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Pupils are required to take a certain number of activities per week according to which year group they are in:                  

Lower & Middle Schoolroom boarders 5 activities
Lower & Middle Schoolroom day pupils 4 activities
Upper Schoolroom boarders 4 activities
Upper Schoolroom day pupils 3 activities
Lower Senior boarders and day pupils 2 activities
Upper Senior boarders and day pupils no minimum number

In the second half of each term, staff provide information about the numbers, age and experience required for their activities, then pupils choose activities for each day of the week. Pupils then have one week in which to change their minds, after which they must stay with the activity for the rest of the term.

Older pupils may opt to do prep during this time, and this is also supervised by a member of staff.

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Leisure Activity programme
The Leisure Activity Programme takes place Monday to Friday between 4:30 and 5:30pm. Most activities are supervised by an adult (usually a member of the teaching staff) though some may be run by senior students or external expertise. Typical selections of the activities offered are listed below. The activities, which number over 100 per week, vary from term to term. If there is sufficient pupil interest but insufficient staff expertise, outsiders are brought in to take the activity.

Art Choral Society Judo# Soccer
Backgammon Cookery Juggling Softball
Badminton Cross Country running Keyboard skills* Squash
Big Band Cricket Life saving Swimming
Book Club Drama/LAMDA* Magazine Table Tennis
Board Games Fencing Model painting Tag rugby
Bridge Film club Natural History Volleyball
Candle Making First Aid† Orchestra Workshop
Ceramics Fun IT Printing  
Chamber Choir Graphics Riding#  
Chess Jazz Dance Rounders  

†First Aid (Compulsory for Year 8 pupils on a rotational basis)
* Key Board Skills (Compulsory for Year 7 in the first term)
# A charge is made for these activities

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