Sporting Opportunities There are a huge variety of sporting opportunities on

offer for Sixth Form students, from performing to

coaching and officiating.

HOUSE EVENTS There are four Houses at Wales: Mortain, Rollo, Busli

and Warenne. Every student and member of staff is

allocated to a House. Each House competes to win the following completitions:

Football

Basketball

Netball

Cross Country

Chess

Table Tennis

SCHOOL TEAMSSixth Form students can join any of

the following school teams and are

also welcome to support the coaching

of lower school teams in all sports:

Football

Athletics

Netball

Rounders

Cross Country

Olly Dixon, from the RFU visited the school to

deliver rugby courses for our students. Students

following A-Level PE and Sports Leaders

courses attended a Rugby Ready Course. They

gained some great skills to take to their

coaching sessions for their courses.

Points get awarded

to the houses and

each is in

comeptition to win

the prestigious

Dragon Trophy at

the end of the year.

These House events

are played for one

day each, spread

throughout the year.

“I have enjoyed playing

football throughout my time at Wales and in particular in the Sixth Form. As a direct result

I have now been selected to play for South Yorkshire

schools U18’s.”

“The opportunities at school have allowed me to develop

my skills as a gymnastics performer and also develop

my skills as a gymnastics coach working with the

younger students.”

“The chance to play basketball at dinner

times really gives me the chance to relax in

between lessons. It is fantastic.”

PRESS RELEASE

England Hockey is delighted to inform you that Georgia Crowther has been selected onto the Advanced Apprenticeship in Sporting Excellence (AASE) programme including the National Age Group Squad (NAGS) Academy. The AASE and NAGS Academy Programme for selected Year 12 hockey athletes is led by the Performance Department at England Hockey. It is our aim to ensure that hockey’s performance athletes of the future are supported, motivated and inspired to maximise their talent development and potential. This is a partnership approach that has the potential to deliver a major step change for both the athletes and England Hockey. We are excited by the prospect of a much bigger and more developed pool of talent to build our England teams for the future. The NAGS Academy programme will run for 12 months.

To find out more information, download the NAGS Academy presentation and booklet by visiting: www.englandhockey.co.uk/nagsacademy.

FITNESS SUITE Sixth Form students can access

the fully equipped Fitness Suite

(Opening times can be obtained

from the PE Department)

EXTRA CURRICULAR STUDENT FEEDBACK:

HEADTEACHERS’ RUGBY CHALLENGE Lower Sixth v Upper Sixth

Once a year Sixth Form students compete in a charity fundraising match to win the

prized Headteachers’ Trophy.

SPORTS AWARD EVENING The annual Wales High School Sports Award Evening celebrates the commitment and successes of our

students across a variety of sports, either when participating in school, or as a member of a local club, a

regional team or indeed, in some cases, national selection.

For the first time, the Physical Education Department moved the evening from school to the New York

Stadium, home to Rotherham United, which proved to be a very exciting venue for the 400, or so, students

who attended. With over 60 students receiving awards, the major Sixth form winners were:

Senior Sports Women: Georgia Crowther

Senior Sportsman of the Year: Alex Elian

Jim White Trophy for Cricket: Luke Hall

Sports Person of the Year: Beth Taylor

Maggie Senior Award for Sporting Endeavour: Ruth Archer

Headteachers’ Award: Genevieve Justice

“I am really looking forward to another positive, productive and successful sporting year here at Wales. This

annual event is the icing on the cake that enables us to celebrate the huge achievements of our pupils in all

sports across the school.”

Mr Riches, Director of Sport

SPORTS LEADERSHIP AWARD

“Sports Leadership in school involves working with younger students from primary schools in the

local area to run inter-school tournaments. This usually involves teams from all of our feeder-

schools. Leading a warm up, explaining rules, simple coaching and officiating games are common

tasks, with communication skills, motivational skills and enthusiasm all being essential for the role.

Sports Leadership in Y10 gave me the skills needed to lead a group of younger students in sporting

activities. Being named 'Sports Leader of the Year 2013" gave me the confidence I needed, and two

years later, I have worked for coaching badges in 3 different sports; cricket, tennis and field hockey.

I am now considering a career in sport coaching. My whole future stemmed from the confidence and

patience that the PE staff displayed and their eagerness to work with me to achieve my goals.”

Adam Blackwell

“The Sports Leaders course has helped me to

increase my confidence when talking in front of

younger students. I have worked with students of

all abilities and have had to learn to adapt the way

in which I lead the sessions depending on the

students in the session. My aim is to be a PE

teacher one day and I have enjoyed working

alongside my PE teachers at Wales.”

Ruth Archer

On Friday 13th November 2015, in order to raise money for Children in Need, the PE department

helped to raise money by having a "Challenge the Teacher" event. The teachers that were

involved in the event included Mr Oldale, Mr Bembridge and Miss Middleton, and students were

able to compete in Badminton doubles matches against their teachers.

In total, the department raised £154.06 for Children in Need.

Skiing Success “During the spring of 2015, I competed in the Austrian championships which were also the British

championships. The course seemed very scary to me; I'd never done anything like it before. On Saturday it

was the duals and I qualified 6th, behind my team mate who came 5th (out of 8), but we both lost our races,

so I got a silver medal for the British duals. Then on Sunday it was the individuals where I just missed the

final as the top 6 qualified and I came 7th (out of 10) but this time in front of my team mate and therefore I

am the new female British moguls champion. We were the youngest competitors from the women. We

have now travelled to Switzerland and have another competition next weekend.

By Genevieve Justice