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Sport

Sport is a fundamental part of Manor House School life with all girls encouraged to participate in team and individual events.  Specialist teaching takes place throughout the school, with girls developing individual and team skills, self-confidence and a positive attitude towards physical activity and fitness, encouraging and fostering a healthy, active lifestyle.  Physical Education is also offered at GCSE level.

Useful links and contact details:

SOCS is our fully integrated school sports communication system (http://sport.manorhouseschool.org/). Fixtures and Teams details are listed on SOCS and updated regularly.  If you have any questions or feedback or need a reminder of the SOCS password, please email Head of Sport, Mrs Hannah Tauber at htauber@manorhouseschool.org. Instructions for how to download SOCS to your smart devices can be found in: School Sports Communication System Help Sheet.

House Shirts can be purchased through the second-hand uniform facility run by parent volunteers. Please place your order by email at 2ndhanduniformshop@manorhouseschool.org.

Our Prep School PE curriculum develops students’ physical movement patterns and core skills, as well as working on their special awareness.  Early Years and Key Stage 1 have weekly swimming lessons included in their PE timetable, whilst Key Stage 2 enjoy one PE lesson each week, in addition to their two skills lessons across a breadth of activities.

Our Senior PE curriculum covers a wide variety of sporting experiences throughout the school sports journey including the traditional team games of netball, hockey and rounders. Pupils also experience other units of games such as football, handball, volleyball and rugby.   Movement is also expressed through gymnastic and dance themes, whilst fitness swimming and athletics are also measured and timed.

Facilities at Manor House include our own heated swimming pool, five tennis and netball courts (some of which are flood lit) plus hockey and rounders pitches and a grass athletics track. We also have a hall for indoor fitness training and dance. There are training sessions each day during the lunchtime long breaks as well as timetabled lessons of up to three hours per week, including one games lesson and up to two skills lessons.  In Year 9 we also offer a sports leadership programme to develop students’ confidence and leadership skills when working with younger students.

Our extra-curricular activities include our Tennis Academy, taekwondo, netball, hockey, rounders, tennis, athletics, gymnastics, cross country, rugby, swimming, badminton, yoga and dance.

We play competitive matches in sports against a wide variety of local schools and compete successfully in district and county championships.  We also organise inter-house competitions in cross country, netball, hockey and rounders in addition to school sports days and swimming galas.

We offer a scholarship programme for successful sport scholar applicants which includes a specialist mentor, additional strength and conditioning training and specialist workshops.  For more information, go to our Scholarships page here.

Activities Covered

Early Years (Nursery, Kindergarten and Reception Class)

 

Physical and spatial awareness

Movement Skills

Throwing and kicking skills

Aiming Skills

Sports Day Prep

Sports Day Prep

 

 

 

Swimming

 

Key Stage 1 (Years 1 and 2)

 

Throwing, Catching and kicking

Aiming Skills

Movement Skills

Spatial awareness skills

Bat and Ball skills

Sports Day Prep

 

 

 

 

Swimming

 

Key Stage 2 (Years 3-6)

Skills Lessons Games Lesson
 

Gym

Swimming

Fitness

Dance

Gym

Trampolining – Year 3-5

OAA

Striking and fielding skills

Athletics

Tennis

Sports day prep

Swimming

Netball – Year 6

Hockey – Year 6

Football – Year 6

Rugby – Year 6

 

Invasion Games

·        Netball

·        Hockey

·        Football

·        Rugby

·        Striking and fielding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Key Stage 3 (Years 7-9)

Skills Lessons Games Lesson
 

Swimming

Netball

Dance

Hockey

OAA – Year 7

Volleyball

Rugby – Year 7

Striking and fielding

Gym

Athletics

Tennis

Sports Leaders – Year 9

 

Invasion Games

·        Netball

·        Hockey

·        Football

·        Rugby

·        Striking and fielding

 

 

 

 

 

 

Key Stage 4 (Years 10-11)

Skills Lessons Games Lesson
 

Fitness

Badminton

Golf – Year 10

Volleyball – Year 10

Taekwondo – Year 10

Table Tennis

Aerobics – Year 10

Yoga – Year 11

Trampolining – Year 11

 

 

Invasion Games

·        Netball

·        Hockey

·        Football

·        Rugby

·        Striking and fielding

·        Tennis

·        Lacrosse