Physical And Natural Science
Welcome to PNS, Physical and Natural Sciences.
In this faculty our staff are qualified in Science, Active Sports, Movement and PSHE. We have a superb team of individuals who bring together their experience of the world to enable young people to achieve in both academic and physical pursuits.
We aim to improve their understanding of the world, to harness their desire to explore it while becoming physically and mentally active.
Our innovative Mind and Body curriculum has been created to offer a myriad of different physical and mentally stimulating experiences in each year group. Some of these build on skills throughout Key Stage 3, for example Pilates and Yoga, indoor rowing, and circuits.
Others are introduced to students as they mature, for example, relationships, health, emotional wellbeing and drugs. All students at Key Stage 3 will have the opportunity to achieve a foundation qualification before they enter Year 10.
Every week, all students receive Active Sports skills, Mind and Body and Science education plus further thinking skills and experimentation. Some of our GCSE students are now taking three separate sciences (Biology, Physics and Chemistry).
At Key Stage 4 and 5, all students also are offered active time in which they have opportunities to play sports or participate in individual activities like trampolining, cheerleading and dance.
Many of our young people have taken sports and dance into Key Stage 4 at GCSE level and our Sixth Form students are also studying both Biology and Sport at A level.
With our Mind and Body studio (which offers step classes, yoga and Pilates, weight training, indoor rowing and spinning) and our Dance studio, staff get the chance to be active too.
