Enrichment

The HENLEY College is committed to giving every full-time student a wide and balanced education. In addition to your main course of study you will be able to choose from an impressive array of subjects and activities which will complement and enrich your stay at College. We are also rightly proud of the wide and varied programme of sport, health and human development which is supported by a teaching team of full and part-time specialist staff. The sports on the Enrichment Programme are offered at any level of skill from beginners to College, County or even National standard.

Aerobics Amnesty International Ancient Languages Badminton Basketball Book Group Boxing Bridge British Sign Language for Beginners Canoeing Ceramics Chamber Choir Cheerleading Christian Union Cinema Club Community Sports Leaders Award Community Volunteering Creative Writing Cricket Nets Dance Dry Slope Skiing/Snowboarding Existentialism/Freud Expedition 2011 Fitness Football Golf

Hockey Italian for Beginners Instrumental Jazz Jewellery Making Journalism Life Skills Life Drawing Mandarin Netball Olympic Weight Lifting Pilates Print Making Public Speaking Rowing Rugby Self Defense Spanish for Beginners Table Tennis Taekwan-do Tai-Chi Tennis Theatre Company Trampolining Uni Hoc Yoga

Also see The Performing Arts as Enrichment

 

*COMMUNITY SPORTS LEADER AWARD

This is an ideal programme for enthusiastic and well-motivated students, keen to encourage participation in physical recreation within the community. You will be able to combine practical and theory sessions with work placements in the community. Through these sessions you will develop the skills, ability and confidence to coach and lead groups of all ages in physical and recreational activities. It leads to the Central Council for Physical Recreation Community Sports Leader Award Certificate, nationally recognised by sports and community groups.

*Students wishing to take the CSLA will need appropriate availability within their timetables.

There will also be the opportunity to gain NGB coaching qualifications through the Development programmes and other routes. You would then be able to use the skills gained to coach at local schools and clubs.

We aim to encourage good health, fitness and enjoyment for all and you are encouraged to participate in at least one sport and preferably more.

Facilities include sports grounds and halls, and a fitness room. We also have regular access to local facilities such as Henley Indoor Sports Centre, and the all-weather pitch.

 

THE PERFORMING ARTS

The College has Directors of Music and Drama who will be involved in directing and developing the performing arts not only within the College but also in the community.

DRAMA

The HENLEY College Theatre Group mounts one large whole College production a year and welcomes students from all courses as part of the College’s Enrichment Programme. Students are able to work as performers or as part of a technical crew. All students audition for their places in September and the production normally takes place in December.

This production alternates between a musical and a play to allow all students a greater chance to participate. Previous productions have included We Will Rock You, Macbeth, Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar, Return to the Forbidden Planet and Cabaret.

The College also stages, as part of its Performing Arts courses, three further productions a year. At least one of these productions is staged in a professional arts venue.The A Level Theatre Studies students also produce performance work for the public in the College year.

DANCE

The College offers dance as a subject in its own right at A Level and as part of all its vocational performing arts courses.

The Dance department also provides opportunities to dance as part of the College's Enrichment Programme. This might take the form of dance workshops or working closely alongside the Drama and Music departments on the Theatre Group production in December.

The Dance department stages, as part of all its courses, dance performances throughout the year culminating in a Dance Showcase evening in the final term.

MUSIC

There is a wide range of opportunities for performers and composers at The HENLEY College. The Enrichment Programme includes a variety of vocal and instrumental ensembles, which contribute on a regular basis to College recital evenings, as well as major local festivals and events. There is also a Band Showcase for aspiring rock stars! Musicians across the College can be given access to a variety of software packages for music and score production, including Sibelius, Cubase and Reason.

In recent years students have been able to work with eminent visiting composers and companies, including Barry Russell and Glyndebourne Opera, in preparation for world premiere performances at The Henley Festival, and with other prominent individuals from the music business, including the renowned singer-songwriter Sam Brown. College students have had unique opportunities for performance, composition, arranging, recording and conducting offered by members of Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. There is a Soul/Blues function band which rehearses each week and records demo material in preparation for performances within College and the wider community. There is also a College Choir, which rehearses and performs a wide range of repertoire. In addition, further projects are planned in association with the Henley branch of the brain injury charity Headway, and a foreign tour is planned for 2010.

A major event in the College’s musical calendar is the Musical production, which is run in collaboration with the Drama Department. This provides numerous opportunities for musicians to get involved, as performers in the live band, members of the cast, or behind the scenes in connection with the rehearsal or production process. Recent productions have included The Little Shop of Horrors (1999), Jesus Christ Superstar (2000, St Mary’s Church), Sweeney Todd – The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2001,The Kenton Theatre), Hair (2002, Henley and two weeks at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe), Cabaret (2003), Grease (2004), and Return to the Forbidden Planet (2005), and We Will Rock You (2007).