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Change 4 Life Sessions go down a storm with Yr7 Girls
As part of an introduction to different sports and to encourage girls who are less likely to take part in activity Mrs Lilley organised a block of 6 sessions to allow the girls to have a go at a variety of activities. The peer group was selected from Year 7 and each week they had the opportunity to try out something new, from mini golf, to x-biking, to team building.
At the start they were very nervous and said very little to one another but by the end of the 6 weeks, they had really come out of their shells and bonded well as a group. The sessions were also designed to help raise confidence and awareness of what they were able to do.
Here are some of the comments from the students:
"The sessions were absolutely amazing and I loved all of them. I might start trampolining now"
"The sessions were good fun and I really enjoyed X-biking because I had never done it before"
"I like all the sessions because I learnt something different"
This comment will be fed back to the PE department as it is always important to listen to student voice:
"If I had to change anything about PE is would be not having higher and lower sets as it makes me feel that I'm rubbish as I'm in the lower group"
10 more students will now be selected to take part in a series of 3 sessions at MARJONS aimed at introducing ideas to help them enjoy taking part in physical activity and nutrition.
2 Inter-house competitions in one half term at PHSG!
Kev Sellar, Plymouth rowing coach and his able team of Sophie and Jack came to PHSG in January to run a whole school inter house rowing competition. Sessions were held during PE lessons where students were taught how to row, good technique and how to compete in a 2 min rowing competition. Each student scored points based on how far they rowed in the 2 mins and these were added up to make a house total.
In February, despite the cold and rain we managed to hold inter house Netball competitions. KS3 was held during a PE lesson, whilst KS4/5 gave up their lunch break over three days to complete the tournament.
Hockey is next on the schedule due to take part on 16th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd March.
PHSG take part in Indoor Athletics for the 1st time!
Despite being only their first ever attempt at the competition, PHSG put together a team of girls to compete at the regional indoor athletics finals. They teamed up with St Bonniface school to make even girl/boy numbers to form a team.
The girls learn a huge amount; how to use turning boards, what Parluf means, and how to compete as an individual and a team across a number of races and events. We hope this will inspire a team for next year to do even better!
5 PHSG girls go to London for the National Junior Indoor Rowing Champs
Good luck to Rhian Roberts, Nicola Perry, Kate Little, Emmeline Hoyte and Emily Greiner who are off to London on March 3rd and 4th to represent PHSG at the National Junior Indoor Rowing Champs. They stormed the competition at the Plymouth Rowing finals and were selected to represent the region.
Sixth form volunteer leaders who have been coaching the students every Monday evening and Tuesday lunchtime will each receive a Sport Unlimited goodie bag made up of baseball cap, t-shirt, pen and water bottle. This is a great reward for all their hard work.
Kelcey Pillage makes GB squad in Modern Pentathlon
Kelcey had trails for GB squad at the weekend and has been selected to represent her country this weekend, 5th & 6th March at Harborne. We wish her all the best of luck and look forward to seeing her at the next if not London Olympics!
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