Art & D esign. Set Design Club. CreatEd Exhibition at Falmouth. University. Lunchtime Art Clubs. 'Plein air' paintin
ENRICHING LEARNING Education goes far beyond the confines of the classroom. At Truro High we offer a myriad of opportunities to all pupils to get involved and benefit from a huge number of activities designed to stretch and challenge even the most able. This enables girls to embark upon a journey of life-long learning. There is a great sense of taking part - right through the school. With so many exciting enrichment and extra-curricular opportunities on offer it’s not hard to see why.
“Every year our scholars are invited to design a selection of Christmas cards. The winning card is professionally printed and all runners up are printed by us and sold at the Christmas Fayre.”
ART & DESIGN
Art & Design
Set Design Club CreatEd Exhibition at Falmouth University Lunchtime Art Clubs ‘Plein air’ painting trip Local Gallery Visits Portfolio preparation tutorials Screen Printing workshop Rotary Club Young Photographer Jewellery workshop Scholars’ Christmas card competition Darkroom Photography tutorials Weekly Life Drawing classes Sixth Form visit to the Tate St Ives Residential trips to Paris, Greece and Italy Residential trip to the V&A museum in London Ceramics
COMBINED TRURO SCHOOLS EXHIBITION “An annual collaborative project enabling pupils to explore their artistic talents with other young creative minds. The project involves making innovative art with other schools as part artist-led workshops culminating in a public exhibition.”
“Working closely with the Drama department, art pupils design and produce set pieces and promotional material for the yearly school production.”
“Each year our Senior Choir and Chamber Choir take part in concerts in collaboration with the Truro Cathedral Choristers, Three Spires Singers, Truro Choral Society and other Truro schools. Recent performances have included, The Armed Man and The Messiah. The concerts take place in Truro Cathedral to a full house, which the girls find inspiring and enjoyable.”
MUSIC Termly Formal School Concerts Grade 7 and 8 Recitals
Music Technology at Falmouth University Cornwall Music Festival Orchestral Tour of Local Schools Senior and Chamber Choir Tours Senior Choir Chamber Choir Samba Band Senior Orchestra String Orchestra “In addition to formal school concerts, our scholars prepare a programme of repertoire to be performed to an audience in our state-of-the-art Piran Performing Arts Theatre. The recital gives an opportunity for our scholars to showcase their musical talents as well as perfect their performance technique.”
Flute Choir Jazz Band Ukulele Club Music Theory Club
Music
Old Girls’ Summer Evening Performance
TEXTILES Costume Club Visits from fashion industry experts Portfolio Preparation
Textiles
Tutorials CreatEd Exhibition at Falmouth University Residential Trip to the V&A Museum in London, including the acclaimed McQueen Savage Beauty Show in 2015 Day trip to The Clothes Show Live
“Pupils gain expertise and enjoy supporting the cast by making fabulous made-tomeasure costumes for the annual school production.”
“The yearly CreatEd Exhibition hosted by Falmouth University displays all the best work in Cornwall. In recent years, our Textiles pupils have won first prize & many commendations.”
LAMDA, Speech and Drama Theatre Visits to the Hall for Cornwall Directed Rehearsals Daily Live Streamed Theatre at Truro Cinema Shakespeare Schools Festival Cross-Curricular Collaborations Year 9 Drama Club Visits to Exeter Northcott Theatre Auditions & Tutorials ‘ Truro High’s Got Talent’ Forum Theatre Club
The Importance of Being Earnest 2015. Recent productions include The Wizard of Oz, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Oliver.
“The annual school production is open to all pupils from Prep 4 upwards. It is a truly cross-curricular collaboration throughout the year involving the Art, Textiles and Music departments and drawing in audiences and volunteers from the whole school community. Actors experience the joy of performing and the culmination of months of work. Most importantly the learning experience extends from backstage crew to chorus to costume and set design clubs. Involvement in at least one school production is a memorable part of school life.”
Drama & Theatre Studies
DRAMA & THEATRE STUDIES
ENGLISH Debating Club English-Speaking Union Rotary Club Youth Speaks and Young Writers Competitions
English
Poetry Competition Trip to Stratford Theatre Visits Jane Austen Day in Bath Creative Writing Club Extension workshop from Exeter University Poetry Café
“Poetry Café provides an opportunity for budding poets and readers to meet in a relaxed and creative environment at lunchtimes.”
“The yearly trip to Bath is an opportunity to visit the Jane Austen Museum and walk the ‘fine and striking environs’ referred to in Austen’s work.”
MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES The Language Clinic Foreign Film Club Plymouth University Speakers Year 7 Modern Languages Spelling Bee English Conversation Class University Language and Linguistic Day Trips Foreign Theatre Trip Masterclasses German Summer Course French ‘Mini Assistant’ Scheme Work Experience Abroad Trips to France, Germany and Spain “Paris, April 2014. Highlights included the Eiffel & Montparnasse Towers, the Louvre, Musée d’Orsay, boat ride on a Bateau Mouche and a day at Eurodisney. The 2012 trip to Andalucia, Spain will be repeated in 2016. Highlights include a day in Grenada and visiting the Alhambra.”
Modern Foreign Languages
“European Day of Languages is a chance to celebrate cultural and linguistic diversity with language taster sessions, quiz competitions and a Continental themed lunch.”
Latin & Classics
“Ancient Greek is a chance for pupils to engage with a different alphabet and a new and fascinating culture. Pupils can see the origins of many of the words in the English language used to express complex and abstract ideas and can find out more about the culture where many philosophical and political concepts were first considered.”
LATIN & CLASSICS Beginners’ Ancient Greek GCSE Ancient Greek for Sixth Form Prep School Latin Club University Essay Competitions from Oxford and Cambridge Gladstone Essay Competition Annual Oxbridge Classics Conference Roman Baths Experience at Bath British Museum Trip for Sixth Form Residential Trips to Greece and Italy
Prep School Latin Club follows the adventures of Minimus the Mouse and the family in whose house he lives. As well as introducing pupils to the basics of the Latin language, they learn about aspects of life in Roman times. Who knew that Romans sent out invitations to birthday parties?
HISTORY
“The Last Post brought together work and performances from the History, Music, Art and Drama Departments to commemorate the Centenary of the First World War in an evening of remembrance.”
Lessons From Auschwitz Project University of Exeter Lectures Local Historic Visits European Residential Trip to the Battlefields of the Somme
History
Peterhouse Vellacott History Prize Essay Writing Competition
“The Lessons From Auschwitz Project provides a rare opportunity for Sixth Formers to visit the concentration camps and pass on this unforgettable experience to other pupils.”
Religious Philosophy
Our annual Christmas Shoe Box appeal is always a success with record-breaking numbers of boxes sent to orphanages in Eastern Europe, putting our Christian values into action.
RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHY Philosophy Club Preparation for Communion and Confirmation Christian Union Club (CLEA) ‘random acts of kindness’ Devon and Cornwall Revision Conference at THS Philosophy and Ethics Conferences at Exeter University Dr Vardy Lecture Chapel for quiet reflection Hearts and Minds Group Hosting South West Religious Philosophy Conference
“Our Christmas Carol Service is a highlight of the year. The widely used ‘Nine Lessons and Carols’ format was invented by our Founder Archbishop Benson.”
“Hearts and Minds is a group who meet to promote education about citizenship, human rights issues, charity fundraising and community awareness. We have undertaken a campaign with Amnesty International and are currently making links with St Petroc’s and a local women’s refuge.”
GEOGRAPHY GCSE Geology Fieldwork Trips in Truro Coastal Fieldwork Trips Environmental Design Competitions
“GCSE Geology is available as a lunchtime club for pupils who wish to explore the earth beneath their feet in greater depth.”
“Sixth Form Geographers travel far and wide for their fieldwork in order to explore landscape diversity. Residential trips have included Dorset, Wales, Dartmoor and even Iceland.”
Geography
Plymouth University Lectures
SCIENCE Moon Rocks Exhibition Solar Car Challenge Astronomy GCSE
Science
Women Into Engineering Day Physics Olympiad Astronomy Lectures with Roseland Observatory Astronomical Awareness Events
Women are woefully under-represented in professional astronomy. Working with the Roseland Observatory, Truro High School is trying to redress the gender imbalance.
“With activities from welding with chocolate to creating solar panels out of fruit, the Women Into Engineering Day is a fantastic inspiration for girls from across the county to explore the possibilities that engineering holds for them.”
SCIENCE Forensic Challenge Wonder of Chemistry Demonstrations Periodic Table Cake Competition National Science Week Salter’s Chemistry Competition National Marine Aquarium Trip Imery’s Chemistry and Biology Bristol Energy Trip Ecology Days
Science
Clean Technology Lecture
SCIENCE Electronics Club Green Power Racing Engineering Club
Science
Bloodhound Rocket Cars Institute of Physics Invisibility Lecture
“There are now five cars in the Greenpower car fleet. Truro High’s brand new Greenpower car, the 11th Hour, ran its first practice race at Goodwood in preparation to race in its first national Formula E event in London. Racing alongside its sister vehicles the Green Goddess, the Phoenix Flyer and Kernow Kittz, the 11th Hour performed extremely well at its first competitive race running at 19.7mph just behind the 21mph of the top two cars in the race.”
PSYCHOLOGY Psychology Film Club
Why Do We Dream? Debate: Aggression and Video Games Colston Hall Trip: Science and Pseudoscience Conference Psychology in the world of work
“The Science and Pseudoscience Conference brings Psychology to life on stage – including live experiments and interactive audience participation.”
Psychology
Parapsychology Talk: Where Science and the Paranormal meet
Careers & Work Experience
CAREERS & WORK EXPERIENCE ‘Your Future Career’ lunchtime club The Skills Show Trip Careers talks Interview Skills Psychometric Assessments CV Writing Careers Week ‘Pathways to Health’ Trip Mock Interviews Year 10 and 12 Work Experience Programme
“The ‘Pathways to Health’ trip to the Knowledge Spa at the Royal Cornwall Hospital allows pupils that show an interest in hospitalbased careers to make links for work experience and volunteering to boost their CV as well as increasing their understanding of the range of jobs and what they involve.”
Career taster sessions allow pupils to meet and chat with local professionals and alumni to find out more about their career path and what doing their job is really like. Highlights have included law, journalism, physiotherapy and veterinary sciences as well as apprenticeship opportunity talks with many more to come.
Tennis Basketball Hockey Netball Football Annual Ski Trip Wimbledon Visit Swimming Badminton Athletics Rounders Cornish Pirates Rugby Taster Ballet Zumba Workouts Trampolining Street Dance Yoga
Physical Education
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Duke of Edinburgh Award
DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD Physical Fitness Skills Volunteering in the Community Navigation and map reading Camping Teamwork Cooking
“By enrolling for your Duke of Edinburgh Award at Truro High, you’re in for an amazing adventure and masses of fun. You’ll take part in a range of activities that culminate with the achievement of different levels of award that are recognised by universities and employers alike.”
Each year a team of girls from across the Prep and Senior schools compete in the Cornwall Schools Sailing Regatta at Restronguet Sailing Club. There are three races over the course of the day using a variety of dinghies from Oppies to Lasers. The competition is strong, there are a large number of boats competing and, so far, the wind strength has ensured many thrills and spills throughout the day! All the girls who have taken part have really benefitted from, and enjoyed the opportunity, to race in a big fleet of boats and have gained race confidence.
“The Ardèche Trip is an action packed week of watersports including windsurfing, sailing and a three day canoe down the Ardèche river.”
Watersports
WATERSPORTS
“Surfing is very popular at weekends with our boarders and others are welcome to join.” “Our boarders are offered taster sessions in various watersports such as scuba diving and stand-up paddle boarding.”
SIXTH FORM Insanity Fitness Lifeguard Training
Sixth Form
Surfboat Rowing Yoga Squash Salsa RAF Team Building Day Pottery Photography UCAS preparation Finance Workshop Ice Skating
Our whole school Enrichment is open to our Sixth Form – however there are also many other extras including those above.
Many Sixth Form pupils undertake training as professional lifeguards. This qualification enables them to work in local pools and beaches including paid work at our own swimming pool at Truro High. Every pupil in the Sixth Form has the opportunity to take the AQA Extended Project Qualification. This provides UCAS points towards university and strong proof of in-depth research and presentation skills.
BUSINESS STUDIES Product Design Ideas Brand-naming Logo Design Market Research Finance Fundraising Problem Solving Creativity Teamwork The Young Enterprise company scheme gives its participants the opportunity to start a real business, with the advice of professionals. Opportunities to trade, include the two YE trade fairs and the School’s Christmas Fayre. Companies will be eligible to enter the area YE competition, with companies from other schools in Cornwall, which includes giving a presentation about the company and its products to a team of judges. The scheme encourages entrepreneurship and teamwork. It counts in the “skills” section of the Duke of Edinburgh Awards - useful to those girls participating in both schemes.
Business Studies
Management
MATHEMATICS Team Maths Challenge
Mathematics
Maths Feast Challenge Exeter University Speakers Royal Institution of Maths Masterclass ’Let Maths Take You Further’ Day Visit to the Environment and Sustainability Unit at Tremough Campus Residential weekend with the Royal Institution of Maths
“The UKMT Team Challenges promote mathematical dexterity, teamwork and communication skills. They also give pupils the opportunity to compete against pupils from other schools in their region.”
Christmas cooking club Hands-on workshops & demonstrations from local professionals Visiting chefs Rotary Young Chef competition Dietetics visit to The Knowledge Spa, Royal Cornwall Hospital Retail Day Trips Great British Bake Off competitions “Every year our girls have the opportunity to enter the Rotary Young Chef competition, producing a healthy three course meal within a budget. The winner progresses to the district and hopefully regional and national finals.”
FISH WORKSHOP WITH ANNIE SIBERT “It is so important for our girls to know where their ingredients come from, living in Cornwall what could be more important than learning how to prepare fish? Annie is incredibly passionate about the subject and really informative, we then follow this up with further practical lessons involving fish.”
Food & Nutrition
FOOD & NUTRITION
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