School Clubs
Country Dancing Club

The Country Dancing Club meets after school usually early in the Spring to practice a full selection of country dances. The children from Years Two, Three and Four learn a wide variety of dances and some even practice the complicated May Pole dances.
The club is usually in big demand and is regularly requested to perform at the school's May Fayre, Halsway Manor, Area Sports, for Senior Citizens, and even on a cold winters night for the Traders of Watchet on the Esplanade.

Cross Country

The school, has held several sessions in Key Stage 2 for the pupils who wish to do long distance running. A very popular event the school had 28 pupils turn up to the first practice a brilliant response to such an activity.
Eventually the school had a team to run in the West Somerset Trial, and surpisingly the boys came first with seven positions in the first ten. A special mention to Elliot Scott who came first. The girls put up a good show to come third with Megan Penfold, only a Year3, coming 4th overall - Well Done.
Elliot, Megan, Nial Milton, Declan Paterson, Cameron Sanford, AND Nigel Bremner were chosen to run at the Somerset County Trials at Montecute, Yeovil.

Gymnastics

Gymnastic Club is held at the end of the school year and is popular with KS2 boys and girls. The club does not follow the BAGA awards but is more of a display nature (especially in the box work ) with diving forward rolls, tanks, short arm overswings, head springs, etc. The children usually give a full display of their newly found skills and courage at the end of summer term in front of the school and interested parents.

Indoor Football

The indoor football club has trained nearly every week from September to March. So many pupils have attended this year that the sessions have been split into two some with Mr Woollam some with Miss Stedman.
The matches are held on Fridays, after school, against Old Cleeve, St, Peters Williton, and Stogumber. Despite being only 5 aside the school has played 35 children this season, boys and girls, with the preference to the Year Four pupils. The gala at the end of the season included Dunster, Minehead, St Michaels-Minehead, Porlock,
Timberscombe, and Cutcombe. Our better players played very well during the season, the A Team only losing once in around 50 matches.
No prizes to winners all the players played for the fun and enjoyment of the matches.

Swimming

The school is highly successful in its attempt to teach nearly all of its children to swim, a 99% success rate with pupils who commence their schooling in Watchet, very important as we live by the sea. The school has some excellent clubs who hold training sessions after school (names and telephone numbers available in the office) but the school offers a full coaching programme from reception age onwards. Probably the school is amongst the best in the country.

In 2006 the school did a sponsored swim, and swam the length of the Bristol Channel, with all the children being included. The school holds a Year Four Swimming Gala late in the summer term , the winners having their name placed on the Honours Board.

This year a team swam at the Minehead Swimathon, a competition they have won many times, and hopefully the school will organise another long distance target - English Channel?


Swimming is especially important for children living by the sea…
(The School Pool is used seven days a week…)


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Drama Club

The school has an active Drama Club which meets in the Spring and Summer Term. The club gives the pupils the chance to enthuse over drama while the club has already given small productions of 'Oliver', always a favourite in the school, and the local play of Queen Caturn, a queen who visited Watchet several centuries ago searching for a garment in Watchet Blue (made from wortleberries OFF THE Quantocks).
The club is primarily for Key Stage 2, although space is sometimes available for Year 2 and is taken by Mr Peter Stevenson

Catchball Club

Catchball is a game that is a simpler version of netball and basketball. The game originally started for the girls in the area but is so popular the boys now play with the girls. The club, organised by Mrs Anne Turner and Miss Stedman, practice in the summer term and then play Friday evening matches against local schools such as Old Cleeve and St Peters (Williton ).

Small Games Club

The Small Games Club meets on a regular basis at lunchtimes in the ICT Room under the supervision of Mrs Heywood. The children have a choice of either chess, draughts or even snakes and ladders in this very popular club. Beginners are always taught the basic rules and manoeuvres to enable the games to take place while the more advanced are ready for the supreme Russian Champions.

Gardening Club

A small group of gardeners from Years three and Four meet with Mr and Mrs Carslake weekly throughout the year. The Key Stage Two club has had many successes from establishing a fully stocked pond and viewing platform , redesigning the flower bed on the roundabout, to growing large amounts of fruit and vegetables from its own allotment on the far field. The club even has its own embroidered gardening overalls.

Gardening Club planting trees donated by the Co-op