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* This Week's Sports Training, Fixtures & Match Reviews: f/Week_3_08.03.2010.pdf

• R12 - R14 House Sports Competition Results 2010
The R12, 13 & 14 have been involved in netball, football and dance house competitions in advance of the School Eisteddfod.

R12 – Dance & Football Winners: Bute House
R14 – Netball Winners: Bute House

More competition results to follow in the coming weeks.

Congratulations to all the captains managing their teams efficiently.  A very special mention to DLS’s Gabrielle O’ Sullivan & Kane Teear-Bourge, captains of the winning house.

1st
De La Salle: 210 points

2nd
Mostyn: 168 points

Joint 3rd 
Bute & St David's: 158 points
 
• Swimming Gala - Tuesday 9 February

Congratulations to our most improved swimmers who are below
 
R8 Girls: Kelly Yip                      R8 Boys: Charles Williams
R9 Girls: Isabella Howell             R9 Boys: Aron Amal-Calist
R10 Girls: Jordan Olds                 R10 Boys: Anthony Smith
R11 Girls: Gabriella O Sullivan   R11 Boys: Daniel Harding

• Welsh Schools Gymnastics Tumble and Vault Competition - Monday 25 January

The gymnastics squad has been working towards this competition since September. The pupils performed outstandingly, and for a few, it was their first ever gymnastics competition. Rachel Evans was our top finisher who was placed 3rd.  She received a medal and a pass to the regional finals.

Sam Rees finished in 4th place also with a pass to the next round.

The junior girls team finished 4th with outstanding performances from:

Rachel Evans                                Lily Morris
Eleanor Johnson                           Gabrielle O’Sullivan
Claudia Ricketts                           Andrea Mizzen
Lucy Blyth                                    Jordan Olds

The senior girls team worked very hard and managed to finish in 6th place out of 12 schools across Cardiff. The highest placed St John’s pupil was Lilly Element who displayed excellent work throughout the competition. Also competing for the senior team were Olivia Evans, Kelly Powling and Harriet Simons.  The girls all worked incredibly hard and produced some great scores for their team.  Congratulations to all the gymnasts!

• Gibraltar Netball Tour 2009

Tour diary:

Please see the tour diary below for a detailed day-by-day account of the tour and match results:
f/Gibraltar_Netball_Tour_Diary_2009.pdf

Tour itinerary:
f/Gibraltar_itinerary_final_itinerary.doc

All squad members were involved in fundraising activities, such as a car wash, cake sale & smarty tube fill, which has helped subsidise the costs of travel, training, playing kit, new bibs & balls.  Congratulations to the girls for their excellent hard work.

• The 2009 Sports Awards Assembly - Tuesday 20 October

Boys

Girls

• Please see below for the results from the Junior & Senior Sports Days 2009 
Parents who wish to view all photographs from the Infant, Junior & Senior Sports Days 2009 may do so by contacting Mr J Davies directly: jdavies@stjohnscollegecardiff.co.uk

• Sixth Form Tennis Success - June 09
Following victories over Lewis Boys, St Cyres, Monmouth Boys and Christ College Brecon, Matthew Davies, Samir Almitwally & Scott Thompson of Lower 6th, and Andrew Wright of Upper 6th should be congratulated for reaching the regional tennis finals at Cheltenham.
- see Sixth Form College page for details.

• R12 girls reached the Cardiff & Vale 2009 County Netball Finals
- the girls showed excellent skill and enthusiasm and came 4th overall. Congratulations to you all!

Sports Days 2009

Senior Sports Day

Results
1st - 463     BUTE
2nd - 461    ST DAVID'S
3rd - 450    DE LA SALLE
4th - 433    MOSTYN

4 x 100m Relay
U13 Girls - St David's
U13 Boys - Mostyn
U15 Girls - Mostyn
U15 Boys - Bute
Invitation Race - PE STAFF

Records
U13 girls' 75m hurdles Sophie Nethercott
U15 girls' 80m hurdles Gabbie Martin (13sec 85)
R13 boys' 100m Richard Griffith (11sec 97)
U13 boys' 200m Richard Griffith (25.91)
U13 boys' 400m Tom Blyth (1min 01)
U15 boys' 800m Charlie Halpin (equalled time 2.15)
U15 girls' discus Aime Worton (20m 04)

U13 girls' high jump Emma Cooney (1m 40)
U13 boys' high jump Tom Blyth (1.52m)
U13 boys' relay team winners - Mostyn (57.54)
U15 girls' shot putt Amie Worton (7.67m)
U13 boys' javelin Connor Smith (18.29m DLS)
U15 high jump Curtis Gordon Equaled record (1.62m)
U13 long jump Richard Griffith (4.87m)

Junior Sports Day

Results
1st - 447 BUTE
(Ashleigh Patrick & Dhruv Mehta photographed)
2nd - 394 DE LA SALLE
3rd - 367 MOSTYN
4th - 345 ST DAVID'S

4 x 60m Relay
R8 & R9 Girls' Relay - St David's
R8 & R9 Boys' Relay - De La Salle
R10 & R11 Girls' Relay - St David's
R10 & R11 Boys' Relay - Mostyn

Field Event Winners
R8 & R9 discus Ben Dimond (Mostyn)
R10 & R11 speed bounce Lilly Element
R10 & R11 long jump Kelly Powling (St David's, 1m 76cm)
R8 & R9 ball throw Lilly Morris (De La Salle)
R10&11 speed bounce Charlie Williams (Bute, a score of 68 in 30 seconds)
R8 & R9 javelin Ben Diamond (Mostyn)
R8 & R9 shot put Lily Morris (Mostyn)
R10 & R11 long jump Sam Rees (1m 80 cm)
R11& R11 javelin Kelly Powling (St David's)
R8 & R9 long jump Claudia Ricketts (De La Salle, 1m 54cm)
R10 & R11 shot put Charlie Williams (Bute)
R8 & R9 speed bounce Dylan Edwards (De La Salle)
R8 & R9 long jump Anthony Smith (Bute, 1m 56cm)
R10 & R11 ball throw Robbie Griffiths (St David's)
R10 & R11 discus Caitlin Weston (Mostyn)
R8 & R9 speed bounce Rachel Evans (Bute, 70 bounces in 30 seconds)
R10 & R11 boys' 400m Kane Teear Bourge (De La Salle, 1 min 13 sec)
R8 & R9 girls' 300m Rachel Evans (Bute, 58 sec)
R10 & R11 girls' 400m Sally Williams (St David's, 1 min 23 sec)
R8 & R9 boys' 300m Ben Dimond (Mostyn, 58 sec)

60m Sprint Winners
R8 Boys (a) Alex Makin (De La Salle)
R8 Boys (b) James Chan (St David's)
R9 Boys (a) Dylan Edwards (De La Salle)
R9 Boys (b) Nick Daly (Mostyn)
R10 Boys (a) Joint 1st Kane Tear Bourge & Charlie Williams
R11 Boys (a) Robbie Griffiths
R11 Boys (b) Argin Thaper (De La Salle)
R8 Girls (a) Risah Rahim (Bute)
R9 Girls  (a) Rachel Evans (Bute)
R10 Girls (a) Lucy Blyth (Mostyn)
R11 Girls (a) Sally Williams (St David's)
R11 Girls (b) Faye Courtney (St David's)
R11 Girls (c) Mahima Rahim (Bute)

National & County Honours 2009

Congratulations to the following pupils for some outstanding sporting achievements this year.

St John's College Sports Curriculum

We support the government recommendation (in accordance with the latest National Curriculum revision) for pupils to develop their skills, knowledge and understanding of physical education through each of the following four areas of experience.

Programme of study:
 
• Health, fitness and well-being activities
• Creative activities
• Adventurous activities
• Competitive activities

Learning across the curriculum

The revised curriculum identifies three areas of learning:

1)  Knowledge and understanding of Wales,
2)  Personal & social development and well-being,
3)  Awareness of the world of work.

Pupils will also be given opportunities to develop and apply the following across the Sports & PE curriculum:

• Thinking
• Communication
• ICT
• Number
• Curriculum Cymreig (7-14) and Wales, Europe and the World (14-19)
• Personal & social education
• Careers and the world of work

Adventurous activities - newly introduced 2009/10!

This year, the Sport & PE department have teamed up with ACE Adventure (teambuilding & adventurous activities organisers), which will be an asset for our pupils to experience tailor made lessons which will fully support the National Curriculum guidelines for the section related to adventurous activities.  For example, pupils will be given an opportunity to develop a range of skills and techniques in at least one of the following three types of activities;

• Outdoor and adventurous activities (e.g. climbing, canoeing, orienteering)
• Problem-solving or initiative challenges (e.g. following or designing trails, rope courses)
• Outwardbound activities (e.g. hill walking and camping)

Our Sporting Ethos

We aim to raise the standards of achievement in physical education and sport for all our students across the ability range leading to whole school improvement.

We believe this can be achieved through clear targets and standards:

• high quality teaching

• high expectations of achievement levels and behaviour

• sound curriculum organisation and planning

• well-defined system of assessment, recording and reporting which is shared with the students

• an extensive extra-curricular programme giving equality of opportunity.

We support the Government’s aspiration for all young people to have two hours high quality P.E. per week within and outside the curriculum. We believe that every pupil at St John's College has an entitlement to a comprehensive grounding in sport. We aim to give pupils the access and opportunity to achieve this. Every student has the prospect to integrate with other students of varying levels of ability and aptitude. Within every sporting activity we endeavour to foster an appreciation of all abilities, achievements, individual contributions and personal experiences that each of the students brings to the learning process in Physical Education.

Sports & Activities

We offer a broad range of sporting activities at St John’s College, emphasising both team and individual sporting prowess, including:



Clubs & Teams

Sporting competition is encouraged at St John's College as a healthy way of allowing pupils to demonstrate their abilities whilst striving to do the best for themselves and for their school.  Each year group has its own teams and every pupil is encouraged to participate in teams and squad training sessions. We compete in both local state school leagues in the mainstream sports as well as playing against other independent schools from all over Wales and England.

Extra-curricular clubs and practices begin at 3.45 and end at 5pm; match times vary. Team sheets are given out prior to matches with exact times for parents to organise pick up times.

Every week a timetable of extra curricular events is displayed on the Sports webpage (see above) and on the P.E. Notice Board giving notice to pupils and parents of the sporting activities planned for the week ahead.

At St John's College, pupils are provided with the highest standard of sporting equipment and facilities and are expected to play to the best of their abilities. The school fosters an ethos of fair play both within sports practices and amongst teams and individuals representing the school in competitive external fixtures.

Meet the Department

The St John’s Sport & PE Department boasts six UWIC trained Sport & PE Staff as well as three Play Ball Specialists who work along side them.  Members of the department have specialisms within their own fields of sport & coaching (netball, football, rugby, gymnastics, trampolining, athletics & cricket) as well as other subject areas.  The department is in regular contact with sports coaches from Cardiff Sports Development, who deliver coaching sessions in a wide variety of sports (for example, Welsh volleyball, Cardiff Blues & Welsh Squash academy coaches).

Facilities

St John's College boasts a newly built multi-purpose sports hall comprising a netball court, four badminton / short tennis courts, a full size basketball court with retractable goals, two junior basketball courts, 2 trampolines with summersault rig and a five-a-side football court; we also have an outdoor netball court.

Our extensive sports grounds in nearby Began Road include a full size football, rugby, and cricket pitches with an artificial all-weather wicket. We also have plans to incorporate athletics equipment and a pavillion into the grounds in the near future.

Annual Events

Every year we have both a junior and senior sports day held at the National Indoor Arena at University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC). All pupils compete for points for their House (be it Bute, St David's, Mostyn or De la Salle) in their preferred events and at levels appropriate to the abilities of each pupil.

Swimming is an essential part of the junior curriculum, and at the end of the swimming term in February we hold a swimming gala at Pentwyn Leisure Centre where pupils compete for house points.

Both of these events are well supported by pupils and parents and are great fun for those involved.

Sainsbury’s Active

St John's College is part of the Sainsbury’s Active Kids Scheme which was established to give young people the opportunity to try new and fun activities whilst learning life skills and a healthy active lifestyle. The wider community, parents, staff and pupils of St John’s College are all involved in supporting the scheme.

Dame Kelly Holmes is a great rôle model who began promoting Sainsbury’s Active Kids with the main purpose of promoting competition, being active and healthy whilst using good quality and safe equipment.  Sainsbury’s Vouchers can be obtained from any Sainsbury’s store and deposited in school.  At the end of the summer term the vouchers are exchanged for new Equipment.

This scheme has enabled us to introduce brand new sports to our curriculum, such as handball.  Active Kids vouchers have contributed to the purchase of all the necessary hardware for handball, which has proved to be highly popular this year.