Student clubs and societies

Art Club

The Art Club is open to students in Years 7 to 12. The Art Club is for those students who have an interest in freely exploring creative ideas and building social connections with their peers.

Breakfast Club

The Breakfast Club is open to students in Years 10 to 12. Red Cross has been supporting breakfast clubs in Australia since 1991. In 2003, Sanitarium became a national partner and together with Red Cross created “The Good Start Breakfast Club” program. The program is part of Red Cross’ work to address food insecurity in Australia by ensuring that “people have enough of the right type of food every day to keep them healthy.” The Breakfast Club assists in providing a nutritious breakfast to Penrith Primary school children who may otherwise go without.

Bowls of Love

Bowls of Love is a student-led volunteer initiative aimed at brightening the lives of animals in our community, both at local veterinary clinics and pet shelters. The project involves decorating food and water bowls with vibrant, animal-friendly designs to provide a splash of colour and care for sick, injured, or waiting for adoption, animals.

This project combines creativity with community service, giving students the chance to make a difference for animals in need. Many students are animal lovers and would benefit from hands-on involvement in a volunteer initiative that directly supports veterinary care and shelters in our community.

Chess Club

The Chess Club is open to all years and levels. Students will have the opportunity to compete with other high school students at a competitive level. Chess will develop a child’s logical thinking, analytical skills, forward planning, perseverance, patience, and concentration.  N.B – This Club requires parent involvement with regards to transport to and from venues during competitions.

The Debate and Conquer Club

The Debate and Conquer club has a focus on helping students ‘conquer’ their fear of public speaking through engaging, persuasive debates.  Compared to Debating Enrichment, which focuses more narrowly on preparing for debate competitions, Debate and Conquer is targeted towards beginners, emphasizing public speaking skills themselves. We aim to help students improve both their critical thinking/argumentative skills as well as public speaking.

Fair-Trade Club

The Fair-Trade Club is open to students in Years 7 to 12. Fair trade is an institutional arrangement designed to help producers in developing countries achieve better trading conditions. Members of the fair-trade movement advocate the payment of higher prices to exporters, as well as improved social and environmental standards.

Gardening Club

The Gardening Club is open to all years. The Gardening Club is designed for those students who wish to help with school-based projects aimed at cleaning up the grounds and maintaining our sustainable garden.

Gym and Weights Club

The Gym and Weights club aims to boost physical and mental wellbeing by incorporating exercises which train specific targeted muscles, improving and further engaging the body as well as some sufficient ways to recover and achieve maximum potential. Our Social gym club will enable individuals to improve in physical and mental aspects of their lives and make them an overall well rounded individual.

The Knitting and Crochet club

The Knitting and Crochet club is open to students in Years 7-12. The aim of this club is to aid outside agencies who care for the homeless and the poor by making and donating blankets, beanies and scarves. The club will focus on providing support to the Volunteering and Social Justice Clubs in their initiatives as well as helping the local community.

Library Leadership Team

The Library Leadership Club is about all things Library and an opportunity to support the school community through service to the school library in a variety of ways, including: Competitions and activities to promote the love of reading and the role the library plays in the school community, Circulation- loaning and returning books, Shelving and organising/tidying the library collection, Planning, creating, and implementing displays, Creating/contributing to the quarterly library magazine “Pages From Penrith”.

Students work as a team and can contribute to some, or all these aspects. The Library Leadership Club is a great opportunity to meet new people, develop new skills and contribute meaningfully to the Penrith Selective High School community.

Model United Nations Assembly (MUNA club)

The MUNA Club is open to students in Years 9 to 12. The Model United Nations Assembly (MUNA) aims to prepare students for the annual international Rotary youth program. High school students develop an awareness of the United Nations and the countries they represent at a simulated UN Assembly.  It is an excellent forum for students to develop and practise their public speaking skills whilst debating various world issues.

Mechatronics Club

The mechatronics club is open to students in years 8 to 12 who have a desire to explore the link between mechanical and electronic engineering. This club will suit students who are keen to work as part of a team with a wide-ranging set of skills. The project-based nature of this club allows students to develop their understanding in the areas of mechanical systems, electronics, and coding as they design, plan, and problem-solve the development of an automated system.

Mindfulness Club

The mindfulness club will assist students who are finding school a little stressful. This is an opportunity to relax and take some time out. In this club, students have a choice on their way to relax. They can choose from meditation, yoga, colouring, listening to music, board games and maybe even play a short film in the background.

Politics and Philosophy Club

The Politics and Philosophy Club is open to all years. The politics club offers a real-world simulation of a parliament, complete with debates - Open ends, free discussions, unrestricted opinions.

Social Justice Club

The Social Justice Club is open to all years. The Social Justice Club promotes social justice awareness through a variety of activities throughout the year. Of particular concern are issues which affect the most vulnerable and disadvantaged groups in the local community. Some of the issues promoted in 2019 include: Asylum seekers, Mental Health Awareness, Poverty and White Ribbon Day.

Volunteering Club

The Volunteering Club is open to all years. The Volunteering Club provides a unique opportunity for students to make a difference to their local community and other communities. The club aims to develop students’ community awareness and assist in and/or lead projects which will impact positively on groups in our society or around the world.

Textiles Club

Textiles Club is open to students in Year 7-12 with an interest in textiles / sewing. Textiles can help foster creativity, problem solving and practice skills with hands-on experience designing and making items.

The 3D CAD and Printing club

The 3D CAD and Printing club is open to students from years 7 to 12. This club provides students with the opportunity to develop their creative design skills through the generation of 3D models, both virtual and real. Students can work individually or in groups, at a pace that suits their ability and desire to create.

Words for Wards

Words for wards club is a volunteering club that meets to provide comfort and warmth to those in need by creating cards and artworks to be delivered to our local hospital wards.