Grey Coat 8 Physical Education news


Sports Day 2011 was a huge success, with a number of girls participating throughout the school in various events. Monjama Baihinga 8G, ran a fantastic 800m and broke the year 8 school record with a time of 2:54.00 which is a great achievement.


A resounding well done to all the competitors, we are pleased to announce the overall joint winners in Year 7 were 7C and 7T, the Year 8 victors were 8H and Year 9 overall champions were 9R. The effort, talent and technique shown from the athletes throughout the day was superb, from running the 100m to competing in the egg and spoon race. The staff obstacle and relay race was also a huge success with Miss Shaw winning the woman’s obstacle race after much controversy about the legality of her technique in the hockey stage! The staff men’s relay team (Mr Powell, Mr Wellby, Mr Adeogun and Mr Morton) took gold with a speedy time of 53:86.


To end the day the GCH Extreme Cheerleading Team performed their winning routine in the middle of the Battersea Park Millennium Arena.


A big thank you to all the supporters for their loud cheers throughout the day and for all the staff who helped make the day run so smoothly.


OVERALL RESULTS Year 7 3rd - 7R 2nd - 7C 1st - 7T


Year 9 3rd - 9T 2nd - 9C 1st - 9R


Year 8 3rd - 8T 2nd - 8Y 1st - 8H


Issue 15: September 2011 Street Elite


A new national initiative Street Elite, specifically designed to use rugby, cricket and football to transform the lives of disadvantaged young people, has been launched at the House of Lords.


Prior to the launch of the new initiative, youngsters from Westminster City School and The Grey Coat Hospital took part in Street Elite’s shortened formats of cricket, rugby and football in a multi-use games area beside a new Berkeley Group development in central London.


Women’s Cricket World Cup winner Ebony Rainford-Brent attended in support of her former school Grey Coat, joined by Surrey County Cricket Club’s Gareth Batty and coach Ian Salisbury.


Street Elite’s primary focus is on using sport to help tackle disadvantaged young people. The initial phase in London giving around 4,000 of them the opportunity to work as a team, play by the rules, and make positive choices about their lives. The programme is also designed to create a workforce of young coaches.


The recently published sports policy report ‘More than a Game’, produced by The Centre for Social Justice, stated that many sports projects fail to have a significant impact on disadvantaged young people because of the quality of coaching.


Street Elite, by contrast, will specifically develop trained and motivated young coaches to run the projects in their local communities. It is being run by leading youth charities, The Lord’s Taverners and Cricket for Change, as part of their national programme, while The Berkeley Group is providing core funding for three years.


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