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This handbook provides an overview of sport at Pulteney and how it affects your child(ren) and you. When referring to sport we mean those sporting activities which occur outside of the academic curriculum and which normally involve activities outside of the school day. As such, sport should not be confused with Physical Education, which is a timetabled subject within the school curriculum.
Sport at Pulteney
Sport has a very long history at Pulteney. The school history contains photographs of sporting teams from the very early days of the school. It has always occupied an important part of the life of the school and is valued for the opportunities it provides for team building; social interaction; self discipline; the development of active, healthy lifestyles; and the development of the values espoused by the school.
While we see sport as being important, we believe it should be supportive of the curriculum rather than as a replacement for it. By their involvement in the sports programme students are developing life skills and fitness which supports their academic pursuits. Involvement in sport is not “instead of” meeting the requirements of the curriculum. Indeed success at university and in post school life is enhanced for those who maintain an interest in other activities. They keep busy and healthy and have a well balanced approach to life. Everyone can benefit from involvement in sport.
The philosophical underpinnings of sport at Pulteney relate more to involvement than elitism with success being measured much more broadly than by win/loss ratios.
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