GCSE PE Letter home

Dear Parents/Carers,

Please see below a copy of the school policy regarding non‐participation in PE.

Illness/injury

If your son/daughter is unable to take part fully in PE lessons due to injury or illness then a signed parental note needs to be presented to their teacher at the start of the lesson. Please state in the note the nature of their injury so that the member of staff can use their discretion as to how much the student can continue to be involved. For example, if a student has hurt their hand and the planned lesson is Football then the student can still take part at a moderate level. If the student is ill, again the member of staff would use their discretion to decide how appropriate the lesson plan is for the student taking part at a moderate level.

If a student has a note they will still need to bring the appropriate kit for the activity and ALL STUDENTS STILL NEED TO CHANGE IN PE. If a student arrives without sufficient or has forgotten their kit they will receive an ‘E’ code as stated in the school policy and they will be expected to wear the school’s spare kit. This policy ensures that all students are still involved in the learning process and that the student will be appropriately dressed for being outside in all weather as well as keeping their school uniform dry and clean.

Please, can we also ask you to check that all PE kit is named? This is a frequent issue with students misplacing kit. Any named kit is kept in the PE office to be returned to the student all non‐named goes into lost property. We have had a recent delivery of girls PE hoodies. If your daughter needs a new one these can be collected from PE and paid via parent‐pay or cash to PE department. If you have any questions then please contact us in the PE department.

Thank you in advance for your support.

Yours sincerely,

Mrs S Crabtree
PE department

You can download a full copy of the letter here