The Holgate Academy offers a range of extra-curricular opportunities for students, aimed at enriching their experience at the academy and providing them with additional skills and interests to prepare them for life beyond the classroom.
Clubs
We offer a wide range of clubs and societies to help students develop into confident, well-rounded individuals and to ensure that there is something for everyone.
We send out an up-to-date extra-curricular timetable each week to parents via Weduc. Here are a few examples of the clubs we offer:
- Art/photography
- Football
- Study
- Netball
- Gardening
- Warhammer
- Chemistry
Please note that these are examples only, and some clubs may be seasonal or specific to individual year groups.
Trips and visits
The Holgate Academy is committed to supporting learning through carefully planned educational visits. We aim to provide a broad and balanced curriculum that promotes spiritual, moral, cultural, mental, and physical development, preparing students for the opportunities and experiences of adult life.
Our students take part in trips and visits such as:
- Duke of Edinburgh Award
- sports team away fixtures
- regular visits to local attractions and cultural spaces
- visits to higher education institutions
- museum visits and other places of interest linked to the curriculum
- residential trips
- adventurous activities
- work experience
- subject-specific trips, such as photography trips to London and visits to food production warehouses
- education fairs for post 16 and post 18 students
Throughout the academic year, we also invite guest speakers to the academy to enhance our students’ knowledge and understanding of subjects and to provide them with essential life skills. These speakers include representatives from business and industry, voluntary organisations and charities, as well as local artists who offer our students workshops showcasing the business opportunities that art can provide. Further topics covered have included internet and online safety, essential CPR skills, road safety, and young people’s health and lifestyles.
We are also partnered with Nottingham Trent University, who provide assemblies, workshops, and visits to raise the aspirations of our students.
Community links
We have many strong community links locally and internationally. Local businesses contribute to our skill days by providing excellent workshops for students.
Internationally, we have a strong historical relationship with Armenia, after being paired with The Lord Byron School, which the UK government helped to rebuild after an earthquake devastated the country.
We are also very proud of the strong and successful relationships we have with our local community partners, including Ashfield District Council, Under One Roof Food, and our Enterprise advisor, Sara Bardens, from Motus Commercial.
