Life Beyond
the Classroom

Runnymede Senior School offers a broad array of co-curricular activities designed to foster intellectual curiosity, leadership, and creativity across all disciplines. We expect all students to engage in a wide range of co-curricular activities per week. In Languages, students engage in Creative Writing Club, Debate Club, whole-school debates, Spelling Bee, and World Book Day activities. They also participate in a French Reading Club and the Salon IRP for discussion, while Spanish pupils take part in short story, poetry, and micro-story writing competitions, along with themed cultural trips. In the STEM fields, we offer Engineering Club, Physics and Chemistry Olympiads, participation in CERN and BPhO, STEM and Science Clubs, and support sessions for IGCSE and A Level students. Mathematics students compete in the Madrid Inter-Schools Maths Olympiad, the Spanish Mathematics Competition, the UKMT Maths Challenge, and the Bebras Computational Thinking Challenge. Computing enthusiasts join the Programming Club, led by Year 13 students, to design games using Unreal Engine. In Humanities, co-curricular activities include the Geography Photography Club, Duke of Edinburgh programme, Sustainability Committee, and a Geography Reading Challenge. History students participate in cross-curricular events such as Holocaust Commemoration Day and Women in History Month. In the Creative Arts, Year 9 pupils collaborate on a Futurist project, while Art and Drama pupils work on stage sets and Year 12 students create house banners. Music and Drama students perform in the Carol Concert, productions such as The Sound of Music, as well as smaller school and community events. The Production Club provides hands-on experience in costume, lighting, and sound design. In English, pupils can join the Creative Writing Club, participate in literacy-themed competitions such as short story writing, and engage in a variety of debate forums, including weekly Debate Club and whole-school debate events. Special events like the Founders Day Debate and the annual Spelling Bee further enrich their learning experience. Beyond subject-specific activities, pupils may choose to participate in the Model United Nations, through which our pupils participate at national and international conferences. The very popular Duke of Edinburgh’s award also provides a wonderful opportunity for pupils to focus on creative, active and service opportunities; the challenging expeditions also allow them to test their resilience and teamwork skills.