Advanced Performance Programme and JAPP

Advanced Performance Programme (APP)

The Advanced Performance Programme (APP) at High Tunstall is aimed at students who excel in all-things PE! The programme gives students the opportunity to develop their current skills and progress as an athlete. As part of the Advanced Performance Programme, the squad will attend a series of Sports Science seminars at Hartlepool Sixth Form College; covering topics such as Nutrition, Sports Psychology and Biomechanics.

We expect APP students to manage their academic studies alongside extensive extra-curricular commitment to the wide range of sporting activities that are on offer at High Tunstall College of Science.

The programme includes:

Sports Performance Profiling.
Personalised APP Kit.
Monthly visits to Hartlepool Sixth Form College to work with lecturers on A-Level Physical Education topics linked to our own GCSE Specifications.
Advanced Performance coaching sessions from specialist coaches
Free access to the Fitness Centre at Hartlepool Sixth Form College.
Early involvement with Hartlepool Sixth Form College Sports Academies.
Additional leadership opportunities within High Tunstall
Mentor meetings to assist with balancing sporting and academic needs.

Junior APP

The Junior Advanced Performance Programme (JAPP) aims to give primary school students the skills to excel in their chosen sports, to enable them to access a wide range of sporting activities and to give them the opportunity to work with other students wo excel in PE, including the High Tunstall students on our current Advanced Performance Programme. We invite students who are hugely successful in PE in primary school to take part in the two year-long programme.

The programme also involves working with the sports department at Hartlepool Sixth Form College and Northumbria University, where some of the sessions will take place.

APP Session Schedule 2024/25

Monday 16th September 2024 – Practical Brinky Games (Year 8, 9 and 10)

Thursday 3rd October 2024 – Fitness Testing and Screening (Year 8 and 9)

Friday 11th October 2024 – Fitness Testing and Screening (Year 10)

Thursday 14th November 2024 – Arousal Year 8 and 9)

Thursday 21st November 2024 – Arousal (Year 10)

Wednesday 11th December 2024 – Practical Sports Academy (Year 8, 9 and 10)

Wednesday 15th January 2025 – Musculoskeletal System (Year 8 and 9)

Wednesday 22nd January 2025 – Musculoskeletal System (Year 10)

Wednesday 5th February 2025 – Practical Sports Academy (Year 8, 9 and 10)

Friday 7th March 2025 – Methods of Training (Year 8 and 9)

Tuesday 25th March 2025 – Methods of Training (Year 10)

Friday 9th May 2025 – Practical Sports Academy (Year 8, 9 and 10)

Thursday 15th May 2025 – Short & Long Term Effects of Exercise (Year 8 and 9)

Thursday 22nd May 2025 – Short & Long-Term Effects of Exercise (Year 10)

Tuesday 17th June 2025 – Practical Brinky Games (Year 8, 9 and 10)

JAPP Session Schedule 2024/25

Wednesday 25^th September – Introduction to JAPP & Sports Culture

Introduction to the JAPP programme and performance profiling, looking at a variety of different sports from around the globe.

TBC – Hartlepool Sixth Form College Visit

Visit to Hartlepool Sixth Form College PE Department. Students will be health screened initially looking at resting heart rate, blood pressure, weight and height which will allow us to predict their age of peak height velocity and predicted adult height. Students will then be ran through a battery of fitness tests covering the main components of fitness.

Wednesday 29^th January – Rugby

Students will take part in a rugby session and will need to bring some warm outdoor clothing. The session involves full contact and a lot of mud – old clothes are definitely required for this session.

Wednesday 12th March – Hockey or Dance

Students will be given an option to participate in a Dance session or developing their Hockey skills, looking at different attacking, defending and shooting skills.

Wednesday 30^th April – Athletics

Students will get the opportunity to try new events such as high jump and long jump.

Wednesday 2^nd July – Inter-Sports Day

Students will compete against all other JAPP students in an array of athletics events.