Sport at Avondale

Sport is an increasingly important part of the curriculum, which encourages confidence, self-esteem and resilience. Children not only benefit from enhanced physical skills and fitness; they also develop a sense of fair play and teamwork. We believe that these are essential life skills.

Sport Activities

Regardless of ability, every child gets to experience a wide variety of different sporting activities through PE and Games lessons. The children receive coaching from experienced teachers and they get the opportunity to play in competitive matches, either through fixtures against other schools or through the Inter-House system.

At Avondale, boys’ and girls’ teams compete in a range of traditional sports such as rugby, football, netball and hockey. The main aim is to encourage a love of sport and to give the children the opportunity to gain fulfilment through competition.

Sport Clubs

Outside of our regular Games lessons, additional after school sports clubs are offered throughout the week to foster skills; as well as further prepare our teams for fixtures.

In addition to games sessions, each child in Years 1 to 4 has weekly swimming lessons at the local pool for the duration of the year.