Year 9 Boys Football

The year 9 boys football game against Sandwell Academy has been rescheduled for Thursday 15th September.  It will be played at home, kick off 4.30pm.  The Squad is Alcock, Grove, Bayley, Bayley, Adkins, Thompson, Cox, Hooper, Ganner, Rogers, Pritchard, Morgan, Swain, Timmins, Lee, Holden.  Sheldon is injured but should still come and support the team as this season he will be Captain.  Any problems see Mr Healy asap.

Thorns Baseball

Next year Thorns will play host to a new baseball team which will play in the British Baseball Federation League.  Anyone wishing to get involved or would like further information please speak to a member of the PE dept
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Welcome Back

I hope you all had a wonderful summer break and are now looking forward to taking part in a wide variety of sports this year.  A lot have changes have been made over the summer which will have a positive impact on your PE lessons.  The most notable change is the new house system.  The new house system will give us the opportunity to offer many intra school competitions.  Details about the competitions will appear on here soon.  Another change which I am sure you will all notice and find very useful is the new 32 inch tv which has been installed in the department.  It is anticipated that fixtures, results, reports and other key information will be displayed here which should mean that you are always up to date with what is going on in your PE department.  Finally we would just like to take this opportunity to welcome our new year 7s to the school. 

Laser Quest Rewards Trip.

The end of year rewards trip was to Laser Quest in Stourbridge. Pupils from yr7 8 and 9 recieve letters to go and have a couple of games there, but to attend pupils had to receive 11 merits or more across the year in their PE lessons.  The games lasted 15 minutes each game and there were 2 teams, red and green.  Points were awarded for every time you shot an opponent on their gun, shoulder, front or back of the pack.  Points were deducted when you were shot.  The winning team was the one with the most points in the end.  There were a number of good individual performances by Steven Shehan and Connor Grove.  Next year there will be another PE rewards trip so watch this space and try hard in your PE lessons to get the merits!  Written by Connor Grove 8NT

TSET SPORT DAY 2011

The Stourbridge Education Trust (TSET) was formed 2 years ago and comprises of Thorns Community College, Pedmore, Redhill and Ridgewood local secondary schools.  To celebrate the trust an annual sports day is held and this year it was bigger and better than before.  It was held at Himley Hall on Thursday 9th of June and over 150 children from years 7, 8 and 9 took part in sports such as mountain biking, biathlon and golf.  Full details and pictures from the day can be found under the TSET tab on this page.  Well done to all those pupils who took part and a special thank you to Mr Fletcher who was instrumental in the organisation of the event.

Year 7 Athletics

On Wednesday 25th May, Mr fletcher and Miss Hughes took a year 7 athletics team to the Dell Stadium to compete in the annual Dudley Schools Athletics event. All pupils performed exceptionally well and were a credit to themselves, the PE department and Thorns school. Well Done!

Year 9 Athletics

On Wednesday the 11^th of May thirteen year 9 students attended the Dudley Inter School Athletics competition at The Dell Stadium. Students competed in the following events 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m and 4 x 100m Relay, Shot Putt, Javelin, Discus, Long Jump and High Jump. All students taking part did very well and represented the school with impeccable behaviour. Well done to Marie Campbell who finished fourth in the 100 metres final, Danielle Hilton who came fourth in the High Jump and the girl’s relay team who also made it into the final and finished a respectable fourth. Also congratulation to Alex Gardener who competed in three events on the evening, making it in to the 400 metre final, taking part in the relay and his most successful event throwing 32.30 metres in the Javelin placing him second overall. Alex will now be invited to represent the school at the West Midlands Athletics event in July.

Congratulations and Well Done to all those who took part.

Abi Homer

Dani Hilton

Jess Lake

Megan Dudley

Yolanda Moyo

Marie Campbell

Athena Southwell

Natalie Dingley

Adeel Asif

Nathan Greenwood

Shane Hazel

Calum Pearson

Alex Gardener