School Sports and Sports Leaders News

Beyond the Baseline

Beyond the Baseline year 8 programme got underway on Friday 25 June with GB tennis player, Jade Windley, in school.

Primary sports

Mrs Allen and Mr Molyneux led an afternoon of sports for South Darley Primary School at Darley Dale Cricket Club on Monday 28 June. The whole school took part in a carousel of activities that included archery, lacrosse, tennis, kinball and speak Takraw.

Girls Cricket Club

Highfields girls after school cricket club took place on Wednesday 30 June with Derbyshire Captain, Lauren.

Activator workshop 1 will be held on Wednesday 7 July during lunch and workshop 2 will be on Wednesday 14 July.

Sports leaders training

Mrs Allen attended Sports Leaders UK training for courses running in September 2021 for personalised skills and level 3 sports leaders qualification. The final requirement before September is our attendance on 31 August for the ‘SLQ approved centre’ approval.

Primary School cricket sessions

Cricket sessions, led by Mrs Allen and Mr Molyneux, took place on Thursday 1 July a St Joseph’s and Wessington Primary Schools for half a day each.

This concludes our summer term delivery in our feeder primary schools.

Hopefully in September we will be able to invite our primary schools back into Highfields and our sport leaders will be able to be in action again.

Wessington Primary School

St Joseph’s value winners St Joseph’s Primary School

National School Sport Week 2021 – thank you

A huge thank you from YST to you for taking part so brilliantly in National School Sport Week 2021: Together Again. Most importantly, we hope you enjoyed it!

More than 2,000 of you signed up and helped put on school sport days for more than 800,000 young people last week. The campaign was covered by CBBC Newsround and in local news headlines across the country, and with your help the official #NSSW2021 hashtag appeared on social media timelines more than 30 million times. From Pause to Play to Thank You Day via the Euros, International Olympic Day and your own sports days, we hope you found a way to make the week your own and celebrate the power of sport to bring young people back together after a year like no other.

You can take a look at some of the highlights on the link below: https://www.youthsporttrust.org/news-insight/news/Hundreds-of-thousands-enjoy-week-longcelebration-of-school-sport

Be part of I Am Team GB’s Festival of Sport!

Are you ready to join I Am Team GB?

Inspired by Team GB’s involvement at the Tokyo Olympics this summer, I Am Team GB returns to encourage the nation to get up and get active.

This year’s Festival of Sport takes place between 14-15 August and it promises to be something the whole family can enjoy – see link below for full details: https://www.iamteamgb.com/?utm_source=Be%20Inspired&utm_medium=launch%20email

Over the weekend there'll be Olympic sport taster sessions, prize giveaways and the opportunity to meet Great Britain’s athletes. Leisure centres will also throw open their doors as they host have a go sessions.

Alternatively, there’s the option to create your own activity and take part on a day and in a way that totally suits you – such as in your back garden or local park with family, friends or your wider community.