Rochdale borough school games partnership School Games Mark Platinum Award

Hopwood school has been participating in this award scheme for many years and we have achieved and maintained Gold status for the last 3 years before achieving the Platinum award last year which we will hold for 2 years! The majority of our children will represent school at least once in a variety of sports competitions including football, dodgeball and athletics. We often send multiple teams to events through both the Rochdale and Heywood school partnerships. We are very proud of our children's sporting achievements year on year. 

Sports Leaders

We have a team of specially trained Year 6 Sports Leaders. The children have participated in a 6 week training programme where they have learned sports skills, developed their own lesson plans and their leadership skills in order for them to run breaktime activity sessions with younger children under the supervision of school staff. As part of their Sports Leader role, the children attend school competitions and write up reports which will then get posted to their page on the school website. The children take an active role in the organisation and delivery of our school sports day where they demonstrate events and help to organise and support the teams of children and the parents competing. 

Sports clubs and specialist coaches

We offer a range of after-school clubs such as gymnastics, hockey, football and netball. These clubs are chosen based on the Sports Leader's research of children's interests and run throughout the year. At Hopwood we employ several specialist coaches to enrich our PE curriculum. Mr Beamish is our full time sports coach and he is supported by Mr Lee from EdStart across the week.  Children are also taught by a specialist dance teacher Mrs Bennion. Year 5 children take swimming lessons as part of their PE curriculum. 

After-school clubs for children include handball, dodgeball, basketball, athletics, gymnastics, cricket and hockey. We compete in weekly competitions and always try our best and demonstrate our sportsmanship. We invite a Year 6 Sports Leader to support competitions.

Gymnastics

During the Spring Term, all year groups access a gymnastics unit which intends to develop a wide range of physical skills including body awareness, balance, coordination, strength, flexibility, control, and speed, while also fostering cognitive and social-emotional benefits like confidence, resilience, discipline, and cooperation.