Girls in Sports Day
The “girls in sport day” has been organised by the school sports partnership with the aim of increasing participation, motivation and enjoyment amongst Key Stage 3 Girls in sport.
The girls involved were a mixture of those who already take part in a variety of sports within school and also those who have not traditionally been involved in extra-curricular/ sporting events. Girls were introduced to a variety of new activities which are not currently included on the school’s curriculum, such as cheerleading and tae Kwando, with the hope that these might be more appealing to girls in that age range.
Four schools were involved in the event; Bacons College, City of London Academy, Globe Academy and Walworth Academy. During the morning session each school was split into 4 groups and sent to a different activity, either Conditioning, Cheerleading, Tae Kwando or the fitness suite; this encouraged students from different schools to mix and get to know each other. Each session lasted for approximately 45 minutes and all of the girls were fully engaged and clearly enjoyed taking part in all of the new activities.
The afternoon sessions focussed on competitions. Each school was divided into two teams and entered into a football tournament. Again participation and enjoyment seemed high amongst all of the students and even those who were not playing in a particular game supported their team, using the cheerleading skills they had acquired earlier in the day.
Bacons College had two teams entered in the football tournament, both of which won their pools and semi-final matches which meant that they had to face each other in the final. After full time the score remained 1-1 and therefore finished in penalties. Bacons B team eventually won 3-2, however the standard and behaviour of both teams was outstanding and commented upon by members of staff from the other schools.
It was clear that all of the girls enjoyed themselves as they finished the day asking when the next would be and a number of the girls are thinking about taking further Tae Kwando and cheerleading classes.
