Curriculum | Physical Education - Overview

Our outstanding sports provision is a feature of the school. All girls from Reception upwards have a forty minute lesson of physical education every day. We believe it cultivates happy, healthy and independent girls, enhances their social skills and prepares them for life experiences. Our excellent range of equipment and facilities ensures quality of delivery and opportunity in the learning process, as does the effectiveness of having fully qualified, specialist staff in the Department. The girls also benefit from professional tennis and fencing coaches, and qualified ballet teachers. Pupils are given the best possible introduction to sport at all levels - class, inter-house, local county, district, regional and national. We exceed all National Curriculum requirements in each year group.

Junior Curriculum (Reception -Year 2)

Winter - games (multi activity skills and individual, group and team tasks), formal and creative dance, modern and Olympic gymnastics, and swimming (once a week).

Summer - athletics, mini-tennis, swimming (once a week), and games/activities (kwik cricket/square rounders/potted sports).

Senior Curriculum (Years 3-6)

Winter - netball, one term blocks of hockey/cross country/dance for Year 3, trampolining, dance (formal and creative), gymnastics (modern and Olympic), a diverse programme of weekly swimming, and hockey (Year 6 only).

Summer - athletics (track and field), rounders, tennis, and weekly swimming.

Competitive Sports

• Gymnastics - regional and national GISGA, IAPS, Carita House, floor and vault champions.
• Swimming – (Division 10), regional and national squads)
• Netball - District, regional and national qualifiers
• Tennis - Club, county and national players and teams
• Rounders - local tournaments and national entries
• Athletics - IAPS regional and national teams and qualifiers
• Football - local competitions

Non-Competitive Sports

In addition, there are several sports on offer for those who wish to participate in non-competitive activities or develop sports outside of the school curriculum. These include ballet (Reception upwards), fencing (Year 5 and 6), golf (Years 5 and 6), riding (Year 3 upwards) at a local stables, tennis (Year 1 upwards), and hockey (Year 6).

All the extra curricular clubs, squads, individual coaching or group sessions are run by the PE staff, or qualified specialist coaches.

Conclusion

Physical co-ordination and motor development, mental strategies and understanding, team work and support, confidence, honesty, resilience, competitive drive and, above all, enjoyment are all qualities highly rated by the PE Department. The girls’ consistent, steady progress is of paramount importance and the committed staff strive to give the pupils every opportunity to leave Maltman’s prepared for what lies ahead in their Senior schools, having given them a good grounding in physical competence and prowess.