Rob Williams

PE Teacher 运动科学老师

Hello parents, as some of you may know I am a keen advocate of maintaining a healthy and active lifestyle. With that in mind our PE GCSE classes have been covering many of the fundamental aspects of doing just that.

Keeping active and maintaining a healthy lifestyle is by no means an easy thing to do with the many temptations we have like McDonalds, KFC etc. so readily available, not to mention the allure of simply watching some TV rather than getting out of the house and getting active.

We have focused heavily on the negative impact that leading a sedentary lifestyle can have, pair that with an unhealthy diet and you’re on the road to a cardiac arrest before you know it. The students have been learning all about how our bodies and in particular our heart can be affected by these lifestyle choices.

We’ve delved into the dietary side of our lives in great detail, we have covered the importance of a balanced diet with appropriate amounts of both macronutrients and micronutrients. The students now know the importance of the phrase “everything in moderation”. This is a simple yet effective way of stressing the need for a balanced diet. 

The students have picked up on the complex and often at times scientific language and I’ve been particularly impressed with the way in which they have been helping one another out with translations and interpreting the new vocabulary.

I have also been very encouraged this week by everyone’s progress after doing a surprise quiz with both the year 10’s & year 11’s where they were scoring very well on many of the questions posed to them. 

When we return we will be looking at optimum weights and how a persons size or weight can sometimes be very misleading until we delve deeper into the data.

I hope the students (and yourselves) have a wonderful break and that the students come back with the same verve and vigour that they have shown me this past week.