SPORT & PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES
We aim to develop children’s enjoyment, confidence and skills and introduce them to the pleasures of sport, now and in the future.
Physical education promotes personal, social, intellectual and physical skills and at Westward we aim to foster co-operation, tolerance and self esteem.
Our school aims to promote an enjoyment of exercise as part of a healthy lifestyle and children engage in physical activity from the Early Years upwards.
Football, netball, rounders, basketball, hockey, cricket, tag rugby, swimming and athletics are taught in the Upper School. These sports give the children the opportunity to learn relevant skills and elements of teamwork and competition.
All the year groups have weekly sports sessions at school. In addition, pupils in Years 3,4,5 & 6 attend Walton Xcel Leisure Centre and The Hub for a weekly three hour session where they swim under the guidance of the qualified pool coaches and enjoy further sports in the Sports Hall and Astroturf areas. As from September 2017 classes will also use the Walton Hub to develop athletic skills.These include starts, sprints, long distance running over 400m, long jump, ball throwing and relay.
Pupils in the Upper School have the opportunity to play in school teams which include football, tag rugby, hockey, rounders, tennis, swimming and netball. These encourage healthy competition and team spirit.
The School is extremely active in the ISA sports competitions. We have achieved both regional and national success over the last six years. We have Swimming, Athletics and Art National Champions.
2011/2012
ISA U11 Backstroke National Swimming Champion
ISA Regional Athletics Champions in the U10 Boys and Girls Long Jump
U11 Hampton 5-a-Side Football Tournament Winners
ISA Regional Netball Silver Medalists
2012/2013
ISA U11 National Swimming Champion in the Relay
ISA Regional Athletics Champions in the U10 Long Jump, Ball Throwing and the U11 Boys Relay
ISA Regional Netball Silver Medalists
ISA U11 Regional Football Winners
ISA U11 Regional Rounders Winners
2013/2014
ISA U11 East Triathlon Winner
ISA U11 Regional Netball Bronze Medalists
ISA Regional Athletics Champion in the U9 Long Jump
2014/2015
ISA U9 Regional Swimming Champions in the Relay
ISA U10 National Schools' Triathlon Champion
ISA Regional Athletics Champions in the U9 Girls 4 x 100m Relay
2015/2016
ISA National Long Jump Champion - Yr 5
ISA National 60m Champion
National Tennis Champion - Surrey U10 Team
2016/17
ISA National Swimming Champion - Backstroke - Year 5
ISA National Athletics Champion - Long Jump - Year 6
ISA National Athletics Champion - Long Jump - Year 5
ISA National Athletics Champion - 75m - Year 5
In addition to the above successes our pupils were awarded many individual/team silver and bronze medals in both the ISA regional swimming and athletics events.
We have run a successful annual Westward netball tournament for many years and always look for opportunities to broaden our pupils interest in sport.
We also have several inter-house tournaments during the year in which pupils are provided with an opportunity to showcase their skills.