We aim to balance ‘sport for all’ with our ethos of sporting excellence.
Teamwork
Primarily, sport at Fettes Prep is about enjoyment: playing on a pitch, with friends, in a team endeavour. Every Prep pupil, irrespective of their particular sporting talents, can experience this and in the process we hope they will develop a lifelong love of sport and physical activity.
Skills
Taking part in games encourages pupils to develop specific skills as well as rise to the challenges that sport brings. We support each individual to be the best they can be and to reach their potential. Within team sport, we look to work towards a shared goal, to learn from defeat and not be complacent in winning.
Sportsmanship
We nurture sportsmanship at all levels alongside sporting success. The ability to play a competitive match and then welcome the opposition for match tea afterwards is an important lesson for life. Our goal is for as many pupils as possible to represent the school in fixtures on a regular basis, so whenever we can we run multiple teams in each year group.
Coaching
We allocate specialist coaches for each age group who work alongside our Prep School staff. This allows all pupils to have access to high quality sessions whilst maintaining the consistency of a ‘team’ coach. We have established close links with The Grange and Edinburgh Academicals, renowned hockey, cricket and rugby clubs respectively, that enrich our pupils’ training experience both on and off site.
Facilities
We are privileged to have access to some outstanding facilities on the Fettes site, including extensive grass pitches for all sports, two floodlit all-weather hockey astroturf pitches, one sand based and the other water based.
We have three cricket squares (two are covered), outdoor cricket nets, nine astroturf tennis courts, a marked 400-metre running track, two long jump pits and shot put arena.
Our sports complex includes a 6-lane, 25-metre swimming pool, sports hall with indoor cricket nets, two netball courts, a fitness suite and dance studio.
Touring
Each Autumn Term, the Under 11 girls’ hockey team and Under 11 boys’ rugby team take part in a two-day tour to York. Our senior boys have also participated in an annual 7s competition in Monaco.
Tournaments and Representative Sport
In addition to playing for Fettes teams, selected pupils are chosen to represent district prep school teams and East of Scotland district teams. Our school teams take part in Scottish Prep Schools Invitational Athletics Championships tournaments in athletics, cross country, golf, hockey, netball, rounders, skiing and swimming.
Autumn Term
Rugby Hockey
Spring Term
Hockey
major sports – boys major sports – girls
Summer Term
Autumn Term
Spring Term
Netball
Summer Term
Cricket Cricket/ Rounders
Boys’ Hockey
Hockey is the major sport for boys in the Spring Term and we field up to four teams in some year groups to allow everyone in the Prep School to participate. Our top players take part in training sessions with the local national league club, The Grange.
Netball
Most of our netball is played indoors, at the on-site Westwoods Sports Centre but we occasionally make use of a number of outdoor courts around the Fettes campus. We have numerous fixtures against other prep schools, as well as longstanding fixtures with teams from the North of England, and our older pupils participate in the Scottish Cup.
Cricket
Cricket is our major sport for boys in the summer, and from 2019 will be an option for Under 13 girls. Indoor training is offered as an evening activity during the Spring Term and we enjoy a full timetable of fixtures throughout the season.
Rounders
We compete in a number of fixtures during the season and the girls have the opportunity to take part in prep schools representative rounders teams. One much anticipated fixture involves our Under 13 girls who compete against their parents at the end of the season!