PE
There has been a busy and productive term in the PE Department, with extracurricular clubs proving to be very successful. A wide variety of clubs are available for pupils, which are organised and run by PE teachers within the Department. Other football teams have played lots of games, without as much success. However, the participation at football clubs has been fantastic across all year groups and hopefully it is just a matter of time until results start to improve!
The Year 7 football team have arguably been the most successful of all teams, coached by Mr Lloyd. They are currently near the top of their league, having defeated many opponents since September. Each year group has played approximately four games each and players are enjoying representing Waverley School on a regular basis.
An indoor football tournament on Wednesday 7th December may be a chance for Years 10 and 11 to taste success, in a tournament at the NIA, against other from across the city. It is a 6 a side tournament. Girls Netball has also been very popular, coached by Mrs Palmer. They have played two games so far and have another game coming up against Yardleys School. The club has been especially popular with Year 9 girls. A table tennis tournament at Golden Hillock School saw Abdallah DaSilva win ‘Player of the Tournament’. Years 9, 10
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and 11 were represented and all players did very well throughout the competition. Mr Ebanks and Mr Lloyd have also hosted and organised whole-school table tennis tournament within Waverley, in the hall after schools. The KS3 and KS4 tournament were very popular. A PE Year 8 trip to the NIA saw 15 pupils rewarded for working hard in their lessons. The pupils had a chance to watch The World Trampolining Championships, which proved immensely popular and gave pupils a chance to meet athletes and citizens from across the world, as well as seeing some elite performances.
Mr Andrews will also be starting a Boxing Club in the New Year Mr Sturmey Head of PE Department
Waverley Cricket Academy In September 2011, the Waverley Cricket Academy, opened in partnership with Warwickshire County Cricket Club began taking in students. 16-19 year old students with a talent for the sport, either batting, bowling, fielding or umpiring are being given the chance to become first class cricketers with the best coaching and support possible.
On Thursday 20th October, the Waverley School Netball Team, consisting of:
Jakia Chaudhury, Zakiyah Farhat, Saima Khan, Haneen Al- Hadad, Tasnima Akhtar and Zam Zam Ali, attended a Netball Tournament hosted by Bordesley Green School.
The team all left the school in a cheerful, optimistic mood and soon arrived after an entertaining sing song in the minibus.
1-0 up against Bordesley Green but in a sudden turn…Bordesley Green equalized and the game ended in a draw.
The team said, ‘We arrived and started training straight away with ‘Coach Palmer’ shouting her tactics at us…….’ The game had begun!
The final game was against Small Heath. Waverley totally dominated the game but time was running out and we just couldn’t get the final shot. The only consolation was that we won this game!
The first game against Golden Hillock ended in 1-0 loss after a very physical, close game. In the second game the team had learnt from their mistake and were
The team left pleased and said, ‘Next time we’ll come back with a trophy’.
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