Refining Athletics performances

As students have now experienced and recapped all the athletics events, they have begun refining and developing their skills in the areas where they feel further progress or practice is needed ahead of the upcoming sports day. We have also taken time to explore the...

Athletics

This week, students have begun preparing for their upcoming sports days. Grades 5–10 have been running a range of distances on the track, helping them become more familiar with the demands of each event and how to adjust their pacing and speed accordingly. They have...

1st week back

If there is anything to get students back out of the holiday spirit and back into work mode with a bang, then it is a Criterion A rules test in your first PHE lesson back to school! To be fair, the students had been aware of the test and would have had time to...

Tag Rugby Unit

This week we began our tag rugby unit. We concentrated on controlling the ball and tactical awareness in rugby. The focus then switched to running forwards and passing backwards which sounds a lot easier than it is in practice. It was great to see all the students...

Invasion Games Unit – Basketball

This week secondary students have begun their invasion games unit with a focus on basketball. Students have revisited their warm ups and put these into the 3 parts. They have then put the 3rd part which is the sport specific component and integrated this into their...