Sixth Form Prospectus - The Perse School

50 51MusicSportA wide range of musical opportunities is available and studentswho are not studying Music as a subject in the Sixth Form arevery welcome to participate. The weekly schedule of rehearsalsincludes: Senior Orchestra, String Orchestra, Full Choir, SeniorChorale, Senior Wind Band, Brass Ensemble, Big Band, and alarge selection of Chamber Music Groups for most instrumentalcombinations.A typical year sees the Department performing in a number ofoutside locations including the University Concert Hall at WestRoad, Our Lady and the English Martyrs Church and EmmanuelUnited Reformed Church. In 2010, we performed a specialWinter Concert at St John’s, Smith Square in London, whichinvolved around one-sixth of the school’s students! There arealso numerous smaller events both inside school and at localfunctions/charity events – we aim to be as inclusive as possiblewhilst enabling the most experienced musicians to develop theirtalents to the highest level. Indeed, we have a number of studentsperforming in the National Youth Orchestra, IAPS Orchestras,National Schools’ Orchestra and National Youth Choirs. We havealso been fortunate to host masterclasses with internationalperformers such as Natalie Clein, John York, Mark Bassey, RuthPalmer and Jeff Rich, who was the drummer with Status Quo.In October 2011 we will be welcoming the pianist Martin Roscoeto work with a selection of students.Upper Sixth students also have the chance to apply to performa concerto movement with an orchestra or wind band in one ofour major external events. The Senior Chorale has also enjoyedsome significant success in recent years – including a ‘Choir ofthe Day’ award at the BBC Choir of the Year competition. Tourshave taken place to Paris, Iceland and Edinburgh in the lastfew years.We look to develop excellence and participation in sport.Full support is offered to all team and individual performances.The following activities can be played recreationally orcompetitively: badminton, basketball, climbing, cycling, dance,fencing, fitness training, golf, hockey, judo, karate, kung fu,netball, rowing, cross country, shooting, squash, tennis andtable tennis.Hockey, netball and tennis are the major sports for girls and wehave three senior hockey teams, six netball teams and two tennisteams. We enter the county rounds for netball and outdoor andindoor hockey. The girls’ indoor hockey team has been runnerup in the County Indoor Championships and recently won theLoughborough Pre-Season Tournament. Our hockey coach isOlympian and European champion Glenn Kirkham.Hockey is the boys’ major sport played in the Lent Term. In 2010,the U18s were the England Hockey Indoor Champions for thefourth year in succession; last year they reached the nationalsemi-finals. We also have three senior rugby teams that all offera different experience. The 1st XV over the last five years hasbeen very successful. The school has two senior football teamsthat play a full fixture list and enter the Cambridge League.In the Summer Term, cricket is the major sport for boys butoptions to compete in tennis and athletics are also available.There are three Sixth Form cricket teams and our first team isranked in the top 20 schools in the country. Our excellent indoorfacilities include six nets for winter training.We have senior teams in tennis for boys and girls.The school has a suite of practice rooms, a rehearsal hall, recordingstudio and two classrooms equipped with Music Technologyresources. Students are able to book the facilities for their ownpractice and rehearsals too. Rock / pop bands make use of theMusic Technology suite and learn about the recording studio undersupervision.