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Sport
Sport at Saint Felix
The Physical Education department aims to allow all pupils to enjoy and experience a wide range of activities in the hope that they will see the benefit of a healthy and active lifestyle and continue with sport in their later years.
Sport at Saint Felix is split into three complementary areas: PE, Games and Swimming.
PE lessons focus on developing core skills and allow children to explore their creativity and logical thinking. In the
In the Junior school the activities covered are:
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Outdoor and Adventurous Activities
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Badminton
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Athletics
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Tennis
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Games making and problem solving
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Dodgeball
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Dance
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Gymnastics
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Speed, agility, quickness and motor skill training.
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In the Senior school activities may involve those named above and also include:
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Trampolining
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Sports Leadership
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Invasion games
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Basketball
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Health Related Fitness
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Volleyball
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The Games' element is the same throughout the school and is focused on the major sports of the term;
The children have structured swimming lessons right through from Big Dragons to Year 9 in our excellent 25m indoor heated swimming pool. Most of the early years' teaching is focused upon water confidence and stroke development and later developing personal survival and lifesaving skills and playing water polo in the senior school.
Within all lessons, the children learn about the importance of warming up and down, stretching and how the body is affected by exercise.
We have developed the exam-based element of Physical Education with approximately 30 children covering the Edexcel GCSE Physical Education course and around 10 students following the Edexcel AS and A2 courses.
The department makes use of the excellent sports facilities and grounds at Saint Felix. There is a superb modern Sports Hall and two newly refurbished squash courts. We also have a dance studio with a sprung floor that is used for dance, gymnastics and health related fitness. The school also has an equestrian course set amongst its 80 acres of beautiful heritage coast.
Saint Felix boasts a very successful swimming programme. We currently have over 100 children registered on our out-of-school 'Learn to Swim' programme and 60 athletes in our squad programme. 'Learn to Swim' students and squad members come from the school and the wider community. The Saint Felix School Swimming Squad competes in many county and regional competitions and has a growing number of swimmers gaining National Qualifying times. The club regularly wins medals at the National Championships and currently has six swimmers on the