The Sports Handbook is designed to provide parents and pupils with information, guidelines, kit requirements and tips on games and the PE curriculum throughout the school. Please do not hesitate to contact us via the school office if you have any queries.
Mr Rob Forsyth – Head of Sport
Mrs Louise Eveleigh – Girls Games Coordinator
Mrs Angharad Tharp – Lower School PE and Games Teacher
At Reigate St Mary’s, we have a comprehensive and inclusive sports programme to nurture and encourage the children in their discovery of movement, development of skills, and desire to succeed. We aim to give the children plenty of experience of team and individual sports and help them embrace a broad range of physical activities – all whilst having lots of fun! Alongside the core sports of football, hockey, rugby, netball and cricket, children can take part in our extensive weekly extracurricular clubs programme. Weekly PE lessons are designed to enhance children’s physical fitness, swimming, coordination, balance, racquet skills and athletics technique.
Green Shoots & Kindergarten
Reception – Year 2
Years 3 – 6 2
Mrs Eveleigh
Mr Forsyth
Mrs Tharp
Mrs Eveleigh
Mr Forsyth
Mrs Tharp
Children (except those in Green Shoots and Kindergarten) should come to school in sports kits on the days they have games and PE (see the table below). On swimming days, children should wear their PE kits and bring their swimming bags to school.
Children from Reception to Year 2 have one games lesson a week taught by specialist sports staff. They focus on ball skills, object control and move on to skills needed for the sports played in Upper School.
Children in Upper School have two games afternoons a week and the sports played change each term (see the table below). Children receive a mixture of coaching and playing competitive fixtures.
Boys
Autumn Term
Spring Term
Football then Rugby from November
Rugby then Hockey from February
Girls
Hockey then Netball from November
Netball then Football from February
Summer Term Cricket Cricket
Fixtures are generally held on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday afternoons and sometimes Saturday mornings. There are occasions when fixtures, especially cup games, have to be played on other days, including Sundays. It is expected that if your child is selected to play for the school, they honour this selection. If a pupil is unavailable due to a family commitment, one week’s notice in writing or email is expected.
Fixtures can be found on the printed calendar and the sports website (https://www. rsmsports.org/) where team sheets will be posted on a Friday for the following week. Team sheets will display meeting times, venues, match start times and collection times.
Our aim is to provide matches for all pupils within the year, although this is not always possible with every fixture. We enter some tournaments, which unfortunately sometimes only involve ‘A’ team players, therefore on these few occasions, team selection is difficult, leaving pupils potentially disappointed. Managing success and disappointment is an integral part of participating in sport and we thank you in advance for helping us to manage this with your child.
Fixtures are played both at home and away venues and we are proud of the support we have from our parents and we continue to encourage you to attend as many matches as possible. Our home venues for matches are either: Reigate St Mary’s School, Hartswood or Reigate Priory Cricket Club (RPCC). The addresses and postcodes of our opposing schools can be found at the end of this section.
Match teas for both RSM players and the visiting schools will be provided after each home game. It is an expectation that every player will stay for match tea whether it is at home or away. This is a vital part of school fixtures where the children get the opportunity to meet and converse with the opposition.
We encourage parents to support our fixtures. In order to help you to find your way to our away matches, please see the addresses below:
Aberdour Brighton Road, Burgh Heath
KT20 6AJ
Banstead Prep Sutton Lane, Banstead SM7 3RA
Caterham Prep Harestone Valley Road, Caterham CR3 6YB
Chinthurst 52 Tadworth St, Tadworth
CLFS Ashtead Park, Ashtead
Downsend 1 Leatherhead Rd, Leatherhead
KT20 5QZ
KT21 1ET
KT22 8TJ
Hawthorns Pendell Court, Pendell Rd, Bletchingley, Redhill RH1 4QJ
Hazel Wood Wolf’s Hill, Oxted
RH8 0QU
Homefield Western Road, Sutton SM1 2TE
Lingfield St Piers Lane, Lingfield, Surrey RH7 6PN
Micklefield 10 Somers Road, Reigate
RH2 9DU
Rowan Prep 85 Oaken Lane, Esher KT10 0RQ
Surbiton Prep 65 Manor Rd South, Esher
KT10 0QA
Please note that these directions are for the school playing fields, not necessarily the school itself.
Children have one PE lesson a week. They focus on agility, balance, coordination and some football, rugby, athletics and hitting skills.
Children have one timetabled PE lesson and one games lesson per week with specialist sport staff. Reception children have one timetabled swimming lesson a week. Year 1 children have one swimming lesson a week in the autumn and summer terms. Year 2 children have one swimming lesson a week in the spring term.
PE
Reception
Fundamental movement skills and gymnastics
Games Ball skills/ object control
Swimming
PE
Year 1
Water confidence/ stroke introduction
Fundamental movement skills and dance
Games Ball skills
Swimming
PE
Year 2
Dance, movement and gymnastics
Ball skills/ object control
Water confidence/ stroke introduction
Gymnastics skills and unihockey
Ball skills
Water confidence/ stroke introduction
Fundamental movement skills and dance
Games Hockey & Football
Swimming
Gymnastics skills
Athletic activities
Small ball skills
Water confidence/ stroke introduction
Athletic activities
Small ball/ cricket skills
Water confidence/ stroke introduction
Athletic activities
Netball & Rugby Cricket
Stroke development
Children have one timetabled PE lesson a week. The PE curriculum is below. For two half terms, they have swimming lessons during their PE lesson.
PE – The children learn skills that support the sports they are playing as well as gymnastics, athletics, badminton and basketball.
Swimming – There is a concentration on perfecting the strokes, increasing stamina and competition swimming.
The full kit is available at Ellis Scott Schoolwear in Reigate or online from Kukri (www.kukrisports.co.uk/reigate-st-marys).
• All sports kit should be correctly labelled.
• Long hair must be tied back at all times with a red or navy hairband.
The school has a link with a company called Opro who will offer mouthguard fittings that can be done at home. Information will be sent to parents in September. Gum shields are easily lost and therefore, we would also encourage you to purchase a couple of cheaper gum shields from your local sports shop, which can remain in your child’s bag in case of emergencies. If your child does not have a gum shield, unfortunately they will be unable to participate in rugby or hockey training/matches.
All pupils must wear shin pads when playing football by law. If your child does not have their shin pads with them, they will not be allowed to play a football match.
Body armour (rugby)
Scrum cap (rugby head protection) – recommended
Running spikes (athletics)
Hockey stick
• RSM House sports top
• Navy shorts/skort
• White ankle socks
• Skins base layer (top and bottom)
• Trainers with non-marking soles
• Navy swimming costume/trunks
• RSM logo navy swimming hat
• Drawstring (House colour) swimming bag
• Towel
• RSM reversible rugby top/games top
• Navy shorts/skort
• RSM playing socks
• Football or rugby boots
• Outdoor trainers with good grip
• RSM tracksuit
• Shin pads
• RSM reversible rugby top/games top
• Navy shorts/skort
• RSM playing socks
• Football or rugby boots
• Outdoor trainers with good grip
• RSM tracksuit
• Gum shield
• RSM white cricket top
• RSM white cricket trousers (hardball only)
• RSM cricket jersey
• White ankle socks
• Cricket spikes or outdoor trainers with good grip
• RSM cap
• RSM games top or reversible rugby top
• Navy shorts/skort
• RSM playing socks
• Astro trainers or outdoor trainers with good grip
• RSM tracksuit
• Shin pads
• Gum shield
• RSM games top
• Navy shorts/skort
• White ankle socks
• Outdoor trainers with good grip
• RSM tracksuit
In line with guidance from the Association of Physical Education, earrings should never be worn during PE, games lessons or matches. There is a risk of earrings getting caught and earlobes being damaged or puncture wounds caused to the neck and this is the reason for the ruling. It is in the children’s interest not to wear them on the days they have PE, games, swimming and matches. To save the risk of a child removing earrings and losing them, or not being able to remove them themselves and having to miss a PE, games, swimming lesson or match, it is best if they do not wear earrings on those days.
If children do wear ear studs, they must be able to remove them and store them safely themselves otherwise they will not be allowed to partake in physical activities.
Parents must email Mr Forsyth or Mrs Eveleigh via the school office if their child is to be excused from sporting activities. The email should sent on the morning of the activity.
School office: office@reigatestmarys.org
If a child is signed ‘off games’, then this would apply to all sporting/physical activities including lunchtime, break times and after-school clubs.
ü Learn the rules and play by them.
ü Play for fun and enjoyment – not just to please your parents and/or teachers.
ü Be a good sport – win with modesty and lose with dignity.
ü Recognise and applaud all good play.
ü Respect teachers, teammates, opponents, officials and their decisions.
ü Arrive for training and matches in good time to prepare thoroughly and bring the correct kit.
ü Always warm up and cool down sufficiently.
ü Inform the teacher of any injury as soon as possible.
ü Inform the teacher if you will be late or need to leave early.
ü Inform the teacher in good time if you are unavailable for any match.
ü Be responsible for your own belongings and kit.
In the spirit of competition and fair play for all, please:
ü Encourage your child to learn the rules and play by them.
ü Respect the opinions and decisions of officials, coaches and managers.
ü Encourage children to play, do not force them.
ü Discourage unfair play and arguing with officials and players.
ü Praise your child’s efforts, whether they win, lose or draw.
ü Get to know your child’s coach.
ü Set a good example by recognising and applauding all good play.
ü Use appropriate language at all times.
Please do not:
û Coach from the side lines.
û Ridicule or belittle a child for losing or making mistakes.
