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Physical Education
Staff List
Andrew Speed - Head of PE
Dave Jones - PE Teacher
Dan Pitt - PE Teacher
Burt Stein - PE Teacher/Assistant head of Key Stage 3
Paul Cooper - SSCO
New Initiatives in line with new Key Stage 3
Swimming: We are currently offering our new crop of year 7 boys the opportunity to learn to swim. Each and every boy in their first year at secondary will have a term of swimming lessons with the aim being to educated the boys in water safety and increasing their confidence in the water. This provision is currently only available to year 7 pupils but we are investigating the possibility of rolling it out throughout key stage 3.
Fitness programmes: A key factor in educating the public into health and fitness issues steams from learning beyond sports within the school curriculum, therefore at Bow boys we have been proactive in providing an excellent fitness suite facility for the boys to make use of. The fitness suite will be used for both; specialised lessons and extra-curricular activities. We provide pupils the opportunity to use the fitness suite on lunch times with a specialist member of the PE team available as well as offering a block of work within our curriculum to educate pupils of the reason for and benefits of training.
Arsenal Double Club: The Arsenal double club has been running successfully in Bow school for many years now and is continuing in both year 7 and 8. The class targets pupils with a love for football and gives them an opportunity to improve their current levels of literacy and numeracy.
New Initiatives in Key Stage 4
BTEC: With GCSE being changed within Bow school over the next few years BTEC sport has become very prominent this year. We have an excellent programme set-up and are now confident we can carry all pupils through to maximise to the end of their course.
Duke of Edinburgh: Dove tailing onto the BTEC course this year we will be offering pupils to opportunity to take their Duke of Edinburgh qualifications. Courses such as these are important in offering pupils another way to improve and grow as individuals – focussing on important skills such as leadership, communication and teamwork.
Extra Curricular Sports
At Bow we want to ensure that as many pupils as possible can take part in our sporting provisions. On top of the fore mentioned fitness room we also offer a range of activities and sports, ranging from table tennis to football, both at lunch time and after school. This year we are also re-introducing a competitive edge to extra curricular sport within Bow. This year pupils will be able to represent their form groups in a series of different sports, producing school champions in each year group, in the Autumn term the sport is football.
School Representation
The start of a new term brings us first to the football fixtures. Trials have and will be held for all year groups with development squads being picked across the years. We are very pleased to be able to provide the boys with a brand new kit this season and believe that we can maintain the interest and pride that comes with representing Bow on the sports field.
Football Fixtures – London Cup
Year 7: Team Manager Mr Rushworth
Round One: Blackheath Vs Bow (date tbc)
Year 8: Team Manager Mr Pitt
Round Two: Bow Vs Eastbrook (date tbc)
Year 9: Team Manager Mr Jones
Round Two: Bow Vs Elliot School (date tbc)
Year 10: Team Manager Mr Speed
Round One: Southfields College Vs Bow (date tbc)
Year 11: Team Manager Mr Stein
Round Two: All Saints School Vs Bow