Physical Education (Senior - Academic Curriculum)
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Sporting excellence is achievable for all By offering a wide sporting choice our aim is to create a challenging and rewarding environment that matches and stimulates the needs and desires of all our pupils. We promote the highest sporting aspirations. This is achieved by providing the time, the best facilities and equipment, expert coaching and a highly competitive internal and external annual fixture programme including our overseas sporting tours. St Benedict's School enjoys a National reputation for Sport and Physical Education and it is a reputation that we are striving to improve. The department has enjoyed considerable investment over the last four years which has included a new pavilion at the School's Perivale Sport Ground, an all weather playing surface for tennis and netball and a new specialized teaching facility within the gymnasium complex for the delivery of Sport Studies at GCSE and AS/A2 levels. Most recently a Fencing Salle/Dance Studio has been added above the Sports Hall along with a modern fitness suite including 24 cardio machines and a state of the art Weight Training facility The delivery of Sports Studies at GCSE and AS / A2 has been a notable addition in recent years to the department's remit and one that has aided and improved our sporting participation, as pupils' knowledge and understanding of training concepts, nutrition and psychology improve. Rugby and Cricket are the main sports for boys, with Netball, Rounders and Tennis the main sports for girls. Fencing is available across the whole age range for boys and girls. We also participate and compete in many other activities such as Swimming, Karate, Basketball, Hockey, Volleyball and Badminton. The department has seven dedicated specialists who are all devoted to achieving sporting excellence throughout the school and who deliver a full and varied curricular and co-curricular programme. Each Senior School pupil enjoys a full afternoon Games session at the school's playing fields and, in years 7 through to 9, one PE lesson a week in the well equipped Gymnasium. We positively encourage personal fitness and healthy living. Please click here for current fixtures and results. Please click here for competitor schools travel information. |
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