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Sports Update
Highfields School Newsletter Sports Update
School Games Mark update Youth Sport Trust
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The 2019 academic year saw the School Games Mark Awards reach over 10,000 Schools. With the 2020 School Games Mark window due to open in less than two weeks, the team at the Youth Sport Trust working closely with Sport England, has worked hard to consult with a range of stakeholders on the approach to take in light of COVID-19, school closures and social distancing measures.
The consultation has included School Games Organisers, Headteachers and importantly a sample of schools and PE leads who in 2019 achieved Bronze, Silver and Gold School Games Mark. While there were, of course, a number of schools that felt they had the relevant information to report on two terms worth of work, the overriding feedback from the Headteachers we spoke to was that the priority for staff during the summer term was to cater for the immediate needs of students while also preparing for school returning to a new normal.
With this information in mind, the decision has been made to pause the 2020 School Games Mark; as a result schools will retain their 2019 School Games Mark Award.
We recognise that for some schools this news will come as a disappointment. In recognition of this, and based on the feedback from those involved in consultation we are working on the development of a Badge/Certificate that SGOs can present to schools in recognition of their involvement in the virtual programmes over the summer term.
We would like to thank you all for all the work you are doing to support young people during these difficult times.
Youth Sport Trust Consultation
Highfields is a Health and Wellbeing School and Mrs Allen will be taking part in the Youth Sport Trust consultation next week to ensure health and wellbeing continues to be at the heart of Highfields. Further feedback will be given in future newsletters.
The Lawn Tennis Association have confirmed that all stages of the 2020 Road to Wimbledon competition is now cancelled (this includes the venue stage, regional qualifiers, county finals and the national finals).
The decision to cancel the Road to Wimbledon competition was made in full consultation with the All England Lawn Tennis Club (full statement can be accessed here).
The ongoing worldwide challenge presented by the coronavirus has meant it is not possible to safely stage the majority of qualifying events either here in the UK or overseas, which form a significant part of the competition. In addition to this there are several challenges with holding the national finals at Wimbledon including the uncertainty around medical provision and government guidelines around large gatherings of people.
Further details on the 2021 event will be viewable on www.LTA.org.uk/roadtowimbledon later on this year.
Highfields Sports Leadership Awards evening update
As you are aware we had to cancel the scheduled Sports Leaders annual awards evening due to the lockdown. We would like to rearrange another evening once school is reopened to enable us to celebrate the amazing successes of our leaders and present our certificates and we will keep you updated when this will be.
The awards that sports leaders tutors would have presented at the evening will stand as 2019/2020 and the new academic year 2020/21 will begin in September with new challenges for students to be considered for awards.
The certificates for the current year 12 students will be available should they be required for university accreditation (eg the level 3 award is worth 16 UCCAS points).
In the meantime, please continue to fill in your booklets.
Yorkshire Sport Foundation and leading national organisations (including afPE) are working with physical educators from across the country to support parents/carers to teach PE at home.
Short two-minute videos, endorsed by the Department for Education are being posted that will show parents/carers (and teachers) free, fun and easy to follow PE activities for the whole family to enjoy together.
Each #ThisIsPE video will focus on a different aspect of the National Curriculum. The videos, delivered by qualified teachers, will help children and young people to continue their skill development in PE during this period when we are having to stay at home, to save lives.
Videos are being posted at 1pm on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday. You don’t need to be in PE kit and you don’t need sports equipment. All of the videos will use things that you can find around the home.
To view all the lessons in one place a #ThisIsPE YouTube playlist has been created.
Rural Derbyshire School Sports Partnership Activity Challenges: Week 4
Week day
Monday Physical Activity
Choose three 10 minute shake up games to play at home from the link below: Change4life activities
Tuesday Weekly Challenge: How many speed bounces can you complete in 20 seconds? Use a rolled-up towel to create a line to bounce over side to side. Remember to jump with both feet together. Wednesday Complete the following workout: (Repeat 5 times and have 30 seconds rest between each activity) 1. 30 seconds of Sit ups 2. 30 seconds of squats 3. 30 seconds of push ups 4. 30 seconds of burpees Thursday How many times can you walk up your stairs in a day? (pop a piece of paper or notepad at the top & jot down each time you go up) Friday Make a playlist of 5 or more of your favourite songs. Press play, can you stay active throughout the whole playlist. Try jumping, dancing, planking and whatever else keeps you working out!
Physical Literacy
Try our 10 on, 10 off challenge. Read for 10 minutes or 10 pages and then exercise for 10 minutes!
Write a report or story about your favourite sporting moment. Feel free to share your stories/reports with us via email.
Create a poster or leaflet that explains why it is important to stay active during lockdown. Share them with us via the email addresses above and we will share them on our twitter account.
Physical Numeracy Creative
Play our T20 cricket game that can be found on our website: T20 cricket
How many times can you walk up your stairs in a day? If each step is roughly 20cm, how high have you climbed in a day?
Measure your resting heart rate. Do 5 minutes of activity and remeasure your heart rate. How much has it increased by? And how long does it take to return to normal? Draw a map of your house and hide treasure around the house, can your family members navigate your map to find your hidden treasure Using plastic cups, see if you can create your own rhythm/song. See link below for the cup song: Create your own song Create a board game that has an element of physical activity.
Solve our sports anagrams (All competitors): 1. Steenboks 2. Hale Own Limits 3. Intel Wheel
Try out one of the cross curricular challenges from the video below: Cross Circular Challenges Try out one of the cross curricular challenges from the video below: Cross curricular Challenges See if you can create your own version of the Haka: Create your Haka
Try and create maths problems using results from the 2016 Olympics. For example, what was the average time in the 100m final. (Make questions as easy or as difficult as you like). Try and go the whole day without saying ‘mum’ or ‘dad’. If you say either word do 10x star jumps, sit ups, push ups etc. (Can your whole family go the whole day?)
Remember, adults need to stay active as well! Challenge your parents/carers to complete the challenges with you!
Sports activity challenges: Week 2 - Football
The Rural Derbyshire School Sport Partnership have been working with Active Derbyshire on virtual challenges. As well as being great fun to complete, there are prizes to be won for individuals and schools who participate.
Competition entries should be sent directly to Active Derbyshire (not to school or Rural Derbyshire School Sports Partnership).
This week’s sport specific challenges can be accessed on the link below and focusses on football.
The resource has simple descriptions and images of all the challenges, a brief history of the sport, some research tasks as well as literacy and numeracy; along with links to Governing Body of sport websites for additional information. There are 10 challenges to complete and a new challenge will be issued weekly focusing on a different sport.
Youth Sport Trust and School Games have put together some activities to take part in – see links below:
https://www.youthsporttrust.org/free-home-learning-resources-0
https://www.yourschoolgames.com/coronavirus-support/ngb-activities/
Rounders England Aresson Design a Bat Competition 2020
Whilst we may not be able to play Rounders at the moment, our competition with Aresson this year is designed to be completed from home.
This year we would like students to design their dream Rounders bat and also create a poster showcasing a Rounders warm up or skills practise that can be done from home.
Each school that enters the competition is entered into a prize draw for a chance to win an Aresson Rounders Set. Each winner receives a bat painted with their design plus a Vision X Bat and Ball Pack.
Who is the competition open to?
Any primary school or secondary school in the UK.
There are separate primary and secondary categories so a winner will be selected from each.
How do I apply?
Click the link to download the Competition Pack.
The deadline for applications is Midnight 3 July.
http://www.highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk/pdfs/NewsPDFs/Aresson-Design-a-Bat-CompetitionInformation-Pack-2020-1.pdf
Sport England TV advert
Click the link below to view the new Join the Movement TV advert launched by Sport England in a bid to keep the nation active during this Coronavirus outbreak:
Join the Movement TV Ad
The advert is made entirely with self-shot videos from members of the public embodying the Sport England #StayInWorkOut motto, the ad has been backed by the likes of triathletes Alistair and Jonny Brownlee, Strictly Come Dancing's Karen Hauer, ex-England footballer Kelly Smith and former European 10,000m champion Jo Pavey.
In addition to the TV campaign, a radio advert has been voiced by Mel Giedroyc and there will also be online advertising to spread the message as far as possible.
