Do you like to learn how to spell new words? Do you want to improve your spelling skills? Do you want to compete against other students to become the top speller for your grade, division or even the whole school? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then the Primary Spelling Bee Club is the club for you! We will be meeting on Tuesdays during lunch recess to practice, learn compete and eventually to make Sommerville's first ever Spelling Bee Team.

Reading Mentors is held after school for two terms each year.  The programme involves Junior/Intermediate Mentors reading with a Senior Kindergarten or Grade One student in the library.  The older students spend 20 to 30 minutes reading books which the younger students have selected.  Often the younger students start to read to their Mentor as well. The atmosphere is very relaxed and meant to foster a love of reading.

J/I choir is held on Thursday at lunch recess.

This club is held on Monday’s at lunch from October to June.

The students will be able to make a variety of arts and crafts throughout the school year to take home.  We may use themes i.e. Halloween, Christmas, Valentine’s day etc, to create crafts. A variety of different mediums and techniques will be available for the students to use and they will be encouraged and guided to use their ideas and imagination to create arts and crafts of their choice.

Origami club teaches children how to fold some simple and some more involved origami designs.  It is offered to grade 3 and 4 students during the spring term during lunch recess.

Note: Origami club will be working towards making paper cranes to sell for Earthquake/Tsunami Relief in Japan.

Offered to grade 3 students during the winter term at lunch.  This club gives students an introduction to cartooning.  Emphasis is placed on the use of basic shapes(circles/ovals and squares) and the need to follow steps to complete a variety of cartoon characters  (such as Mickey Mouse, Lightning McQueen Mr. Potato Head etc).

This club meets every Tuesday in the Drama room from 12:00 to 12:45.  Each week we play a focus game and work on Drama activities. The goal of the club is to create a new and original performance piece for the Remembrance Day assembly in November.  The club will run from the beginning of September until the end of November. Activities after the week of performance are Drama games that foster fun and creativity and continue to build upon the students’ learning in Drama.

This club meets every Tuesday in the Drama room from 11:55 to 12:20.  Each week we play a focus game and work on Drama activities. The goal of the club is to continue to build upon the concepts taught in drama class and to have fun. The club will run from the beginning of May until the middle of June.

We all have a responsibility to help keep our Earth clean, and students at Sommerville Manor School have recognized this.  Members of the Environment Club do an excellent job of running their student lead activities year round, under the supervision of Mrs. Mervyn.  Areas of this club include: student monitored “light police”, recycling education, environment friendly “tip of the week”, litter pick-up, and many fundraising functions and events.   So if you’re keen about being green, then the Environment Club is a place for you!

Film Animation Club runs once a week from Jan to March. Students will be introduced to various styles of film animation through watching short films. They will then have the hands on task of drawing their own flipbooks. Students will then shoot and edit their very own pixelation film.