PE
Welcome to the PE Department
Subject Leader: Eleanor Cole e.cole@holyfamily.waltham.sch.uk
Our Aims:
- To become skilful performers in a full range of physical education contexts.
- To encourage an understanding of health and fitness leading to educated choices about an active lifestyle.
- To become reflective performers so that they might refine their own and others’ performance.
- To offer leadership opportunities to our young people so that they may become the sports leaders of the future.
- To educate through the medium of sport, through competition and co-operation
- To offer a wide range of curricular and extra-curricular activities which allows our students to realise and achieve their full potential.
The department:
Six members of staff operate in the Physical Education Department.
The department uses coaches from outside of school to assist in some activities at Key Stage 4 and in some extra-curricular clubs.
The PE department is extremely committed towards providing a safe, relevant, enjoyable and all inclusive curriculum. It seeks to promote a culture of achievement, leadership, teamwork, participation and sportsmanship.
Staff Roles and Responsibilities
Name Title/Dept.
Eleanor Cole (COE) Curriculum Leader
Ed Graefe (GRE) Curriculum Leader
Nicola Martin (MAN) PE Teacher/Assistant Yr Leader
Paul Mulgrew (MUL) PE Teacher/Head of Year
Tina Simpson (SIT) PE Teacher/SSCo
Robert Wilbraham (WIR) PE Teacher/Assistant Yr Leader
Extra-curricular programme
We offer an extensive extra-curricular programme. We have teams in netball for girls, football for boys and girls, athletics, indoor athletics, basketball, cross-country, rounders and cricket.
We have teams entered into local, regional and national competitions and have a history of success across a wide range of sports.
There are a large number of extra-curricular clubs that run throughout the year; clubs are run before school, lunchtime and afterschool.
In addition the department have organised numerous outdoor adventurous activities including skiing.
Raising Standards within the PE Department
In a continuing effort to raise standards within the Physical Education department, we have devised a new set of guidelines for the school PE kit.
Required for ALL Lessons
Boys
Plain Black Shorts (No logo (over 3cm), stripes pockets, additional colours)
Red T-Shirt with HFTC Logo
Plain Red Football Socks (No logo or additional colours)
Girls
Plain Black Pleated PE Skirt or Shorts (No logo (over 3cm),stripes,additional colours)
Red T-Shirt with HFTC Logo
Plain Red Football Socks (No logo or additional colours)
Optional Additional Items (permitted at teachers’ discretion)
Boys
Red Reversible Rugby Jersey with HFTC Logo
Plain Black Full Length Tracksuit Bottoms (no logo (over 3cm), stripes, pockets, additional colours)
Grey Sweatshirt with HFTC Logo
Girls
Red Reversible Rugby Jersey with HFTC Logo
Plain Black Full Length Tracksuit Bottoms (no logo (over 3cm), stripes, pockets, additional colours)
Grey Sweatshirt with HFTC Logo
No jewellery
No make-up (including nail extensions)
No additional items of clothing (i.e. long sleeve T-shirts under short sleeve T-shirts)
No casual/fashion trainers (eg.lace-up plimsoles, etc.)
Clothing bearing the HFTC logo can be obtained from Henry Tailor Outfitters.