The Regents Review - Winter 2015

The Regents Review Winter 2015

Departmental News

Physical Education Football This year has seen an incredibly demanding, yet successful, start to the Football season for RPCC. The first rounds of fixtures have been completed and the next round will commence when the evenings get lighter in February. There have been over 70 players regularly attending Football training led by: UEFA B qualified coach, Mr Game, Mr Hayward, Mr Makepeace and Mr Branford. All year groups have made successful starts to their campaigns. The Year 7 team are currently undefeated in the league while the Year 8, 9, 10 and 11 teams have faced stiff competition from their opponents; resulting in no game being won or lost by more than a goal or two. Overall, there have been some superb team performances. In September, 40 students were able to attend the annual Football Enrichment Day held at Tauntons College, where Mr Barge (head of their football academy) came out to see the boys in action. He noted how impressed he was with their technical ability and dedication. It was another successful day with a great outcome for all involved.

Sports Leaders qualification This term has seen the introduction of the Sports Leaders UK Level 1 qualification to 32 budding new leaders in Years 9 and 10. Students have enjoyed developing their knowledge of leadership and expanding their skills through a variety of different activities in preparation to deliver their own planned sessions to primary schools in January. Inter-tutor tournaments On 4th December the PE Champions hosted Year 7 and 8 students in their annual inter-tutor group Dodge Ball and Water Polo tournaments. This involved all students from each of the tutor groups competing in one or the other in an ‘all play all’ format.

Gymnastics Gala On Sunday 6th December, Regents Park was represented by a team of gymnasts in the Southampton Gymnastics Club’s annual Gym Gala at

Southampton Guildhall. The group practiced very hard for their performance and for some of them this was their

first gymnastics display – look out for news of the results and images from the event in our next newsletter.

Are you ready for a challenge? As a school we are taking on an exciting challenge. We are going to attempt to ‘Swim to Rio’ in preparation for the 2016 Olympic Games. If you come along to swim fit sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday before school, or Thursday after school, we will record how many lengths you swim. This will then contribute to the school’s total. If you wish to get involved, you can get details from the PE team of an app that you can download which will chart our progress against other schools across the country taking part in the same challenge.

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