We’ve got a wide range of favourite Recre8 courses planned, from Coding and Forest School within our educational offering, to creative activities such as Drama and Photography, and sports including Cricket, Tennis and Trampolining. We’ll be making full use of the excellent facilities and beautiful grounds, and are confident your children will enjoy the experience just as much as they do at Tonbridge.
Courses are delivered by our highly experienced team of qualified coaches, teachers and tutors. We also partner with industry-leading organisations to offer a number of specialist activities. All staff and partners undergo enhanced DBS checks, ensuring your children are safe, secure, and receive the highest standard of tuition and coaching.
As with Tonbridge School, both morning and afternoon courses can be booked, with Early and Late Clubs available to create a full day of activity throughout the week. Courses at The New Beacon also qualify for our Early Bird booking discount, valid until Monday 1st June.
To check out the full range of activities available you can view the timetable and more detailed course information below.
Timetables Overview
Recre8 at The New BeaconSports
Our sports activities and courses make use of the excellent facilities at The New Beacon and are run by highly skilled and experienced coaches.
Badminton
9 years +
Badminton is a fast-moving racket sport that develops coordination, movement, quick reactions and skilful shot-making. Enjoyed by girls and boys alike, this course is suitable for players of all abilities, whether you are completely new to the sport or have played before. Sessions will focus on serving, hitting technique, shot selection, court movement and tactics for both singles and doubles, with plenty of fun and enjoyable games throughout.
Cricket
7 years +
11 years +
Aimed at girls and boys, this course is run by ECB qualified coaches, and uses the schools excellent cricket facilities, including artificial all-weather nets and outfields. The sessions are aimed at helping young players embark on their cricketing journey, with the emphasis on learning through a fun and enjoyable environment.
Football
5 – 9 years
9 years +
We welcome boys and girls of all abilities to our fun filled football sessions on our fantastic 3G Astroturf. Mike Delaney’s team of expert coaches deliver a range of sessions to help young players develop their technical skills. Holiday camps include ‘Skill Factor’ tests so that players can track their progress each time they take part. Join us for a fantastic football experience with the Skills Academy!
Please note that shin pads are required and studded boots are not allowed on the astroturf – trainers or astoturf trainers only please.
Mini-Olympics
4 years +
6 years +
Are you super-sporty, energetic and ready for fun? Using the School’s first class facilities this exciting course gives you the chance to combine all of your favourite sports or to try some that are completely new. Every day brings the chance to go for gold in a different activity! Be inspired by the Olympian spirit!
Netball
8 years +
A fantastically fun and popular team sport for boys and girls which is great for fitness, teamwork and friendship! The course will be aimed at beginners and those with experience alike and will include shooting, passing, movement off the ball and defending. The emphasis of the course is on learning the skills and then putting them into lots of fun game situations!
Table Tennis
9 years +
Develop your Table Tennis skills with our experienced English Table Tennis Association coaches, John Burleton and Ken Muhr. This is a fantastic course for children of all ability levels which will cover all aspects of the sport, including fun warm ups, basic serves, strokes, tactics and of course games! If you have been on this course before, or have received coaching in the past, the Intermediate level is for you! Intermediate sessions will include advanced serves, receives, strokes, tactics, and match play.
Tennis
MUNCHKINS 3 – 4 years
MINI RED 5 – 7 years
MINI ORANGE 8 – 9 years
MINI GREEN 10 – 11 years
Using different sized courts and low compression balls LTA Mini Tennis offers the perfect introduction to the sport as children work through the stages of Munchkins, Mini Red, Mini Orange and Mini Green. Once through the Mini Tennis stages children are ready to play with a full hard ball having mastered the skills necessary to succeed!
7 years+ & 10 years+
These courses are suitable for beginners as well as the more proficient player. All facets of the game are covered, including tuition in grip and basic principles, forehand, backhand, ground strokes, volley, smash and serve. Particular attention is paid to the area of a student’s game requiring specific help. Rackets can be provided
Trampolining
6 years +
A fun filled course taught by British Gymnastics qualified coaches. This popular course introduces freedom of movement whilst achieving control and co-ordination of the body. Children are encouraged to work towards achieving British Gymnastics Trampoline Proficiency Awards, levels 1 – 10.
Extra Info: All children must wear socks! Please also wear loose clothing that covers elbows and knees and avoid clothing with buttons and zips. No jeans or jewellery. During term time sessions parents may need to stay to ‘spot’.
Artistic & Creative
We run a wide variety of artistic & creative activities and courses from art and design to photography and drama – there really is something for everyone!
Art Academy
6 years +
9 years +
The perfect way to express your artistic flair! Develop your observational skills, drawing with pencils, charcoal, oil pastels, inks and chalks, before creating your own masterpiece in paint! Sessions may include still life, abstracts, portraits, landscapes or be based on the work of famous artists such as Hockney, Matisse or Warhol.
Extra Info: Children should wear old clothes and bring an apron/old shirt.
Computing
GRAPHICS
7 years +
Our Graphics courses focus on the use of Photoshop to combine, amend and enhance images and create posters, magazines and other similar visual displays.
Tutors will start by working out each child’s level of expertise and their interests using a familiar programme like Publisher or PowerPoint to create a simple composition of images (usually gathered from stock images or the web). The class then move on to learning about the tools available in Photoshop with tutors demonstrating their use, before the children then practice on an image they select.
Once the children start working their way through the tools and learn about scaling, cropping, layering and blending, they’ll be able to search for images on a topic of their choice and start to combine, amend and enhance them to create their own incredible images, posters, magazine covers or billboards.
Our expert tutors are always on-hand to advise and assist with any of the more tricky skills.
GAME CODING
8 years+ & 10 years+
A brilliantly fun, engaging and interactive STEM course, that promotes creativity, nurtures teamwork and problem solving skills and encourages children be active participants in their learning.
Using the online platform Scratch (PEGI 3), we’ll delve into the world of computer game design and coding and create playable games that can be developed and reimagined again and again.
Themed around Bertie Botts Horrid Pizza Delivery our experienced STEM educator will teach the group the mechanics of Scratch and lead them through the game design process, with emphasis on storyboarding and scene development, character building, character interactions and movement. You never know what kind of Chocolate Frog, Butterbeer Blast, Jelly Bean Medley pizza you’ll end up with or if it’ll be delicious or disgusting!
Developed as a learning tool by Media Lab professors at MIT, Scratch is the perfect way for beginners to explore the programming field in a safe and moderated environment. It allows you to create interactive programs, games and animations using a drag-and-drop interface and its simple programming language can help children move on to other more complex languages like Python or Java.
Accessible with as little as an internet connection and an email address, children can continue on their coding journey outside of our courses to further develop their skills and experience.
Please note: Computers will be provided by Recre8, but children will need a valid email address they can access in order to sign up and create a profile on Scratch at the beginning of the course.
Crafty Creations
6 years +
A range of creative and artistic fun activities will be included in this popular course. The course may include any combination of painting, collage, relief, assemblage, modelling and 3D construction.
Extra Info: Children should wear old clothes and bring an apron/old shirt.
Dance Stars
6 years +
Whatever form of music you’re into, if you love to dance, then this is the course for you! You’ll learn lots of new moves and our professional teachers will help you choreograph your own routine to perform to family and friends!
Drama Workshops
7 years +
This creative workshop allows children to explore the skills of acting and performance in the dramatic space of the E.M. Forster Theatre. Over the course of the week they will work towards a short informal piece to perform for family and friends, and will see how a production comes together. All levels of experience and ability are welcome.
Photography
10 years +
11 years +
This course focuses on digital photography with students being guided through composition and all of the technical aspects of working with a camera that affect the final image. They will also be shown the basics of good image workflow and many of editing techniques offered by Adobe Photoshop. Any digital camera can be used for this course and using your own camera is preferable.
Educational
From a full programme of 11+ tuition to a variety of fun STEM based activities, our educational offering has been built alongside some brilliant partner organisations to make sure our courses are enriching, engaging and super fun!
11+ Tuition
Weekly classes – Yr 4 & Yr 5
Half-Term, Easter and Summer courses – Yr 5
A comprehensive and complementary range of courses built around a progressive syllabus, with all aspects for the 11+ assessment covered – English, Maths, Verbal Reasoning and Non-Verbal Reasoning.
Small class sizes allow our tutors to offer individual attention whilst attending to the needs of the group as a whole. Courses focus on building confidence, teaching study skills, mastering subject knowledge and exam technique for the Kent 11+ test.
Bricks 4 Kidz
6 years +
Bricks 4 Kidz® courses ensure your children have loads of fun (and learn too!) as they use LEGO® bricks to explore the world of STEM in an open and friendly environment. The activities are designed to trigger young children’s lively imaginations and build their self-confidence.
Kids already know how to build with LEGO® bricks, but with a little coaching they can learn engineering, architecture and concepts of physics and maths using our bespoke project kits. These sessions are run in a tutor type setting with smaller groups and more access to advanced learning equipment
Our plans are designed by engineers and architects, with exciting themes and content including concepts of friction, gravity, gears and axles. Children develop problem solving and critical thinking skills and once finished, they use the rest of their time to collaborate through creative free play.
Benefits of Bricks 4 Kidz programmes:
Reinforce science, technology, engineering and maths concepts
Develop an appreciation for how things work
Build self-confidence and problem-solving skills
Foster teamwork and collaboration
Spark imagination
Provide a safe, enriching environment to create and play
Every child will take home a Bricks 4 Kidz goodie bag including a custom-made Lego name badge and mini-figure as well as a new LEGO® set.
Forest School
4 years +
6years +
Our Forest School holiday courses provide hands-on experiences in the natural environment and introduce children to a range of new skills and exciting outdoor adventures.
We aim to foster a love of nature and the natural world and develop practical skills like bush crafts, camp fire building and shelter construction as well as offering creative activities such as, charcoal painting, creating natural dyes and nest building.
Forest school activities can help to build confidence, independence and resilience and our teachers will gently challenge the children and offer them the opportunity to take supported risks, appropriate to the environment and themselves.
Working Science
7 years +
Hands-on Science Workshops
Get ready for “Wow” producing science demonstrations and engaging hands-on practical learning experiences. Activities can range from building rockets, hovercrafts and batteries, making pin-hole cameras and concocting perfumes to ultra-violet treasure hunts and solar powered car races All of our workshops are delivered by an experienced science communicator, Dr Gareth Francis with a PhD in Physics and Astrophysics and 9 years’ experience providing science workshops to over 800 primary schools in the UK.
FAQs
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Important Information
Nestled at the heart of The New Beacon School is the Pre-Prep building and all-weather play area where Recre8 will host our registration hub during the summer weeks.
Due to its location, all of our course venues are close by, including the lower fields, astro-pitch, outdoor classroom and New Beacon Centre, where many of our sporting activities will be held.
For directions please use TN13 2PB. Access is via the main gate on Brittains Lane and Recre8 signage will guide you along a one-way system through the school to the drop-off area and car parks.