Media and Entertainment options
Clickable list of activities on this page:
- Board games
- Careers Cave
- Chess club
- Comic Book Creation
- Darts
- Esports
- For the love of books!
- Foreign Film and Animation
- Game Making with Scratch & GarageBand/Logic Pro X
- Marvel club
- Media Makers
- Swan Life Press: Creators, Media and Design
- The Cinemaniacs
- The Swanlife Magazine
- Uno Championship
- Warhammer Club
Board Games
An opportunity to learn and play a variety of board games, with the chance to design and make your own board game in the second half of term.
This activity will improve:
Mental Wellbeing, Confidence, Social Skills, Motor Skills, Literacy, Numeracy, Oracy
Available to all year groups
Warhammer Club
As well as learning to play the incredibly popular tabletop game Warhammer, you will design, build and paint your own miniatures and scenery - something that has become a popular art form in the gaming community.
We will explore how to create a visually impactful display, design a structure that will support itself, and learn miniature building techniques. The result will be a handmade miniature diorama that you have designed, painted and built yourself, which you can use in Warhammer or other tabletop games and to display your own miniatures!
This activity will improve:
Mental Wellbeing, Physical Wellbeing, Confidence, Social Skills, Motor Skills
Available to all year groups
Chess Club
An opportunity to develop your skill and confidence at a game many would describe as the greatest strategy game of all time.
This activity will improve:
Mental Wellbeing, Confidence, Social Skills, Numeracy
Available to all year groups
Darts
180! Join us to become the next Phil Taylor, Michael van Gerwen or Fallon Sherrock! We will play 501, cricket, round the clock and many more games! You will learn how to throw, how to score and how to win games of darts!
This activity will improve:
Mental Wellbeing, Physical Wellbeing, Confidence, Social Skills, Motor Skills
Available to all year groups
For the Love of Books!
Do you love reading? Fantasy? Thrillers? Dystopia? War fiction? Romance? If so, this is the group for you! Whether there is a particular genre you prefer, or you are keen to read something new, we know you will love the chance to relax, recline and read. In addition, there will be activities for you to enjoy such as meeting an author or publisher, creative book art, making film trailers, quizzes and sharing your enjoyment of books.
This activity will improve:
Mental Wellbeing, Confidence, Social Skills, Literacy, Oracy
Available to all year groups
Game Making with Scratch and GarageBand/Logic Pro X
In this project, you’ll start by creating your own video game in Scratch. You’ll design characters, build levels, and code how your game works using easy, block‑based programming. Once your game is taking shape, you’ll switch to GarageBand/Logic Pro X to create the perfect soundtrack. You’ll learn how to make background music, sound effects, and theme tunes that match the action in your game.
By the end, you’ll have a fully playable Scratch game with music you made yourself—a fun mix of creativity, coding, and sound design!
No musical experience needed — just creativity and enthusiasm! Whether you’re a gamer or a musician, this is your chance to produce a computer game of your own with original music.
This activity will improve:
Creativity, Confidence, Collaboration, Critical Thinking, Motor Skills, Resilience
Available to Y7, Y8 and Y9
Marvel Club
A club that looks at the ever-expanding Marvel Cinematic Universe, with a clear focus on representation across the superhero genre and how this is reflected in our world. There will be a range of creative tasks and discussions across the term that will explore/challenge stereotypes in the heroes and villains of the MCU, with the potential to create a short film combining your knowledge and skills. There will be opportunities to develop this knowledge through the various Marvel TV shows and films that make up the MCU. Swanmore, assemble!
This activity will improve:
Mental Wellbeing, Physical Wellbeing, Confidence, Social Skills, Motor Skills
Available to all year groups
Esports
In our Esports enrichment, pupils will dive into the dynamic world of competitive gaming. They will research professional Esports teams, exploring their strategies, branding, and success stories, before creating their own team.
Participants will hone their skills in popular games such as EA FC Club 25, Rocket League, and Fortnite, developing both gameplay techniques and coaching abilities. The enrichment aims to foster teamwork, strategic thinking, and leadership, while giving pupils a taste of the rapidly growing esports industry.
This activity will improve:
Mental wellbeing, social skills, literacy, confidence and co-ordination.
Available to all year groups
Comic Book Creation
Are you a comic book fan or just someone who has a story to tell? If so, this enrichment may be for you. During this enrichment, we will work on creating a short story, character concepts, composition and storyboarding, and finally creating a short comic book of your own. No art talent is required as all levels are welcome; all you need is the will to learn and to create.
This activity will:
Give you the opportunity to make new friends, improve your literacy/creativity and art skills, work towards a deadline and find out more about the processes involved in creating a comic book.
Available to all year groups.
Swan Life Press: Creators, Media and Design
Do you enjoy being creative? Do you like telling stories, making videos, designing graphics or working behind the scenes to make things look great? The Swan Life Press team brings together content creation, journalism, media production and design to share what’s happening at Swanmore.
You’ll help tell the stories of College life by interviewing people, covering events and creating content that is seen by pupils, staff and the wider community. You’ll also learn how to present that content in eye-catching and professional ways.
What you’ll get to do:
- Interview pupils and staff
- Report on College events
- Write articles and scripts
- Record and present videos
- Create and edit podcasts
- Present confidently to camera
- Take high-quality photographs
- Choose and organise images, videos, audio and written work
- Design layouts for digital and printed content
- Edit videos and podcasts
- Prepare and post content for different audiences
You’ll have opportunities to learn how to use industry-standard creative software. Your work could appear on the College website, social media and in printed publications. You may also get the chance to work on content for external organisations and events, such as the Rural Schools Alliance, Swanmore Leisure and SwanFest.
You’ll work as part of a supportive team, combining creative ideas and design skills to produce exciting Swan Life content.
This team is perfect for you if you want to:
Build skills in journalism, photography, video making, presenting, writing, graphic design and digital media. You don’t need any experience – just enthusiasm and a willingness to learn. If you already have some skills, we’ll help you develop them even further.
This activity will improve: confidence, communication skills, technical skills, critical thinking, creativity and collaboration.
Available to: All year groups
Uno Championship
UNO Championship is a fun and inclusive way to support children’s wellbeing by promoting social connection, emotional regulation, and strategic thinking in a weekly tournament. Each session will begin with a short warm-up game to recap the rules, followed by friendly matches where pupils rotate tables to playing against different opponents. As the weeks progress, pupils track their scores on a leaderboard, culminating in an end of term championship final.
The enrichment encourages teamwork, fairness, and resilience, as children learn to manage both winning and losing gracefully. Alongside the gameplay, light discussions or reflection moments could help pupils recognise how play and positive competition contribute to happiness, stress relief, and confidence.
This activity will improve:
Mental wellbeing, confidence, numeracy skills, team work and friendship.
Available to all year groups
The Cinemaniacs
Do you love watching films? Are you interested in how films are made? Are you always getting on your friends' and family's nerves talking about what you've been watching? Then join the Cinemaniacs! This brilliant enrichment opportunity gives you the chance to watch incredible movies with like-minded people.
You'll get the chance to discuss the films you love, make recommendations for future screenings and even develop your own film making ideas! This is a wonderful opportunity for you to deepen your understanding and appreciation of the wonders of the big screen!
This activity will improve:
Social Skills, Confidence, Mental Wellbeing, Media Literacy, Snack Eating Ability
Available to Y7, Y8 and Y9
Careers Cave
Careers Cave is a cinematic, interactive enrichment experience where pupils explore who they are becoming — and how to build confidence, skills and direction for the future.
Using powerful film moments, challenges, teamwork, games and big ideas, pupils step into a journey of discovery about themselves and the world beyond school.
This is not a traditional careers club.
It’s an experience.
Who is Careers Cave for?
Careers Cave is ideal for pupils who:
- Enjoy thinking and discussion
- Like films, stories and big ideas
- Want to build confidence
- Are curious about the future
- Want to understand their strengths.
No prior knowledge needed — just curiosity
What will pupils do?
- Explore Plato’s Cave and the idea of perception
- Face the Red or Blue Pill choice from The Matrix
- Take part in a Shackleton survival mission
- Discover identity and purpose through Pixar storytelling
- Build communication, teamwork and leadership skills
- Solve challenges and puzzles
- Explore careers, industries and future pathways
- Create a personal North Star Manifesto
Why choose Careers Cave?
- Because confidence matters.
- Because skills matter.
- Because purpose matters.
Step inside the cave
Your journey starts here.
This activity will improve: Confidence, Social Skills, Motor Skills
Available to Y7, Y8 and Y9
The Swanlife Magazine
Are you a budding journalist, graphic designer or photographer? Why not try out the school magazine club? At Swanmore, we are looking for talented pupils to design, create and launch a new school magazine for pupils, parents and the community. If you are a talented writer, photographer, graphic designer or comic strip artist... We need you!
This activity will improve:
your literacy / creativity skills, give you the opportunity to make new friends, work together towards a deadline and find out more about the community and wider world.
Available to all year groups
Media Makers Club
Welcome to the Media Makers Club, an exciting opportunity for pupils to unleash their creativity and explore the dynamic world of media production.
Whether you're passionate about film-making; have a knack for podcasting; or dream of crafting magazine covers, this enrichment is the perfect place for you. This is also an amazing opportunity to experience a taster of the Media Studies GCSE course.
This will not be published, and is for your enjoyment only.
This activity will improve:
Mental wellbeing, social skills, literacy, confidence.
Available to Y8 and Y9
Foreign Film and Animation
In this enrichment, we will be learning about art and culture through our analysis of foreign film and animation. We will be watching films exclusively in foreign languages and studying different types of animation techniques. Our goal is to learn more about other cultures as well as explore how to create simple hand-drawn animations. We will be creating a range of materials about the films, such as posters and reviews, as well as analysing them through class discussion.
This activity will improve:
Critical thinking, literacy, motor skills, social skills, oracy, creativity.
Available to Y7, Y8, Y9 and Y10