School activities week (FOI)

Request

A

Which secondary schools held activity weeks in 2021?

B

If held, please provide titles of activities and the split between on-island and off- island activities per school.

C

Which secondary schools have planned activity weeks in 2022?

D

If held, please provide titles of the planned activities and the split between on-island and off-island activities per school.

E

If no activity week is planned for Les Quennevais School in 2022, please provide information held regarding the rationale for this decision and if held, details of when activity weeks are planned to resume at Les Quennevais.

Response

A

Jersey College for Girls (JCG) and Victoria College held an activity week in 2021.

B

All activities were on-island and consisted of the following:

Jersey College for Girls

Year 7, Year 8 and some Year 12 students participated in a carousel of activities:

• Workshops at Elizabeth Castle
• Leadership tasks with the army recruitment team
• Cooking
• Geosquishing
• Arts & Crafts
  
• Water sports
• PE games
• Hula hooping
• Yoga
• Pantomime
• Textiles
• Science Olympics

Most Year 9 students completed their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Expedition.

Students in Year 9 not participating in Duke of Edinburgh completed a video making activity.

Year 10 students were doing their Trident Work Experience.

Victoria College

• Bouley Bay try dive
• Absolute Adventures - Sea and beach activities
• Land and Sea with Wild Adventure
• College activities on site
• STEM workshop - building a radio-controlled car
• Duke of Edinburgh Bronze
• Surfing
• College CCF activities
• Valley Adventure
• Jersey Adventure

C

Grainville, Haute Vallee, Le Rocquier, Les Quennevais, JCG and Victoria College are holding activity weeks in 2022.

D

Grainville:

• Best of Jersey
• Craft Week
• Cycling Jersey
  
• Football Week
• Geocaching
• Golf
• Island Paddle
• Island Walking
• Mystery and Treasure Hunt
• On yer bikes
  
• Smashing Fun
• Sports Performance
• Summer Show
• Surf School
• Watersports
• Week Out West
• Well Being Week
• Wild Adventures
• Wyverns and Workshops
  

Haute Vallee:

• Rib Adventures
• North Coast Action Week
• Creepy Valley Wet & Wild
• Allsorts
• Biking Bonanza
• Pony for a Week
• Sounds Like Fun
• Adventure Camp
• All Sports
• Arts for All
• Lego Adventures
  
• Animal Experience
• Thrive
• Tea for Two
• Make It, Test It, Take It
• Walking
• Heart of the Community

 Le Rocquier:

• Rib rides
• Stand Up Paddle Boarding
• Surfing
• Climbing
• Zip wires/aerial trekking
• Assault courses

Les Quennevais:

At the time of the request, Les Quennevais had not finalised their offer to students, however they can confirm that there will be a programme of activities on-island and a two day trip to Southampton.

Jersey College for Girls:

Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9 (not participating in Duke of Edinburgh) will take part in a variety of on-island activities including the following:

• Water sports
• Scavenger hunt
• Beach games
• Sand sculpture
• Army challenge
• Yoga
• Video making
• Hula hooping
• Bracelet making
  

Year 9 Duke of Edinburgh students will complete their bronze expedition.

Year 10 students will be on their Project Trident work experience.

Year 12 students are selecting to either take part in the on-island activities or visit universities, organise their own work placement or help with Duke of Edinburgh.

A small group of sixth formers will be on an expedition to Fiji (this is a re-scheduled trip from 2020).

Victoria College:

• Bouley Bay try dive
• Absolute Adventures - Sea and beach activities
• Land and Sea with Wild Adventure
• College activities on site
• STEM workshop - building a radio-controlled car
• Duke of Edinburgh Bronze
• Surfing
• College CCF activities
• Valley Adventure
• Jersey Adventure
  

E

Please refer to Q4.