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Sports, Health and Physical Education

 


Welcome to SHAPE

The SHAPE (Sport, Health and PE) department is led by Becky Brown (rbro@tda.education). In addition to nurturing young people’s sporting ability and knowledge, the department endeavours to highlight and encourage students to foster the academy’s character values (the 6 Cs) within all of its subject areas.

The academy has extensive sporting facilities; these include:

  •  A weights fitness suite (Year 9s and above).
  • A cardio-vascular and functional weights fitness suite (all years).
  • A 6 badminton-court sports hall (including cricket nets).
  • 2 cricket pitches with a pavilion.
  • A Multi Use Games Area (MUGA) that contains 4 netball courts.
  • A full sized all-weather pitch.

We base our curriculum and enrichment programme around 3 core aims: Experience, Enjoy, Excel, through which we develop the academy’s 6 character values (Curiosity, Commitment, Courage, Compassion, Confidence and Courtesy).

Experience

Years 7-9 Core PE

  • Minimum of 16 different sports delivered in 3 years.
  • Assessed via a combination of practical ability and the TDA Character values (Curiosity, Commitment, Courage, Compassion, Confidence and Courtesy).
  • Interleaving ideas between sports/activities (crossover of tactics, skills, technique points and character values).

Year 10-11 Core PE

  • As a class students get to opt for a different activity each term.
  • Focus of skills shifts to leadership and teamwork. Where students are expected to lead and umpire parts of lessons. There is an increased focus on the character values of Compassion and Confidence with links to lifelong physical activity and develop skills that are applicable in the workplace as well as physical activity.

Competition

  • All students experience competition within lessons and termly inter-tutor competitions.
  • Through this, students develop resilience; winning and losing with honour.
  • All competitions require teamwork, collaboration and leadership.
  • This supports their development of the academy’s 6 Character values.

Enrichment

  • We offer a wide enrichment programme, allowing students to demonstrate their Curiosity and Commitment.
  • After school opportunities are available at the end of every academy day.
  • These are free and open to all.
  • Throughout the year there are over 20 different activities available. With a focus on both participation and competition pathways.
  • There is also opportunity for students to take part in enrichment at lunchtime after they have eaten their lunch.

Enjoy

‘Safe’ Culture

- We aim to create a culture where students feel confident to attempt anything and feel that they can make mistakes.

- Where students support and help each other.

Variety

  • Changing sport/activity every term keeps motivation high.
  • With lots of different sports on offer both in curriculum and enrichment students will hopefully find a sport they enjoy and feel confident in, that they will choose to take further or return to later in life.

Wellbeing

  • Link of activity to physical and mental wellbeing identified and encouraged within the curriculum under the Compassion strand.
  • Students are encouraged to participate in after school sport or go to the gym to help with mental and physical wellbeing.

Lifelong

  • Students find activities which they enjoy and continue with or return to later on in life.
  • Students understand their physical and mental wellbeing will be improved by participating in physical activity and continue to do so long after leaving school.

Excel

Exam Groups

  • Offer Cambridge National in Sport Studies (Yr11 Cohort), NCFE Level 1/2 Technical Award in Health and Fitness (Yr10 Cohort) and Cambridge National in Health and Social Care at KS4 to suit all learners needs.
  • BTEC Extended Certificate in Sport and Health and Social Care offered at KS5.
  • TDA Steelbacks team linked to Northants County Cricket

Leadership

  • KS4 and KS5 students deliver to KS3 and TDAJ, and support events across Peterborough.
  • Cambridge National students undertake Performance and Leadership unit.
  • Captains for school teams.

Academy Teams

  • Perform against other schools in 10 different sports. With over 100 fixtures taking place each year.
  • Home and away fixtures. Allowing students to experience a variety of environments.
  • A variety of teams and individuals have had success at district, county and regional level.

Gifted & Talented

  • Strong school-club links with local teams.
  • Thomas Deacon Academy is the base for TDA Steelbacks and has strong links to Northants Steelbacks and Cricket East.
  • We have a number of students that have gone on to perform at county, regional and national level in a variety of sports as a direct pathway from their school sport.

For details of uniform requirements click here.

Health & Safety

All jewellery should be removed and long hair tied back prior to participating in PE/Sport. Piercings cannot be worn and the school cannot provide tape or plasters to cover these.

Ideally a sports headscarf should be worn for PE. If this is not possible, headscarves should be tightly secured and ends tucked into their top.

Football – It is highly recommended that students wear shin pads whilst participating in this activity.

Rugby – It is highly recommended that students wear gum shields whilst participating in this activity.

Hockey – It is highly recommended that students wear gum shields and shin pads whilst participating in this activity.

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact Becky Brown (Head of Department). Telephone 01733 426060 or email becky.brown@tda.education.

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