Sports College - Thomas Bennett Community College

Barcelona!

Over the half term 23 pupils went to Barcelona for a sports tour. For 2 days we had football training in the morning and tournaments in the afternoon.

Well done to the A team who came 2^nd out of 16 different schools from all over the UK. We even made some friends from a school called Valley School from Sheffield. On both nights we had a disco where we got to meet loads of new people and we even got Miss Nash ripping up the dance floor!

On the 3^rd day we went to a water park called Water World, we all had such an amazing time there. On the 4^th day we went to Barcelona to shop, we went for a tour round Barcelona sights and we even went and saw the Nou Camp, the 2^nd biggest football stadium in the world. We also went to the Olympic stadium, and got to shop around Barcelona city centre. We had an amazing time, hopefully we get to go again next year, and have as fun as we did this year.

By Fahran Hill 8PHN

What Does Being a Sports College Mean for Your Child?

We believe sport can make a difference. Being a Sports College is about enhancing a school culture and ethos to provide our students with the best teaching and the best opportunities. We want our students to have a positive, meaningful learning experience that gives them ‘roots’ to grow and ‘wings’ to fly!

Development as a Hub of the Community.

Our involvement and hosting of the SSCo partnership has allowed us to have impact beyond our primaries and secondary schools. We are working with our partner primaries, our secondary partners and developing links with the sports federation clubs and our local community. People and clubs know that Sports Colleges are keen to foster links and we will actively develop and support clubs that benefit our students.

Sports College Initiatives

The Sports College Plan has been broken down into 4 Key Areas forming the axis for change. This change will take place over the next 3 years. We are now entering phase 2.

Year / phase 1 - Planning and development

Year / phase 2 - Implementation

Year / phase 3 - Review and sustainability

Click here to see the extra-curricular timetable.

The Crawley School Sport Partnership

The Crawley School Sport Partnership expanded in September 2006 and now consists of 7 secondary schools and 27 primary schools within Crawley.

The main aim of the partnership is to increase participation in physical activity and to develop and progress the high standard of delivery locally.

Targets include:

· · Improving communication within the Partnership; between secondary school PE departments; and primary schools and between the Partnership staff and other school staff. To include the introduction of a school events calendar, regular meetings and information distribution.

· · Improving the development of the local sporting infrastructure through work with the Borough Council, local clubs and National Governing Bodies. This work is essential to develop school club links and ensure exit routes are provided for all development opportunities.

· · Improving leadership and volunteering opportunities through links to local school and club activities and events; linking to improving opportunities for intra-school competition.

To visit the CSSP website please click here