Throughout your time at TGS you will have the opportunity to take part in many sporting events for your house as well as trips and visits. You can participate in many house competitions throughout the school year, indoor Athletics, basketball, football, Netball. We also have a the traditional sports day and swimming gala in the summer term, where students will compete for their house in front of the whole school for sports day finals. We also host a TGS Highland games for selected students. We also run a two week sports fortnight in the summer term, where students reward for taking part in alternative extra curricular activities , as well as offering students these activities in their PE lessons in these 2 weeks.
If competing is not for you there are many other avenues to follow to be involved. We offer students the chance to support the school fixtures through officiating and media opportunities, as well as being part of a leadership programme who support the numerous local primary school events throughout the year.
To end the sporting calendar the TGS PE department organise and host a Sports Gala evening, to promote the dedication and successes of teams and individuals of TGS.
The TGS PE department also run various trips to many different events, some sports event and some to enhance students studies/education. These included this year trips to international netball and rugby, basketball finals, international cricket and football matches. The educational trips included a trip to the rugby school and Essex university for 6th form students.
Students can take advantage of the fantastic facilities here at TGS, 5 badminton court sports hall, a Gymnasium, a fitness suite, a dance studio, a full size astroturf area, 9 tennis/6 netball court area and a 25 metre swimming pool to go along with the numerous football/rugby pitches/ athletics track grassed area. Students can also attend classes and activities out of school hours at Great Cornard Leisure Centre, clicking the link below.
