Previously known as Activities Week, the week gave students the opportunity to participate in a wide range of engaging activities, local trips, and national and international expeditions.

The opportunities were designed to push students beyond the confines of the school curriculum and provide them with lasting memories, whilst empowering them foster collaboration, develop character, and serve others in an intentional way.

It was truly fantastic to see pupils engage with the variety of actvities and sessions on offer throughout the week, taking full advantage of the opportunity to broaden their horizons, learn about new topics, collaborate with one another, and demonstrate all of the values that are central to the ethos of Warwick School.

See a recap of the week below:

Day 1

Year 9 took part in their Belonging Project, Task Master. Their task was to recreate and film an event from throughout history, with boys choosing to recreate everything from The Battle of Hastings to London 2012 Olympic relays!

Year 7 took part in a range of activities in their Belonging Carousel, including Sport, Command Tasks, and a Building Community Challenge. Their sessions were led and supported by our lower sixth pupils, as they worked together to solve a variety of challenges.

We were also immensely proud to welcome The Band of The Scots Guards to Warwick School. During their visit, our pupils had the rare and exceptional occasion to learn from and work alongside the prestigious military band. During their visit, this included workshops to work on technique; a presentation and Q&A session, where pupils could learn about a potential musical career with the army; and concluded with a spectacular concert, including a side-by-side performance between The Band of The Scots Guard and some of our talented musicians. 

Other activities included Year 8's Classics trip to Wales, Year 10's Belonging Project, 'Sir Isaac Newton Day', and Lower Sixth's Belonging Carousel of lectures, sport, service, and study.

Day 2

Year 9 learned about music from around the world, as they rotated in sessions throughout the afternoon to learn about and practice Indonesian Gamelan, African Drumming, and Brazilian Samba. This followed their morning session, a charity initiative for Kissing it Better. During this session, the boys were tasked with writing cards for elderly people in Warwick Hospital and care homes, with the aim of tackling loneliness of seniors within our society.

Lower Sixth took part in a Belonging Carousel consisting of a lecture series, sport, service, and study. As part of the lecture series, boys got to hear about and partake in discussions around a number of insightful topics, including the lecture from Mr Barker on 'Just Following Orders; Authority, Obedience and Moral Responsibility', which produced some intriguing decisions on moral culpability.

Elsewhere, Year 7 once again took part in their Belonging Carousel, led and supported by lower sixth pupils; Year 8 took part in a biology-themed belonging project; and Year 10 took part in a Young Enterprise Dragons Den Challenge.

Day 3

On Wednesday, we were delighted to welcome around 80 primary pupils from Eversfield School as part of Belonging Week. The pupils took part in two projects - a sustainability project in the morning and a rocket project in the afternoon - led by our staff and students.

During the sustainability project session, the pupils were tasked with creating a colourful and informative poster that teaches people about the dangers of plastic pollution in the ocean and how we can help to protect marine life. In the rocket project session, the pupils had a great time building aerodynamic rocket models with their classmates.

It was fantastic to see our Year 8 and 10 pupils supporting Eversfield pupils as part of their Service Projects, with Year 8 supporting the Eversfield pupils in the morning and Year 10 in the afternoon. Year 8 also had an enriching time as they worked together in the morning session during team building command tasks.

Year 7's activity was 'Song in a Day', which involved learning two songs, 'It Smells like Zebra' and 'A la Cart' by Judith Watson. Their hard work from throughout the day culminated in a fantastic performance to parents in Warwick Hall. Considering the fact that the boys had to learn two entirely new pieces of repertoire, the progression that the boys made in just one day was truly outstanding.

Year 10 engaged in a variety of fantastic Belonging Projects throughout the day, including 'Bantam Motorcyle Restoration', 'Cryptic Crosswords', and 'True Crime and Critical Thinking'.

Finally, away from school, Year 9 and Lower Sixth each enjoyed a day trip - the former to Guys Cliffe House and the latter went paintballing - whilst pupils in Year 8, 9, and 10 returned from a brilliant four days in Paris.

Day 4

We finished off Belonging Week with another fantastic day of activities, sessions, and trips.

A highlight of the day, and indeed the week, was the Lower Sixth Character Conference for our pupils and those at King's High School. Throughout the conference, pupils heard three inspiring keynote talks; 'Why Character Matters' with Prof. James Arthur OBE; 'Navigating the Path: Strategic Leadership for Character, Flourishing, and Courageous Decisions' with Gary Lewis'; and 'Developing Cyber Wisdom: Character, AI, and the Future' with Prof. Tom Harrison. Through these talks, along with breakout sessions and opportunities for Q&As and discussion, the conference aimed to challenge our pupils to reflect on the importance of their character and their development of it.

For their Belonging Project, Year 8 took part in art- and sport-themed activities throughout the day. In the art session, pupils were tasked with creating shack-style houses using recycled cardboard, with some truly creative results.

We also welcomed back Eversfield School, with Year 4 pupils taking part in 'Rockets Project' in the morning and 'Belonging Sport' in the afternoon. The sport session consisted of dodgeball in the sports hall, before finishing the day with a hugely enjoyable multi-sport session on our sports fields!

Year 9 had their chance to collaborate with a series of command tasks during their team building day, whilst it was Year 7's turn for an enriching day trip - this time to Warwick Castle.