At Thomas Gainsborough School we offer a lot more than academic excellence. We offer a wide range of activities to all students from all Year groups. Enrichment helps students to develop their interests and abilities, provides valuable learning experiences outside their studies, and promotes independence and interpersonal links with students in other Years.

There are a wide range of team and individual sports to choose from. Our students compete against local schools and in national tournaments. We also offer a leadership academy for sport where students can learn techniques and skills to support primary school students with their sport.

Most clubs and activities are free to join in and some take place during the lunchtime with the majority being after school, where late buses are provided on a Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Students can take part in the Duke of Edinburgh Award or a range of Musical activities: choir, string quartet or rock band to name a few. We incorporate interests such as debating, robotics, knitting, art or creative writing. And if a particular interest is not covered, we support our students in starting their own clubs.

Some of our enrichment offers additional academic support for students such as handwriting, spelling, reading & maths. As students progress into KS4 there are intervention sessions for most subjects on offer to support them with their progress and revision for GCSE.

There are some sessions which are designed to target specific groups of students, these are labelled as ‘Invitation Only’ however if a student is keen to join this activity they simply need to contact the teacher to express their interest.

Please find our enrichment timetables attached – these are updated every half term and please contact Miss Alston for any further information.

Monday

Lunch Philosophy club Y7-9 219 J Wood
Girls Fitness All Fitness SuIte L Dalton
Sanctum All 101 Chaplains
Wk A Lunch English Language & Literature - Small group support Y11 308 M Bull
H&SC Component 1 Second Submission - invitation only Y11 301 G Forster
Latin Y11 210 A Clinch
Wk B Lunch Law Lunch Y13 G3 C Howe
Lunch Psychology Y13 G4 V Hendry
Religion, Philosopy & Ethics - Drop-in Sixth Form G11 H Yapp

Tuesday

Boys Rugby All Field O Hare
CV & Apprenticeship Support Y10-13 Careers K Osborne
Duolingo Club - Other languages, like Japanese! Y7-9 204 N Sturgess
Geocaching All 117 M Chapman
Girls Football All Field L Mitson & K Thomas
Homework Club All LSSC LSA Team
Mathematical Club - Enrichment and extension Y7-9 105 A Hailey
MFL Club (Ambassadors) Y7-9 203 K Young
Mindfulness Colouring All 005 R Canham
Olympus Classics Challenge Y7-9 210 A Clinch
Wk B
12:30-13:15		 Orchestra - Students miss 25 mins of lesson All students learning instruments 111 N Reynolds
Public Speaking - ESU-Churchill Competition Y10 & 11 304 M Harris
School Production All Main Hall C Neary, J Arrow
& N Reynolds
Science Club Y7-9 114 E Amoako, Miss M Smith & K Ritchie
Visual Arts competition Y7-9 317 L Nichol

Design & Technology NEA Catch up
Engineering Via invite/Request		 Y10-13 004 C Summers
English Language & Literature - Small group support Y11 (D3) 305 G Edwards
English Language & Literature - Small group support Y11 301 C Brown
Wk A Film GCSE - Non-examined Assessment Coursework Y11 G14 D Clarke
Wk B Film A Level Y13 G14 D Clarke
Food - GCSE intervention Y11 007 E Irwin
Geography - Invite and drop ins Y11 206 E Jukes
Health & Social Care- Invitation only Y11 G15 J Power
Maths - Grade 6+ Y10 & 11 108 W Smith
Science Y11 115 E Holmes
Biology Y13 A Bevan-Smith
Wk B History Grade 3 into 4 - Focus on medicine Y11 212 K Wells

Wednesday

Board games All 005 S Wills
Chess All 213 M Johnston & S Peacock
Wk A
13:15-14:00		 Choir - Students miss 25 mins of lesson All students learning instruments 112 C Neary
Craft Club All 103 C Hoff
Wk B Creative Writing Club All 219 G Edwards
Crochet, Knit and Natter All 101 F Rashid
Disney Club - full of kindness, email Miss Tolhurst All G12 M Tolhurst
Wk A Eco Community Club All 102 J Perkins-Taylor, T Barfield & L Clements, M Smith
Hockey Club All Astro J Waterhouse
& D Chiang
Homework Club All LSSC LSA Team
From 21 Sept Netball All Netball Courts R Myhill
N:Vision Film Club All 119 Chaplains
TGS Birdwatching Survey All Meet in 211 M Gibson

3D Design - Teacher support, resources & equipment Y10-13 314 D Few
Biology Y12 A Bevan-Smith
Lunch Computing Homework Club Y7-9 214 C Palmer
Dance Co-Curricular Y11 106
Dance Studio		 K Benn
Design & Technology NEA Catch up - Engineering Invite Y10-13 Technology 004 A Ashton

English Language & Literature - Small group support

 Y11 (D5) 308 M Bull
Y11 (E4) 303 N Gilligan
Graphics - Teacher support, resources & equipment Y10 & 11 313 C Spinks
Wk B History Grade 3 into 4 - Focus on medicine Y11 212 K Wells
Wk B Maths - Grade 4 Y11 102 T Barfield
Maths - Mechanics Y13 G7 D Flack
Maths GCSE Support - Grade 1-3 Y10 & 11 110 S Stone
Spanish Y10 & 11 205 L Hurtado-Read
Statistics Y11 109 S Wade
Textiles & Fine Art - Teacher support & equipment Y10-13 318 F Raleigh
Year 12/13 Chemistry Co-curricular Y12 & 13 215 A Cameron
Year 13 Revision for Italy mock Y13 G6 P Billimore

Thursday

Sixth Form Production Sixth Form Drama Studio J Arrow
Badminton All Sports Hall G Forster
Creative Writing & Illustrations All 307 K Sevim
Wk A Creative Writing Club All 214 G Edwards
Duke of Edinburgh Y9-12 G10 L Crawford
Last Thurs
each month		 The End of the World Book Club Sixth Form Café 1727 C Brown
FItness All Fitness SuIte C Worley
Football All Field B Richards & W Ponsford
8:00-8:30 Gardening All 102 T Barfied & C Hoff
Girls Rugby All Field O Hare
Homework Club All LSSC LSA Team
Illustrator Creator - with a graphic designer All 004 C Emilie
Wk B
24 Oct		 Karaoke Club - once per term
Halloween-themed		 All 306 L Hender
LGBTQ+ and allies All G16 K French
Lunch Psychology Book Club Y13 G4 K Smith
Pokémon Trading Card Club All 006 S Bishop
8:00-8:30 Running Club All Field M McCrone
Sixth Form Debating Society Sixth Form G5 D Yates
Thomas Gainsborough Dance Company
TGDC via auditions		 All Dance Studio K Benn

Computer Science Y11 113 J Partrick
Engineer Catch up
D&T Via invite or Request		 Y10 & 11 001 S Dowley

English Language & Literature
Small group support

 Y11 (D2) 302 L Sergeant
Y11 (D4) 306 L Hender
Y11 (E5) 309 K Mayes
Y11 304 M Harris
Essay Writing Support Y13 303 R Furey
French Y10 & 11 201 S Derry
Geography - Grade 6 Y11 208 M Watkins
German- Revision & Support Y10 & 11 202 A Blagona
Health & FItness Co-curricular- Invitiation only Y11 219 Z McKane
History Medicine - Grade 7+ Y11 311 B Fairs
Health & Social Care- Support open to all Y10 & 11 G15 J Power
Maths Homework Support All 119 J Hilson
Music C0mposition & Performance Support Y10 & 11 112 C Neary
Photography - Teacher support, resources & equipment Y10-13 316 D Hellaby-Pearson
Religion, Philosopy & Ethiics 11 312 J Wood
Science Y11 (E4) A Bevan-Smith
Visual Arts Sixth Form GART E Clark

Friday

Wk B
1pm		 TGS Music 50 Lunchtime Listening All 112 C Neary

Wk B Maths - Support & practise open to all Y11 104 M Johnston
Combined Science Foundation Biology

Y11

 117 A Alston
Combined Science Foundation Chemistry/Physics 217 D Chiang (Wk A)
Combined Science Higher Biology 118 S Samways
Combined Science Higher Chemistry 213 S Peacock (Wk A)
Combined Science Higher Physics 216 K Ritchie
Biology Triple 115 E Holmes
Chemistry Triple 116 S Luxon
Physics Triple 218 K Ward
Lunch Sociology Sixth Form G5 L Chapman
Statistics GCSE- Complete exam in June 2025 Y10 109 C Ryall