SLS PE DEPARTMENT SPORTS UPDATE
Hockey
Hockey is now well underway for years 4 – 6 and Secondary school. Each week Mr Roberts is teaching new skills and all pupils have completed the following; passing, stopping, pushing and slapping the ball. Tackling, dribbling and shooting, basic knowledge of the rules and Short team games. All is boding well for the inter house competition, hopefully this will take place the week beginning 22nd March over several lunch time periods. Games will be 5 a side and 10 minutes each way for juniors, 15 minutes each way for Secondary.
Sports Day
A meeting is being held on 22nd of this month to finalize details of the School Sports Day to be held on 19th May 2010.
Fitness Assessment
The Fitness Test Assessment for Secondary pupils will take place late March or early April. Both Mr Roberts and the students are anticipating improved scores, which were very high in the first Test.
Special mention must go to the following pupils for their efforts in P.E. so far –
Luke Kirby
Laura Bailey
Rory Burston
Ozan Karaca
Cem Mustafa
Seniz Jessener
Practice sessions for the School Athletics team are being arranged and congratulations to Luke and Kaan in year 5 who have been added to the Squad.
Physical Education in both the Primary and Secondary schools has seen Mr Roberts return for a second year to teach personal fitness, team sports and general well being to the pupils. With the juniors, he has introduced a series of fun yet semi competitive races, involving running, catching and throwing with balls, relays and team sports, namely hockey, football, cricket and basketball. 
His main message is to explain the importance of taking part, not always to win, fair play and most of all, for the children to do their best, regardless of fitness levels and ability. To date, he can report that the children love their P.E. and he takes great pride in seeing every pupil, from Foundation to Year 6,improve in both understanding and progress. November 2009 saw the Secondary students involved in a Fitness Test, designed by Mr Roberts to show strength, speed, endurance and flexibility. Exercises included a short sprint, a long run, step ups, sit ups, squats and a three tier shuttle run. Results varied of course, but overall, the effort and determination of the majority of students produced an above average Grade. Five pupils achieved Grade A, and a special mention goes to Rob Grey and Laura Bailey for winning the Schools fittest boy and girl category. This test will be done again in March. Aside from the above, all Years take part in weekly warm up races, hockey, cricket, tennis, basketball and football.
SUNNY LANE SPORTS DAY
Finally, news of our Sports Day! it is on Friday 19th May 2010, which is the official day of Youth and Sports here in the TRNC. Jerry Roberts has decided to put the emphasis this year on Competitive yet fun events, so we will see the return of the egg and spoon race, 3 legged race, sack race, welly throwing and obstacle course, along with shooting events in hockey, basketball and football, short sprints and team relays. All are invited to attend and parents may enter some of the above events, more details at a later date. Our PTA will also be setting up a refreshment stall at this event to ensure everyone keeps their energy levels up!
ATHLETIC’S TOURAMENT
On April 14th the Primary School will be sending a team of ten children from years 4, 5 and 6 to Lefkosa to compete in a National Sports Competition at the Ataturk Stadium. Events will include Sprints, High Jump, Long Jump, ball throwing and Boys/Girls team relays. Based on performances in P.E. lessons to date, Mr Roberts is delighted to announce that the following pupils have been selected.
Hulya Pehlivan
Derin Sanlidag
Alex Spaull
Seniz Jessener
Saul Kadirzade
Ozan Karaca
Cem Yesilyurt
Taylor Strong
Asya Ozturk
Luke Hijazi
Kaan Ibrahim
Hayriye Coksu
All parents of the above named are most welcome to attend the event, as are all other pupils and parents. The more support we have on the day will encourage the participants to perform well and hopefully lead to a success for Sunny Lane School.
HOCKEY LESSONS
Hockey will make a welcome return in P.E. lessons after Half Term, for years 4, 5 and 6 and all of our Secondary Students, with a 4 week block of coaching culminating in an Inter House Tournament for both Schools. Again all Parents and Students are invited to come and watch the event, dates and times will be published in the near future on the website.
New Football Coach For Sunny Lane
We are delighted to announce the re-starting of our Sunny Lane Football Club commencing, Tuesday 16th for our Secondary students, Wednesday 17th February for Years 5 & 6, and Thursday 18th February for Years 2, 3 & 4. The training will commence at 4pm and finish at 5.30pm and the cost to take part will be 45TL for 4 sessions paid in advance. All students must be collected by their parents/carers after each session. We are extremely excited that we have enlisted the services of a professional PFA football coach and referee who has many years experience coaching Primary and Secondary school students. Furthermore we are pleased to announce that we have made an exclusive agreement with Alsancak Football Club that we may have full use of their grounds FREE OF CHARGE!! This will enable us to train and compete with these facilities. We will obviously keep you posted on any further developments and when matches will be taking place. To enrol your child/ren please contact the School Office. I sincerely believe that this is the start of a great footballing academy with a registered and qualified coach. We look forward to seeing many of our students take part in this fantastic opportunity.