The Education Centre

Physical Education & Recreation

The school believes that physical education, experienced in a safe and supportive environment, is a unique and vital contributor to a pupil’s physical development and well being.
 
The curriculum is intended to develop increasing self-confidence in pupil’s ability to manage themselves and their bodies within a variety of movement situations. Progressing learning objectives, combined with sympathetic and varied teaching approaches, endeavour to provide stimulating, enjoyable, satisfying and appropriately challenging learning experiences for all pupils.

It is intended that pupils, irrespective of their innate ability, will enjoy success and be motivated to develop their individual potential. It is important that pupils are given the opportunity to evaluate their performance to improve it and their success. 

Physical Education is considered as a vehicle to facilitate access to cross-curricular themes, skills and dimensions, rather than a subject concerned exclusively with the acquisition of motor skills and techniques.

Aims:

Physical Education aims to provide students with a variety of opportunities in a range of activities. We also aim to provide a learning environment that will give the students opportunities that they may not otherwise experience.

It is the aim of the Physical Education curriculum to:

• Educate and develop each individual to enable them to understand the need for participation in            purposeful physical activity.

• Promote positive attitudes towards health, hygiene and fitness.

•   Promote the social, moral and aesthetic aspects of the activity.

• Encourage students to recognise the more psychological side of Physical Education and respect the opportunity which it gives to channel their emotions and feelings.

• To encourage pupils to acknowledge the possible acquirement of skills and therefore mental and             therefore mental and physical well being for life.     

• To develop a sense of fair play and sportsmanship

Sports:

We use the Local Leisure Centre in Haywards Heath for all our indoor activities (eg, swimming, trampolining, badminton, volleyball basketball), and  the Local Playing Field for our outdoor activities ( eg, football, rugby , cricket , athletics)

Our Annual Sports Day is held in Stamner Park, Brighton.

Students At KS4 can study for an Entry Level Certificate, which comprises 100% practical. Those who are interested in becoming Sports Coaches can take the CCPR Sports Leaders Award Certificate.

At The Education Centre there is also an opportunity to participate in a wide range of other leisure/ sporting activities. e.g.:

• Ten Pin Bowling in Crawley
• Snooker/Pool at Trick Shots in Burgess Hill
• Pony Trekking in Ditchling
• Lawn Bowls in Haywrds Heath
• Lake Fishing at Boarde Hill
• Sea Fishing in Brighton
• Golf at Tilgate or Pease Pottage
• Ice Skating at the Spectrum Centre in Guildford
• Wall Climbing at the K 2 Centre in Crawley
• Canoeing at Southwater Country Park
• Canoeing & Sailing at The Adur Centre
• Abseiling, Zip Wire, Rock Climbing, Archery at Blacklands Farm
• Cycling along the South Downs Link………and more