Stretford High School

Subject Leader

Mr Fretwell is originally from Leeds, he is Rugby League mad and supports Castleford Tigers. His sporting background naturally reflects this and he has played, coached and refereed at various levels including spells at Bradford Bulls, Halifax, Widnes Vikings and as a student International for Ireland and Great Britain. In football, he is a Blackpool FC as his dad is from there!

A Sports Science Graduate from the University of Teesside, Middlesbrough, his previous work experience is working in Rugby League, as a development officer for the FA and then his first teaching post at The Heath in Runcorn where he spent 5 years, before coming to Stretford High as Head of PE in 2009.

P.E. Team

Miss Walker, our School Sports Coordinator, was born in Liverpool and supports Liverpool Football Club.  A basketball player since the age of 14, she took the opportunity to move away from Liverpool after sitting her GCSEs to a study for her A-levels and play her favourite sport at a Basketball Academy in Durham in the North East.  She has played for a number of Basketball clubs, including Sefton Stars, Team Northumbria and East Durham Devils.  She is now returned to her childhood and currently plays netball for Sacre Ceour Netball Team in Liverpool.

A Sports Development graduate from Sunderland University, she also has experience working with the Newcastle Eagles Basketball Club as a development officer and basketball coach and a lifeguard.  Working at Stretford High is her first teaching post after a year of completing some PE supply work around the North West.

Mr Richardson is originally from Manchester but know lives in the beautiful hills in Cheshire as the 3 peaks being the view from his garden. His passion has for sport as well as his desire for young people to achieve the best in education and life he was always destined to become a teacher and he achieved this at the age of 33.

Coming from a sporting background with Football and Athletics being the sports he accomplished the most in he has a found new passion for Golf and represent his local club and county.

An Applied Sport Science graduate from Salford University with honours back in 2004 with his Post Graduate degree at Manchester Met University Mr Richardson has been with Stretford High School since 2005 where he started his profession as a Learning Manager where he is now an Outstanding PE teacher and a Successful head of the Gandhi House within school.

In his spare time Mr Richardson like to play golf and listen to his favourite singer Bruce Springsteen who is one of his inspirations in life. However Mr Richardson real passion comes from his family, his family means the world to him and he loves spending time with his daughter Emma Dawn and son Ethan Wyatt Earp and his beautiful wife and best friend Sarah.
Mr Singh was born and raised in Manchester, England which he is very proud of especially as this city being the rock of the North. However his family connections have stemmed from the Punjab in India. This has provided a platform for him to become culturally diverse as he has spent a great deal of time visiting this great place.

Firstly, he enjoyed sports from a very young age. His sporting background has seen him represent Trafford Borough in Football and play Cricket for Lancashire County.  He really enjoys working with children, this has stemmed from his time coaching football for Manchester City. This passion has developed throughout his life, which in turn, has helped him make a decision to become a Teacher of PE.

A Sports Science Graduate from Liverpool Hope University and who also takes pride of being a former student of Stretford High School ‘Class of 1999′. He qualified as a Teacher in 2007 and has held his teaching post at Stretford High School since then.

He enjoys different types of Music for example, R N B, Soul and Bhangra (North Indian Music). Furthermore, he loves experiencing different cultures, which has led him to visit countries from Asia, Europe and North America. His dream Holiday would be to travel around the World in 80 days!

Mr Fielding is a former pupil of Stretford High School who has contributed to the P.E department ever since his arrival in 2008. He has a sporting background which includes football, roller hockey and basketball. His main focus is ice hockey and he plays for the top local amateur side Manchester Blackbears. Being from the area, Mr Fielding is a diehard Manchester United fan and will continue to support the reds from trophy to trophy!

An Applied Sports Science graduate from The University of Salford, Mr Fielding has progressed with his own education and enrolled to take part in a Strength and Conditioning MSc. This will provide Mr Fielding with an opportunity to work with top professional sports clubs and hopefully establish links for Stretford High.

Mrs P Bailey, leader of girls PE, is from Manchester and has been teaching for the past 6 years. Throughout High School she played for all school teams and from there was encouraged by her PE teacher to pursue hockey. It was the influence of her PE teachers and guidenace that influenced her choosen career as she hope she can guide any pupils who love sport to encourage them to participate at all levels and most importantly enjoy it.

After studying A levels she went on to study BA (Hons) Sport Development with PE at Liverpool John Moores University and then continued to gain her PGCE Secondary PE. After university she taught for four years at North Machester High School for Girls before taking her post at Stretford High School.

Mr Holder, PE Technician, is originally from Manchester and sports mad. As a result, he is an all rounder in sport. Played squash representing local club. He played for FC United for 2yrs.

Mr Holder is currently studying Sports Development at Manchester Metropolitan University. He has previously worked as a casual sports coach for Manchester City Council. He is also the assistant to an U15′s football team. He started working at SHS last year to link in with his university studies.

Miss Galvin our school sports co-ordintator is originally from Stretford. A keen Irish Dancer, she travelled to the world championship in County Clare Ireland, her passion for Dancing continued to grow. After studying GCSE and A level dance in Manchester she moved to Cheshire to become gain a degree in Contemporary Dance. Throughout her studies she facilitated workshops for the YMCA, Scouts and Primary Schools in Cheshire .
Moving back into Trafford after graduating, Rachael gained valuable teaching experience after completing a year volunteering in various Trafford high schools, working at Stretford High as a Dance teacher is her first teaching post.

 Curriculum

The PE Curriculum at SHS is strategically developed and constantly evolves to meet the demands and focus on the strengths of students in each cohort.

At Yr 7 and 8, students experience a wide base of 12 activties over the academic year. The aim is to identify key strengths, and introduce new activities. All students also undergo a programme of Health Related Fitness. The aim of this is to meet the aims of the Healthy Schools standard, the Be Healthy Strand of Every Child Matters and also to underpin study preparation for those students who choose to go onto examination PE studies.

At Yr 9 students begin specialising and choose a route of study. For those who prefer game activities there is a “Games” route where invasion games are the focus. Some students prefer more individual activities so opt for the “Aesthetic Route.” Some students enjoy the variety therefore the third route is a “Mixed” route. Again, students embark on a course of Health Related Fitness.

In Key Stage 3 we also deliver Bronze and Silver Leadership Awards and recruit members to the school council to represent sport.

At Key Stage 4 we offer a variety of courses to provide opportunity for all students regardless of ability, strengths and learning styles. Students also have opportunity for representing sport on the student council, Gold Leadership Award and Leadership Academy. Leaders at KS4 are also crucial to our successful SSCo programme which SHS is committed to through the period of change.

We offer:

• GCSE Full Course PE (Edexcel)
• GCSE Short Course PE (Exdexcel)
• GCSE Part time route PE – for students fully committed to outside of school sport
• OCR National Sport
• BTEC Sport
• BTEC Dance

All students complete a 2 hour-a-week programme of Core PE at KS4.

Partnerships are key to the PE curriculum, and we enjoy partnerships with many providers including, Manchester United Foundation, Salford City Reds, Lancashire County Cricket Club, Sport Trafford, Stretford Leisure Centre, and we use local opportunities for Golf, Water Sports, Skating etc…..

Cross curricular links are very important in PE.

• We promote use of foreign languages and culture via our International Sport Unit and display of key terms in 4 languages.
• English and Maths are supported via the use of numeric equations, scoring and the use of correct terms, phrases and descriptive writing in the student progress files.
• Science is closely linked to the Health Related Fitness Unit and Examination PE.
• Whole school behaviour for learning is supported by PE with a strict policy of extra curricular non selection for students not meeting the high expectations of SHS behaviour policy.
• Extra curricular is widely underpinned by non PE staff with individual expertise and interest in specific sporting areas.
• Finally ICT is fundamental in our delivery. We have and regularly use flip cameras and editing software, all staff have a PC tablet to use to demonstrate excellent practice in lessons. The department has an e-magazine and plasma screen to promote extra curricular and e-link AfL stategies to support learning.