School Sport Programme

School Sport programme

SportCARDIFF | School Sport Programme

School programme Sport Cardiff is the city’s sport development team based at Cardiff Metropolitan University working across the six Neighbourhood Management areas of Cardiff. Eighteen experienced Sports Development Officers concentrate their efforts to increase “Opportunities for all through Sport” whilst focusing work programmes around the 4C’s.    

Children and Young People Competitions and Events Clubs Coaching and Workforce

Sport Cardiff also has specific target groups that are key considerations when programming activities.

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Women and Girls Disability and Inclusive Sport The BME population Areas of Deprivation

At Sport Cardiff we are keen to improve the Health and Wellbeing of children and young people in Cardiff by providing a number of accessible and appropriate opportunities through sport. We share the aim of Sport Wales to get ‘Every child hooked on Sport for life’.

An Experienced team of Sport Development Officers work across the city, based in schools and communities where Children and Young People remain the focus. We develop clubs, provide appropriate competition, develop a coach and volunteer workforce and work hard to ensure our programmes are inclusive to give every young person access to high quality sporting opportunities.

SportCARDIFF | School Sport Programme

In this booklet you will find information on our new school package that includes the following:  Student placements  Competition Package – Cardiff Games  Staff Training  Coach Delivery  Inclusive Sport and Disability Sport advisory service

Sport Cardiff will:  Provide a high quality service that is inclusive and accessible to all  Support School–Club links where viable  Create a highly skilled workforce  Provide access to high quality competitions

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Student placements With access to over 2000 students studying sport within Cardiff Metropolitan University, with many of them having to complete voluntary hours on a vocational placement, it is a great opportunity to fully utilise this resource within the school programme.

Sport Cardiff can assist you to identify student placement opportunities and work with the School of Sport at Cardiff Met to register your school on Career Hub. We can assist with the recruitment drive and selection process, to ensure an acceptable standard of candidates are recruited into roles. The areas of work will cover:  Sports Development – a student placement could help to coordinate after school provision, linking with local community clubs to run tasters at the school and help to organise workforce development courses such as Sports Leaders for staff and pupils.  School Sport and Coaching – assistance with coaching at extracurricular activities.  Sports Management and Events – coordinating sports days or school sport fundraising events liaising with various organisations to support.

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 Sport and PE – assistance with delivery of both theory and practical curriculum based PE lessons and extra-curricular activities. Supporting the school’s involvement within the Cardiff Games by coordinating entries and participants or internal school based competitions.  Sport Science – student placement support for 6th form academies / performance teams.

Cardiff Metropolitan University has staff with experience and high level skills to support students on placements.  Curriculum delivery – assisting with PE lessons  Extra-Curricular delivery – assisting with lunch time and after school sport sessions

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Benefits to your school:  Access to students with up-to-date specialist knowledge and skills

 Opportunity to build partnership links with the University

 Additional staff to support your sporting programmes at no cost

 Placement students have the potential to be a future employee.

Employing a placement student can give you access to future graduates.

 Additional resource for students to carry out specialist projects  Opportunity for your staff to gain experience in supervising / mentoring a student

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Please note all students will be DBS checked, however will still need to be supervised by a member of staff.

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SportCARDIFF | School Sport Programme

cardiff games “The Cardiff Games will unite the sporting infrastructure in Cardiff by providing appropriate high quality competitions for over 7000 young people” The Cardiff Games was launched in 2012 as the departments flagship school sport legacy programme following the London Olympics and Paralympics. Since the introduction of appropriate level competitions to the Sport Cardiff schools programme in 2013 we have seen significant increases in participation figures. The Cardiff Games has now grown to include over 18 sports at 18 world class venues across the City.

The Games consist of structured sport competitions across the capital in partnership with schools, National Governing Bodies, sports clubs and school sport associations under the banner of the Cardiff Games. The calendar creates a clear competition pathway for both primary and secondary schools that operates throughout the academic year from September through to July.

There are competitive opportunities for male and female pupils from year 2 up to year 10 and offers 10 inclusive opportunities throughout the year specifically for disabled and/or SEN pupils to take part. The Games are aimed at pupils of all abilities so that more young people have the opportunity to represent their school in sport and gain points towards the league tables (primary, secondary, Vale Schools, Inclusive league tables).

Schools that have competed in the Cardiff Games have reported improvements in pupil attainment in school. The competitive element to the programme teaches key social and life skills such as teamwork, respect, discipline, dedication and sportsmanship as well as building emotional skills in self-confidence and self-esteem.

There are regional heats in football, netball and athletics to ensure local opportunities for schools that will allow a reduction in travel commitments.

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Cardiff Games Membership: Primary Schools and Special Schools £20 a year or £5 entry per school per competition Secondary Schools - £30 a year or £5 entry per competition All membership and entry fees go towards meeting the increasing costs of facility hire to sustain the Cardiff Games.

What you get for the Membership:  A wall calendar of events with all the dates, venues and times will be sent to your school.  Unlimited entry to competitions (42 Primary School, 32 Secondary, 8 Inclusive).  Online entry to competitions.  Chance to win a ‘Sport Experience’ Day for your school.  Cardiff Games League winners will be invited to the annual Sport Cardiff Sports Awards.

Further Information on the Cardiff Games:  The times of competitions varies from all day (10am-2pm) to afternoon (12noon -4pm) to an early evening start (4pm- 7pm) with all inclusive competitions finishing by 2pm.  You do not have to enter every competition.  Your school will be automatically placed in the league table.  Specific competition details for example; the rules, will be sent out via email at least 4-5 weeks before the competition date.  Ten points are awarded to schools per competition entry.  Additional points are awarded based on final positions in each competition.  The league table can be viewed online by visiting www.Cardiffmet.ac.uk/ Cardiff-Games

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training and cpD We are aware that many teachers are currently delivering the sport provision within schools. We are committed to up skilling staff with relevant up-to-date training opportunities. The staff training programme will ensure that staff have the tools and expertise that they need to deliver a high quality school sport session.

We offer a wide range of coaching courses that are available for staff and older pupils (where appropriate) to attend. Examples of courses include:  Sports Leaders level 1,2 & 3  National Governing Body Sport specific leaders courses  National Governing Body UKCC Level 1&2  Physical Literacy training  National Governing Body Top Up workshops  Active Kids for all course (including disabled children in Sport and PE)  Sport Cardiff staff and Cardiff Met School of Sport can provide CPD to staff and support with lectures and interviews on Sport Development and Sport Management specific units as referenced within GCSE, A Level and BTEC syllabuses.  Non-accredited sport specific workshops (twilight courses, coaching surgeries / clinics) Please note there will be a charge for attendance at each course. If there are any courses you feel your staff would benefit from please let us know.

Disability Sport and Inclusive Sport Advisory Service Our programmes are inclusive and we believe every young person should have the opportunity to take part in Sport and Physical Activity.

From our inclusive competitions at the Cardiff Games a number of schools have taken inspiration from this and ideas on how to make their PE lessons and extracurricular sports clubs more accessible. If you would like some more support on how to ensure your lessons are inclusive and involving all pupils please speak to your local Neighbourhood Sport Coordinator or Activator.

Young Ambassadors In addition to developing staff, Sport Cardiff is committed to developing the next generation of young leaders through the Young Ambassador programme. There is a bespoke programme for our Young Ambassadors to access that is linked to Cardiff Metropolitan University. For further information on the Young Ambassador programme please speak to your local Neighbourhood Sport Coordinator.

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Qualified Sports coaching Sport Cardiff Coach Delivery programme will provide an additional professional workforce to work alongside teachers in the delivery of school sport. External coaches will play a key role in supporting the delivery of high quality extra-curricular sport programmes on school sites.

Our coach delivery programme can be delivered as breakfast, lunchtime or after school clubs with our team of specialist coaches and external partners.

All coaches will hold a National Governing Body or equivalent qualification, DBS checked, and will have attended First Aid, Disability Inclusion Training and Safeguarding and Protecting Children courses. Coaches in a wide range of sports can be provided from dance, cheerleading and badminton.

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With our team of Community Coordinators and Activators we will ensure that local sports clubs are linked to the schools where possible. We recognise that it is important for children and young people to be able to access high quality sporting opportunities within their local community. We will ensure that we are actively promoting additional opportunities for children and young people to maintain a healthy and active lifestyle by taking up local sporting opportunities.

Please note there will be a charge for this service. Costs will vary depending on sport.

We currently support other primary school initiatives such as Cardiff City Community Foundation Multi-sport programme and the Future Blues Schools initiative. For further information on these initiatives please contact your Neighbourhood Sport Coordinator.

contacts Laura Williams Senior Sport Development Coordinator

07973 451596

lwilliams@cardiffmet.ac.uk

Emma Hill Senior Sport Neighbourhood Coordinator 07792 397216

ehill@cardiffmet.ac.uk

Gareth Power Sport Development Coordinator (Coaching & Workforce)

07976 056155

gpower@cardiffmet.ac.uk

Joanna Coates-McGrath Sport Development Coordinator (Disability and Clubs)

02920 205284 jcoates-mcgrath@cardiffmet.ac.uk

Fay Benningwood Sport Development Coordinator (Women and Girls)

07964 116838

Dawn Mitchell-Williams Sport Development Coordinator (Competitions & Events)

fbenningwood@cardiffmet.ac.uk

02920 205282 dmitchell- Williams @cardiffmet.ac.uk

Andrew Gardiner Sport Neighbourhood Coordinator (West) 07792 397611

agardiner@cardiffmet.ac.uk

Gethin Smart Sport Neighbourhood Coordinator (North) 07768 143227

gsmart@cardiffmet.ac.uk

Lorraine Rye Sport Neighbourhood Coordinator (East) 07792 397655

lrye@cardiffmet.ac.uk

Sophie Grosvenor Sport Neighbourhood Coordinator (South East)

07792 397236

sgrosvenor@cardiffmet.ac.uk

Anthony Thomas Sport Neighbourhood Coordinator (City and South)

07792 397413

antthomas@cardiffmet.ac.uk

Thomas Clarke Sport Neighbourhood Coordinator (South West)

07792 397403

tclarke@cardiffmet.ac.uk

Hannah Pretty Sport Neighbourhood Activator (West)

07792 397278

hpretty@cardiffmet.ac.uk

Stephen De Abreu Sport Neighbourhood Activator (North)

07800 630122 sdeabreu@cardiffmet.ac.uk

Huw James Sport Neighbourhood Activator (East)

07792 397489

hjames@cardiffmet.ac.uk

James Horwood Sport Neighbourhood Activator (South East)

07717 541350

jhorwood@cardiffmet.ac.uk

Jessica Huddleston Sport Neighbourhood Activator (City & South)

07717 541311

jhuddleston@cardiffmet.ac.uk

Sport Cardiff provides a wide range of opportunities and services. If you require additional support please get in touch with us to discuss how we can help.

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