What activities are at a STEPS UP summer school?
List of Services
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OUTDOOR ADVENTURE ACTIVITIES & TRIPSList Item 1
Children are provided with opportunities to embrace challenge and experience working alongside others to overcome barriers. Whether these take part on site or as part of a day trip to an outdoor centre, children develop team work and communication skills whilst experiencing adventure.
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TEAM BUILDINGList Item 2
Children will develop team work and communication skills through fun cognitive games and physical activities. All activities promote the core values of respect, equality, inclusion and trust.
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MULTI SPORTSList Item 3
Children will experience a wide range of sporting activities with the emphasis on having fun as well as developing key skills. Our philosophy is about encouraging children to be active to enhance physical, mental and social Well-being. Example activities include football, basketball, handball, volleyball, tag rugby, tennis, table tennis, athletics, cricket, rounders plus more.
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ALTERNATIVE SPORTS ACTIVITIESList Item 4
We also offer children opportunities to experience exciting and innovative activities such as Kinball, street surfing, tchouckball and pop lacrosse.
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DANCE
Through our dance workshops children learn perseverance and self-motivation. Learning body movement and gestures helps them absorb ideas better and improves their ability to retain and hold information.
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DRAMA
Through drama children are encouraged to continue questioning, exploring and teasing out new ideas and ways of living and thinking. They will develop confidence and increase their self- esteem in our dynamic workshops.
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COOKING & BAKING
An opportunity to hone essential cooking skills. Children develop knowledge of healthy eating through preparing nutritional snacks and meals which they can eat on the day and take home for parents and siblings to share.
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FILM MAKING
Children will design their own storyboard, shoot, act and edit their film (complete with sound effects and music)... and by the end of the day, their first movie is complete!
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ART AND DESIGN
An opportunity to be creative... from drawing and painting to making paper mache masks and sculptures.
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SCIENCE
Our science experiment lessons are fun, challenging and engaging. They are designed to preserve a sense of wonder and intrigue in our increasingly technologically and scientifically advanced world. From launching rockets to holding fire children will be fascinated by science.
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CODING & COMPUTER GAME DESIGN
Children will understand and explore the potential of new technologies whilst developing math and problem solving skills. They will learn how to develop code with python coding and create games with scratch. These sessions encourage children to be creative whilst building confidence, resilience and organisational skills.
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GRAFFITTI
Budding ‘Banksy’s’ design and produce their own graffiti board, T-shirt or cap which they can take home. They learn how to create bold and vibrant artwork with professional street artists.
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RAPPING WORKSHOPS
Children develop literacy skills through fun ‘rapping’ workshops. They develop written poetry before recording with voice and sound to produce their very own music CD or video.