Departments

PE

Please follow these links to view photographs in the Gallery

Sports Day 2006

Staff Sports

Italy Tour

Gymnastics

The Department :

James Mason – Head of PE and Lead Practitioner

Emily Theyer – Head of Vocational Education and Head of Girls Games

Jenny Ridgeway – School Sport Co-ordinator

Mike Morgan – Cricket Specialist

Simon Rowe – P/T PE Teacher, I/C Dance

Becky Lewis – Netball Specialist

June Sibley – P/T PE Teacher

Estelle Rapsey – Fitness Consultant and “Fit Club” Founder

Martin Reading/ Emma Kirby – Table Tennis Coaches

Mark Clunie –Student Sports Ambassador

Sarah Bebbington – Student Sports Ambassador

The Curriculum

The department follows National Curriculum guidelines for PE. All children in Years 7, 8 and 9 are involved in athletics, gymnastics, outdoor education, dance and games. In games, students take part in the following sports: Rugby, Netball, Hockey, Football, Badminton, Table Tennis, Cricket, Rounders, VolleyBall, Tennis and Basketball.

In Years 10 and 11 students follow two curriculum pathways. In year 10 all students take the GCSE PE short course which is almost completely practical. Students are assessed in their ability to perform, coach, organize and officiate in a number of sports of their choice. In year 11 students are given the opportunity to stretch their PE experience by following courses in Blue tooth Dance mats, Interactive rowing and Health Related Fitness programmes designed by themselves.

Pupils in Years 10 and 11 have the opportunity to follow a full GCSE PE Course. The course is based around 40%  theory and 60% practical. Four activities will be chosen from the following practical areas:- Rugby, Hockey, Netball, Football, Basketball, Cricket, Rounders, Table tennis, Tennis, Athletics and Badminton.  The theory paper covers  health related exercise, sport and society, sport in schools, sport in the community, social issues and the Olympics.

Pupils also have the opportunity to follow a BTEC First in Sport. This is a work related course that is designed to prepare students for a job in the Sports Industry. It is worth two GCSE’s and covers Sports Preparation, Practical Sport, Health and Safety and The Body and Sport. Students spend much of the course off site learning about the Sports Industry, how it is organized and how to be successful whilst working within that environment.

Students who follow the GCSE or BTEC course are also given the opportunity to take courses in sports coaching. These students are active in local primary schools where they help at festivals of sport and inter primary sports competition.

Within the timetable all pupils receive four hours of PE a fortnight across both Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4. At Key Stage 4, pupils who opt for GCSE PE receive up to nine hours a fortnight which includes theory, practical and mainstream PE. All pupils in Key Stage 4 also have the opportunity to follow either a JSLA or JFO course.

Extra Curricular Activities

The department also offers a variety of extra-curricular PE and sport both before school, lunchtime and after-school. Below is an example of the clubs that go on in a typical week.

School Fixtures

We also run an extensive fixture list in a number of sports. Below are the fixtures for the previous term. In the Autumn term we run teams in Rugby, Hockey, Basketball and Table Tennis. In the summer term we compete in Cricket, Tennis, Rounders and Athletics.

School Trips

School trips and sports tours are an essential part of a students development. On these trips our students gain valuable cultural and social experiences. The PE department tries to run one sports tour and one visit to a major sporting competition every year. In the last three years we have run sports tours to Italy, Austria and Holland which can be viewed in the gallery section of the website. We have also taken parties to Wimbledon and Championship Football matches at Plymouth Argyle.

External Club Links

Having given our students a taster of a variety of sports we then try to move them to the next level by putting them in contact with sports clubs in the local area. Below is a list of sports clubs with contact details should you want to take your participation further.

Athletics

Taunton Athletics Club

Meet:              Taunton School

Juniors – 8 to 18 years – Thursday 6.30 pm to 8.00 pm

(Track in Summer – Sports Hall in Winter)

Contact:          Richard Llewllyn-Eaton

                        15 Stoke Road

                        Taunton.  TA1 3EH

                        Tel:  01823 350532

Badminton

Alpha Badminton Club

Meet:              Taunton Prep School

                        Monday – 7.00 pm to 10.00 pm

Contact:          Pam Kinnear

                        89 Staplegrove Road

                        Taunton.  TA1 1DN

                        Tel:  01823 352486

Elms Badminton Club

Meet:              Bishop Foxes School

                        Thursday – Juniors 6.30 pm to 7.30 pm

                                           Adults 7.30pm to 10.00 pm          

Basketball

Taunton Tornedos Basketball Club

Meet:              SCAT Sports Hall

Under 10 – Friday 4.00 pm

Under 12 – Friday 4.00 pm

Under 14 – Friday 5.00 pm

Under 16 – Friday 6.30 pm

Contact:          Gary Carter

                        01823 447128

 Boxing

Taunton A.B.C

Meet:              Higher Comeytrowe Farm

                        Monday and Wednesday 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm

Contact:          David Lewis, Trainer

                        Bowden Farm

Wiveliscombe.  TA4 2SN

Tel:  01984 623489

Cricket

Taunton Cricket Club

Contact:          Nigel Manley

                        28 Bakers Close

                        Bishops Hull.  Taunton

                        Tel: 01823 270922

Taunton Deane Cricket Club

Meet:              Convent Field, Vivary Park, Taunton

Contact:          Mr R Combes.  Tel:  01823 284393

                        Richard Bryce  Tel:  01823 276442

Taunton Women’s Cricket Club

Meet:              Taunton Vale Sports Club

                        Tuesday – April to September – 6.30 pm to 8.30 pm

Contact:          Mrs Lucy Turner

                        21 Cleveland Street

                        Taunton.  TA1 1XB.

Cycling

Somerset Road Club

Contact:          Greg Sandy in Taunton

                        Tel:  01823 252189 or 07971 049347

Dance

Parade Dance Centre

Meet:              The Parade Dance Centre – open 7 days a week- 9.00 am to 10.00 pm

Contact:          Ken Welch, Principal

                        The Parade Dance Company

                        Taunton TA1 1JD

                        Tel:  01823 321142