Ready Steady Cook
Monday 25th July & Tuesday 26th July or
Wednesday 27th July & Thursday 28th July

In this two-day course girls will work as part of a group to research, plan, prepare and produce a main course and dessert from a selection of ingredients. With a focus on healthy, affordable cooking, participants will learn the skills and techniques to make a delicious meal within a given time frame. The Baytree Centre has a recently refurbished kitchen, which participants will use to gain hands-on experience of cooking.

The course is £2 per day and runs from 10am to 5pm.
To apply please email afterschoolclubs@baytreecentre.co.uk or call the Youth Service on 020 7733 5283.

Creative Arts & Performance
Wednesday 27th July to Friday 29th July

This three-day course will give girls aged 9-13 the chance to work with professionals in the fields of dance, music and drama. They will learn skills and routines to help them develop a creative piece to be performed at the end of the course. Participants will have the opportunity to work on their own to improve their dancing skills, stage presence and self-discipline. They will also work in a team to produce their final performance piece. This course is an opportunity for young women to take part in a creative, fun and interactive programme.

The course is £2 per day and runs from 10am to 5pm.
To apply please email afterschoolclubs@baytreecentre.co.uk or call the Youth Service on 020 7733 5283.

Harmony Squared: The Baytree Mix (Course Code: LSU11-10)
Monday 1st August to Friday 5th August

The project will consist of workshops, performances and recordings that are high energy, challenging and creative. The aim of the course is to introduce young women to music technology through an original and challenging musical project. Through vocal warm ups, microphone technique and improvisation, the group will create their own musical grids and compositions for these grids, designing and building them, and performing and recording their own music.

The project will be delivered by opera professionals in the Baytree Centre, using hired sound equipment to create an authentic studio environment.

The course is £2 per day and runs from 10am to 5pm.
To apply please click here to go to the Lambeth Council online application. The deadline for applying is 5th July.

Jewellery Making (Course Code: LSU11-11)
Monday 1st August & Tuesday 2nd August

This two-day jewellery making course will teach girls aged 11-19 the appropriate skills and methods to create beaded jewellery. Working alongside a professional jewellery maker young people will learn through observation, discussion and hands-on creativity. At the end of the course they will have designed and created their own item of jewellery.

As this is a beginners course, there is no need to have previous experience.

The course is £2 per day and runs from 10am to 5pm.
To apply for this course, please click here to go to the Lambeth Council online application. The deadline for applying is 5th July.

Baytree Olympics Multi-Sport Week (Course Code: LSU11-35)
Monday 8th August to Friday 12th August

This course will give girls aged 11-19 the chance to take part in a variety of sports and to develop both their own sports skills and their ability to coach other young people. The course will also give young people the opportunity to learn more about the 2012 Olympics including a visit to the Olympic Park.

The course is £2 per day and runs from 10am to 5pm.
To apply for these courses, please click >here to go to the Lambeth Council online application. The deadline for applying is 5th July.

Sing Your Own Opera
Run by Pegasus Opera Group

In 2010 girls aged 8-13 took part in ‘Sing Your Own Opera’ – a week of workshops led by professional opera singers - during which they learnt everything they needed to know about opera in order to not only perform their own but to write their own too!

During the week girls were taught an ‘Opera Kit’ which helped them understand the various parts (from characters to staging) of an opera. They were then helped to develop a story, compose lyrics/music and design a stage/costumes for their own opera. The girls then auditioned for the various roles (from chorus to bass to soprano) and, after much rehearsing, performed both the ‘Opera Kit’ and their own opera, called ‘The Magic Camera of Candyland’ to their family members, Baytree Staff and volunteers. Everyone was hugely impressed with the opera the group had created and the girls all agreed that in addition to learning a lot, they had also had a lot of fun over the week.

Baytree Sports Week
Supported by London Youth

This Summer, to coincide with our ‘Healthy Living’ programme, we held a ‘Sports Week’ for girls aged 8-13. During the week we had taster sessions for lots of different sports including non-contact boxing, rounders, cheerleading, swimming, judo and cricket. We also found time to hold a mini Baytree Olympics with teams competing in relay races and Lauren’s Special Obstacle Course. During their lunch break girls designed flags for their Olympic teams, which were displayed in the Gym during the Sports Week’s closing ceremony - when girls received a certificate congratulating them on all their hard work.

Nightingale Song Week
In 2009 we hosted the Nightingale Singing Workshop Week (27 - 31 July) in partnership with Brixton-based Pegasus Opera Company.

A group of girls aged 8-13 (pictured below with the singing tutors and volunteers) enjoyed a week of workshops during which they learned various singing techniques and styles, wrote songs and rehearsed a performance for the Community Sing Day.

The Sing Day took place on Saturday 1 August at St Vincent’s Community Centre, Brixton and provided an opportunity for everyone attending (adults and children) to learn more about singing and to enjoy the entertaining performance from the workshop girls.

Scroll down to see more pictures from the Nightingale Week of Song & Community Sing Day