Physical Enrichment

This year in Secondary PE, we are delighted to announce that the pupils have the opportunity to be able to engage in new sports and activities throughout the year. This decision has been made to help offer the children new experiences in an attempt for the pupils to increase their interest and engagement in physical education along with providing new opportunities for pupils to learn in and outside of school.

These lessons will now be called Physical Enrichment and will take place every week – in 2021/22 this session is 1:15 – 2:45.

How it works

Physical Enrichment in Secondary will be split up into 2 different groups, Years 7 &a8 and Years 9, 10 and 11. Even though the pupils will be split into these 2 groups, all pupils will get the same opportunities to engage in the same physical enrichment sessions throughout the year.

The yearly schedule has been split up into 6 blocks of approximately 6 weeks with each block providing an opportunity for each pupil to engage in either a Striking & Fielding activity, a Health & Fitness activity, a Net / Wall Game or an Outdoor Adventurous Activity. These are the 4 sections that we have chosen to focus our Secondary Enrichment upon as we believe it will provide all pupils with the opportunity to improve their all-round skill set and not just focusing on specific areas of their physical education.

All pupils will get the opportunity to choose which activity they would like to participate in for each 6 week block although throughout the year they will be required to choose at least 1 activity per section. For example a pupil’s 6 choices may be 2x Striking & Fielding activities, 2x Health & Fitness activities, 1x
Net/Wall Game and 1x Outdoor Adventurous Activity. This will then meet each pupil’s curriculum needs along with allowing the pupil’s to experience new and exciting sports and activities.

Activities 

Please see below examples of previous Enrichment Opportunities.

Striking & Fielding 

• Football - Pupils will learn new football based skills through working on specific areas such as passing, dribbling, shooting and defending.  

• Cricket - Pupils will be coached by members of the Norfolk Cricket Board, learning basic skills of bowling, batting and fielding. 

• Golf - Pupils will learn the basics of Golf and have the chance to visit Norwich Family Golf Centre and have some coaching lessons led by a PGA Professional Golfer.  

• Dodgeball - Pupils will learn the basics of Dodgeball, improve their movement skills as well as their coordination. 

• Rounders - Pupils will learn the basics of Rounders, improve their coordination skills along with understanding matchplay.  
• Tag Rugby - Pupils will learn the basic of Tag Rugby, improve their ball handling skills along with their movement and coordination skills. 

Health & Fitness 

• Circuits / Fitness - Pupils will participate in a variety of exercise circuits focusing on improving pupils fitness and stamina. Pupils will also get the chance to visit Able2b gym to participate in fitness focussed circuits led by ex professional boxer Jon Thaxton. 

• Yoga - Pupils will participate in a series of Yoga sessions led by a fully qualified Yoga instructors. 

• Gymnastics - Pupils will participate in a series of Gymnastic lessons focusing on improving the pupils movement skills and their overall agility, balance and coordination. Pupils will also get the chance to visit the Gymnastics facility at the UEA and have a gymnastics instructor facilitated. 

• Trampolining - Pupils will visit High Altitude to participate in a series of Fitness focussed trampolining sessions.  

• Dance - Pupils will participate in a series of Dance lessons where they will learn basic technique and improve their movement skills and coordination. 
• Running Club - Pupils will participate in a series of sessions focusing on Running where pupils will improve their technique along with fitness and stamina. 

Net / Wall Games

• Korfball - Pupils will learn the basics of Korfball while improving their coordination, sending and receiving and movement skills. Pupils will also improve their understanding on match play, attacking and defending. 

• Basketball - Pupils will learn the basics of Basketball while improving their coordination, sending and receiving and movement skills. Pupils will also improve their understanding on match play, attacking and defending. 

• Squash - Pupils will learn the basics of Squash along with improving their coordination and movement skills. Pupils will have the chance to play on official squash courts at the East Anglia Tennis and Squash Club. 

• Badminton - Pupils will learn the basics of Badminton along with improving their coordination and movement skills.  

• Tennis - Pupils will learn the basics of Tennis along with improving their coordination and movement skills. Pupils will also get the chance of being coached by a fully qualified Tennis coach and use the facilities at East Anglia Tennis and Squash Club. 
• Volleyball - Pupil will learn the basics of Volleyball along with improving their coordination and movement skills. 

Outdoor Adventurous Activity  

• Eaton Vale - Pupils will visit Eaton Vale to participate in a series of climbing challenges along with a canoeing session. 

• Rock Climbing - Pupils will participate in a series of Rock climbing focusing on improving pupils coordination, strength and stamina. 

• Parkour - Pupils will visit TPF Parkour centre to learn the basic skills for Parkour and to allow pupils to improve their coordination and movement skills.  

• Orienteering - Pupils will learn the basic skills of Orienteering leading up to completing an official Orienteering course. 

• Stand Up Paddle Boarding / Canoeing - Pupils will participate in Stand Up Paddle Boarding and Canoeing sessions where pupils will improve their coordination skills and work on improving both their balance and strength. 
• Sailing - Pupils will participate in Sailing sessions where pupils will learn the basics of Sailing and be coached by a qualified Sailing instructor.

Physical Enrichment Timetables

Year 7/8

Year 9/10