NEWS

Mr Cartledge Head of PE and Health

 

PE CONCEPT of the Week  : CONFIDENCE (Heart) Mr Cartledge

The BMS PE and Health Faculty are committed to promoting an active, healthy lifestyle amongst the BMS student population. In addition we also aim to deliver a CONCEPT driven curriculum where the many varied aspects of the HEAD, HANDS, HEART assessment programme are delivered in lessons. Each week lessons have a CONCEPT focus which is taught as part of the delivery of a range of sporting activities. 

This focus in the week before half term was looking at CONFIDENCE, part of the HEART strand. During the week all students took part in the Inter House Cross-Country events. We spoke to the students about the benefits to self esteem and confidence that regular exercise can bring and students will feel more positive if they feel fit and healthy. As we continue to promote the benefits of exercise it is important to remember that all children should be participating in a minimum of 7 hours of physical activity per week to maintain their health. PE staff were really impressed with the efforts of the students in the races and students clearly felt the benefits and satisfaction of completing the races. We hope this has contributed to students mental and physical health and wellbeing.

 

KS3 INTER-HOUSE CROSS-COUNTRY

 

Well done SYCAMORE House – Champions !!

This year’s Inter House Cross-Country races saw the event take place in good conditions with the rain keeping away for all races and in most cases the sun shining. The effort levels in nearly all cases were really high with students applying themselves really well to score points for their houses. After 6 races SYCAMORE House came out on top with a massive 1459 points beating MAPLE House into second place with a score of 1257 points. For those who find the event difficult we continue to reinforce the healthy lifestyles message and remind students they should be doing 7 hours of physical activity a week to maintain a normal level of fitness. The top performers in each race are entered into the District Championships and we look forward to hearing how they get on over the next few weeks.

 

The top 3 finishers in each race were as follows :

 

YEAR 7

	Yr 7 Boys (Gp A)	Yr 7 Girls (Gp A)	Yr 7 Boys (Gp B)	Yr 7 Girls (Gp B)
1st	O Harper BEECH	A Benson ASH	T Millson WILLOW	M Gibson OAK
2nd	G O’Dea ELM	L Grayling OAK	M Inch ELM	A Gray OAK
3rd	A Oluwa SYCAMORE	B Terziyska ELM	F Neal MAPLE	S Ollosson OAK

 

YEAR 8

	Yr 8 Boys (F)	Yr 8 Girls (F)	Yr 8 Boys (S)	Yr 8 Girls (S)
1st	M Porter WILLOW	V Olas WILLOW	D Hope SYCAMORE	A Bateman MAPLE
2nd	S Atodiresei MAPLE	N Mowle MAPLE	N Cunningham ASH	E Bain MAPLE
3rd	K Akarigidi BEECH	L-M Rafferty BEECH	F Slazak WILLOW	D Ghasgae ELM

 

YEAR 9

	Yr 9 Boys (F)	Yr 9 Girls (F)	Yr 9 Boys (S)	Yr 9 Girls (S)
1st	Z King ASH	E Gillett ELM	R Samin WILLOW	B Fowler WILLOW
2nd	T Colby BEECH	L Mysiak SYCAMORE	E Rumney MAPLE	O Lee BEECH
3rd	G Fogden OAK	M Oleksy MAPLE	Z Butler MAPLE	H Parkar ELM

 

. The overall Cross-Country results for each year group were as follows :

 

Position	YEAR 7	YEAR 8	YEAR 9	OVERALL
1st	MAPLE	SYCAMORE	SYCAMORE	SYCAMORE 1352pts
2nd	ASH	WILLOW	MAPLE	MAPLE 1295
3rd	SYCAMORE	MAPLE	BEECH	WILLOW 1148
4th	OAK	BEECH	ELM	BEECH 1145
5th	WILLOW	ELM	ASH	ASH 1009
6th	ELM	OAK	WILLOW	ELM 1001
7th	BEECH	ASH	OAK	OAK 899

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RUGBY

Year 9 Boys District Development Festival @ Fullerians RFC Mr Cartledge

Date : Tues 4th November 2025Results: Played 3 Lost 3 v Reach Free, Croxley Danes, Rickmansworth

Squad : E Ashton, D Isles, J Zulberg (Capt), C Allan, Z King, E Silver, F Gillett, O Phillips, D Williams, A Tobias, P Payne,

Commended performances: J Zulberg, D Isles, E Silver

Comment : The boys first competitive experience of rugby for the year saw them play a series of development matches against Rickmansworth, Croxley Danes and Reach Free schools in a Festival held at Fullerians rugby club. The boys showed good spirit and commitment and showed some improvements in their technical skill level. The boys still need to make improvements in game understanding but can look forward to the forthcoming festivals at Saracens RFC to try and build on the positives from todays tournament.

PE kit

It is essential that students have the full correct PE kit for all lessons. This includes shinpads and black /yellow socks when participating in football lessons and also a pair of white sports socks for all other activities. Students will be reminded when activities change. Students not bringing the correct kit will instantly receive consequence points.

Girls should be wearing plain black shorts which are longer than the length of their PE shirt or hoody. Leggings should be black sports leggings and not see through.  Black tracksuit bottoms are also permitted.

ALL jewellery should be removed prior to the start of the lesson, including earrings, and hair should be tied up.

 

For any parental enquiries about any aspects of PE contact the Head of PE and Health Faculty Ashley Cartledge cartledgea@busheymeads.org.uk . For any specific issues related to Girls PE and girls fixtures contact Sarah Cooper coopers@busheymeads.org.uk.

 

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