Sport is for all at Orwell Park! The extensive grounds provide abundant opportunities for children’s games, both formal and informal. Excellent facilities range from assault course to floodlit astroturf, golf course to games pitches, swimming pool to squash courts and sports hall. Sport begins in the Pre-Prep with PE lessons for all classes, including Nursery and Reception, and hockey and tennis available as extra-curricular activities to pupils in Years 1 and 2.
PE lessons continue in the main school, alongside a games programme which prepares boys and girls of all abilities for a full fixture list of matches against other schools. On match days, as many as 25 teams are fielded to represent the School.
Sport
Our major sports are:
Boys: Rugby,Hockey,Cricket
Girls: Hockey,Netball,Rounders/Cricket
Many other sporting activities take place at various times in the School year: athletics, badminton, cross country, eventing, football, golf, gymnastics, karate, sailing, skiing, squash, swimming and tennis.Young sportsmen and women from Orwell Park have achieved a considerable measure of success outside school, gaining scholarships to top senior schools and playing at county, regional and national level. Boys and girls enjoy their sport for various reasons: the coach journey, the match, the tea afterwards or the joy of being a member of a team. Whatever their motivation, sport is genuinely for all at Orwell Park!
