Physical Education
“Girls playing sports is not about winning gold medals. It’s about self-esteem, learning to compete and learning how hard you have to work in order to achieve your goals“
(3-time Olympic gold medallist Jackie Joyner-Kersee)
Sport plays an important role in the lives of young people; improving fitness, developing social skills and increasing confidence. Sport teaches us how to deal with disappointment and how to triumph in the face of adversity. It teaches us the merits of commitment and determination and makes us stronger as individuals.
At AESG, our girls get the chance to work both individually and as a team in lessons, extra-curricular practices, inter-house competitions and inter-school matches. Through these opportunities, students at AESG improve a whole host of personal skills required to succeed in their future careers.
Physical Education is a popular subject with almost half of our students participating in
extra-curricular practices. Examinable Physical Education is offered at GCSE and A Level where girls can learn the theory behind sport. In addition, the biennial ski trip provides challenges for beginner and experienced skiers as well as allowing girls to work alongside others from different year groups.
Extra-curricular Sport
Extra-curricular activities are available to all students. Those who attend practices regularly will be selected to represent AESG in inter-school matches and tournaments.
Extra-curricular activities: Hockey, Netball, Football, Badminton, Cross Country, Biathlon, Rounders, Tennis, Athletics, Show Jumping.
Team success 2010-2011:
- Year 8 Netball team – Winners of the Macclesfield and District Netball B League
- Year 8 Rounders team – Winners of the Macclesfield and District Rounders Tournament
- Year 9 Netball team – Second in Macclesfield and District Netball A League
- Year 10 Netball team – Winners of the Macclesfield and District Netball B League
- Year 10 Biathlon team – Third in the North West Biathlon Championships
- Senior Netball team – Winners of the Macclesfield and District Netball League and Cheshire representatives at the Regional Round of the Netball National Tournament
We also have a number of girls who have represented District, County and Region in their chosen activity areas which include Netball, Hockey, Cross Country, Biathlon, Athletics, Dressage and Tennis.
All girls will continue to follow a Physical Education programme with the focus moving to game play and application of skills in competitive situations. Girls will take more responsibility for their participation with a choice of activities in Year 11.
The GCSE course is extremely interesting with a focus on how the body responds to exercise, how to prepare and train for activity and the impact of society on sport. It allows students to apply theory to practical situations, drawing on their experience in their chosen sports. Girls will also be assessed on their performance in a variety of activities (both in and out of school) as well as giving girls the opportunity to take on officiating, coaching and organisational roles.
Fascinating FactsFascinating Facts
- From a complete stop, a human is capable of outrunning a Formula One Racecar for about 30 feet!
- All athletes competed nude in the ancient Olympics. The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece in 1896. There were 311 male but no female competitors.
- Golf is the only sport that has been played on the moon - on 6 February 1971 Alan Shepard hit a golf ball.
- The longest tennis match took place at Wimbledon 2010 when John Isner of the United States beat Nicolas Mahut of France 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (3), 70-68 in a match that lasted 11 hours and 5 minutes, played over 3 days, June 22, 23 and 24.