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Once again we were able to host our annual Sports Days for 3 local schools in the area. These were St Charles Borromeo Monday 10 July, Chertsey High School Wednesday 12 July and Salesians School Tuesday 18 July. Luckily the temperatures were not as hot as last summer when they were here! The pupils really enjoy their Sports Days here and have lots of fun up on our Athletic track.

Please see feedback from the schools involved:

St Charles Borromeo:
I would like to express our thanks for this afternoon and for all of the great work that goes behind the scenes to make our sports day possible.
Thank you to the team of drivers and grounds staff who got everything prepared and thank you to you too.
Hopefully, we can book ourselves in again next year? It makes such a difference for the children and parents.
Have a good break when it comes.

Chertsey High School:
Hey,
Oh, it was great thanks! Your guys were so helpful 🙂
It started raining early in the day but thankfully didn't last long.
The kids loved it!
Thanks again for everything!

Salesians School:
All good yesterday - thank you so much once again for allowing us to have our Sports Day at SGC!
I believe the millions of photos are currently being uploaded to the photo store.
If all is Ok can we book in the same time next year please?

YouTube Creators!
Are you stuck for something creative for your child to do this summer?
Next week, and in August, Code Camp are back at St George's running their incredibly popular YouTube Creators 3-day camps for 8 - 13-year-olds!
Your child will learn to produce and shoot their own game review and instructional videos. This is perfect for the budding vloggers, gamers and content creators out there! Why not encourage your child to create their own YouTube content, rather than just watch other people's?

Book today using the link below, and use coupon 30OFF to save £30.
https://www.codecamp.co.uk/weybridge

ACTIVITY CENTRE

You are welcome to use our Activity Centre in the school holidays for your sports/dance activities when the College is on summer break.

Downstairs we have our Trailfinders Hall which has a climbing wall and you can also display inside cricket nets. We have also hosted special events in there too.

Upstairs we have our Dance studios – Studio 1 and Appleby Studio 2. We also have a café and terrace area.

We have changing rooms and toilets upstairs and downstairs.

Please contact the Events Department events@stgeorgesweybridge.com if you have an event coming up you would like to discuss with us.

THE HIVE
AMAZING OUTDOOR MISSIONS FOR KIDS

The Hive creates immersive adventures and projects for children aged 5-13 to explore, create, problem-solve and collaborate in the outdoors. Blending survival skills, nature exploration, making, building, creative skills and gaming, our unique Holiday Camps are imaginative, fast-paced and challenging!

This summer, The Hive are back at St George’s College from 17th July to 18th August.

Why choose The Hive:
• An innovative curriculum rooted in immersive learning and focused on imagination, project-led learning, collaboration and problem-solving, all in the outdoors.
• A rich and diverse group of specialist facilitators who undergo a selective recruitment process. Most have postgraduate qualifications in their chosen field, several years of experience and the passion and know how to help children achieve.
• Collaboration in small groups with a lot of hands-on support. Children work in teams of 8 to 10 with an adult ratio of between 1:2 and 1:8. This small setting allows children to create together and build trust.
• Access to the beautiful outdoor spaces and woodland at St George’s to foster independence, creativity and confidence.

Fancy giving us a try?
St George’s College parents get 10% off at The Hive this Summer with the code SGWPRSUM23.

FOR MORE INFORMATION & TO BOOK
www.thehive-kids.com | team@thehive-kids.com | 020 3435 6848
We accept childcare vouchers on all our missions

You can come and play tennis here once you become a member. We have 4 indoor courts and 3 outside clay courts which are floodlit. You can play:

Mon-Fri 8.30am-12.30 or 9pm-10.30pm
Saturday 6pm-10.30pm
Sunday 8.30am-10.00am or 6pm-10.30pm

Please look on our website for more details. We also have a new tennis banner on the outside of the college advertising the Tennis Centre also.

We are delighted to offer a selection of Holiday Clubs this October. Each Club is booked directly with the provider. Details can be found at St George’s WHAT’S ON: https://stgeorgesweybridge.communitybookings.co.uk/whats-on . Alternatively see links below.

Next Thing Tech Camp
https://www.nextthing.education

Gap Club
Gap Club, St George’s, Weybridge, Holiday Club | The Gap Club

Little Dragons
Juniors | Old Georgians (oghc.org)
Or by email to coachingphilipwilliams@gmail.com

Relevé School of Ballet ran summer ballet workshops at the Activity Centre in August. Pupils ranged in age from 4-14 years old. Younger children enjoyed ‘Cinderella’ themed workshops where they learnt fun dances from the ballet Cinderella, re-enacted famous scenes from the ballet and dressed up as a ballerina or their favourite Disney princess. The children also made new friends, played games, puzzles and colouring.

Older pupils participated in “Back To School Workshops” which included a floor barre & stretch session, 1 hour ballet class and learning a solo from the ballet Giselle. Miss Grace was really impressed with everyone’s dancing and it was a wonderful way to get back into shape for the start of a new school year.

Classes were taught by Miss Grace, who is a qualified and registered Royal Academy of Dance teacher. She previously danced professional in ballet companies both in the UK and USA. Miss Grace loved sharing her knowledge and experience with the children and is looking forwards to running more workshops and holiday camps in the future, so be sure to keep an eye out for future dates!

Both current pupils of Relevé School of Ballet and new faces joined in the summer workshops and we had some really great feedback from parents.

Parent feedback
“Thanks to you and Jackie for a lovely workshop today. Lily was buzzing afterwards and keen to tell everyone about her new friends!”

“She said the ballet workshop was the most enjoyable summer camp and she wanted to take other ballet classes.”

“Poppy absolutely loved the workshop so hopefully there will be more for her to do in the future”

“She really did love The Cinderella Day”

“Gabriella really enjoyed your workshop day and would love to join any other workshop dates you have in the future so please let me know.”

Relevé School of Ballet also runs ballet classes from children age 4+ during term-time in Weybridge. If you would like more information or to book a FREE trial class please email Grace at office@releveschoolofballet.co.uk

Summer Holidays Clubs back at St George’s

In the summer holidays we were able to run our Holiday clubs at St George’s once again after a 2 year break of Covid restrictions. We were very happy to see everyone back again for lots of fun and activities.

We had the following clubs here over the summer holiday period:

The Hive
NCS Activate
The Gap Club
Activate Multi Activity Club
Code Camp
Freestyle Soccer Camp
Releve School of Ballet
Little Dragons Hockey
The Cricket Academy
Netball Fever
Next Thing Education Camps
Lets Play Hockey

We will have more holiday clubs coming soon for our October holidays. Watch out for those on our website.

In the summer holidays when the College was on summer break we hosted 3 sports days for schools in this area. These were Chertsey High Wednesday 13 July, St Charles Borromeo Thursday 14 July and Salesians Wednesday 20 July. We had numbers ranging from 500 to 1200 children. They were all able to use our Athletic track, Marquee and Gazebos as it was an extra 2 hot weeks when they took place. They also had use of our Activity Centre. We were able to supply all their equipment needs and also a sound system and microphone. The schools involved were very pleased with everything and want to come back for more next year.

See some of their feedback below.

Chertsey High
It was wonderful day at St George’s. The staff were amazing helping to arrange everything.
-amazing use of facilities
-great equipment, gazebos, sport equipment, tables, chairs
-students and staff had a brilliant day and that’s thanks to your wonderful facilities

St Charles Borromeo
Can we express our thanks officially to the whole team.The inclusion of barriers was inspired, as well as the addition of the extra gazebos.The PA system worked brilliantly.
Our children are thriving with their athletics, many schools are noticing this and I truly believe opportunities such as running on a track at St Georges, does inspire our children to be the best that they can be. (see their photo).

Salesians
The day went really well! It is much better with them all in the middle of the track and with two toilet blocks available. We actually got through the day quicker than expected so that messed with our timings a bit! Thanks to all the team.

We recently held a Charity Ball in our Activity Centre for the Bee-lieve charity foundation. This charity focuses on children’s mental health. This took place on Saturday 30 April 2022.

The charity wanted to hold an event that focused on peoples well being and to bring people back together after being away so long. Allowing people to go away having had a good experience and to feel lifted with the added bonus of raising money for the charity.

The charity were incredibly happy with how the ball went, they received an enormous amount of positive feedback and people asking if the ball will take place again next year. They are keen to re book again with us. We are very pleased that all went well and the evening was a success.

Please see their website: www. beelievefoundation.co.uk