ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES
ART CLUB Art Club is a compulsory activity for those students involved in the exam years of IGCSE, AS and A2 Art and Design. It is also open to Form 4 students. The reason for it is simple; to make an art work takes a long time – it is seen as imperative that students who have chosen to sit the exams use this time in lieu of homework, which is not always practical to do at home.
ASL CLUB (American Sign Language Club) Learn a new language and a completely new way to communicate. In ASL we learn the alphabet, greetings, vocabulary, songs and about deaf culture. This enrichment is all about learning something new in a fun way, and you might be surprised when it will come in handy or where it could take you in the future.
BAAF (Botswana Amateur Arts Festival) is an exciting vibrant Drama Festival held at Maitisong in September. Write your own 35 to 40 minute play, design a set for it, direct it and finally stage it to a live audience and a panel of judges. The judges (theatre experts and drama practitioners) will assess and critique each play and finally state a winner. There are various awards to be won e.g. Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Set Design, Best Cameo Role, Best Stage Management, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Advert for a Play, Best Original Script and Best Original Play.
BBH This activity involves looking after the place where the boys live. The boys in the Boarding House sign up for it because it is an internal activity. The service involves communal work such as cleaning, minor maintenance and the general upkeep of the BBH. Students are expected to use their initiative in making sure that the House is kept clean. The service operates on a flexi-time basis; the boys can be called on at any time convenient to them.
BIBLE CLUB is an open discussion group where students are encouraged to look into the scriptures and find out how Christian values such as love, peace and care could help shape their lives. It is hoped that this club will encourage students to practise these values in their day to day lives through their words, actions and character, and build on their faith.
BIKE MECHANICS In this activity a small group of students will travel to The Bike Shop and learn bike mechanics and how to maintain a bicycle. Unlike last term, students will not keep the bike at the end of the term. This term we will focus on much more advanced mechanics and understanding how to adjust your bike so it is a fast and flying machine!
BOOK CLUB Are you adventurous, and do you hunger for knowledge about the world and people? We quench both thirsts. For the avid reader, this is your calling. Share your insights and feelings with kindred spirits every Friday afternoon.
BRIDGE is a thinking person’s card game enjoyed by millions of people of all ages around the world. If you enjoy communicating with a partner, working out probabilities, practising deception and have good powers of recall, then this is the club for you. At MAP we teach newcomers how to play and improve the play of ‘old timers’.
CHESS allows students to pit their wits against one another by playing this ancient board game. Whether you are an old-hand, or still wearing L-plates, you are most welcome to come to play and help us improve our skills.
CLAY CLUB We make mostly utility items from clay. Once dry, these items are fired then glazed and then fired again. It is a slow process and usually a whole term is required for one complete making cycle.
COOKERY Cookery is an enjoyable and productive activity, a lesson in which everyone participates and shares ideas and opinions on how things should be done. We make a variety of foods ranging from exciting exotic dishes to interesting traditional meals. We do it because we love cooking and trying out new foods…maybe some of us will even pursue a career in the food industry. There is a very easy-going atmosphere, with laughter, chatting and telling jokes as we work. The best part is when the cooking is done and it is time to dig in!
COMPUTER PROGRAMMING Students will acquire programming skills using Microsoft Visual Basic, and will be able to write, edit and test Windows applications in Maths, Accounts and Science to name a few. Projects include; Payroll System, Inventory Control System, Students Information System among others. They may choose to write an exam set by the Computer Society of South Africa, sponsored by Old Mutual.
CONVERSATIONAL CHINESE will be run by Ms Tan from the Confucius Institute at UB. With her Masters Degree in Chinese as a second language, expect well-organised lessons and a lot of fun.
CREATIVE WRITING Are you the next JK Rowling? Or would you just like to be a better writer, and develop skills that will benefit your whole life? Come to Creative Writing with Mr. Hoosain and Mr. Hagger, where you will learn to shape and share your ideas with other writers. Get writing!
DEBATING MATTERS Debating Matters offers a fresh, accessible and engaging format for debating contemporary issues. The competition has successfully pioneered a format for debate that takes ideas, argument and young people seriously. The focus is on content and substance over style, encouraging young people to engage in an intelligent contest of ideas and holding up their ideas to critical scrutiny.Debating Matters believes that young people are intelligent and robust enough to have their ideas held up to critical scrutiny by adults, and tough enough to defend their ideas. Are you up to the challenge?
DEBATING: Every week a group of students assemble in the air-conditioned L-Rooms to discuss and debate a wide range of topics. In addition to increasing awareness of contemporary issues, students also sharpen their critical faculties (and they certainly have a great deal of fun, too!)
DECOUPAGE We have broadened our decoupage from working only with glass, to include wood. This creative process can change ordinary items into colourful, decorative pieces.
ECONOMICS CLUB The idea is to have a less formal environment than the classroom to discuss economic theories and their application in the real world. The students have the opportunity to apply what they have learnt, make informed decisions, and evaluate policy issues. This will help them to understand the importance of the subject in light of globalisation.
e-BUSINESS CLUB Students learn from case studies how business activity impacts on the environment, what businesses are doing to become more responsible due to changesin technology and government legislation. They researchglobalisation and how it has affected local economies and businesses. Students also interact first hand with a retired businessperson to learn about their characteristics, and the challenges that are faced by entrepreneurs.
FILM CLUB From the page to the projector! This Enrichment will take place on Wednesdays from 2.15 until 3.15pm in the AV Centre. We will watch plays and novels that have been made into films. From Shakespeare to Dickens to Suzanne Collins, over the course of the SPE sessions, be prepared to discover the stories told in great Literature!
IGCSE DRAMA All students who are registered for IGCSE Drama in Form 4 and 5 are required to sign up for this enrichment activity in the afternoon to ensure that they have enough teaching and practice time for a course that is completed two terms earlier than others. Students are required to attend two, two-hour sessions per week.
IGCSE MUSIC All students who are registered for Cambridge University IGCSE Music in Form 5 are required to sign up for IGCSE MUSIC in the afternoon programme. This ensures that they have enough teaching and practice time for a course that is completed two terms earlier than other IGCSE courses.
INTER-HOUSE PLAYS Are you a talented performer, writer, designer or director? You want a chance to show your talents on stage? Well… the Inter-House Drama Play Festival is here, and it is giving students an opportunity to represent their house in the arts!
JUNIOR SCHOOL PRODUCTION This is an inventive, dynamic production by Form 1, 2 and 3 students for primary school audiences. The project will teach students about play production, including performance, management, design, marketing and audience relationship. Students may be required to attend a few structured evening rehearsals the week prior to performance.
JUNK’T COMITY A group of students meet every week to discuss fund raising methods for an event that will be held at the end of the term. Skills to be learnt involve; advertising methods, marketing and design, fund raising and working as a team.KALAHARI QUILTS After the enthusiastic reception of the Library Centre wall-hanging, the founder of Kalahari Quilts and MaP alum, Jenny Healy, is starting an enrichment activity that creates patchworked and quilted artworks. With winter fast approaching there is also the idea of producing quilts for orphaned children.
MAP’s PAL (Promotion of the Arabic Language) We will use a course designed by the University of Medina designed for non-Arabic speakers. We will concentrate on improving students’ vocabulary and understanding of the Arabic language.
MARIMBAS This enrichment activity engenders self-discipline, the development of intellectual and physical dexterity, and emotional skills. The programme rewards participants with enjoyment and fun. For a few, the crown comes when they perform for VIPs outside the school, or when they are selected to represent MAP and the country on marimba cultural exchanges.
MATHS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CLUB This club aims at helping students use their Science, Mathematics and Technology skills acquired in the classroom to solve real life problems. They will be given opportunities to be innovative. The students will also have fascinating experiences related to Mathematics, Science and Information Technology. Activities include; Designing Solar and electronic devices, educational presentations on Maths and Science to share with the school at assemblies and Maths/Science week, educational trips for fascinating Maths and Science experiences. Learning is not complete until the skills acquired are used to solve a real problem
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT TUITION Students may take recorder, flute, clarinet, singing, trumpet, trombone, sax, and piano and music theory lessons in preparation for entry for Associated Board and Trinity exams. Instruments are available for rent from the Music Department.
MUSIC THEORY This activity is for all students, beginners and exam candidates, following the Trinity Guildhall syllabus.
ORCHESTRA The Orchestra meets once a week for two hours. Anyone who has a reasonable level of competency on their instrument may join. All instruments are welcome. We play various styles of music. The main aims of Orchestra are to encourage students to play together and encourage happy music-making, as well as to provide the opportunity for the beginners to learn from the more advanced students, and to give at least one public performance per term.
POETRY CLUB Explore the world of renowned classic and modern poetry at Poetry Club sessions on Wednesday afternoons. We resurrect worlds and “suck the marrow out of life” at these gatherings. For the advanced and perceptive reader.
SAT CHEMISTRY On Monday afternoons, Mr Noble will attempt to unravel the mysteries of SAT Chemistry. The course will involve going through topics not taught at AS or A2 Chemistry, but which do appear regularly on the SAT II paper. Topics such as Entropy and logic will be covered. The course is designed to be taken by sixth form students considering SAT II. Exam practise will form part of the activity.
SCHOOL PRODUCTION What started as whispers in the Drama Department corridors between the two drama teachers has finally materialized. The School Production for 2013 isSpiderman and the Voodoo Master: Rumble in the Jungle. This can take the place of two activities, as rehearsals are Monday through Thursday. For Form 4 and up, it can even be a service, as you will be teaching the younger students.
SCIENCE, MATHS, AND TECHNOLOGY CLUB If you believe that learning is not complete until the skills acquired are used to solve a real problem then this is the club for you. We will have fascinating experiences related to Mathematics, Science and Information Technology as we design math and scientific artefacts, prepare educational presentations on Maths and Science innovations around the world to share with the school, and take educational trips for fascinating Maths and Science experiences.
SCRABBLE This is a friendly, non-competitive game for students of all abilities as we get together to hone our scrabble skills and develop new ones. Scrabble is a great game for people who love words, puzzles, and friendly competition!
VERBAL EMANCIPATION is about creating poetry and songs and expressing oneself through writing. We put together a show each year of our writing and use the proceeds to purchase toiletries for less privileged teens in government secondary schools. This activity is a wonderful way to express yourself through writing and contribute to the community in a meaningful way.
WEATHER RECORDS Our aim is to record and keep a daily school weather record. The students will visit the school weather station to record the weather and post this information on the school notice board. The data will be input into Metlink. Weather forecasts for Botswana and the region will be searched from the Internet and other sources so that the school community is kept up to date on the weather front.
WEBSITE AUTHORING CLUB In today’s world, the Internet is part of our lives. We surf the Net every day by visiting various websites, but do we know how these websites are created? If you want to know more about web page design and development, then this is your club. Remember that the club is not for surfing the Net but rather designing and developing web pages for ourselves and others. Club members will learn how to create a structured website with style sheets, tables, hyperlinks and incorporate basic dynamic features using Web Page Authoring facilities. After acquiring the basic skills, members should be prepared to tackle Web Page Authoring projects of their own. It is open to students from Form 1 up.