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Solihull School

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    Games Afternoons

    Each year group has a two-hour Sport afternoon with a wide variety of activities on offer from Hockey, Netball, Rugby, Athletics and Cricket to Zumba, Badminton, Sailing and Clay Pigeon Shooting. Lessons are timetabled for all pupils from Third Form to Upper Fifth with an emphasis on developing knowledge of physical literacy, co-operative learning, dance, gymnastics, swimming and Games for Understanding (TGfU).

    We are fortunate to have excellent facilities at Solihull, including three all-weather pitches, sports hall, a swimming pool, fitness suite, dance studio, cricket nets and acres of fantastic fields, maintained by our first-class grounds team.

    Sports Scholarships are available at 11+ and 16+ for children with a love of sport, a desire to improve and help others, an outstanding attitude and the ability to stand out from the crowd when performing.

    Our Sport Department is overseen by our Director of Sport, Mr S Thompson (thompsons@solsch.org.uk).

    Sports Tours

    Touring gives our pupils the opportunity to explore different cultures, gain independence away from home and make lifelong memories. Younger year group tours tend to be short haul to various popular European destinations; our October half term hockey tour to Holland is always popular. Older age groups travel further afield every other summer. Recent tours have taken pupils to South Africa, Barbados, Sri Lanka and Australia.

    Curriculum 

    Our curriculum is designed to have a pupil-centred approach. The curriculum is a hybrid of models: values driven, concept based, and an activity led approach towards Physical Education.

    The aim of the curriculum is to place the pupils at the heart of the learning, developing skills such as Leadership, Peer Coaching, Collaboration, Problem-Solving and Decision-Making, whilst focussing on the importance of health-related fitness knowledge. This contemporary curriculum design allows for pupils to develop skills and abilities that are transferable not only to other sports, but also all areas of life.

    Please click through to our individual sport pages for an insight into each sport:

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