Welcome to the Thomas Clarkson PE Website
Welcome to the Physical Education website for Thomas Clarkson Community College.
Please feel free to look through our resources and use this website.
If you have any comments or queries please do not hesitate to contact us from our contact us page.
The College is at the forefront of the 'BSF' (Building Schools for the future) and we have now registered for the 'Healthy Schools' initiative.
The School plays in local competitions and league and all the details and results can be found at www.ioe.thomasclarkson.cambs.sch.uk, which is the Isle of Ely competitions website.
Academy begins.....
Thomas Clarkson begins its Sports academy this term. All students were given their 'player layer' and Academy 'polo shirt' for the launch with the press. Mr Smith has worked hard in identifying our 100 gifted students into a 25 strong Academy. Look out for new applications during the Autumn term where we are looking to increase our numbers to 30+.
Mr Smith said: 'It was a delight to see all our identified students with such enthusiasm to begin the programme for the first year. I cannot wait to get things fully running.'
Dance festival
During National Sports Week nine schools from the Thomas Clarkson Family participated in the first ever family dance festival which was held in the TC sports hall. Schools represented were, Clarkson Infants, Elm Rd, Leverington, Murrow, Nene, Peckover, Ramnoth, St Peter’s and Wisbech St Mary.
160 children ranging from reception to yr 6 gathered together to provide an exciting repertoire of dances ranging from Country and Molly Dancing, The Hakka, Take 10, Wake and Shake and Street Dancing.
The Festival was ably supported by six Thomas Clarkson dance students - Eden Smallman, Emily Harley, Daniella Melton, Tom Chapman, Josh Garner and Josh Pitcher. They performed a dance which they had created themselves and which left the primary children open mouthed with admiration. They then taught a routine to everyone in the room including staff, to the music of Lady GaGa, which was then performed as The Grand Finale.
We wish the best of luck to 6yr old Poppy Gill from Nene Infants who performed a magnificent solo street dance and who will shortly be entering the World Championships.
Special thanks should be made to the children from Leverington who came in costume to perform the traditional Molly dancing, and to Mrs Tarsitono (head of performing arts a TCCC) for the time she spent preparing her dancers for the festival.
A wonderful afternoon was had by all. We are hoping to make it bigger and better next year and by inviting even more children to attend.
St. Ives Sports
"On Friday Jane Mackie and I took 14 special needs children to the Youth Games plus in Huntington. Their behaviour was superb and they took part in all the activities such as Golf, Tennis, Archery, Climbing Wall and Multi skills that were on offer with great enthusiasm, proving to be a great credit to team TCCC. The KS 3 boys also took part in the Tag Rugby tournament while the others played Boccia which is a variation of Bowls. To watch their concentration and tactical moves while bowling balls at the jack was fascinating. We then met up for a big picnic at lunchtime! But the 3 KS 4 boys were missing. So Jane went off to look for them, only to find them still playing Boccia. To our surprise they had got to the Final so we all went to cheer them on. They won their last game 7-2 This meant they came 2nd overall . At the Presentation we were proud to watch them collect their medals Luke Cannon, Aaron Cole and Jonathan Briers (Captain) Well done to all the children, thanks to Jane for all the admin and organisation, certificates will be presented in assemblies and photos will be put on the school web site." Mrs Sandall 2010
Jody Cundy comes to TCCC
Jody Cundy visited Thomas Clarkson just before the half-term holiday for Summer 2010. He spoke to our Academy, BTEC and GCSE PE students about their motivation within sport and how they achieve to the highest ability level.
We wish Jody all the best in his career and all the success in the Paralympics.
Team Super Schools
Celebrations were made today as we congratualted our money raising students by giving them prizes in relation to how much money they earnt! The highest earner, Mackenzie Cobbin got a large prize which included enough sporting equipment to last him till the end of the year! Well Done!
Top Link Conference
AMBASSADORS FOR TCCC
March 11th 2010 - Jack hunt school
We were selected to represent T.C.C.C. at a Sports Ambassadors Conference at The Jack Hunt School in Peterborough.
When we arrived we were given T-Shirts and shown to the main hall where we saw a presentation on ‘Young Leaders’. We met Tom Davis who is a British Champion in JUDO. He will be representing us in The London Olympics.
We were then shown into one of the sports halls and were given booklets which we were asked to fill in. The next activity involved creating a game and then demonstrating it to the other groups. All of the groups then discussed how to improve the various games that were shown. This was scary but good fun.
We had a very enjoyable lunch which the school provided before the afternoon session began. This involved discussing a number of sporting activities that we could organize for Sports Relief Week and beyond.
We thought that the following activities could be included:
*Inter-form Dodge ball
*Badminton Tournament for Yr 7
*Rounders Competition For Girls
*Yr7 Tennis
Lewis Mcconnachie has also offered to organise games for his Scouts Group.
We all really enjoyed the day and felt privileged that we were chosen to represent our school
We would like to thank the organisers.
Report by Connor Connolly, Lewis McConnachie, Katherine Borley, Chloe Warren.
College of West Anglia and Thomas Clarkson working together
Thomas Clarkson have joined with The college of West Anglia to deliver the first ever Level 3 BTEC National Diploma.
The course begins in September and already students have started applying.
If you are in year 11 and would like to begin the course this September please contact Mr Garrod. There are still places available and we are accepting applicants till June.
Mr Garrod (TCCC), Mr Smith (TCCC) and Mr Goode (COWA) joined up this year to also write the new sport and active lesuire diploma bid for September 2011. This proved successful and we will be delivering that course from September 2011.
2012 Challenge! TOTAL RAISED= £1800
All classes on Tuesday during Period 4 & 5 in PE took part in a sponsored challenge.The challenge was to complete 2012 lengths of the sports hall within one hour. Year 8 during period 4 set the target at 2048 in one hour, however the year 7 & 9 smashed their attempts with 2485 lengths of the hall. An outstanding effort by all! £1800 in total was raised.
Sports Relief!
Thomas Clarkson are holding a Sports relief event on Friday 19th March 2010.
We are running the TCCC mile in Fancy dress during PE lessons!
Students please consider:
- Pupils will remain in correct lessons all day.
- Only pupils who have PE on that day will take part during their own PE lesson.
- They may run in fancy dress but must be in correct school uniform before and after their lesson.
- Any pupils who do not have PE on that day wishing to take part can compete at lunchtime.
- Cost: £1 – Fancy Dress & Run, 50p – To just run in normal PE Kit.
- Anyone ill or injured on the day will be given a job as official and be placed around the course.
- ONLY PEOPLE COMPETING IN THE RUN MAY BE IN FANCY DRESS!
BTEC Students excel through leadership
Our Year 11 BTEC Sport students excelled in their leadership skills by leading a recent cross country event at Thomas Clarkson Community College. The event included many Schools from the district and was based around the TCCC Mile. Well Done to all involved!
New Rugby shirts for next season
We have now recieved Rugby shirts for all four Rugby teams in the coming season! The students are said to be 'over the moon' that we now have the resources to look professional against other Schools.
PE 'Player Layer' Skins
Students are now permitted to wear under garments for PE lessons and after School activities. The official website for these products is at: 'Thomas Clarkson's Player Layer'
You can purchase these at the website and they will be an essential for keeping warm in the colder weather.
"Baselayer for sport has recently become the norm amongst young athletes around the world. The introduction of high performance fabrics that provide warmth and comfort, while offering muscle enhancing compression, has sparked a baselayer boom.
Teams want to unite and demonstrate their unity. PlayerLayer restores the team identity, restores the team pride and shows that we BELONG."
Wisbech 5-a-side league
Beginning in January is a new 5-a-side league running at Edinborough Drive Astro turf. Teams must be entered by 9th January 2010 to compete, maximum of 7 people per team. Please see Tyron Elms (10SM) or Kieran Hudson (10HS) for details and application forms. This is in association with Cambridgeshire FA. Good Luck teams!
TCCC host's success!
Thomas Clarkson managed to win 4 out of the 4 fixtures played at home on Monday 16th November:
In the Rugby year 10 beat Ely 43-0 and year 9 beat Ely 34-0!
In the football the year 7 girls managed to beat Ely 5-1 and the year 9 boys beat Sharnbrook upper; 1-0.
This now takes the Year 9 boys to the 5th round of the National cup!!!
BTEC Assignments updated
The Year 10 & 11 BTEC Assignments have been updated so you can download them as a word document or pdf document. This will help with compatibility issues and the new assignments are easier to follow!
Year 10 do not forget you must have unit 3 complete by Christmas, Year 11 you must have Unit 1,3 & 4 complete by Christmas.
Boys excel in Jujitsu!
Reece Murdoch and David Mondey soared to the top when they took 1st and 2nd place at the Jujitsu championship on the weekend of 17th October 2009!
The boys said it was a great experience and that 'if you haven't by now you should try Jujitsu!'
Mr Garrod and the PE team are extremely proud of the two lads who are achieving highly in there GCSE PE course.
Well Done lads!
Football tournaments on the astro!
Each year group will now have a chance to enter teams into a football tournament on the astro turf, please se Mr Garrod as a league will commence from October onwards. Signing on forms are available now!
Sports lettings is getting bigger!
From September 2009, Thomas Clarkson Community College now have new initiatives for the lettings and community use. The prices have been reduced! There will be drop-in sessions on offer and "pay-as-you-play" has returned!
Sports Day dates
Sports day will be on Monday 6th July for year 7, Tuesday 7th July for year 9 and Wednesday 8th July for year 8.
Look out for details from your form tutor.
All Stars Day
Year 10 are having an all stars day on Thursday 16th July 2009, please make sure your form has a good team as the staff are entering a team and do not like to be beaten!
Ski Trip
Please ask Mr Garrod for a letter regarding the 2010 Ski trip to Austria.
Going to Obertauern, Austria with 6 days of Skiing or Boarding for £850 per student.
Sports week
The week starting 29th June is National sports week. We have lots of things happening including a year 6 cross country, new intake day, Skipping festival, Cricket fixtures and a BSF exhibition in the sports hall.