At Our Lady Queen of Peace, we recognise the importance of sport and the role it plays in promoting long term, healthy lifestyles. The intent of our physical education curriculum is to provide all students with high quality physical education and sport provision. It is our vision for every pupil to succeed and enjoy their sporting experiences, so it leads to a physically active lifestyle.

Curriculum Aims

The Sport curriculum intends to

  • Improve cognitive development
  • Promote physical fitness and health
  • Develop psychological and emotional well being

We strive to inspire our students through fun and engaging physical education lessons that are enjoyable, challenging and accessible to all. We want our pupils to appreciate the benefits of a healthy and physically active lifestyle.

Benefits of Sport

Through our teaching of sport, we will provide opportunities for pupils to develop values and transferrable life skills such as fairness and respect, realising a life-long interest, through participation and enjoyment.

Sports Competitions

Each week, the PE weekly roundup highlights the various successes in school sports competitions for:

  • Athletics
  • Badminton
  • Basketball
  • Dance
  • Dodgeball
  • Football
  • Gymnastics
  • Hockey
  • Netball
  • Rugby
  • Swimming
  • Volleyball

Students compete with schools locally, competitions in West Lancs and against other Catholic schools.

Sports Facilities

In school we are lucky to have a range of facilities for sport. These include:

  • A Sports Hall
  • A Gym
  • Tennis Courts
  • A Sports field