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School sport and sports leaders news
from Issue 09
Mrs Allen, School Sports Co-ordinator
SSP Girls’ Tag Rugby
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Miss Judson attended the SSP girls’ tag rugby event, run by Matlock Rugby Club, on Monday to support our feeder primary schools. Students played well and enjoyed the experience despite it being a foggy day in Cromford!
Time Out project
The Time Out project aims to encourage all girls to understand the value of taking part in competitive sport. On Tuesday it was the turn of our year 9 Time Out girls to take part in the project following the successful week last week with year 10 girls. Our team Sophie, Nicole, Sapphire and Heidi did a fantastic job with leading the bench ball activities.
Move & Groove project
Week two of the Move and Groove project for year 10 dance leaders took place on Tuesday.
Our brilliant leaders in year 10 go to Darley Hall Care Home to deliver activities to the residents. This week they led Christmas songs with musical instruments, played a beanbag target game and the leaders sang to the residents and chatted about their Christmas memories.
Ortus Project update
This week our year 7 and 9 students took part in the Ortus project under the watchful eye of coach, Max Marshall.
Young Ambassadors news
Our Young Ambassador, Libby (Y13), led a sports assembly for Y11 on Tuesday. Libby explained what happens in the monthly Voice of Sport meetings, how important the student voice is and what projects we are involved in supporting students.
Mrs Allen encouraged students to complete the annual online PE survey recently sent out.
SSP Cross Country finals postponed
Unfortunately, Tuesday’s primary SSP Cross Country finals were cancelled due to the poor weather around the Dales.
KS1 sports hall athletics
Key stage 1 students came to Highfields upper school site on Thursday to take part in KS1 infant sports hall athletics. Schools involved were Winster, Lea, Wessington, South Darley, All Saints and Darley Dale.
The young 5-7 year olds had the opportunity to take part in various activities including Bouncer, thrower, balancer, launcher, runner, striker, pitcher, catcher, bowler, skipper and stepper.
The results were as follows: 1st Darley Dale (232 points) 2nd Lea (228 points) 3rd = All Saints / Wessington (220 points) 5th South Darley (204 points) 6th Winster (154 points)
Well done to all students taking part and to the Highfields sports leaders supporting the event who were brilliant!
Y11 IV session
Today, Friday, our year 11 level 2 sports leaders had their internal verification session today leading pupils form Castle View Primary School – see next week’s newsletter for the full report.
Youth Sport Trust staff training
YST life skills webinar was attended by Mrs Biggs and Mrs Allen took part in the Active in Mind project training this week.
ADVANCE NOTICE:
Thursday 24 November: SSP County Girls Soccer finals at Friesland School - we wish Lea Primary school all the best as they represent us at the finals.
Friday 25 November: Y12 level 3 sports leaders IV session leading pupils from St Joseph’s Primary School
Youth Sport Trust Enjoy the FIFA World Cup 2022 and join in with YST #HalfTimeChallenge
YST’s #HalfTimeChallenge is designed to get families active and having fun during the FIFA World Cup!
As families start to trim back on spending for sports clubs amid a cost-of-living crisis, and at a time when less than half of young people currently meet the Chief Medical Officer’s recommended daily activity level of 60 minutes, YST are launching a new social media competition which aims to inspire families to play together via a series of fun football based challenges that can even be done in the comfort of their living room.
Find out more about the #HalfTimeChallenge campaign in YST press release.
During the 2022 tournament, the Youth Sport Trust will release three video challenges via their social media channels below for families to complete.
How to enter The first on 21 November which is when the Home Countries play their first matches The second on 3 December when the knock-out stages begin The third on 13 December – the day of the semi-finals.
The videos will test families' football skills with challenges such as nearest to the pin, ‘keepy uppies’ and dribbling accuracy.
At each stage you can upload photos and videos of yourself and your family participating in the challenges, using the hashtag #HalfTimeChallenge and tagging @YouthSportTrust for a chance to WIN one of three Adidas Al Rihlafootballs. The official match ball of FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar.
For full free prize draw terms and conditions, please click here.
Get involved in other ways
Young people’s creativity is also encouraged with YST’s free downloadable design your own ‘team, ball and kit’ templates below. Remember to share your designs with us on social media using both @youthsporttrust and #HalfTimeChallenge, and most importantly of all, remember to have fun!
Ball About You
https://www.youthsporttrust.org/media/g2mkinna/ball-about-you.pdf
Design Your Own Kit
https://www.youthsporttrust.org/media/fd3n31vb/design-your-own-kit.pdf
Dream Team
https://www.youthsporttrust.org/media/w3xj5lt0/dream-team.pdf
