PHYSICAL EDUCATION
At this time of year, when we are recovering from the shock of England’s lacklustre football performance at the
Euros, it is easy to blame schools and grass roots sport for not developing youngsters. I find this view very
frustrating as I believe the opportunities that are available for students are wider and better than ever, and it is
up to them to grasp these opportunities with both hands. I certainly wish I had such a range of activities when I
was young. At times though, I feel the opportunities laid on at school are missed by some of our student.
To ensure that you and your children are well informed of these activities and matches, we will be making
much more use of the PE Twitter feed. Please follow us on #AvonValleySchPE to see what is happening. We
hope this will become the major form of communication to let students and parents know of forthcoming
fixtures and finishing times, as well as extra
curricular clubs.
I wanted to use this bulletin to focus on the
efforts of the many excellent Sports Leaders
we have at Avon Valley. As well as
performance, we place great emphasis in PE
lessons on building confidence and
leadership skills both in lessons and beyond,
and we often supply sports leaders to help
with local and regional sports partnership
events. They never let us down, always
conduct themselves brilliantly and return to
school with glowing reports from the
organisers.
Our Year 10 Leaders helped at a Primary
School Athletics event where they helped to
run, organise and officiate a range of
athletics activities at the Queen Diamond
Jubilee Leisure Centre. The team of Jaymee
Russell, Leah Evans, Ellen Armeson, Harriet
Ward and Jess McGhee did a great job and
were spoken of very highly by event organisers.
We also provided
Year 9 Leaders for
other Athletic events
at QDJC and Harris
School.
Again
students had to show
their organisational
skills,
planning,
communication and
initiative in dealing
with young, keen and
eager primary school
pupils. They did this
with great energy,
knowledge
and
patience!
Niall, Shay, Lewis , Lewis, Charlie, Matty, Harvey, Alex and Sid
Wiki, Chloe, Chloe, Claudia, Emily, Charlotte and Emily