Sport at RGS Worcester Information for Parents
1. Introduction
- Ethos - RGS Charter for Sport
2. Expectations of pupils - Kit - Conduct - Attendance and Availability
3. Sports played during the year - Term by Term Breakdown
4. Practice and Coaching - Games Afternoons - After-School Practices
5. Athletic Development Programme - The ADP Model - Philosophy - Who is Suitable?
6. Sport on the RGS Website 7. Sporting Facilities 8. Sports Awards Evening - 2014 Awards
1. Introduction Sport plays a vital part in school life: it is integral to the school’s social and learning environment. We should all recognize this and the way that RGS, through sport, reaches out into the wider community of which we are a part. As teachers involved with sport we regard our responsibilities as to: Promote sport as central to the School experience • Exemplify and advocate the values of discipline, integrity and fairness • Develop excellence whilst providing opportunities for all • Foster enjoyment through shared participation • Encourage positive relationships between pupils, parents and staff • Provide a range of competitive and recreational sporting activities • Value exercise as part of a healthy lifestyle • Constantly update our coaching knowledge • Foster links with sport outside of school •
RGS Charter for Sport
Team To join a school like RGS Worcester is to join a community and become part of a team. Like any community it thrives on the trust and commitment which members show to each other and to the community as a whole. This has a particular resonance within sport. We expect all our pupils to represent the school enthusiastically, with pride and to enjoy the experience. Commitment Saturday is very much part of the school week during term time and we Satu expect pupils to be available to represent the school when selected. Details of fixtures can be found in the school calendar, the website and the individual sport’s fixture list. There will occasionally be an event for which a pupil will have to miss a Saturday such as a wedding. With suitable notice, provision can be made to fill the gap and thereby give someone else an opportunity. However, requests for absence which are either late, or for relatively insignificant events, such as a party, are contrary to our team ethic. Planned absences should be requested in writing at least one week prior to the fixture concerned. All requests should be directed to Mr James Barker, Assistant Head, Co-curricular. Unplanned withdrawals due to injury or illness, when possible, should be communicated in person to the member of staff responsible for that team. Last minute withdrawals (Saturday) should be phoned in on 07785 377148. This phone will be held by a senior member of staff who will ensure that the information is passed to the relevant staff. It should be noted that if individuals seek to make themselves unavailable for selection for one particular sport that this is directly contrary to the school ethos and that they leave themselves liable to be excluded from selection for other school teams. Aim Our twin aims are to strive for excellence whilst offering opportunities for all. Our sporting provision is broad and our fixture lists strong. We aim for success both as a team and individually, but in aiming for this we recognise that success is not simply measured by statistical results. The quality of our play; the pleasure derived from competing; fulfilment and achievement at an individual level; friendship and team spirit: these are outcomes from sport which we value equally highly.
2. Specific Expectations of Pupils Pupil Uniform and Kit •
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It is vitally important that our teams take pride in their appearance both when travelling to venues and when playing. Please insist on the very highest standards. There is some variation between what each sport requires, but the minimum requirement when travelling to and from fixtures, home and away, is school uniform or a full school tracksuit. In addition to the everyday PE and games kit there are match kits available for boys and girls. Match kits are exactly that and must not be worn other than for matches. Pupils may travel home either in school uniform or in a full school tracksuit
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games field is an extension of the school environment. Pupil conduct should reflect this. • Respect for staff, fellow and visiting pupils, and members of the public is paramount. • Transgressions will be treated in the usual way using negatives and detentions as appropriate. • Equally, positive behaviour will be rewarded with commendations, particularly unsolicited examples of helpfulness or pleasing behaviour.
Pupil Attendance and Unavailability • Saturday sport, fixtures in general and practices are central to school life. The Charter for Sports makes clear the school's expectations in this regard. • As a school, we believe it is very important that the pupils learn responsibility for managing their time, commitments and obligations. • In this respect, we expect individual pupils to take responsibility for ensuring that the relevant people are informed, clearly and in good time, if they are unable to attend a fixture or practice. Ideally, we would like notification of a planned absence from a fixture in writing at the start of term. Failing this, we would certainly expect a week's clear notice. This letter should be addressed to Mr Barker, Co-Curricula Assistant Head Co-Curricular. Specifically: If a pupil is unwell and not in school on the Friday preceding a match then they are deemed unavailable for that match. In this case, an email should be sent as soon as possible to the teacher in charge of the relevant team. If a pupil falls ill between leaving school and the match starting, we would ask that the school be informed as soon as possible in order that a replacement may be found. In the first instance (on the Friday) the communication should be by email to the teacher in charge of the relevant team. If the illness occurs overnight, or on Saturday morning, please phone the match day phone number 07785 377148. This will enable the Senior Duty Teacher to inform the relevant staff. Please note that this phone is for weekend use only.
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Rugby Rugby U12A Netball
Netball
X-Country
X-Country
Hockey
Hockey Games
Games
Games
Rugby U13A
Rugby
Games
Games Sevens
Rugby
Rugby U14A
Hockey
Hockey
Netball
Netball
Games
Games
Indoor Hockey
Indoor Hockey
Hockey
Hockey
Rugby U15A
Games
5. The Athlete Development Programme (ADP)
The Athlete Development Programme (ADP) is a sports development programme unique to RGS Worcester and is aimed at identifying and supporting our top athletes across a wide range of age groups and sporting backgrounds. We pick those athletes who exhibit a great personal potential for success and who we believe can lead and inspire a passion for sport in those around them. The ADP model looks to help guide and mentor the participant to understand and optimise their environment fully; to set speciďŹ c goals and to develop their sporting potential in a safe, fun and enjoyable atmosphere. The programme helps the athlete reect upon a variety of environmental factors that we believe ultimately promote development and success.
Coaching Philosophy At the heart of the ADP is the coaching philosophy of innovation, inspiration and integrity. Innovation: Innovation: We look to the very latest in sports coaching and development models and techniques from around the world and from a variety of different sporting backgrounds. We are proactive in looking to develop our own methods of coaching and development incorporating these skills to ensure that our programme is exciting and constantly adapting to suit our participants’ needs. Inspirational: We seek to maintain and encourage the passion for and enjoyment of sport. We promote self-reliance, team work and leadership skills from the participant. Our coaches share a passion for sport and for working with younger sportsmen and women. In addition we look to the athlete to act as a role model in encouraging others to try and enjoy sport and to develop their own sporting abilities. Integrity: Athlete welfare is of the utmost importance and much of the programme is aimed at ensuring the athlete is injury free, happy and enjoying sport and school life in general. We will never compromise these values.
Who is suitable for the programme: The ADP is a personalised tool in so far as the benefits and requirements of one athlete may not be shared by another. As such, the programme coordinator works with each athlete individually in agreeing a programme, having regard for their sporting level and needs. This programme may include some of the following elements which have been used in the ADP so far: •
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A liaison between staff, parents, coaches and external sports bodies. Personalised coaching within chosen sports . Personalised Strength & Conditioning support – including prehab and rehab programmes and nutritional support. Physiotherapy support provided through new links with 206 Physiotherapy based in Worcester. Sporting Mentor Programme: Senior athletes within the school working with our younger candidates Workshops: Meeting with other ADP participants for team building exercises, internal and external presentations and pastoral support. Examples have included goal setting, nutrition, improving performance, sports psychology. Extensive Profiling and base level testing: to be able to track progress, understand psychological preferences Candidates are nominated to the Director of Sport by respective Head Coaches at the start of the year. Those candidates in the school on a Sports Award are included within the ADP but it is not exclusive to this group. Other pupils may be nominated if we feel they are suitable for the ADP.
7. Facilities The third part of the RGS sporting mix, which is added to excellent coaching and fully committed pupils, is excellent facilities. Flagge Meadow - Venue for 1st team rugby, football and cricket - First class cricket venue used by Worcester County Cricket Club St Oswald St Oswald’s - Two rugby or football pitches - Grass athletics track, field events and rounders pitches Outdoor courts - Four all-weather netball and tennis courts Astroturfs - Full sized, floodlit pitch at RGS The Grange – hockey, five-a-side football - Small training pitch within the main school grounds g Tom Savage Sports Hall - Oversized sports hall for PE, Indoor Cricket and Indoor Hockey - Netball, Badminton - Viewing balcony
Cobham Hall - Sports hall for PE and games - Netball, badminton, trampolining and skills-coaching Fitness Suite - 40 pieces of equipment covering the full gambit of cardiovascular and resistance equipment - Free weights F - Workout area - Rowing ‘ergo’ machines x 8 RGS Boathouse - Located on the Rivern at Pitchcroft 10 minutes walk from school Nunnery Wood Athletic Stadium - We stage inter-school athletics events on this purpose-built tartan track Rifle Range 20-metre range Sporting links Many of our pupils play club sport for a variety of clubs including Worcester City Netball, Worcester Saracens Netball, Old Elizabethans’ Cricket Club, Worcester Hockey Club and Worcester or Droitwich Rugby Clubs.
6. Sport on the RGS website The ever-changing world of sports, with its fixtures, results, locations and event times means that the best place to look for up-to-date information is on-line at: www.rgsw.org.uk Under the Sport tab you will find ‘Teams, fixtures and Results’. This is where all information is published regarding fixtures. You will also find tabs for individual sports where you will find other news and information not directly related to fxtures. Under the News tab you will find regular news stories about sport, links to the school’s YouTube channel, as well as the school’s calendar of events (also accessed via the homepage) Information on the Sports Scholarship Programme can be found under ‘Join RGS’
8. Sports Awards Evening The following awards were made at the annual Sports Awards Evening held in the Tom Savage Sports Hall.
Rugby Awards The Year Seven Contribution to Rugby
James Mann
The Year Seven Rugby Cup
Sam Nock
The Year Eight Contribution to Rugby
Thomas Matthews
The Year Eight Rugby Cup
Benn Llewellyn
The Year Nine Contribution to Rugby
Zac Elsey
The Year Nine Rugby Cup
Ethan Harper
The Year Ten Contribution to Rugby
Jacob Matthews
The Year Ten Rugby Cup
James Perry
The Year Eleven Contribution to Rugby
Angus Thomas
The Year Eleven Rugby Cup
Jack Richards
The Cox Cup for Rugby
Joel Power
The Timmington Rugby Cup
Jonathan Hughes
Hockey Awards Hockey The Year Seven Hockey Cup
Sophie Thompson
The Year Seven Contribution to Hockey
Jessica Biddle
The Year Eight Hockey Cup
Esme Gibson
The Year Eight Contribution to Hockey
Ella GrifďŹ ths
The Year Nine Hockey Cup
Ria Pedlingham
The Year Nine Contribution to Hockey
Nicola Ralph
The Year Ten Hockey Cup
Lydia Edwards
The Year Ten Contribution to Hockey
Svenja Lee
The Mackichan Hockey Cup
Laura Curtis
The Year Eleven Contribution to Hockey
Alice Bonham
The Sally-Anne Smith Hockey Cup
Sally-Anne Smith
Cross Country Awards The Year Seven Boys Cross Country Cup
Rees Bonham
The Year Seven Contribution to Cross Country for Boys
Angus Rees
The Year Seven Girls Cross Country Cup
Natasha Kimberley
The Year Seven Contribution to Cross Country for Girls
Alex Patterson
The Year Eight Cross-Country Cup for Girls
Esme Gibson
The Year Eight Contribution to Cross Country for Girls The
Imogen Still
The Year Eight Cross-Country Cup for Boys
George Beardmore Geo
The Year Eight Contribution to Cross Country for Boys
James Dipple
The Year Nine Cross-Country Cup for Girls
Holly Chance
The Year Nine Contribution to Cross Country for Girls
Grace Murray
The Year Eleven Cross-Country Cup for Girls
Nixie Turner
The Year Eleven Cross-Country Cup for Boys
Elliot Downes
Cross-Country Cup for Girls The C
Jennifer Klein
The Cross-Country Cup for Boys
Louis Kilgour
Netball Awards The Annie Fitch Cup for Year Seven Netball
Hannah Middleton
The Year Seven Contribution to Netball
Jemma Moseley
The Year Eight Netball Cup
Lauren Watts
The Year Eight Contribution to Netball
Amy Murphy
The Year Nine Netball Cup
Holly Chance
The Year Nine Contribution to Netball
Jessica Healey
The Year Ten Netball Cup
Holly Carson
The Year Ten Contribution to Netball
Molly Jones
The Year Eleven Netball Cup
Hollie Lunn
The Year Eleven Contribution to Netball
Millie Jones
The Netball Cup
Frankie Subert
Football Awards The Year Seven Football Cup
Sam Chamberlain
The Year Seven Contribution to Football
Finley Chance
The Year Eight Football Cup
Will Saunders
The Year Eight Contribution to Football
Oliver Sankey
The Year Nine Football Cup
Ollie Trobe
The Year Nine Contribution to Football The
Ben Selby
The Year Ten Football Cup
William Neale
The Year Ten Contribution to Football
Iwan Thomas
The Year Eleven Football Cup
Nick Humphries
The Year Eleven Contribution to Football
Lewis Hammond
The Mountjoy Cup for Football
Daniel Goodyear
Rowing Awards The Year Nine Rowing Cup for Boys
Toby Middleton
The Year Nine Contribution to Rowing for Boys
Ben Elgar
The Year Nine Rowing Cup for Girls
Catherine Lunn
The Year Nine Contribution to Rowing for Girls
Olivia Sparks
The Year Ten Rowing Cup for Boys
Harry Miers
The Year Ten Contribution to Rowing for Boys
Ashley Nock
The Year Ten Rowing Cup for Girls
Hannah Goldney
The Year Ten Contribution to Rowing for Girls The
Georgia Peters
The Year Eleven Rowing Cup for Boys
Joshua Crump
The Year Eleven Contribution to Rowing for Boys
Alex Thorburn
The Year Eleven Rowing Cup for Girls
Elizabeth Platts
The Tom Clark Rowing Cup
Lucy Thompson
The Pullinger Boat Club Prize for Sculling
Jack Gibson
The Tom Crawford-Clark Prize for Rowing
Ben Collins
The Packman Shield Most SigniďŹ cant Contribution Rowing Marcus Milton
Athletics Awards The Year Seven Athletics Cup for Boys
Rees Bonham
The Year Seven Contribution to Athletics for Boys
Joe Richardson
The Year Seven Athletics Cup for Girls
Beth Rutter
The Year Seven Contribution to Athletics for Girls
Natasha Kimberley
The Year Eight Athletics Cup for Boys
James Dipple
The Year Eight Contribution to Athletics for Boys The
Thomas Baker
The Year Eight Athletics Cup for Girls
Ella GrifďŹ ths
The Year Eight Contribution to Athletics for Girls
Ella Andrews
The Year Nine Athletics Cup for Boys
Ben Hughes
The Year Nine Contribution to Athletics for Boys
James Harris
The Year Nine Athletics Cup for Girls
Grace Murray
The Year Nine Contribution to Athletics for Girls
Amy Beasley
The Year Ten Athletics Cup for Boys
Alex Forrester
The Year Ten Contribution to Athletics for Boys
Oliver Paley-Battersea
The Year Ten Athletics Cup for Girls
Carys Selvey
The Year Ten Contribution to Athletics for Girls
Molly Jones
The Year Eleven Athletics Cup for Boys
Kieran Garrattley
The Year Eleven Contribution to Athletics for Boys
Oliver Williams
The Year Eleven Athletics Cup for Girls
Amy Vickery
The Year Eleven Contribution to Athletics for Girls The
Nixie Turner
The Cox Cup for Track for Boys
Louis Kilgour
The Brown Cup for Field Events for Boys
Joel Power
The School Cup for Track for Girls
Jennifer Klein
The School Cup for Field Events for Girls
Natalie White
Cricket Awards The Year Seven Cricket Cup
Luke Allen
The Year Seven Contribution to Cricket
Niall Southwick
The Year Eight Cricket Cup
Joe Corlett
The Year Eight Contribution to Cricket
Oliver Sankey
The Year Nine Cricket Cup
Will Reading
The Year Nine Contribution to Cricket The
Padraig Wheeler
The Year Ten Cricket Cup
Callam Turner
The Year Ten Contribution to Cricket
Rhodri Williams
The Year Eleven Cricket Cup
Suleyman Shah
The Year Eleven Contribution to Cricket
Robbie Watts
The Woodcock Cup for Best All-Rounder
Jack Taylor
The Taster Cup for Bowling
Mark Jones
The Daniel Goodyear Batting Cup
Daniel Goodyear
The Year Seven Sporting Contribution Prize for Boys
Rees Bonham
The Year Seven Sporting Contribution Prize for Girls
Lucy Hawkes
The Year Eight Sporting Contribution Prize for Boys
James Dipple
The Year Eight Sporting Contribution Prize for Girls
Imogen Sinclair
The Year Nine Sporting Contribution Prize for Boys
Ben Hawkes
The Year Nine Sporting Contribution Prize for Girls
Holly Chance
The Year Ten Sporting Contribution Prize for Boys The
Alex Forrester
The Year Ten Sporting Contribution Prize for Girls
Francesca Morgan Mo
The Year Eleven Sporting Contribution Prize for Boys
Ollie Saunders
The Year Eleven Belding Cup for All Round Sportswoman
Laura Curtis
The Greenway Cup for All Round Sportsman
Oliver Lewis
The Wootten Cup for All Round Sportswoman
Sally-Anne Smith
The Reynolds Cup for Team Player of The Year Female
Georgia Eaton
The Reynolds Cup for Team Player of The Year Male
Oliver Lewis
Janet Greene Award for Best Contribution to Sport for Boys
Edward Owen Edwa
Janet Greene Award for Best Contribution to Sport for Girls
Isabelle Darby