Sports Update

Sports programmes for all students

Thank you to all students who have started the ‘I Can, I Am’ resilience programme booklets. The booklets are being marked now and there is already some fantastic work sent in.

Remember, the two new programmes below are open to all Highfields students, not just students already completing

Sports Leadership courses – they are for all to support wellbeing. Mrs Allen has saved all the tasks to Word to make it easier to access - tasks 9/10 are on SMHW.

Sports Leaders UK have released badges and certificates for Mrs Allen to present to students upon completion of all 10 tasks.

‘I Can, I Am’ Resilience programme

Full details are available below: http://www.highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk/pdfs/NewsPDFs/introduction-to-i-can-i-am-resilienceprogramme.pdf

Personal Skills programme

Full details are available below: http://www.highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk/pdfs/NewsPDFs/PSPInfoSheet.pdf

Sports Leaders Reminders

Year 10 sports leaders - please make sure your level 1 booklet is complete and handed in at the school reception.

Year 11 sports leaders – please ensure your level 2 booklet is complete and handed in at the school reception.

Many thanks year 12 for getting your level 3 booklets in.

The first verification meeting took place on Wednesday 3 June on line. We then have an external visit to evidence the booklets later in the summer and this is when certification takes place and Highfields as a centre is quality assured.

Dance leaders - dance leaders sixth form level 2 and year 9 dance leaders level 1 - Mrs Hollinrake and Miss Hendry will be in touch regarding your level booklets .

Sports Leaders Learner of the Year 2020 Shortlist announced

We are pleased to announce that our two nominations for Learner of the Year 2020 have been received and both students – Holly and Alisha have been shortlisted for the award.

For the shortlist stage of the nomination, Holly and Alisha are required to submit a short video clip of their Learner Journey (around one to two minutes long) where the learner describes their progress through the Sports Leaders course, what it means to them and how it has enabled them to realise their potential in their education and/or personal endeavours. Their submissions will then be reviewed by the panel alongside the other shortlisted nominees.

Sports update

Mrs Allen has been busy over the last week being involved in virtual PE workshops to continue to connect students and sporting activities during Covid-19.

These workshops covered:  Brain body connection – the kinaesthetic classroom  Embedding comprehensive school health within PE  How to make your school a hub of physical activity  Goal setting with PE students via digital platforms  Delivering a balanced online PE programme  Creating a virtual sports week

The PE department are continually thinking of new ways to ensure students keep active and continue in their sporting activities.

Youth Sport Trust

Mrs Allen has been working with Youth Sport Trust and Highfields are looking to run the following YST programmes in 2020-21:

Leadership and volunteering insight tool Active seconday school – research pilot Health and wellbeing schools Sainsbury’s active kids 4 all inclusive PE training Active in mind Healthy lifestyle champions

More details will follow.

Sports activities and challenges

Mrs Allen has issued a few activities to keep you occupied:

Hockey

Please follow the link to this video challenging your skills at hockey – dodge the balls being fed whilst maintaining ball control!. https://twitter.com/2BActive1/status/1265689520080592897

Netball umpiring cards

Here is a resource for students to use when understanding how to umpire a game of netball. This helps students focus on certain rules within certain parts of the court independently. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/netball-umpiring-cards-12320449

The School Games Active Championships

This is a national activity campaign to help young people across the UK to #StayInWorkOut using the video-based platform powered by TopYa!. New challenges will be available every Monday, Wednesday and Friday to engage with. https://www.yourschoolgames.com/coronavirus-support/school-games-active-championships/

YST Activities

Please click on the link below to access YST’s home learning activity – Boccia. Use an underarm throw or roll to try and get your ball as close as possible to a target in this inclusive game. https://twitter.com/YouthSportTrust/status/1267347991637213185

A further two challenges are given overleaf.

Sports activity challenges: Week 5 - Athletics

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 the sports activity challenge is athletics (see link for full details): http://www.highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk/pdfs/NewsPDFs/DerbyshireSchoolGamesAthletics.pdf

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.

Previous sports challenges can be accessed through the links below:

Week 4 – Orienteering http://www.highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk/pdfs/NewsPDFs/DerbyshireSchoolGamesOrienteering.pdf Week 3 – Netball http://www.highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk/pdfs/NewsPDFs/DerbyshireSchoolGamesNetball.pdf Week 2 – Football http://www.highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk/pdfs/NewsPDFs/DerbyshireSchoolGamesFootball.pdf Week 1 – Golf http://www.highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk/pdfs/NewsPDFs/DerbyshireSchoolGames.pdf

Physical Activity Interventions

Title/Intervention

Department for Education

Sport England Website

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ coronavirus-covid-19-online-educationresources/coronavirus-covid-19-list-ofonline-education-resources-for-homeeducation https://www.sportengland.org.stayinworkout/

Go Noodle

Dough Disco

www.gonoodle.com

https://www.tes.com/teachingresource/dough-disco-6327499

Basic Descriptor

List of online educational resources to help children to learn at home

A range of home workout options – including existing free exercise content and advice from organisations such as the NHS, and workouts from popular fitness brands and influencers and extended trials to help people get easy access to home exercise Range of wake and shake activities

Dough disco involves moulding clay in time to music and performing different actions such as rolling it into a ball, flattening it, putting each individual finger into the dough, rolling it into a sausage and squeezing it

YST National School Sport Week at Home

How do you fancy challenging friends, family or neighbours to some fun, virtual sporting activities this summer?

At national children’s charity, the Youth Sport Trust, we are determined to ensure that young people stay active and connected through this difficult time. We’ve been helping families do this with our daily #StayHomeStayActive activities since March and now we’re challenging the public to go one step further by joining us in our first ever National School Sport Week at Home, supercharged by Sky Sports.

Taking place from 20-26 June 2020, the week will give families, communities, schools and sports clubs the opportunity to take part in a series of virtual sporting challenges which help young people capture the enjoyment, competition and camaraderie they may be missing out on and the Youth Sport Trust is delighted that Sky Sports will be helping to supercharge the campaign.

How do I find out more?

To register go to the Youth Sport Trust website www.youthsporttrust.org/nssw and click on the link for parents. You will be asked a couple of questions as you register about who you might challenge and how many people you would like to get involved.

After signing up YST will provide you with free and easy-to-use resources to help plan your week of National School Sport Week at Home Activity, set challenges for your families, friends and neighbours, and shout about it online.

So, what are you waiting for? Join the growing number of people who will be running, jumping and throwing their way to glory from 20-26 June.