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SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
At primary school we had two sets of climbing bars that could be folded flat against the wall when not in use (we did PE in the assembly hall), four ropes that hung from the ceiling and a load of green mats. At boarding school we had a dedicated room for gymnastics with lots of equipment, a separate sports hall for team games, and two dance studios. Lots and lots of blue PE mats. Sometimes the smaller girls got wrapped up in the mats and rolled around on the gym floor 🙄
Ross19 · 31-35, M
@SunshineGirl At primary school we had one hall that was used for everything and had these apparatus sets tied up against the wall but for one lesson a year we were able to climb all over them. In high school we had two dedicated gymnasiums with all the equipment in and two sports halls. We never wrapped up anyone in gym mats though. I remember stacking them in the store room after PE and feeling the storeroom dust under my bare feet.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
Yes, my senior school ( an LEA mixed grammar), had two well-equipped gymnasia and extensive sports fields.
My primary school did not have such facilities, but we made do with ropes, balls, hoops and the like. It had a small field next to the playground, but for larger football games we traipsed once a week to a public playing-fields about half a mile away. There were no changing facilities there so we used a ragged hawthorn hedge as shelter, until the neighbouring secondary school built a large shed for us in the corner of its own sports-field.
My primary school did not have such facilities, but we made do with ropes, balls, hoops and the like. It had a small field next to the playground, but for larger football games we traipsed once a week to a public playing-fields about half a mile away. There were no changing facilities there so we used a ragged hawthorn hedge as shelter, until the neighbouring secondary school built a large shed for us in the corner of its own sports-field.
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meJess · F
It’s called physical education, was there any education or just a failed wannabe athlete telling you to get on with it?
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@meJess I think our PE teachers were genuinely that - Physical Education teachers.
A PM correspondent on here gives me the impression that in American school sports the emphasis is on winning trophies and glory (well, all right, in his locality anyway); whereas in the UK, in my and most of my friends' experiences the aim was physical and mental agility and stamina. The competitive element in some games and athletics was there, but for encouragement on the day only.
So a lot more than just "Here's the gym - get on with it". We were taught how to perform the gymnastics, athletics and games - to the best of our abilities, which were low in me!
One day our PE teacher introduced us to 5-a-side football. He told us he had made the goals, in the school woodwork shop, though during the Summer Holiday; adding that his second teaching subject was wood-work!
A PM correspondent on here gives me the impression that in American school sports the emphasis is on winning trophies and glory (well, all right, in his locality anyway); whereas in the UK, in my and most of my friends' experiences the aim was physical and mental agility and stamina. The competitive element in some games and athletics was there, but for encouragement on the day only.
So a lot more than just "Here's the gym - get on with it". We were taught how to perform the gymnastics, athletics and games - to the best of our abilities, which were low in me!
One day our PE teacher introduced us to 5-a-side football. He told us he had made the goals, in the school woodwork shop, though during the Summer Holiday; adding that his second teaching subject was wood-work!
RaceFan88 · 31-35, M
Nope, in the US we don’t have those but it looks like fun
Jungleman · M
nope unfortunately not.
TexChik · F
Nope