The Annual Report of the Board of Governors 2015-2016
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- A-Level Physical Education
- Active Communities Project
- Aviva School Mile Challenge
- Track and Field Athletics
- BASKET BALL
- Camogie All Stars
- CoachING DAY The Derry County Board coaches delivered a Coaching Day to our Junior Boys. Coaching Module
2.4 SPORTS REVIEWThe Physical Education department aims to promote the healthy physical, social and psychological development of all students. Accordingly, it offers students a wide and varied range of sporting activities through its curricular and extra-curricular programmes. St. Mary’s Physical Education and Sports staff includes four full-time teachers, one part time teacher and two PE technicians with other members of staff coaching in specialised areas. The sports facilities at the school include a sports hall, a fully-equipped gymnasium, two one wall handball courts, a fitness suite, an all-weather pitch, two grass pitches and five tennis courts. The school also makes regular use of the facilities offered by the local council, in particular the swimming pool, squash courts, fitness suite, driving range, golf course and all weather pitches. The school offers the following range of sports/initiatives: Aerobics, Athletics, Badminton, Camogie, Coaching Qualifications in Gaelic football and soccer, Child Protection Training, Cross Country, Circuit Training, Fun Sports, Gaelic Football, Gold Mark Volunteers, Get Set for Community Action (Action Leads), Golf, Gymnastics, Handball, Health-Related Fitness, Hurling, Netball, Olympic Group, Olympic Young Ambassadors, Outdoor Education, Rounders, Rugby, Sky Sports Living for Sport, Swimming, Squash, Table Tennis, Tag Rugby, Tennis, Top Link, Volleyball, Sports Leaders UK Award and Volunteer Now. Throughout the year, individual students and teams are entered for Area Board, Regional and Provincial competitions. Successful teams compete regularly at All - Ireland level. A-Level Physical EducationA-Level students were given the opportunity to participate in a wide range of certified coaching qualifications and PE specific workshops throughout the year, including the GAA Foundation level coaching award, the IFA Grassroots Soccer Coaching Award and Child Protection Training. They were then able to use these awards to couch our junior students and under age teams in their clubs. Active Communities ProjectSt. Mary’s continued its involvement with the Active Communities Project this year. Students received 6 week blocks of coaching in Badminton and Rugby. Asda Initiative/Sports Leaders UKThis year we linked up with the ‘Asda Initiative’ which provided healthy refreshments for our primary school Gaelic Football Blitz and our secondary school cross country competition. Aviva School Mile ChallengeAll students in Key Stage 3 took part in the ‘AVIVA School Mile Challenge’ in February. This raised students’ awareness of the benefits of exercise to their heart health and overall lifestyle. New school records were set this year, with the boys’ record being broken on three occasions before Frank Duffin in Year 9A sprinted away with the title in a time of 5.35 mins. A very noteworthy performance, however, was made by Conor Fowley 10D who also ran the mile under an incredible 6 minutes. Again in the girls’ event, Emma Dace 10B was the first girl in school to run the mile under 7 mins before Mary McKee 8B set a new girls’ record at 6.45 mins. A fantastic effort was made by all our Key Stage 3 students who participated with great enthusiasm and went the ‘extra mile’ to improve their health! Track and Field AthleticsSt. Mary’s students competed at District and Provincial level in track and field athletics. Thirty six students from Year 8 – 11 participated in the NEBSSA track and field district championships in Antrim. Eight students qualified for the finals: Conor Falls and Lorcan Bradley, Year 8, Frank Duffin and Lile Keenan, Year 9, Eunan McElhennon, Year 10, Ciara Malcolm, Cathaoir Purvis and Paula Rose McAuley, Year 11. Conor Falls won a gold medal in U13 long jump final and Cathaoir Purvis competed in the Boys’ 3000m race where he qualified for the Ulster Finals. Mr Mark McLaughlin, our UUJ Outreach student attended the NEBSSA AGM in June, thus ensuring our continued involvement in NEELB competition. BASKET BALLYear 9 boys and girls attended a basketball tournament held in St. Puis X College in November. CamogieSenior Team – Ulster finalists. Junior Team – Ulster finalists. 7 A Side Team – Group stages U-14 Team – Ulster Semi Finalists. Year 8 Team - Ulster Semi-Finalists. Camogie All StarsSt. Mary’s were awarded two Ulster College All-Stars Award this year; Eimear McGuigan and Jacqueline Donnelly. Both girls competed for Ulster in the All Ireland Inter Provincials. Internal Camogie CompetitionsAn internal Camogie competition was organised to allow every girl in Year 9 and 10 to experience competitive camogie in school. Each team competed in at least two games resulting in very entertaining and competitive finals. Coaches’ LunchIn June, an appreciation lunch was held in Café Pierre to thank all members of staff for their invaluable contribution to extra-curricular sport in the school. CoachING DAYThe Derry County Board coaches delivered a Coaching Day to our Junior Boys. Coaching ModuleSixteen Year 13 students attended a coaching module taken by Chris Collins (Derry Development Officer). The course involved both theory and practical sessions. All the students were awarded the GAA Foundation Level Coaching Award and are qualified to coach underage teams. As a follow up from the coaching award, all the participants attended a course on Child Protection and gained a qualification in this area. 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