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The aim of our P.E programme is to promote in our pupils a healthy and active lifestyle which they will want to maintain and develop throughout their lives. Creativity is also nurtured, along with good manners, a sense of fair play and a graciousness in both victory and defeat.

St. Hugh's has excellent sports facilities in attractive grounds. They include:

• New all - weather (astro) pitch (In use from September 2008 )
• Sports Hall - Incorporating marking for 4 badminton courts, 1 basketball court, 1 tennis court, 1 netball court, 2 volleyball courts, a set of gymnastic wall bars, trampoline and 2 cricket nets.
• An outdoor swimming pool
• 7 outdoor tennis courts
• 4 outdoor netball Courts
• 3 rounders pitches
• 2 grass hockey pitches
• 3 rugby pitches
• 4 football pitches
• 2 cricket pitches
• Outdoor cricket nets
• An athletics track
• A cross-country track through woodland
• A sports pavilion with changing facilities for boys and girls.

Off Site Facilities:

• Squash courts at Faringdon Leisure Centre

P.E lessons take place once a week. The lessons are fully co- educational and are varied to allow the children to experience different sports and activites. The programme is based on the schemes of work of the National Curriculum.

Pre-Prep (2x1hr Lessons)

The boys and girls are taught by their class teachers and a P.E specialist. The children take part in gymnastics, swimming, dance, athletics, and ball and racket skills lessons. In Year 2 all children have weekly mini tennis lessons taught by an LTA Licensed coach and are able to stay for after school sports clubs.

Middle and Upper School

In Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 boys and girls are taught together in small classes by a P.E specialist. All children will have PE or games everyday in their scheduled lessons. The areas covered are as follows:

Autumn Term - Life Saving skills and gymnastics

Spring Term - A wide range of Dance and Rhythmic gymnastics

Summer Term - Swimming skills

Years 7 and 8 follow a more varied programme, still in small classes, taught in a double period each week by P.E specialists:

Autumn Term: Water Polo/Synchronised Swimming, Triathlon Training, Badminton, Health Related Fitness, Rock and Roll Dance

Spring Term: Basketball, Volleyball, Squash, Badminton, gymnastics and Martial Arts Dance

Summer Term: Athletics, Swimming, Tennis

Outdoor Education:

This programme is undertaken by all pupils from Years 5-8 for one day each term. St Hugh's uses two professional outside organisations called 'Take Footsteps' and 'The Bushcraft Company' who offer the children the unique opportunity of exploring a range of activities and problem solving games in small groups to develop their confidence and abilities in team building exercises. This involves taking part in outdoor activity challenges, including survival sklills, orienteering and exposure to unfamiliar and changing environments.

Read more about the successes of the Department in the 'Games' section.