A message from PE staff

Message from the PE Staff

We have really missed working with the young people in the PE department in Lourdes Secondary. We are keen to get as many of the activities up and running again as soon as possible and we are confident that the procedures outlined below will allow your child to participate safely in PE over the coming months.

Procedures

  • Pupils will follow a one-way system when entering and leaving the P.E Department.
  • Pupils will enter into the department via the technical corridor/P.E stairs (as normal).
  • The girls will go straight through the boys changing room door and enter into the gyms. The girls will get changed (social distancing is advised during changing) in gym 1, 2 or 3 (directed by a member of the P.E Department) and leave all belongings in the designated gym. The young people will continue walking through the gyms and exit via the gym 2+3 changing room doors and make their way to the appropriate working area.
  • The boys will walk straight through the fire door to the outside area and across to the Games Hall. They will enter through the normal door and into the Games Hall to change (social distancing is advised during changing). All belongings will be left inside the Games Hall. Pupils will leave the Games Hall via the Fire Exit and make their way to the appropriate working area.
  • Hair must be tied up.
  • If you the young people are injured, they should stay with their class and where appropriate help out with roles such as timekeeper/scorer/referee etc.
  • If the young people forget their kit, they will stay with their class and help out in roles such as timekeeper/scorer/referee etc.
  • All jewellery should be removed in the changing area and left with belongings.
  • At all times valuables should be hidden at the bottom of bags and kept out of sight. The school cannot take responsibility for the loss of any personal property.
  • The P.E Department will do their very best to protect any valuables by ensuring doors are locked when the changing areas are not in use.
  • No pupils will be allowed back to their bags during the lesson and the doors will remain locked until the lesson is finished.
  • If pupils need the toilet, girls will use the gym 3 changing room toilets (one in at a time) and boys use gym 2 changing room toilets (one in at a time). Changing room doors out to the pitch will remain unlocked.
  • Each class will sanitise their hands before the lesson and during lesson if they need to. Hand sanitisers will be readily available to the pupils.
  • After class, pupils will leave through the same doors they arrived in. Girls will get changed and leave via Gym 3 changing room. Boys will leave via the Games Hall door. All pupils will leave via the school car park and will follow the car park round to the Kirriemuir Playground. The young people will re-enter the school via the main doors.
  • Pupils participating in PE during Period 7 will leave via the school park.

Points to consider

  • Until further notice all PE activities will be conducted outside regardless of the weather. The young people must dress appropriately. They must be prepared for rain or sunshine!
  • Pupils should not wear any item of clothing for their P.E lesson that they are going to wear for the rest of the school day (e.g. – a rain jacket).
  • At present, there are restrictions on PE activities. PE lessons will be adapted to minimise the sharing of equipment and to ensure social distancing as appropriate. No contact sports or team games will be delivered in PE until further notice.
  • Pupils may be asked to sanitise the equipment they used, e.g. rubbing down a hockey stick with an anti-bacterial wipe.

PE staff will present the information above to your children during their first PE lessons.

August 2020