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Sport and Games
There is a sports hall built above with four basketball rings, three badminton courts, a netball court and an indoor hockey pitch.
Besides having a diversity of sports and gymnasium equipment the sports hall also has a sprung wooden floor which is much kinder on the legs and back when doing gym and games.
All children throughout the school participate both in Physical Education and Games.
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PE –
All lessons are taken by PE specialists.
Careful consideration is given to planning of the curriculum to ensure progression throughout the school is a priority. The emphasis is very much on acquiring and developing skills, evaluating and improving performance and a knowledge of fitness and health. Reports are written to provide regular feedback to parents. In the Autumn term both boys and girls from Yr 3-7 start with Gymnastics and Swimming. Yr 8 girls do HRF and boys multi sport. In the Spring term Yr 3 & 4 move into Dance, Yr 5 & 6 Ball skills, Yr 7 & 8 girls Dance and Yr 7 & 8 boys, Indoor Athletics. All year groups continue to take part in swimming. In the Summer term all pupils participate in Athletics and Yr 7 & 8 will have the opportunity to do Tennis aswell.
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Games –
The Games at TPS are geared towards performance and participation.
The emphasis is on equal opportunities where all pupils follow a progressive and challenging games curriculum. We encourage pupils to represent the school as a team player, with the emphasis on working with others and fair play. Both boys and girls run large fixture programmes for the under-9 age group and above in all major games and several teams in minor games or hobbies. U9, U10, U11, U12 and U13 nearly always have A and B teams in each year group. There have been up to 17 boys and girls teams playing on one afternoon!
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House Competitions –
There are House matches every term where every child has the opportunity to represent their house. These are wildly competitive and cups are awarded to the winners; a great inter-school event! |
At Taunton Preparatory School we do all these sporting events:
Rugby,
Hockey,
HorseRiding,
Hockey,
Netball,
Basketball,
Football,
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Swimming,
Chess,
Gymnastics,
Tennis,
Athletics,
Dance, |
Cricket,
Rounders,
Tri-athalon,
Table Tennis,
Cross-country,
Badminton,
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