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Physical Education
The aim of the Physical Education Department is to establish a carefully
structured programme following the Northern Ireland Programme of Study in
Physical Education, which reflects the aims of Strabane Grammar School.
The Physical Education programme will:
- Contribute to the physical development of each child through the promotion of skills acquisition andcompetence in a range of physical activities.
- Contribute to the social education of the individual by providing opportunities for pupils to co-operate with one another and to share the value of sports and games through a sense of satisfaction and achievement from play.
- Promote in each pupil a keen interest in and knowledge of physical activity and it's contribution to the maintenance of a life-long personal health and fitness.
- Prepare pupils to make active, creative and purposeful use of their leisure time throughout their lives.
- Enable pupils to gain enjoyment and an aesthetic appreciation of movement through purposeful and progressive activity.
- Promote healthy attitudes towards success and failure.
- Be aware of the benefits of physical education as a means of helping to cope with stress-related problems.
These aims are met by the comprehensive and varied programme of curricular and extra-curricular sports available at the school.
Sports facilities available
1 assembly hall/gynmasium
4 tennis courts/2 netball courts
1 basketball court
1 all weather pitch
1 multi gym/fitness suite
1 rugby/cricket pitch
1 rugby pitch - junior size
Outside facilities
Riversdale leisure centre (hired)
Swimming pool and hockey pitch (hired)
Strabane Rugby Club
Gumshields
Parents and pupils are advised that gumshields are recommended for all contact sports.
Time allocated to sport
| Years 8-10: | 1 single period of P.E. per week |
| 1 double period of Games per week | |
| Years 11-12: | 1 double period of P.E./Games per week |
| Years 13-14: | 1 single period of P.E. per week |
| 1 double period of Games per week |
21 hours per week are timetabled for sport within the curriculum with much more taking place after school and on Saturdays.
List of sports available to pupils
Aerobics, athletics, badminton, basketball, cricket, cross-country, dance, Duke of Edinburgh's Award scheme, football, gynmastics, health-related exercise, hiking, hockey, netball, rhythmic gymnastics, rounders, rugby, skiing, swimming, table-tennis, uni-hoc, volleyball and weight-training.
Extra-curriculur activities
Cricket, Duke of Edinburgh's Award scheme, football, hiking, hockey, horse-riding, rugby, tennis.
