Physical education
Participation in a wide range of sports is an important part of life at Sackville. We offer a variety of individual and team sports allowing each student to enjoy, and excel.
Students have represented the school at district, county, regionaland national levels in athletics, cricket, cross-country, football golf, rugby, netball, tennis and skiing.
Sackville School sport is all about spirit, enthusiasm and fun. We have some extremely talented young sportsmen and women but it is equally important to the PE staff that all students enjoy their sport and find an activity they can pursue and succeed at.
To this end we offer a wide variety of sporting opportunities:
PE Lessons: Consisting of mixed gender groups and covering activities like basketball, hockey, softball, volleyball, badminton and athletics.
Games Lessons: Single sex lessons following the traditional sports of football, rugby and cricket for the boys and netball and rounders for the girls.
Friday Afternoon Activities: There is a wide range of exciting sporting activities throughout the year including dry slope skiing, horse riding, golf, swimming, fencing, sailing and mountain biking to name but a few!
Competitive sport is something our students and staff take seriously. Matches are usually after school and we are very proud of our sporting endeavours at local, county and national level. We are lucky to have several inspirational sporting role models and it is wonderful to see young students develop and follow in their footsteps.
Some of our recent highlights in 2009/10 include:
Year 9 Boys 4 x 100m Relay Team winning the ISA National Athletics Final.
Year 10 Volleyball team winning silver medals in the Kent Championships.
Year 9, 10 and 11 all making the final play off match of their respective West Kent Basketball Leagues.
Superb performances by the Year 11 Rugby Squad at the ISA National Rugby 7s Tournament.
Excellent perfromances by the Year 11 Girls Netball Squad who just missed out on the final stage of the Under 16 Kent Netball Championships.
There are also several 'Sackville Sporting Superstars' who have represented Kent (or even higher honours) in Football, Fencing, Rugby, Skiing, Cricket, Netball and Athletics.
Success in sport is something that we believe plays a large part in boosting a child’s self-confidence. The enthusiasm and encouragement all students receive, regardless of their level of ability, helps to give them the self-belief and determination to take on new challenges. Working as a team, loyalty, trust and commitment are all essential qualities that are reinforced through our sporting programme. These qualities are characteristic of all our students but sport at Sackville helps to build and strengthen this foundation.
Sport at Sackville reflects the whole school ethos. It is about helping to educate individuals to be the best they can be, not just as sportsmen and women but as balanced and mature young adults.
