Our Mission Statement
This is based around two key qualities of the department:
- Participation
- Performance
“Realising potential through participation and performance”
We believe this can only be achieved through clear targets and standards.
- High quality teaching
- High expectations of achievement levels and behaviour
- Good curriculum organisation and planning
- Well-defined system of assessment, recording and reporting which is shared with the students
- An extensive extra-curricular programme giving equality of opportunity.
Staff
Mrs E Taylor: Curriculum Leader Physical Education
Mr M Neal: Assistant Curriculum Leader Physical Education
Miss N Hewitt: Physical Education and Academy Sports Co-ordinator
Mr R Hughes: Physical Education and House Leader
Mr G West: Physical Education and Assistant Principal
Our Curriculum
Key Stage 3
All students have two hours of PE each week. The lessons are taught in both mixed and single sex groups depending on the year group and the activities.
The students access the following areas:
Netball, Football, Hockey, Rugby, Basketball, Badminton, Table-tennis, Rounders, Cricket, Softball, Dance, Athletics, Gymnastics (includes trampolining), Fitness and Orienteering.
Key Stage 4
In both Year 10 and 11 students have either one or two hours of core PE each week. They participate in the areas above plus other activities which include: volleyball and use of the leisure centre.
In Year 10/11 students will be given the opportunity to take the Sports Leaders Award – Level 1 and the Dance Leaders Award during core PE, if timetabling allows.
Examination Subjects
Key Stage 4 GCSE PE and BTEC First Certificate in Sport are both offered within the options programme and are very popular choices with the students. Both courses have practical and theoretical elements and enable students to choose a route that suits them. In both courses the students also take the Sports Leaders Award Level 1.
Key Stage 5 As part of The Vale Academy Sixth Form the department offers both the A Level PE and the BTEC Nationals in Sport.
Sports Ambassadors
We have a variety of sports ambassadors who try to promote an inclusive sports curriculum and the Olympic ethos. Lewis Redhead – Platinum Ambassador, Malika Garwell – Gold Ambassador and Ryan Thompson – Adistar.
Extra Curricular Activities
Extra-curricular activities include:
Lunchtime / after school practices;
Inter house competitions;
Friendly/match fixtures;
Interschool competitions;
Trips.
The extra-curricular programme aims to:
- raise the standards of Physical Education and sport for all our students;
- develop the enjoyment of sport and physical activity at our college;
- promote lifelong physical activity;
- establish contacts and shared interests with other schools and clubs within the local community;
- extend the curriculum beyond that offered in timetabled lessons;
- reinforce the work encountered within the timetabled lessons;
- allow students of different ages and ability to interact.
Extracurricular activities that we offer include : Netball; football; cross-country; rounders; dance; hockey; rugby; athletics; cricket; basketball; aerobics; trampolining; badminton; table-tennis; softball; triathlon.
This year we have offered the following reward trips:
- Visit to Old Trafford to watch Manchester United;
- Watched a Netball Superleague game in Hull;
- Taken part in a workshop with GB skipping team.
- Tour around Glanford Park;
- Olympic football Team GB (men) @ Old Trafford;
- Olympic football USA (women) @ Old Trafford
The Olympic tickets were offered to the students who have shown an excellent level of commitment to the department this year.
Coming soon – Rugby at Twickenham!!!
Inter-house Competitions
Each of the four Houses has their own sports representatives who help to select teams for the various inter-house competitions. These are:
Shakespeare
Year 11 Josh Jones and Amy-Louise Clark
Year 10 Ciaron Jenkins and Katie Robinson
Year 9 Connor Watson and Hannah Bowers
Year 8 Job Robinson and Macey Day / Rheannon Whatley
Brunel 
Year 11 Josh Maguire and Lauren Morris
Year 10 Brandon Scott and Imogen Partridge
Year 9 Robbie Hall and Katie McCabe
Year 8 Callum Coulson and Olivia Hayes
Elgar
Year 11 David Tierney and Sian Williams
Year 10 Tom Sprakes and Rhianna Phillips
Year 9 Darsey Mellray-Ward and Hannah Clark
Year 8 Alex Nightingale and Alex Harris / Hollie Mumby
Pankhurst
Year 11 Neil Altoft and Paige Harrison
Year 10 Thomas Heaton and Hannah Cobb
Year 9 Liam Blogg and Lucy Cook
Year 8 Becky Burt and Kerry-Ann Dolby
Year 7 to apply very soon!!
SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS/COMPETITIONS - 2011/2012
A VERY SUCCESSFUL YEAR!!!
Netball
U16 Runners Up in North Lincolnshire and Lincolnshire County Finals; East Midlands Regional Finalists;
U15 Runners Up In North Lincolnshire; Winners of Netball league and third place in the finals night; Representing North Lincs at Humber School Games;
U14 Runners Up In North Lincolnshire and represented North Lincs at the Lincolnshire County Netball finals;
U13 Runners Up in netball league and finished first in netball plate finals night;
U12 Winners of U12 District Netball Tournament;
Football
U15 Reached quarter finals of North Lincs plate;
U14 Winners of U14 North Lincs Plate Competition;
U13 Reached quarter finals of North Lincs plate;
U12 Reached semi-finls of North Lincs Cup competition.
GIRLS
U12 Won U13 6-a-side Scunthorpe United Competition and represented Scunthopre at Bradford City;
Won U12 North Lincs Indoor 5-a-side Competition and competed in Regionals at Derby County where they lost in the semi-finals on penalties;
Hockey
U16 Boys teams finished runners up and third place in the North Lincs U16 Indoor competition;
U14 Girls finished 5th place in North Lincs competition;
U13 Reached semi-finals of North Lincs competition;
U12 Third place in North Lincs Indoor Hockey tournament
Rugby
U16 Third place in Scunthorpe and District tournament
U15 Runners Up in Scunthorpe and District tournament
U13 Fifth place in Scunthorpe and District tournament
U12 Well done on taking part in your first tournament
Basketball
KS4 Boys Finished third place in North Lincs competition
KS3 Girls Finished runners up in North Lincs competition
KS3 Boys Winners of North Lincs competition and Runners Up in Humberside
Representing North Lincs at Humber School Games
Badminton
KS4 Girls Finished runners up in North Lincs
KS4 Boys Winners of North Lincs and Runners Up in Humberside. Winners of Humber Youth Games.
KS3 Boys Winners in North Lincs and Humberside. Third place in Yorkshire. Runners Up in Humber Youth Games.
Table-tennis
KS4 boys took part in the Scunthorpe and District tournament. The A team reached the finals night!
AVIVA Indoor Athletics
North Lincs Results: Year 7 boys 1st Year 7 girls 3rd
Year 8 boys 3rd Year 8 girls 1st
County results: Year 8 girls 3rd Year 7 boys 2nd
Regional results @ Halifax Year 7 boys 3rd
QUAD Kids Athletics
Year 7 and 8 girls 5th overall
Year 7 and 8 boys winners!
CROSS-COUNTRY
Runners who represented North Lincs at County round and their positions.
Macey Day (8th) Jess Skinn (17th) Josh Wilkinson (23rd) Josh Jones (10th) Connor Berney (14th)
Congratulations to Josh Jones who was selected for English Schools
CRICKET
U13 Semi-finalists in Scunthorpe and District Competition
U14 Played in Scunthorpe and District Competition and Lincolnshire Schools
U15 Quarter-finals of Lincs School 20:20 competition.
ROUNDERS
U16 Third place in Scunthorpe and District tournament
U15 Took part in Scunthorpe and District tournament
U13 Semi-finalists in Scunthorpe and District tournament
U12 Runners Up in Scunthorpe and District tournament
2012/2013 SO FAR……………………………………
U16 Rugby team are Runners Up in the Scunthorpe & District tournament
Y8 and Y9 play Sir John Nelthorpe.
