New sports centre at ACS Egham

Building work on the addition of a state-of-the-art sports facility here at ACS Egham has been on-going for 6 months and we have come a long way in that time.

This new facility will promote a wider recreational offer, including a dance studio, fitness suite, two FIBA basketball courts and an indoor climbing wall. This new building will also provide an opportunity to redevelop and change the use of our existing Gym into a large, flexible space for drama, dance, musical performance, assemblies, exhibitions, meetings, and Lower School activities.

However, the key benefits delivered by this new facility are the opportunities they bring to the IB educational programmes and the co-curricular options made possible.

These benefits include:

• MYP enhancements to assessment practices, as the increased space will allow teachers to
• carry out wider and more varied range of assessed activities
• More balanced range of activities for PYP PE curriculum, such as adventure challenges and
• movement composition
• Additional classroom space with a technology suite to enhance our programme
• Increased participation in after school sports and activities which have previously been restricted due to limited space

In addition, the new facility gives us the potential to run an IB DP course in Sports, Exercise and Health Science.

Ultimately, the new facilities, together with the new IB Diploma Centre, will further support student success through wider campus and curriculum integration. Over the coming months we will provide regular updates on our progress with the build and please be assured that every effort will be made to minimise the disruption to school life as construction moves to a Summer 2012 completion.