Mr Elias - Sports Co-ordinator

At Westcott we encourage children to participate in sport and extra-mural activities.

We offer a wide variety of extramural and cultural activities, designed to cater for the individual.

During summer we offer the following sports and activities:

• Tennis & Mini-tennis
• Volleyball
• Cricket & Mini-cricket
• Art Club

Cricket

• Three teams
• u/10, u/11, u/13
• As well as mini – cricket for grade 3 boys and girls

66% of the Westcott team made the Western Cape Volleyball team!
A great achievement!

At Westcott we encourage children to participate in sport and extramural activities.

We offer a wide variety of extramural and cultural activities, designed to cater for the individual.

During winter we offer the following sports and activities:

• Soccer
• Netball
• Volleyball
• Cross country
• Chess
• Table Tennis

All extra – mural sport activities from 14:45 – 15:45

Soccer

Five soccer teams from u/9 to u/13.

• u/9 – Grade 3 boys and girls participate in 7-a-side matches. (Mini – Soccer)
• A girls' soccer team from Grade 4 to Grade 7.
• A girls' soccer league which commences as of the 3^rd term

Netball

• Four netball teams from u/10 – u/13
• Mini – netball for grade 3 girls, not focused on matches but teaching them the basic skills.

Cross country

• From grade 3 to grade 7 boys and girls
• Practices are held on Wednesdays and races on Fridays.

Volleyball

• From grade 3 to grade 7 boys and girls
• Have a girls teams well as a boys team
• Westcott has represented the Western Cape at the national school championships on three consecutive occasions from 2012 – 2014,  finishing fifth in the country in the national schools championships.

Chess

• Junior and senior chess groups

Table Tennis

• For girls and boys from grade 3 to grade 7
• Boys on a Monday and Wednesday
• Girls on a Tuesday and Thursday

These activities are available all year round!

We offer a wide variety of extramural and cultural activities, designed to cater for the individual.

All year activities include:

• Orff orchestra
• Choir
• General Knowledge
• Drama (paid for separately)
• Karate (paid for separately)
• Kids Clay (paid for separately)
• Action Ball (paid for separately)
• Tennis Coaching (paid for separately)

Our Computer Lab uses the curriculum to support what the learners do in the classroom, using information technology and literacy to complete their tasks.  All grades, from Grade R to Grade 7, attend computer classes at least once per week.  On Wednesdays and Thursdays, the learners may attend Senior and Junior Computer Club respectively.  At these clubs, the learners study computer science, coding and robotics, which includes the use of Sphero and Bee-bot.