Sports & Clubs

We are running the following After School Clubs this year:

Winter 2011 & Spring 2012
Mondays 3:45pm to 4:45pm - Football
Mondays 3:45pm to 4:45pm - Korfball
Mondays 3:30pm to 4:15pm - Infant Gymnastics (Years 1 & 2)
Wednesdays 3:45pm to 4:45pm - Netball
Wednesdays 3:45pm to 4:35pm - Junior Gymnastics (Years 3-6)

Summer 2012
Mondays 3:45pm to 4:45pm - Korfball
Mondays 3:30pm to 4:15pm - Infant Gymnastics
Wednesdays 3:45pm to 4:45pm - Rounders

Please note that we also plan to run an After School Cricket Club and Tennis Club. Further information will be given out midway through the Spring Term. With regards to Outdoor After School Clubs, if the weather is inclement on that particular day then a decision to go ahead or not will be taken at 2:45pm. Please contact the School directly if your child is involved. Please also keep looking at the Sports Noticeboard where you will be advised of any changes. Letters for After School Clubs with dates and confirmed times will go out to all parents during the first week of the new term.

Reminders
Swimming takes place next term for Years 5 and 6 on Wednesday 7th September.
Please make sure your child has all the Games kit with them for the start of term.
The Winter sports calendar will be published early into next term.

SPORT AT ST DAVID'S
St David's offers a wide range of sports and pupils are encouraged to explore their aptitudes in many different activities. Physical Education lessons concentrate on basic skill development, fitness and agility. Here the aims include the development of physical competence, the teaching of the benefits of participation in physical activity, the development of problem solving skills, the establishment of self esteem and the development of inter personal skills. Pupils will be encouraged to develop the qualities of commitment, fairness and enthusiasm. Physical education comprises a single period of 35 minutes each week for all pupils in forms 3-6 and a double period of 60 minutes for all pupils from Reception to Year 2.

In addition to physical education lessons, every pupil in forms 3-6 have a minimum of 100 minutes of games lessons a week. All pupils are introduced to the major sports: Football, Hockey and Cricket. There is ample opportunity to represent a school team and progress through to county teams and beyond. There is a programme of Inter House matches in most sports which offers scope for the less able pupils to experience team representation. Other activities which pupils can experience include Tennis, Cross Country, Swimming, Rugby, Athletics, Netball and Rounders. The School fields teams in many of these sports. There are also links with a number of local sports clubs including Thomas More School and Purley Sports Club.

The facilities for sport are excellent. St David's sports ground is located five minutes walk from the School with a football pitch which can be used for Hockey and Rugby, two tennis courts which double up as netball courts, a long jump sand pit and Club House.