SPORTING BEST The sport and education magazine for secondary schools
Inspirational ideas for competitive school sport Interview with Edward Timpson MP
Spring 2014
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Campbell’s Corner Earlier this month the Prime Minister announced that the £150 million-a-year PE and Sport Premium funding for primary schools will be extended up to 2020. At the Youth Sport Trust we have long been campaigning for a sustainable future for PE and school sport, and we are delighted that the Government have committed to provide financial support for primary schools for the duration of the next Parliament. In this edition of Sporting Best we feature an interview with Education Minister, Edward Timpson MP. The Minister has been charged with ensuring that schools maximise the Sport Premium funding, and on page 10 he outlines his commitment to school sport and the role that secondary schools can play in driving improvements to provision. We were delighted to hear first-hand from the Minister, and the Secretary of State for Health, the Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, at the Youth Sport Trust’s 2014 Conference in Telford. Our theme for the conference was ‘Excellence through collaboration’ and when it comes to the Sport Premium, it is crucial that secondary schools understand the role they can play in ensuring the funding has maximum impact.
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Snapshot — Autumn term in pictures
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Sainsbury’s School Games — Competition by young people, for young people
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Note from John Steele
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Sainsbury’s School Games Kitemark
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Developing young officials through competition
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Interview with Edward Timpson MP
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Membership Update
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Education and Public Health Partnerships
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Case study: Using competition to enhance teaching and learning Using competition to improve employability skills
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Engaging young people in new sports: parkour
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Events calendar
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Preferred suppliers
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National Governing Bodies of Sport
Both secondary and primary schools have unique areas of knowledge and expertise, and by working in partnership they can deliver the greatest benefit for young people of all ages. The sharing of resources, facilities, training and development opportunities is crucial to ensuring young people have access to the PE, sport and physical activity opportunities they deserve. This edition of Sporting Best is themed around school sport competitions and features inspirational ideas on how to create meaningful competitive sport opportunities that raise whole school achievement. We hope that these best practice examples will give you ideas on how you can add value to your sports days and, of course, National School Sport Week from 23–27 June 2014.
The Youth Sport Trust: sport changes lives
Our charity is passionate about helping all young people to achieve their full potential by delivering high quality physical education and sport. We work to: — give every child a sporting start in life through high quality PE and sport in primary schools. — ensure all young people have a sporting chance by developing opportunities for those with special educational needs and disabilities.
Baroness Sue Campbell CBE Chair Youth Sport Trust
— support all young people to achieve their sporting best in school and their personal best in life. Find out more: www.youthsporttrust.org
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SNAPSHOT AUTUMN TERM IN PICTURES
SEPTEMBER 1,600 of the country’s elite young athletes took part at the Sainsbury’s 2013 School Games in Sheffield.
NOVEMBER The Raising Achievement Conferences, in association with Sky Sports Living for Sport, kicked off.
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OCTOBER World and Olympic gold medallist Christine Ohuruogu joined us at the School Games Organiser Network National Summit.
DECEMBER Over 200 of the country’s best young coaches and officials attended the National Young Coaches and Officials Academy at Loughborough University.
NOVEMBER The first in a series of regional public health briefings took place, in partnership with the Department of Health and Public Health England.
NOVEMBER Over ÂŁ200,000 was raised for the Youth Sport Trust at a star-studded gala dinner at The Savoy, London.
DECEMBER Young disabled and non-disabled leaders from across the county came together for Step into Sport Berkshire.
Stay up-to-date with all of our latest news on our website: www.youthsporttrust.org/news Follow us on twitter @youthsporttrust
eople p g n u o y r fo , le p o e p g n u Competition by yo Since 2006 the Youth Sport Trust has been privileged to lead the delivery of the Sainsbury’s School Games, funded by Sport England lottery investment.
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Sainsbury’s School Games 2014 in Manchester from 4–7 September
The Games are made up of four levels of activity: competition in schools (intra-), between schools (inter-), at county level and a national event for the most talented school age athletes. A key focus of the Games is to engage more young people than just the talented athletes that compete. In doing so, we shine a light on the young people’s abilities both on and off the field of play, drawing national attention to PE and school sport. Across the page, we have outlined three key areas which we believe are fundamental to these aims and which you could apply within the Sainsbury’s School Games at your school.
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le, By young peop le for young peop We believe in the capability of young people to deliver to high standards in a range of roles, as demonstrated when they took on an unprecedented level of responsibility when planning and delivering the Sainsbury’s 2013 School Games in Sheffield last September. There were not only young volunteers (77% of the 535 volunteers were under 25) in media and officiating roles (see page 16), but we also had a Young Mayor in the Athletes’ Village. As well as this, the Opening Ceremony was written and presented by a team of Young Ambassadors to 5,000 spectators, with all of the acts having come from X Factor-style auditions.
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77% of the 535 volunteers were under the age of 25.
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Inclusive The Games consists of 12 sports, six of which include the most talented young athletes with disabilities. This gives young people from different backgrounds the chance to learn more about each other and the different challenges they face in both sport and everyday life. The inclusive nature of the event also helps drive specific development of young disabled athletes. “This “ event provides our athletes with the unique opportunity to compete alongside other talented athletes from able-bodied sport...the provision of such an environment is something we recognise as it plays a vital role in developing talented athletes.”
Cross-curricular achievement was a key part of the Sainsbury’s 2013 School Games. As part of this, we created an app to develop young people in wider roles around sport. Through SwipeStats, users can observe a match and capture live tracking data. It can be used independently or within a classroom scenario under guidance from a member of staff. We also run a Young Media Team for aspiring journalists. As part of this, a South Yorkshire Media Volunteer Academy was established to provide training to secondary school students who joined the formal media team at the Games, reporting on the action as it happened.
Charlie Bethel, CEO of British Wheelchair Basketball
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There are 12 sports at the Sainsbury’s School Games national event and 36 sports across all other levels.
The SwipeStats app develops young people in wider roles around sport.
NOTE FROM JOHN STEELE John Steele, Chief Executive Officer of the Youth Sport Trust Competition is all around us. Be it in the business world where retailers are battling each other to get us to part with our hard-earned money, the employment market where hundreds of people apply for a single job, or in the sports arena where the world’s elite athletes are currently vying for gold medals at the Winter Olympics in Sochi. They all want to be champions and to do so they have to compete successfully with those around them. I have seen firsthand the determination and commitment that elite athletes need in their quest to be the best. Competition at any level requires courage; the courage to deal with failure and disappointment, and to learn the invaluable lessons which transform losing to winning. In this edition of Sporting Best we explore how the Sainsbury’s School Games plays an important role in encouraging competitive school sport and how it can develop the wider skills of young people. Not everyone taking part in the Games will become elite athletes, but they should all have the opportunity to develop knowledge and experience that can help them to succeed in a competitive world once they leave education. It could be the skills gained from volunteering at Sainsbury’s School Games events, the experiences of becoming an official, or taking on a role as a journalist in a media team — these are just a few examples where young people are gaining wider experiences that go beyond the sporting action itself. Through these roles the experience of the competitors themselves is also enhanced. 2014 promises to be an exciting year with the national Sainsbury’s School Games event taking place in Manchester for the very first time. More than 1,500 young athletes will compete in a city that is rich in sporting history, with high quality venues and a proud record of delivering major sporting events. It will undoubtedly be a highlight in the Youth Sport Trust calendar and will showcase the many ways in which a multi-sport event can benefit and develop the skills of young people. Read on to learn more about the Sainsbury’s School Games programme, which you can also run in your school — if you haven’t signed your school up yet please visit www.yourschoolgames.com I hope you enjoy this issue of Sporting Best.
Essential Spring Reading Youth Sport Trust Safeguarding Policy The Youth Sport Trust believes that all children involved in sport should enjoy safety, security and protection from harm, whilst enjoying a positive experience. Through our policies, procedures, guidelines and training, the Youth Sport Trust is committed to ensuring that anyone working for, or on behalf of the Youth Sport Trust, understands their responsibilities and demonstrates best practice in safeguarding children in their care. www.youthsporttrust.org/policies
Recommended by the Youth Sport Trust’s research team The mood of our young people The Prince’s Trust has published their latest Youth Index and it is clear that today’s young people need to be better supported as they leave school. http://bit.ly/PrincesTrust_ YouthIndex
Latest information on physical activity levels
John Steele Chief Executive Officer Youth Sport Trust
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The Health and Social Care Information Centre has published its 2012 Health Survey for England and highlights the latest figure of physical activity outside of curriculum time. http://bit.ly/HSCIC_physactivity
Sainsbury’s School Games Kitemark Now in its third year, this award scheme provides schools with a kitemark showing not only their level of engagement in the Sainsbury’s School Games but also their wider commitment to PE and school sport. The Kitemark is awarded at bronze, silver and gold levels and nearly 3,000 primary, secondary and special schools achieved an award in 2012/13. The application process supports schools to develop a strategic engagement and development plan and has been
recognised by Ofsted. Challenging criteria enable schools to recognise and publicise the opportunities that they provide for pupils, with a quality assurance mechanism in place to ensure the validity at each level.
Nearly 3,000 Sainsbury’s School Games Kitemarks awarded in 2012/13
In the 2013/14 academic year, the application window will be open from 4 June–1 October 2014.
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www.yourschoolgames.com
Developing young officials through competition The Youth Sport Trust is passionate about developing young people through officiating and supports this through the Sainsbury’s School Games, School Games Organisers officiating scholarships, and the recent National Young Officials Academy. Five officials aged 15–17 refereed the rugby sevens event at the Sainsbury’s 2013 School Games. The group were responsible for organisation, preparation and ensuring the tournament stayed on
schedule — all the while dealing with more experienced and demanding coaches. Officiating in front of large crowds in a stadium environment and working with other referees from across the country, they were able to experience the commitment, fitness, knowledge and unflappability that is required at the top level. FIND OUT MORE —
www.yourschoolgames.com
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Youth Sport Trust’s Phil Chamberlain meets Edward Timpson MP The Youth Sport Trust has welcomed the news that the Government is to commit funding for its Primary PE and Sport Premium to 2020, with £750m to be invested over the course of the next parliament. This builds on the £150m a year ring-fenced funding currently committed for schools until 2016 and has the potential to have a huge impact on primary PE and sport. I chatted to Education Minister, Edward Timpson MP, before the February announcement and quizzed him on the Government’s priorities for school sport and the role of secondary schools in supporting the delivery of the Sport Premium. Here is an extract of the conversation.
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Where does PE and school sport sit within the Minister’s priorities?
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It’s a huge priority and it’s not just myself, but right across Government — as well as the Prime Minister’s own personal commitment to this important agenda. For the very first time we have a genuine cross-Government policy on school sport, with financial support from not just my department, but from the Department of Health and Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
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Looking back on London 2012, there was a real cross-party political consensus on the importance of the Games. Do you think there is a chance of getting a similar consensus on the importance of PE and sport in schools? I sincerely hope so. In recent weeks and months, there has been a much stronger sense that we need to be united in our response. I’ve been really encouraged by the contributions from others across the political spectrum. Although we’re not always going to agree about everything, there is a much more cohesive view than we’ve had in a very long time.
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With the introduction of the Sport Premium, there has been a lot of focus on primary school provision. What role do you envisage for secondary schools in getting the most out of the new funding? I don’t want secondary schools to think that they are not part of this and are not important. They have a crucial role to play, both in the transition from primary to secondary school, and through collaborating with primaries in their local areas. I know there are a host of secondary schools who use their expertise to help primary schools in their network improve the delivery of PE and school sport. I remember visiting Harefield Academy in Uxbridge, where they are doing exactly that. I would encourage all secondary schools to do the same, and to work with organisations such as the Youth Sport Trust to see how they can get involved.
View the full transcript online: www.youthsporttrust.org/Edward-Timpson
PE and school sport are a huge priority right across Government.
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MEMBERSHIP UPDATE
SPRING 2014 Presentations from Raising Achievement Conferences Thank you to all who attended last term’s Raising Achievement Conferences, in association with Sky Sports Living for Sport. The events were focused on sport and developing articulate and literate young people. Youth Sport Trust Members can access the presentations and the keynote address, which was delivered by Baroness Sue Campbell and featured an exclusive interview with Jessica Ennis-Hill.
Watch the presentation and keynote address: www.youthsporttrust.org/RAconf
2014 Conference — THANK YOU! Through our Membership we are committed to supporting you to deliver high quality PE and school sport to raise whole school standards. The 2014 Conference, held earlier this month included a programme packed with minikeynotes, School-Led Practice sessions and practical workshops. This included panel discussions with national experts on education and school sport, with best practice sessions on how schools have used the Sport Premium to improve whole school achievement, health-related programmes and competition in the curriculum.
Snapshot of the 2014 Conference ttrust/sets/ www.flickr.com/photos/youthspor
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Summer Innovation and Development Days We have a programme of regional innovation and development events covering a range of themes for which you have requested additional support. As Member schools you can access these events and learn good practice as well as find out the latest national updates.
Date
Location
Theme
Synopsis
Oval, London
Effective assessment in PE
Develop a framework that uses assessment to improve, as well as prove, progress in PE.
Haydock Racecourse, Merseyside
Preparing your department for Ofsted
Explore the key factors for demonstrating an outstanding PE department with schools who have recently had an Ofsted inspection.
Exeter Chiefs RFC, Exeter
Outstanding teaching and learning
Explore the latest examples of outstanding teaching and learning, and how you can ensure your department is doing the same.
Leicester Tigers RFC, Leicester
Primary creative curriculum
Provides you with an opportunity to maximise the impact of sport and health in raising achievement in your school.
Oval, London
PE National Curriculum 2014 and beyond
Learn from primary, secondary and special schools who have piloted the 2014 PE National Curriculum a year early. You can use this opportunity to explore how you will plan for the launch of this curriculum in September 2014 while focusing on the needs of your learners.
York Racecourse, York
Effective assessment in PE
Develop a framework that uses assessment to improve, as well as prove, progress in PE.
Leicester Tigers RFC, Leicester
Maximising ICT within PE
Explore the latest examples of technology to enhance teaching and learning within your department.
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27 May
12 June
17 June
24 June
All events begin at 10:30 and finish at 15:30. Lunch is included. Places are available in line with your Membership level, and further discounted places are available for Members at £100 per place and £150 for non-Members. Member schools can attend any of the above days and are not limited to events local to them.
To book your place: please visit www.youthsporttrust.org/i-d-days
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Education and Public Health Partnerships The Youth Sport Trust has been running a series of regional briefings for Local Authority Public Health colleagues, delivered in partnership with the Department of Health (DoH) and Public Health England. These briefings have focused on the DoH investment into PE and school sport and investigated how education and public health partners can maximise this investment and increase collaboration in order to benefit children’s education, health and wellbeing.
Investigating how...
The sessions have yielded numerous insights and reiterated the need for schools to provide all children and young people with opportunities to be physically active, develop social capacity, understand lifestyle choices, build greater resilience and self-esteem as a foundation for lifelong health and wellbeing. We will be focusing on delivering these learnings through our network of Youth Sport Trust Health and Wellbeing Schools.
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Although the final briefing session was held in January, you can find all of the presentations and networking notes on the Youth Sport Trust website; useful resources for educators and public health practitioners alike.
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Case study:
Using competition to enhance teaching and learning
Hannah Sleigh, a PE teacher at Streetly Academy in the West Midlands, wanted to use competition within PE lessons to address differentiated teaching and learning targets in Key Stage 3 PE so that pupils could focus on achieving their personal best. To do this, she introduced pilot work with groups from Year 7, 8 and 9. During the unit of work, each pupil focused on demonstrating values linked to determination, courage and equality, which link into Streetly Academy’s Olympic PRIDE values. At the start of each lesson, pupils were allocated points for achieving the values and they aimed to retain these during the lesson, as points were lost if the values were not demonstrated. At the end of each lesson individual points were recorded and
accumulated towards a final score at the end of the unit. If the score was high enough the pupil retained the value. As part of the assessment, each value achieved was worth a score which was added to the pupil’s overall PE level for that unit. Hannah has found that the individual targets have made pupils more accountable and responsible for their own achievement. The Year 7 group showed progress in decision-making and planning within their teams, while the Year 8 class’ attention and motivation improved. Parents and pupils alike have understood the criteria for success and there has been supportive feedback during parents’ evenings, with all parties seeing the relevance of the values and the learning of new skills.
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www.yourschoolgames.com
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Using competition to improve employability skills Competitive sport opportunities, such as the Sainsbury’s School Games, provide many opportunities for young people to develop, demonstrate and articulate the skills that employers and Higher Education Institutes seek. The CBI survey of 2012 identifies seven key employability skills:
Self-management Team working Business and customer awareness
In keeping with the latest thinking about making learning more explicit and visible, many schools are carefully planning their competitions to maximise their impact on employability skills for the young people taking part. In order to support the highest number of students to make the greatest progress, these schools ask themselves some key questions:
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Are we making the most of opportunities for our students to take genuine leadership roles in our competitive sport?
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Do we provide these opportunities to all students? Do we specifically target students who have the highest need to develop these skills, or do we focus too much on those that show the most aptitude?
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Are we supporting the students in making genuine progress in these skills? Can we demonstrate this progress to the students, their parents and Ofsted?
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Can the students articulate the kinds of skills they have developed and demonstrated? Could they talk about how these skills make them better potential employees or further or higher education students?
Problem solving Communication and literacy Application of numeracy Use of IT
We will be working with our Member schools over the next two years to identify, collate and disseminate the best practice in this increasingly important area of work.
Take a look at the full CBI Survey of 2012 http://bit.ly/CBI2012Survey
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matt.pauling@youthsporttrust.org
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Engaging young people in new sports: parkour Not every young person enjoys traditional competitive sports and so the yoUR Activity Programme offers secondary school pupils the chance to get involved in sport in a fun and energetic way, through trying alternative sports. yoUR Activity aims to increase participation and improve whole-school impact, particularly in pupils who are not attracted to traditional sports. Pupils can enjoy themselves and be more active by trying activities such as dodgeball, jump rope, lacrosse or parkour — to name but a few. Nick Mason, PE Teacher at King Alfred’s Academy in Oxfordshire, says: “The “ new parkour equipment has been a big success. The ease of setting the equipment up allows for a speedy start to the new parkour club and students really like creating new ways of using the equipment. This has resulted in an increased number of students attending the club.
“The “ new equipment has also been integrated into the curriculum and following a training course delivered by the National Governing Body of Sport, Parkour UK, I have shared some ideas with other members of staff from my parkour course and it is now firmly integrated into the PE Curriculum. “Students “ are creating videos and the club is run by young leaders who provide their own music and ideas. The equipment also has endless possibilities so students do not get bored, again this has helped interest, progression and development of parkour skills.”
The new parkour equipment has been a big success. The ease of setting the equipment up allows for a speedy start to the new parkour club and students really like creating new ways of using the equipment.
yoUR Activity is part of the Matalan Sporting Promise programme. For more information and to find out what other sports are on offer, please check out the new and improved website www.sportingpromise.co.uk
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EVENTS CALENDAR
4–7 September 2014 Sainsbury’s 2014 School Games, Manchester
S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M School Games Organiser Conferences
MARCH
Step Into Sport Camp Young Ambassador Celebration Day
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Step Into Sport Camp
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MAY
Innovation and Development Days
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M Innovation and Development Days
JUNE
National School Sport Week
Sainsbury’s School Games Festivals
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JULY
Sainsbury’s School Games Festivals
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Events for young people
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Events for School Games Organisers
Events for all
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Interested in including fitness and well-being into your school’s curriculum? Why not talk to Technogym about improving classroom results through Active learning? For further information, contact Technogym on 01344 300236 or email uk_info@technogym.com.
NATIONAL GOVERNING BODIES OF SPORT School sport opportunities and offers from National Governing Bodies of Sport British Cycling
England Handball
England Hockey
Go-Ride for Schools
Changing the Game for Girls
Get your School In2Hockey!
British Cycling’s Go-Ride programme offers high quality coaching in a traffic-free environment, such as a playground, and links to the Sainsbury’s School Games through the Go-Ride Racing programme.
London 2012 was a fantastic showcase for both non-traditional sports and women in sport. England Handball is harnessing this with the Girls4Gold handball leadership programme.
Our two-stage game In2Hockey is easy to deliver in school and provides the perfect format for young people aged 10–14 years.
For information on British Cycling coach availability in your area, accessing the Cycling for Schools one day coaching workshop for school staff, or becoming a Go-Ride school club, please contact the Go-Ride team on 0161 274 2069 or email go-ride@britishcycling.org.uk
Targeted at girls aged 14–16, the concept is to engage semi-sporty or disengaged girls in non-playing roles as a route back into sport. The programme takes groups of girls through a six-hour leadership course developed with Us Girls and deploys them to co-ordinate lunchtime activity in schools.
You can download the free Sainsbury’s School Games Challenge and Competition cards at www.yourschoolgames.com
England Handball are working with the FA and Us Girls to hold a national ‘Girls Big Day Out’ for the Girls4Gold handball leaders in conjunction with International Women’s Day 2014.
We have also produced a guide on how to organise and deliver an In2Hockey festival which takes School Games Organisers or school staff through the process step by step and is accompanied by a range of downloadable templates which provide everything you need to make your festival run smoothly.
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It can be played on a range of surfaces and is accompanied by specific equipment and support materials to assist delivery — including session plans, fun-based delivery cards and free online training for deliverers.
www.englandhockey.co.uk/ in2hockey
Football Association
Rugby Football League
Tennis Foundation
Team Sixteen
Do you want to be a Champion?
Schools Tennis Road Show 2014
Team Sixteen is a new intra-school football programme developed by The FA along with delivery partners The English Schools FA and The Independent Schools FA. The programme forms the FA’s Level 1 Sainsbury’s School Games offer.
The RFL’s secondary schools competition Champion Schools is underway for the 2013/14 academic year. The Champion Schools tournament is the world’s biggest Rugby League knockout competition and one of the greatest success stories for the sport.
The Schools Tennis Road Show takes place in the Spring Term each year. It aims to provide an overview of all the resources and support available to schools, together with practical ideas for delivering tennis in an education environment.
The programme aims to engage children who are not currently participating in sporting activity outside of regular PE lessons, giving boys and girls who are not part of the school teams an opportunity to play football. The programme also provides leadership opportunities for pupils, encouraging students to take on organiser roles to help inspire their peers to participate.
Rugby League has seen a continued growth in schools over the last few years to support the development of the sport, with this competition playing a vital role in introducing the game to an ever-increasing number of young people throughout the UK.
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— School Games Organisers, School Sport Partnership staff and CSP representatives in England; — Active Schools Managers and Co-ordinators in Scotland; — PESS/Dragon Sport/5 x 60 staff in Wales; and — primary/secondary/special school teachers
The Team Sixteen programme is accessible for all secondary schools, regardless of available staffing and facilities.
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The Road Show is targeted primarily at the school sport infrastructure, comprising:
All attendees will receive free resources and a £50 equipment voucher. FIND OUT MORE —
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The Youth Sport Trust: sport changes lives Our charity is passionate about helping all young people to achieve their full potential by delivering high quality physical education and sport.
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