What sports do pupils play at Freemen’s?

Year 3 – Year 4

	Autumn Term	Spring Term	Summer Term
Boys	Football/Rugby	Rugby/Football	Cricket/Tennis/Athletics
Girls	Hockey/Netball	Hockey/Netball	Tennis/Athletics/Cricket

 

 

 

 

 

Additionally in Year 3 and Year 4 all pupils have practices in which they sample rugby, football, hockey and netball. In Year 6 pupils can also try boys' hockey and girls' touch rugby. 

Year 7 – Year 10 Games and Co-curricular Sport

	Autumn Term	Spring Term	Summer Term
Boys	Rugby/Football*	Football/Rugby*	Cricket/Tennis/Athletics
Girls	Hockey/Netball*	Netball/Hockey*	Tennis/Athletics

*In the Autumn Term Rugby and Hockey are the main sports played. Pupils train for these once a week after school and in Games, as well taking part in Saturday fixtures in these sports. The second named sports (football and netball) will be trained once a week after School. This will swap in the Spring Term when football and netball are played as the main sports for the term. In Year 7 and Year 8 pupils can also sample practices in boys’ hockey and girls’ touch rugby.

Year 11 – Year 13 Games and Co-curricular Sport

Pupils in our senior year groups (Year 11 - Upper 6) are given the option of selecting from fourteen different activities in Games each term. There are competitive fixtures in fencing, football, hockey, netball, rugby, swimming and squash as well as tennis, athletics and cricket in the Summer Term. We also compete in fixtures for cross country, fencing, indoor hockey, rugby sevens, squash, and swimming throughout the School.

What do pupils do in PE?

• All pupils Year 3 to Year 11 do PE once a week.
• In Year 3 and Year 4 pupils alternate between swimming and other activities, such as movement skills, ball skills, and athletics. As they move into Year 5 and Year 6 pupils work in four week blocks, covering similar activities to those covered in previous years.
• Higher up the school (Year 7 to Year 11) pupils continue to work in four week blocks of activity and cover nine different activities each year.
• Pupils also look at character strengths in all PE lessons in order to develop them as people.

How often do pupils swim?

• In Year 3 and Year 4 pupils swim every other week in PE, whilst in Year 5 and Year 6 pupils will swim for approximately 16 weeks split into four separate teaching blocks.
• In Year 7 and Year 8 they complete three 4 week blocks in the pool not only looking at swimming but Personal Survival and Water Polo. Pupils from Year 9 to Year 11 have one four week block in the pool.
• Outside of lessons the Year 3 and Year 4 pupils have one lunchtime co-curricular session a week, and from Year 5 pupils have two swim squad sessions a week before school.

Do pupils have to play Saturday sport?

• It is an expectation that pupils participate in Saturday sport from Year 7 upwards and we ask for 2 weeks’ notice if they cannot play.
• There are sometimes festivals for the pupils in Year 3 to Year 6 on Saturdays.

Do you have specialist coaching staff at Freemen’s?

• We have experienced teaching staff in the department who are all passionate practitioners across a number of sports. They are complimented by a variety of exceptional coaching staff including coaching staff from Josh Evans soccer school, England and Great Britain international hockey player Jonty Griffiths, Surrey netball coach Alison Bennett and Surrey cricket coach Neil Stewart.