different styles throughout the years and choosing a name for their own fashion collection. It has been fantastic to see children express their own individuality and ideas through their amazing designs!

Cookery

The children made a snack, savoury recipe, a sweet recipe and a drink within their cookery sessions. They made ham and tomato/tomato savoury muffins, pizza English muffins, fruit and yoghurt frozen bites and a strawberry milkshake.

The children learned how important it is to clean your area before starting to cook and about health and safety factors such as protecting their clothing with an apron and to tie hair back. The children learned skills such as chopping safely, peeling, whisking, mixing, blending and the importance of measuring accurately.

Board Games

We focused on building resilience, teamwork and listening skills. We also discussed the importance of using good oracy skills when playing games together. The children enjoyed supporting others to learn familiar games, they used their oracy skills to explain rules. They encouraged each other even when they found a game challenging. The children have really developed their resilience. To begin with, some children found losing tricky, however by the end of the term they we more comfortable with losing and understood that failure was ok and a necessity to learning new things. By the end of the term all the children were confident in playing with each other and chose to play with those they wouldn’t normally interact with. It has been lovely to see new friendship form in board game club.

Times Tables Rockstars!

In Times Tables Rock Stars club, Year 4 children have been practising their times tables ahead of the Multiplication Tables Check at the end of the year. They are making amazing progress and some children have now reached ‘gone green’ status on their heat maps showing they know all their facts up to 12 x 12.

Art Club

We looked at the work of a local artist, Julia Roxburgh and we took inspiration from her amazing ceramic vase designs! The children initially had to plan their own vase design, thinking carefully about shapes and colours they would like to use. They then practised moulding techniques using plastercine before we made our final product using clay! Once they were dry, we had to paint them to match our designs. 

Reading Rocks!

In reading club, we have been exploring the book ‘The Bad Guys’ by Aaron Blabely. As part of this, we have used drama and performances to bring to life the characters and their personas. Using expression, we have read aloud many chapters from the book to perfectly convey how the characters are feeling. Feeling inspired by the book, the children designed their own bad guy for the story.

Girls’ Football

As part of celebrations for #InternationalWomensDay we sent a Year 4 and a Year 6 girls’ football team to a tournament on Friday at Walker Activity Dome. The girls had a brilliant time as they performed with resilience and pride. Well done, Throckley!

Football

The Year 3 and 4 girls have been participating in a football club during lunchtimes every Monday. The girls have been learning the fundamentals of football including passing, dribbling and shooting. The girls have superbly transferred these skills across to invasion-style activities which have explored and enhanced their knowledge around attack versus defence. It has been amazing to see the amount of girls participating and enjoying their football, with a hope for there to be a Throckley girls' football team in the future.

Morning Sports Club - Rollerball

This half term, we have been learning rollerball at Year 3/4 sports club. The children have worked on their rolling, receiving, passing and moving skills to achieve team goals. Well done to all those children who have taken part.

Morning Sports Club - Cricket

This half term in year 5/6 Sports Club, we have been doing cricket. The children practised their batting, bowling and fielding skills with enthusiasm. The children thoroughly enjoyed learning the rules and competing against each other.

Forest School

A group of children across Key Stage 1 and 2 took part in a lunch time Forest School Club. They learned the core principles of Forest School and how to play in our woodlands safely while respecting nature.  They explored the wildlife and habitats that can be found on the school site, measured rainfall and created art using natural materials. They also learned how to tie a selection of knots needed to support their den building. The children thoroughly enjoyed leading their own learning and showed resilience, teambuilding and problem-solving skills.

Morning Sports Club - Boccia

Year 5 and Year 6 have participated in a Boccia club and a Dodgeball club. The children thoroughly enjoyed competing against each other and learning the rules of a new game. They also practised their sportsmanship skills.

Science Club

Science Club runs throughout the year with the intention of raising the profile of science investigations across school. Science ambassadors from every year group in KS1 and KS2 are invited to rehearse practical tests of the forces in the natural world, in order to provide examples to the wider school of challenges that all children can complete at home using everyday resources. To date, they have constructed paper helicopters to explore the interaction of air resistance and gravity, followed by investigating the effect of convection and air currents with homemade Christmas decorations. All challenges will be shared with the wider school community as part of the STEAM week showcase, to further cement the role science has for all of us in understanding the world around us.

Choir