Sports Science & EPQ

Sports Science

To use an apt sporting analogy, it has been a year of shifting goal posts, from in-classroom teaching to remote learning and back again, masks off then on then off again. Our Sports Scientists have remained resilient and hardworking throughout. We all certainly missed competitive sport but it meant we could concentrate on the academic side and we were very pleased to fit in some of the annual Eaton Games (mixed hockey in the Autumn Term and mixed netball in the Summer Term), which is always entertaining but also quite the opportunity to showcase some skills for some teams!

We endeavoured to keep the classroom activities as interactive as possible, including our ‘label the body’ competition and pairs quizzes.

Mrs L Snowball

EPQ

Despite the difficulties of researching an extended project during a pandemic, our students have continued to impress. In November, our Upper Sixth students were presenting their EPQs in Covid-secure classrooms instead of the usual open event in the Sports Hall. For many students Covid was another challenge they had to overcome and became a part of their EPQ journey... Tim Emmens explained how he had to adapt his photography project because he was unable to leave his local area for large parts of the year. Megan Hassanali also spoke about how she had to grab a canvas from the Art Department on the last day of school before the first lockdown so she had the materials she needed for her project in lockdown.

The pandemic has also provided opportunities, and James Hill and Jonas Flohr took advantage of the extra time they had last summer to get a head start in their EPQs. Not only did they do the ‘Flying Start Programme’ for all Fifth Year students, they also worked tirelessly so their research was pretty much complete by the start of the Lower Sixth. Both students presented their projects in the Summer and have completed their EPQs well ahead of schedule. This is a remarkable achievement and one which we hope inspires the students that took part in the Flying Start Programme 2021.

Mr M Hill