{"id":273,"date":"2016-06-28T23:35:57","date_gmt":"2016-06-28T23:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hfschool.net\/?page_id=273"},"modified":"2026-06-04T09:46:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T23:46:32","slug":"extra-curricular","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/highfields.nsw.edu.au\/index.php\/extra-curricular\/","title":{"rendered":"Extra Curricular Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Extra Curricular Activities\"\"<\/h3>\n

Choir<\/strong> is offered on Mondays during lunch time for Year 1 and Year 2 children.<\/p>\n

French\u00a0<\/strong>is offered on Monday mornings.<\/p>\n

Drama<\/b> is offered on Wednesday afternoons.<\/p>\n

Tennis coaching<\/strong> is available before school on Thursdays.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Stem Tech Club Engineering Explorers\u00a0<\/b>is available on Tuesday afternoons in Term 2.<\/p>\n

Stem Tech Club Build it Science<\/strong> is available on Thursday afternoons.<\/p>\n

Chess Club<\/strong> is offered before school on Fridays.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Strings<\/b> is offered on Tuesday afternoons.<\/p>\n

All enquiries about these activities can be found on the Highfields School Stream App for current families or directed to the School Office<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Extra Curricular Activities Choir is offered on Mondays during lunch time for Year 1 and Year 2 children. French\u00a0is offered on Monday mornings. Drama is offered on Wednesday afternoons. Tennis coaching is available before school on Thursdays. \u00a0Stem Tech Club Engineering Explorers\u00a0is available on Tuesday afternoons in Term 2. Stem Tech Club Build it Science is available on Thursday afternoons. Chess Club is offered before… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-273","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","clearfix"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P7EWEu-4p","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":125,"url":"https:\/\/highfields.nsw.edu.au\/index.php\/co-curricular\/","url_meta":{"origin":273,"position":0},"title":"Learning in Focus","author":"EGibbs","date":"23 June 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Learning in Focus Schools and preschools differ greatly in their approaches to teaching and learning. How schools design learning programs for children is shaped powerfully by beliefs about how children learn and in what contexts learning is likely to flourish. 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