Sport at Gee Cross Holy Trinity
Football festivals and competitions 2022-2023
We have established a strong sporting culture at Gee Cross Holy Trinity. During the week, children participate in regular physical activity as part of their curriculum learning. Children also have the opportunity to play sport after school by attending our after school sports clubs. We also provide children with the opportunity to represent our school at a host of inter school sports competitions and tournaments. We actively participate in the Hyde District School Sport and Tameside School Sport competitions throughout the year. We also enter competitions organised by Manchester City, Manchester United and Stockport County. During recent years, we have been very successful in sport, please see a record of our success:
Gee Cross Holy Trinity have successfully participated in the Sainsbury's School Games Award for a number of years and this quality standard is in now firmly embedded in our school. We have been awarded the School Games GOLD award for the last five years. To find out more about the GOLD mark and the criteria that the school met to achieve the mark please view the School Games Mark website.
LSC P.E. Teacher, lunchtime clubs and after school clubs 2023
The Little Sports Coaching (LSC) company support the PE curriculum by providing quality physical education sessions for the children. We have developed a close partnership with the company to bring out the best in every child's physical education as well as deliver a wide range of activities and events.
The LSC team organise two lunchtime sports sessions on the school pitch as well as providing after school sports clubs. Lunchtime clubs are free to pupils to participate in. The link for booking after school clubsis here: https://wearelsc.co.uk/
Swimming
Our children attend swimming lessons when they are in Year 3 and Year 4. These lessons are planned in order for all children to reach the following end of KS2 swimming expectations:
- Swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres using 2 recognised strokes.
- Perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations.
- Use a range of strokes effectively.
The children start lessons in Year 4 at the beginning of the Autumn Term and continue until the half term holiday in the summer term. In the final half term of the academic year (Summer 2) any children from Years 4, 5 and 6 who have not yet met the end of Key Stage 2 swimming expectations attend further lessons in order to meet these expectations. As part of the Sport Premium reporting requirements we must report the number of children at Gee Cross Holy Trinity who meet the swimming expectations.
At ther end of the academic year 2021-2022:
- 70% of the Year 6 cohort swam competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres.
- 57% of the Year 6 cohort used a range of strokes effectively.
- 60% of the Year 6 cohort performed safe self-rescue in different water based situations.
At the end of the academic year 2019-20:
- 27 children (93%) were able to swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres using 2 recognised strokes.
- 25 children (86%) were able to perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations.
Sport Premium
Details of how we allocate sport premium can be found in the following report: