Broader curriculum

Broader curriculum

The challenge curriculum approach adopted by Christ’s Hospital means that the students’ curriculum includes academic, pastoral and broader elements.

 

 

We want our students’ experiences in the broader curriculum to be varied, rewarding and about discovering and developing new and lifelong interests and talents.

Our diverse curriculum encourages life skills and offers an enormous range of sport, music, art, drama and expeditionary education as well as activities, clubs and societies to choose from, including, expeditionary education, the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, Young Enterprise, chess, debating, public speaking and so many more listed below.

The Combined Cadet Force (CCF) provides unforgettable experiences and allows the cadets to work together as a team and to develop leadership skills, as does the flourishing MUN project. Our School trips take pupils all over the world. Recently students have travelled to New York, sailed the Aegean Sea, as well as visiting France, Germany, Italy, Spain and much of Europe. Closer to home, our community action programme teaches children the importance of society and citizenship, working with the elderly, primary school children and those with special needs.

Our programme educates our students for the wider world and also complements and strengthens academic studies, and we continuously encourage and help each student to identify and embrace fresh challenges.

Expeditionary Education

Our Expeditionary Education programme for all our students is packed with a variety of challenging and adventurous activities including canoeing, sailing, raft building, mountain biking, mountaineering, bushcraft, outdoor cooking, camping, and rock climbing.

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CCF

The Combined Cadet Force (CCF) provides a fun, varied and challenging co-curricular programme in leadership, military and adventure training.

It aims to develop important skills for later life including leadership, responsibility, self-reliance, independence, teamwork, endurance, determination and service to others.

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MUN

The Christ’s Hospital Model United Nations (MUN) team debates international affairs at conferences across the country and organises its own for students from other schools.

MUN aims to build an understanding of current global challenges amongst the next generation of world leaders and thinkers, while developing the skills that young people require to work and live in a globalised world.

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Duke of Edinburgh

The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE) is popular and successful at Christ’s Hospital, and we offer it at all three levels: Bronze (UF/Year 10), Silver (GE/Year 9), and Gold (Years 12 & 13). Participants engage in a programme that involves four sections: Volunteering, Physical, Skill, and Expeditions. To participate in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, students engage in a wide array of activities, including Community Action and School Service, sports, music and more. At Gold level, participants complete a fifth, Residential Section.

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