A YEAR IN SPORT
HIGHLIGHTS
“Sport for All” continues to be the ethos at NLCS and PE, sport and activities play a significant role in the School’s Mental Health and Wellbeing strategy. Year 7 has focused on the effective and long-term benefits of the bio-mechanics of movement, Year 8 sampling Pilates, and Years 9, 10 and 11 selecting from a carousel of sport and wellbeing activities. The Sixth Form has a bespoke timetable to access the Fitness Suite as well as a range of wellbeing and sporting sessions.
In Cross Country, 13 students were selected to represent the borough at the London Youth Games, with a large number of students through to the Middlesex finals and our Junior Girls team qualified for the regional final of the English Schoolgirls Cross Country Cup.
Our continuing partnership with the Wray Foundation and Saracens enables us to offer a high-quality programme of sport, advice and mentoring for our Elite Athlete Mentoring Programme (EAMP) and provides access to Saracens rugby and Saracens Mavericks netball players. To enable students to develop with guidance from their PE subject specialists, baseline fitness tests are conducted throughout the year providing a valuable incentive to gain ownership over individual fitness and wellbeing and will be supported by our bespoke NLCS fitness app.
The PE department supported the ‘Get Active’ 24-hour event for Years 10 and 11, raising over £2,000 pounds for the National Brain Appeal and provided the opportunity for students to try something new.
Our Over 13 gymnasts secured a silver medal at the Independent Schools Gymnastics Association (ISGA) regional qualifier, with two students securing second and third place individually. This meant the squad progressed to the National Finals.
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