Extra Curricular Activities There are lots of extra-curricular activities to get involved with at Sullivan and these are being added to all the time. Some meet at lunch-time and many after school and at weekends. Some of them provide opportunities for trips and visits, sometimes to other countries. A full list of the various clubs and societies that normally operate along with approximate timings is shown:
Army Cadet Force | Wednesday evenings | Art Club | Monday afternoon 3.30-4.30 p.m. | Angling | | Saturday Angling trips during the year | Athletics | Monday/Wednesday 3.30-4.30 [summer term] | Badminton | Monday/Wednesday after school | Book Club | Years 8-10 – alternate Fridays 3.30-4.30 | Chess | Wednesday afternoons | Cookery Club | Year 8 (Term 1) Tuesday 3.30-4.30 Year 10 Tuesday 3.30-4.30 | Community Service Group | Once a week at lunchtime | Cricket |
| Games and Saturday fixtures | Drama Club | to be determined | Duke of Edinburgh Award | Expeditions and practices throughout the year | Fencing | Tuesdays 3.30-5.30 | Golf – Boys & Girls | Competitions during year | | History Club | Alternate Tuesdays 3.45-4.45 for Junior Pupils | Hockey [Girls] Hockey [Boys] | Girls -1st & 2 A Monday/Thursday 3.30-5.30 2B, 3rd & 4th Wed/Thursday 3.30-5.00 U12 – Wednesday 3.30-4.45, Saturday 9.30-11.00 U13 – Tuesday 3.30-5.00 U14 – Wednesday 3.30-5.00 Matches Saturday morning 3rd+U15 – Thursday p.m. U12 – Wednesday p.m. U13 – Mon. U15 – Tues. Seniors – Wed. U14 – Thurs. U12 – Mon. & Fri. Matches Saturday morning |
Inter-Schools Quizzes | 2 or 3 competitions per year e.g. Geography Worldwide Quiz | Junior Drama | Tuesday evenings – February – May | Modern Languages | Alternate Tuesdays 3.30-4.15 | Mountaineering Club | Termly. Saturday trips to Mournes | Music | Sullivan Singers – Tues/Wed lunchtime 7a in M1 Tues/Wed/Thurs breaktime section practices in M1 Junior Choir – Wed or Thurs lunchtime 7b Orchestra – Thurs after school in school hall Band – Monday after school in school hall Jazz Group – Wed after school in M1 Traditional Group – Tues breaktime, Fri l’time in B3 Brass Group – Mon breaktime in M1 Flute ensembles – variable breaktimes and lunchtimes String ensembles – variable breaktimes and lunchtimes Rock groups – variable breaktimes and lunchtimes | Netball | After School practices | Philosophical Society | Tuesday 3.30 – 4.30 | Politics Society | Friday afternoon 3.45-4.30p.m. twice per month | Public Speaking | Competitions and meetings regularly | Rugby Football | Morning Training Afternoon Practices Saturday morning fixtures | School Ski Trip | 1st week of Easter holidays | Scripture Union | Junior 2nd & 4th Friday 3.30-4.30 Senior Friday 3.30-4.45. Houseparties. | Show Jumping | Competitions during year |
| Swimming Club | Monday – Autumn Term. Thursday - Spring Term | Tennis | Monday/Wednesday – after school | Warhammer | Wednesday 3.30-4.30 | Young Enterprise (Yr 13) | Tuesday afternoons 3.35-4.45 |
The school is well provided for, with the following facilities on site
- Three rugby pitches- Two all weather hockey pitches - Seven tennis courts - One cricket square - A purpose built Sports Hall - Use of the main School Hall - A small swimming pool Sport and games play a big part in the life of the school. Each year group has a double period of curricular time devoted to games as well as the statutory provision of Physical Education. However, after school and at weekends there are many opportunities for pupils to get involved. The following policy statement for Sport and Games in the school sets out the range of our facilities and the activities that are provided. Policy Statement for Sport and Games in the School 1. General Aims The school regards sport and games as important parts of the provision made for all pupils and seeks to help all pupils to develop their skills in sport and games as fully as they can. All pupils are expected to take part in sport and games, the opportunities available to them developing as they become older. The school emphasises participation, aiming to see as many young people as possible taking part in and enjoying sport and games and seeking to do their best. Pupils are encouraged to play sport and games in a team context, learning what it is to be part of a team. The school measures its success in sport and games in many ways, the number of activities available and the numbers of pupils taking part being two of the more important among them. However, the principal criterion against which success is measured is whether the young people involved in any sporting activity or game have been sufficiently engaged by it to continue with it when they leave school and go on into adult life. Sport and games involve competition, of course, and the school wants to see its pupils and their teams do as well as possible against those of other schools. Whilst the school will encourage its pupils to be competitive, it will want their sense of competition to be a proper one, working within the framework of rules for each activity and also within the wider framework of good sportsmanship. 2. Present Provision In the 2007/08 school year, the provision made for pupils was as follows:
[a] for girls: hockey* [13 teams] netball* [ 5 teams] badminton* [ 4 teams] swimming [ 4 teams] tennis [ 4 teams] athletics [ 4 teams] rugby [ 1 team]
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| | [b] for boys: rugby* [14 teams] hockey* [ 6 teams] cricket [ 6 teams] athletics [ 4 teams] tennis [ 4 teams] badminton* [ 4 teams] swimming [ 4 teams] |
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Note: the sports marked with an asterisk are played primarily in the autumn and spring term. Other sports available include – basketball, volleyball, rounders, softball, table-tennis, fencing and golf. 3. Future Plans It is very difficult to say with certainty what will be available in the future but it is possible to identify the following as continuing aims and objectives. - To maintain the present range of sporting opportunities. - To look for opportunities to add new sporting activities where it is possible to do so. - To ensure that all the members of staff involved with the coaching of sport and games are well-prepared and have the most up-to-date information about the rules which they are asked to apply and all relevant health and safety considerations. - To take opportunities to widen the range of fixtures open to teams in the school. |