Benefits of extra-curricular activities

Your daughter may already be a strong sportswoman or an excellent musician; she may be a star debater or a wily entrepreneur. She may be determined to take this particular talent forward whilst you want to ensure a balance between the demands of her school work and social life. Staff at girls’schools are committed to developing the potential of girls as they become accomplished young women: you can be sure that they will use their experience to help your daughter manage her ambitious schedule so that she does not burn herself out in the desire to do everything.

Benefits of Extra-curricular activities:

• At single sex schools there is a refreshing absence of stereotypical roles. No activity is exclusively male or female. Every girl has the chance to try out what interests her – taking the lead in the debating society, being the lighting technician for the school production, or tackling the task of designing a wind turbine in science club
• Younger girls relish trying lots of new activities and may well discover a lifelong passion or a future career path. Judo, chess or even cheerleading can all be sampled in these ‘taster’ sessions!
• Teenage girls place huge importance on their friendships. A strong extracurricular programme will allow your daughter to get to know a broader circle across a wide age range, and perhaps to see her friends in a new light.
• As well as acquiring new skills and discovering new talents, your daughter will develop valuable social skills from taking part in activities as diverse as a lacrosse match, a Duke of Edinburgh Award hike, or a competitive drama festival which brings together every girl from the newly arrived 11 year-old to the Head girl.

In an environment where there are no ‘no go areas’, your daughter will be free to get involved, and her enthusiastic uptake of everything on offer will tell you that she is well on the way to discovering her talents.