Cultural & Extramural Activities
Clubs and Societies
Herschel provides girls with the opportunity to pursue their current interests and explore new ones with a wide range of clubs, societies and cultural activities to choose from. Every alternate week, a one-hour period is set aside for clubs and societies. Each girl will sign up for a club or society from the wide choice on offer. This complements the classroom teaching in fostering the development of self-confidence and interpersonal relationships amongst the girls. Leadership skills are also developed as many of the clubs are managed and run by Grade 11 pupils with prefects in a supporting role.
Music
Herschel has a thriving and dynamic Music Department that provides many opportunities for individual and group participation. Learners can take music either as a subject or as an extramural activity. Instrumental tuition is offered on all the orchestral instruments, recorder, percussion, saxophone, piano and organ, singing and guitar. The many music ensembles (Choirs, Orchestra, Saxophone, Recorder, String and Flute Ensembles, Marimba Bands, etc) give team performance opportunities to a cross-section of the school's community interests. The Department has an excellent reputation for achieving high standards both academically and musically and for equipping students to excel in a wide variety of musical fields.
Art
The Art Department at Herschel recognises that the imagination and inventiveness of young people knows no bounds, and the pupils are encouraged to develop the exciting unpredictability of their designs and configurations within an environment of individual creative stimulation. Herschel believes that the importance of Art lies in the fact that the girls learn to see more, sense more, recall more, and are more virtually aware of their expanding and changing environment. Consequently, learners are able to express themselves visually with more sensitivity and confidence.
Drama
Drama at Herschel facilitates personal and artistic growth as well as an opportunity to gain knowledge of theatre history, plays, voice a nd movement study. Excellent facilities, including a fully equipped Theatre and Drama Studio, provide spacious areas for development to take place.
Herschel provides girls with the opportunity to pursue their current interests and explore new ones with a wide range of clubs, societies and cultural activities to choose from. Every alternate week, a one-hour period is set aside for clubs and societies. Each girl will sign up for a club or society from the wide choice on offer. This complements the classroom teaching in fostering the development of self-confidence and interpersonal relationships amongst the girls. Leadership skills are also developed as many of the clubs are managed and run by Grade 11 pupils with prefects in a supporting role.
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Music
Herschel has a thriving and dynamic Music Department that provides many opportunities for individual and group participation. Learners can take music either as a subject or as an extramural activity. Instrumental tuition is offered on all the orchestral instruments, recorder, percussion, saxophone, piano and organ, singing and guitar. The many music ensembles (Choirs, Orchestra, Saxophone, Recorder, String and Flute Ensembles, Marimba Bands, etc) give team performance opportunities to a cross-section of the school's community interests. The Department has an excellent reputation for achieving high standards both academically and musically and for equipping students to excel in a wide variety of musical fields.
Art
The Art Department at Herschel recognises that the imagination and inventiveness of young people knows no bounds, and the pupils are encouraged to develop the exciting unpredictability of their designs and configurations within an environment of individual creative stimulation. Herschel believes that the importance of Art lies in the fact that the girls learn to see more, sense more, recall more, and are more virtually aware of their expanding and changing environment. Consequently, learners are able to express themselves visually with more sensitivity and confidence.
Drama
Drama at Herschel facilitates personal and artistic growth as well as an opportunity to gain knowledge of theatre history, plays, voice a nd movement study. Excellent facilities, including a fully equipped Theatre and Drama Studio, provide spacious areas for development to take place.