The Sports Newsletter

SPORTS

N E W S L E T T E R

Issue 3: Term 3 2017-18

FROM THE CHAIR Welcome to Issue 3, the final issue of school year 2018/19. The FOBISIA Executive met just a few weeks ago here at BSM. The purpose of our meeting was to share good practice between our schools, reflect on the year, discuss our direction as an organisation and to plan ahead for 2018/19. The Sport Exec ‘Mid Year’ Meeting will be an annual event on the FOBISIA calendar from now on in, as we look to continue moving forward to deliver on our Aims.

HoPE Meeting We are looking forward to hosting you at Harrow Bangkok from 20-22nd September. The outline is as follows:

Heads of PE (HoPE) Conference Harrow International School Bangkok 20-22 September 2018

<< read more >>

w w w. f o b i s i a . o r g

Wednesday 19th September - Arrivals Thursday 20th September - FOBISIA AGM Friday 21st September - CPD day 1 Saturday 22nd September - CPD day 2 Sunday 23rd September - Departures Mike will be sending more info your way via email... << read more >> Lewis Keens Director of Sport, British School Manila (BSM) FOBISIA Sport Executive Chair

HANDBOOKS: CLICK HERE EVENTS CALENDAR: CLICK HERE

<< read more >>

MEET THE EXECUTIVE Harrie Thomson Director of Sport, BSKL Sport CPD, FOBISIA Sport Executive << read more >> Michael Preston Director of Sport, HISB Sport Handbooks, FOBISIA Sport Executive << read more >> Kwok Chow Director of Sport, TES Invitationals, FOBISIA Sport Executive << read more >

Andrew Tatam Leader of Learning for Primary PE, BPS Primary Sport, FOBISIA Sport Executive << read more >> Philip Husband Director of Sport & HoPE, BISHM Secondary Sport, FOBISIA Sport Executive << read more >>

For further details on how you can contribute to the FOBISIA Sport Newsletter, please email Lewis Keens: lkeens@britishschoolmanila.org.

FOBISIA Sport & PE Vision & Aims VISION

FOBISIA Sport & PE promotes collaborative practice between Member Schools, to provide and enhance opportunities for children to participate, develop and perform in sport and activities with an emphasis on improving leadership skills, building resilience, creating friendships and having fun.

AIMS

To work towards our vision, FOBISIA Sport & PE will: • Identify and champion areas of best practice across Member Schools • Regularly encourage schools to reflect on their practice and identify areas to improve and areas of strength within their curriculum and programmes • Offer CPD opportunities and guidance to support schools in improving provision and quality of programmes • Develop collaboration between schools and official partners, fostering a multicultural, educational, professional learning environment • Share and carry out relevant research to allow schools to be on the cutting edge of educational and coaching initiatives • Facilitate fun and friendly sport tournaments and competitions to allow development and performance of students and encourage an understanding of global citizenship

Sport & PE Updates SPORT CPD WITH HARRIE THOMSON

PRIMARY SPORT WITH ANDREW TATAM

HoPE Meeting Details We are looking forward to hosting you at Harrow Bangkok from 20-22nd September. The outline is as follows:

At the time of writing many Primary FOBISIA teams will have already attended their “Friendly Games” and several others are still plugging away with last minute preparations. I look forward to collating the feedback once the dust has settled. Please be honest about both positive and negative aspects of The Games from your school’s perspective, so feedback is an accurate reflection of your experiences...

Wednesday 19th September - Arrivals Thursday 20th September - FOBISIA Sport AGM Friday 21st September - CPD day 1 Saturday 22nd September - CPD day 2 Sunday 23rd September - Departures... << read more >>

<< read more >>

SPORT HANDBOOKS WITH MICHAEL PRESTON SECONDARY SPORT WITH PHILIP HUSBAND Many thanks to all Member Schools that have made suggestions for modifications to the current handbooks for primary and senior Friendly Games.

The Executive Committee went through the current handbooks with a fine-toothed comb recently and we will go through key changes that need to be voted on at the HoPE AGM. We are very much looking forward to working towards a more interactive and easier-to-use handbook that also includes details for Invitational formats.

FOBISIA Sport High Quality Collaboration Something that we as an Executive Committee are highly motivated to achieve, is a sense of sharing and learning from one another. We have a wealth and breadth of knowledge in our now very large group of Member Schools. No matter who we are or where we teach, we can help new schools understand the intricacies of a FOBISIA Games, support an experienced member of staff in curriculum areas and learn coaching pedagogy from a new teacher welcomed into our community... << read more >>

INVITATIONALS WITH KWOK CHOW

SPORT COORDINATION WITH FOBISIA HQ

Most of the invitational dates have been set for next year. As of now, can I request that any school that has hosted this year that will be hosting next year, they please share with me their rules and handbook for the respective invitationals, so I can collate the information.

FOBISIA HQ has appointed a new FOBISIA Events Coordinator, to commence in August 2018. For FOBISIA HQ enquiries in the meantime, please contact FOBISIA Executive Officer, Tania Donoghue, at tania.donoghue@fobisia.org.

Hopefully by the end of next academic year we will have a handbook for all FOBISIA invitational sports.

Please click here for information regarding FOBISIA Invitationals in 2018/19.

2018-19 FOBISIA Sports Groups The new U15 Sports Groups have been confirmed.

There are significant changes to groupings and...

<< read more >>

Teaching Tactics

Sharing practice in sport and physical education

PHYSICAL EDUCATION: ACCEPTING THE CHALLENGE

by Alan Dunstan, Primary PE, BSM Playing a competitive full sided game where only the strongest players succeed; running endless laps around the field; participating in repetitive and soul destroying fitness tests. These are the old days of Physical Education.

For example in Year 2, all students participate in a Net Games unit. The classes are mixed ability and gender, with approximately 22 students in each class.

At the start of the unit all students play a simple game called ‘Hoopla’ in pairs. To score a point the students throw their bean bag into the opponent’s hoop, around 2 metres away. The receiving player can block the bean bag but cannot stand in the hoop.

The global obesity epidemic, increases in health The Hoopla game allows students to investigate related diseases such as Type 2 Diabetes and falling ways of accurately throwing and moving in line participation rates is forcing Physical Education specialists to improve their current practice. At BSM when receiving to try and catch. It also encourages we reviewed our vision for PE and modelled our PE students to think about ways to deceive and outwit Physical Education - Acceptingquestion: the Challengetheir opponent. & Sports programme around the following Howa can we getfullstudents towhere begin developing After the first lesson the students are then guided to Playing competitive sided game only the strongestthat players succeed; running ‘lifelong passion’ with physical activity, endless laps around the field; participating in repetitive and soul destroying fitness tests.

These make the game ‘challenging’ for their own level of are the old days of Physical Education. whilst having fun and taking ownership of their learning in PE?

skill.

The global obesity epidemic, increases in health related diseases such as and in small groups created a A Type short2 Diabetes discussion falling participation rates forces is forcinglearning Physical Education specialists their current We know ‘failure’ and if their is an to improve definition of ‘Challenging’ after being asked: practice.

At BSM we reviewed vision for PE modelled our PE & Sports programme emotive response whenourlearning, theand retention around the following question: What does ‘Challenging’ feel like?

of knowledge is more likely and learning will happen more quickly.

Sotohow we create This with wasphysical agreed upon by the class and included How can we get students begindo developing thatthose ‘lifelong passion’ challenging situations, wefun gave power to the activity, whilst having andthe taking ownership of their learning in PE? phrases such as: students...

Not too so it’s frustrating - Not too easy We know ‘failure’ forces learning and if their is an emotive response when learning, the hard retention ‘Challenging’ Primary School PE of knowledge is more likely and learning will happen more quickly. So how do we boring create those and - Where we can sometimes win and challenging gave the power to the students...

A major situations, step ourwe department took was to give sometimes lose - When it’s fun and we are smiling students a chance to become ‘decision makers’ ‘Challenging’ Primary School PE We know when children are challenged they will in their Physical Education lessons. In all units, A major step our department took was to give students a chance to become ‘decision makers’ in learn. students encouraged toallpush by their Physicalare Education lessons. In units,themselves students are encouraged to push themselves by using a simple ‘Challenge’ continuum: using a simple ‘Challenge’ continuum: Student Reflection Students were then asked to reflect on the Hoopla game and consider: How can you make your game challenging? << read more >> If you would like to contribute an article to future issues of the FOBISIA Sports Newsletter, please email Lewis Keens: lkeens@britishschoolmanila.org.

For example in Year 2, all students participate in a Net Games unit. The classes are mixed