Issued 13th July 2015
EnergizeSTW PE and School Sport eBulletin Welcome to the 19th edition of EnergizeSTW PE and Sport School e-bulletin. This newsletter is here for you‌ to help keep you informed of opportunities and developments influencing physical education and school sport across Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin. Got something that you would like to share? Drop us a line at info@energizestw.org.uk with an outline of your article and associated pictures / logos. Friends and colleagues who would like to receive this e-bulletin directly, please email info@energizestw.org.uk 01743 453495 info@energizestw.org.uk www.energizestw.org.uk @EnergizeCSP /EnergizeSTW
In this issue… Local News Summer Shropshire Homes School Sport Festival Energize Champion Programme Shropshire Wild Teams Tip of the month Events Swimming CPD Courses from the ASA Shropshire Hockey JDC 2015 Healthy Schools BHF: Reducing sitting time for primary school students A practical guide for school leaders - Designed to Move Change for Life- physically active children are happier and more confident Funding iCan2 Small Grants Persimmon Community Champions Postcode Community Trust National Policy Updates and News England Squash and Racketball Survey Ofsted School Inspection Update Ukactive: test primary school students fitness to avoid ‘NHS ticking time bomb’ Skills2Achieve to develop physical literacy Youth Sport Trust: Young people at risk of becoming ‘hostages to hand held devices’ > 01743 453495 > info@energizestw.org.uk > www.energizestw.org.uk
Local News
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Summer sport festival a sizzling success Young people from all over the county came together in soaring temperatures to compete in the Summer Shropshire Homes School Sport Festival, as part of Sainsbury’s School Games. Over 1,000 participants from 50 primary and 22 secondary schools took part in 21 events, including dodgeball, archery, rounders, golf, tennis, cricket and cycling. Energize – the County Sports Partnership for Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin, was one of the main organisers of the games. Chief Executive Chris Child, said: “We passionately believe there is an activity out there for everyone. Our aim is to help everyone find that activity that gets their heart beating faster – and the best time to start is when you are young. We had a primary and secondary school day, and trying new things is what it is all about. People need to be active every day so we need to try to find ways to encourage that.” Leading independent property builders Shropshire Homes sponsored the Olympic-style event, as the company shares Energize’s ethos to encourage and promote competitive sport for young people. The festival took place at Shrewsbury Sports Village, and on the day finalists were split into six opposing regions – East, South and North Shropshire, Shrewsbury, Telford & Wrekin Phoenix and Telford & Wrekin Burton Borough. Results from each event were added together to give each region a total, with East Shropshire emerging victorious, topping the table in both the primary and secondary school competitions. Shrewsbury and North Shropshire came second and third in the primary event, while South Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin Phoenix placed joint second in the secondary competition, with Telford & Wrekin Burton Borough third.
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Shropshire Homes School Sport Festival, continued‌ Sport stars including Great Britain Paralympic archer Mel Clarke, GB Paralympic tandem cyclist Helen Scott, England high jumper Bethan Partridge and mountain sports athlete and adventurer Finn McCann were present at the event, to inspire and encourage the young people in their activities. There were also more than 90 outstanding young leaders, taking on the roles of team managers, officials and event managers. Their involvement and support during the two day event was key to making the festival run smoothly. Click here for a full round up of the results
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Energize Champion Programme
A magnificent 7 local sporting advocates with messages to Inspire a generation. Presentations, lessons and guided activities can be developed to meet the needs of the individual school, group or organisation. Once you have registered your interest, Energize will contact you to ensure that all arrangements and activities are tailored to your individual requirements. The individual visits will be charged at £120 per half day visit and £180 for a full day visit. “Cluster” visits where a minimum of 3 full days will be charged at £150/day and additional half days thereafter at a further £100 each. Contact: Helen Madden, telephone: 01743 453495 or email Helen.Madden@energizestw.org.uk Turn the page to meet all 7 champions.
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Energize Champion Programme
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Alison Williamson MBE - Britain’s leading archer and veteran of 6 Olympic Games. Danielle Brown MBE - Double Paralympic gold medallist, three times World Champion and multiple world record holding archer. Kelly Edwards - Competed for Great Britain in Judo at the London 2012 Olympic Games and for England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, winning a Silver medal. Bethan Partridge - Athlete and High Jumper who was selected to represent England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Mel Clarke - Overcame adversity to represent England at Paralympic Archery. Winning bronze at Beijing 2008 and Silver at London 2012. Kelda Wood - Brim-full of enthusiasm having seen first hand the benefits personally of sport rehabilitation, Kelda has found a love of para-canoeing and has her sights set on Rio 2016. Fin McCann—Finn is an athlete specialising in a wide range of mountain sports including rock climbing, speedflying, slacklining and alpine mountaineering. Over the past decade Finn has undertaken 28 expeditions travelling to all 7 continents. In 2012, alongside his brother, Finn founded 'Talk on the Wild Side' a social enterprise working to inspire young people to be active and ambitious. 01743 453495 > info@energizestw.org.uk > www.energizestw.org.uk
Tip of the Month from Shropshire Wild Teams! Simon from Shropshire Wild Teams will be passing on his top tip each month for budding outdoorsmen and women. Why not use Simon’s tips as part of lesson times or encourage children to during break times. Tip number 1 from Shropshire Wild Teams, a potential use for teachers in a digital age: what happens when you have left your smart phones sat-nav at home? We can use the sun to find our way: Between 6am and 6pm you can use your watch to find south. Point the hour hand at the sun. Right in between this hand and the ’12’ is south. So right behind must be north. It’s a digital watch? Well, on a scrap of paper draw the clock face as it would look, with hands, and use that. You use your phone to tell the time? But what if you have left that at home? Get a stick and stick it in the ground midmorning. Wait around until what feels like early afternoon. Periodically mark the tip of the stick’s moving shadow and then join them up. It should form a curve. The part of the curve nearest the base of the stick is north and the base of the stick is pointing south (mark it as a line between the two). This is because the sun is always directly south at midday, casting the shortest shadow. It’s been cloudy all day? Hmm, ok, well you could look at the way the majority of a tree’s branches grow towards the sun (southerly). More of that another time…
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Events
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Swimming Courses in Shropshire ASA Level 1 Award in Teaching Aquatics (QCF)
Venue: Shrewsbury School (SY3 7BA) Dates: 10th, 11th, 17th and 18th October 2015 (booking closes strictly 2 weeks prior to course date)
CPD Courses (All courses held at Shrewsbury School): Improving Breaststroke (15th September) Improving Butterfly (29th September) (booking is on a first come first served basis, last bookings 1 week prior to seminar)
Visit www.theiosonline.com for more information and to book your place on the courses
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Shropshire Hockey JDC 2015 There will be 4 junior development centres around the county in 2015. These will run from September through to November when selections will be made for the Junior Academy Centres (JACs). The centres are for near beginners through to county players. Players will be grouped based on experience. Follow the links for more information and access to the registration form MUCH WENLOCK – William Brookes WHITCHURCH – Sir John Talbot’s School Boys and Girls Boys and Girls 01, 02,03,04 and 05 99,00, 01, 02, 03,04 and 05 Cost £54 U13 / U15’s & goalkeepers – Cost £48 Tuesdays – 5:00pm – 6:30pm U16 / U17’s (99 & 00 b’days) – Cost £35 U15/U13 (01.02,03,04 and 05 birthdays) Sundays 10am - 12pm(U16/17’s & GK’s) 15th Sept, 22rdSept, 29thSept, or 12 - 2pm(U13/15’s) 6thOct,13thOct. 13th Sept, 27th Sept, 11th Oct
TELFORD – Wrekin College Boys and Girls 01,02,03,04 and 05 Cost £64 Wednesdays 6pm – 8pm U15 (01 & 02 birthdays) – 16th Sept, 23rd Sept, 30th Sept,7th Oct, 14th Oct, U13 (03,04 and 05 birthdays) – 16th Sept, th 23rd Sept, 30 Sept,7thOct, 14th Oct,
SHREWSBURY – Meole Brace School Boys and Girls 01, 02,03,04 and 05 Cost £64 Thursdays 6pm – 8pm U15 (01 & 02 birthdays) – 10th Sept,24th Sept, 8th Oct, 22nd Oct, 12th Nov, U13 (03,04 and 05 birthdays) – 17th Sept, th 1st Oct, 15 Oct, 5th Nov, 19th Nov
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Healthy Schools Articles in this section will be linked to the Everybody Active Everyday recommendations for Schools and Higher Education as set out by Public Health England, these are:
Promoting a healthy lifestyle to pupils
Designing playgrounds to increase physical activity
Maximising the community use of school facilities
Integrating active travel into the school day
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Reducing sitting time in primary school students The NIHR CLAHRC (National Institute for Health Research Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care) East Midlands healthy schools project has been set up to work with schools in the East Midlands to develop, implement and evaluate a ‘toolbox’ of strategies for teachers to use to break-up or reduce the sitting time of primary school students in the classroom. The BHFNC will be contributing to this project over the next three and a half years and will be assisting in the recruitment of school stakeholders to the project research network, the development of the evidence-based teacher ‘toolbox’, and the training and professional development of teachers implementing the ‘toolbox’ For further information or to register interest in your school becoming involved in the research project please contact Dr Ash Routen at A.C.Routen@lboro.ac.uk Also visit the BHF website for more information > 01743 453495 > info@energizestw.org.uk > www.energizestw.org.uk
A practical guide for school leaders Designed to Move This guide designed by active schools is for school changemakers and leaders. These are the people who make decisions that shape a school’s physical activity culture and influence how activity is integrated throughout the school day. The choices they make today will make all the difference in a child’s future. See page 38 for ten quick wins your school could implement Download a copy > 01743 453495 > info@energizestw.org.uk > www.energizestw.org.uk
Change4Life’s 10 Minute Shake up Launched Thursday 2nd July marked the launch of this year’s Change4Life 10 Minute Shake Up campaign with Disney. The campaign aims to encourage children to do 10-minute bursts of moderate to vigorous activity, inspired by Disney characters, throughout the day – and every day, in order to meet the recommended 60 minutes of physical activity children need. This year’s campaign launches to coincide with the publication of an evidence review by British Heart Foundation researchers Key findings: Over a third of children in the UK are overweight, yet 79% of parents with an overweight child do not recognise that they are, and of those that do, 41% do not realise that it is a health risk. The new review points to strong evidence that physical activity and sport has a positive impact on children’s social skills and self-esteem. The evidence review also identified further social benefits for children as a result of physical activity including increased confidence and peer acceptance, alongside a link to friendship. Read the full story here. > 01743 453495 > info@energizestw.org.uk > www.energizestw.org.uk
Funding
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ican2 Small Grants Do you want to improve the provision of services to children with disabilities and their families? Do you want to include children and young people with disabilities and need funding? Telford and Wrekin Council’s Disabled Children grant funding could help! Telford and Wrekin Council’s Short Breaks programme ican2 is currently offering the Disabled Children Small Grant Fund which is available for community and voluntary groups and clubs in Telford and Wrekin. From £200 up to £2000 is available per project to help support organisations working with young people to include children and young people with disabilities and improve the quality and variety of mainstream leisure activities which they can enjoy. Telford and Wrekin Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) are supporting applicants through the process. If you would like further information or support please contact the Short breaks coordinator on: 01952 567402 Click here for further info
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Persimmon Community Champions Persimmon is one of the UK’s leading house builders, they have a Community Champions scheme and plan to give away £750,000 to local community initiatives over the next 12 months. This programme gives donations of up to £1,000 to UK groups and charities who have already raised some of the funds themselves. Apply via their website, fill in a very simple one page form with how much you have raised so far how much you need from the programme and why your group or charity deserves the funding. http://www.persimmonhomes.com/charity
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Postcode Community Trust Q2: 1 July – 31 July 2015 for Scotland, Wales, East and West Midlands. Postcode Community Trust provides funding opportunities to community groups and charities in Scotland, England and Wales, through grants ranging from £500 - £20,000. Projects must be delivered in a maximum of 12 months. Projects must be for the advancement of community development, with the project having a particular focus, for instance on sport. Examples of what they would like to fund: • New equipment • Creation of community gardens • Development of sensory or therapy rooms • Programmes of activities that engage members of a community • Kit and equipment for local sports teams and clubs Requests for running costs can be up to 20% of the total amount applied for. Salary costs requests for project staff and sessional salary costs can be up to 25% of the total amount applied for. Requests for volunteering expenses can be up to 20% of the total amount applied for. Marketing costs are eligible for funding as long as they are no more than 10% of the total amount requested. Click here for more info > 01743 453495 > info@energizestw.org.uk > www.energizestw.org.uk
National Policy Updates and News
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England Squash and Racketball Survey England Squash and Racketball are trying to understand the requirements of a new schools offer for both primary and secondary schools and have developed a 15 minute survey for schools to complete to recognise their thoughts and help shape any future products The survey will ideally be completed by Primary School Head Teachers, P.E Specialists, School Games Organisers and Heads of P.E in Secondary Schools but feedback is welcomed from any education professionals Follow this link to the survey Deadline: 31st July 2015 > 01743 453495 > info@energizestw.org.uk > www.energizestw.org.uk
School Inspection Update There is to be a raised level of focus on Primary PE and School Sport Premium funding. The latest update to Ofsted inspectors (June 2015) identifies that there will be an increased scrutiny on the use and impact of this funding in both PE and Sport. The report states: Ofsted is committed to encouraging schools to provide a high- quality, broad and balanced curriculum, and this extra government funding seeks to support the provision of PE and sport to enable wider curricula opportunities for children. It is, therefore, important that inspectors report diligently on this important area of the curriculum and how the funding is being used to improve provision.
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Test primary pupils’ fitness to avert NHS ‘time bomb’ UKactive calls for routine testing of children's fitness, as report reveals less than half of primary schools are recording time spent being physically active. Primary schools should test pupils' fitness in the same way as subjects like Maths and English to stem the tide of physical inactivity threatening to overwhelm the NHS, a new report from ukactive has concluded. View the full news item here
However afPE does NOT support formal fitness testing in primary schools. It considers this a retrograde step in terms of promoting healthy, active lifestyles. It takes this position for the following reasons: • Fitness testing is not good use of the limited curriculum physical education time in primary schools. • Fitness testing is not a proven effective strategy for promoting active lifestyles. • Fitness testing can be dull, dreary and dreaded, especially by the very children whom we want to be more active. • Fitness test scores do not accurately reflect physical activity levels. Click here for the full response > 01743 453495 > info@energizestw.org.uk > www.energizestw.org.uk
Skills2Achieve partners Charlton Athletic Community Trust to develop physical literacy Skills2Achieve, a new programme from the Youth Sport Trust, is set to support teachers in developing physical literacy and keeping children active. Launched in 2015 by the Youth Sport Trust and Sportsdata, this online programme has been developed to help teachers plan, record and monitor pupil progress in PE, sport and physical activity.
Skills2Achieve provides teachers, pupils and parents with a comprehensive online system to develop and assess the progress of physical literacy of each individual, class and school, and to ensure children are meeting the minimum activity levels recommended by the Chief Medical Officer. View the full news item > 01743 453495 > info@energizestw.org.uk > www.energizestw.org.uk
Young people at risk of becoming ‘hostages to handheld devices’ Youth Sport Trust Chief Executive Alison Oliver has today warned that future generations of young people are at risk of living their lives devoted to technology, 'hostages to handheld devices' and disengaged from physical activity. Oliver's warning underlines the need for technology to be embraced within PE and school sport to ensure it remains relevant to today's digital generation, keeps them engaged in physical activity, and supports them to develop physical literacy. Her comments come as the Youth Sport Trust releases a new report, The Class of 2035: promoting a brighter and more active future for the youth of tomorrow, which presents four possible scenarios - both positive and negative - for the future. The report, conducted for the Youth Sport Trust by the Future Foundation to mark the charity's 20th anniversary and launched at the start of National School Sport Week, provides a unique insight into young people's relationship with physical activity today and 20 years from now. It warns that PE and school sport are at a critical crossroads and the subject should remain a key priority to avoid a physically and socially disengaged future generation, over dependent on technology, which will result in low physical, social and emotional wellbeing View the full news item > 01743 453495 > info@energizestw.org.uk > www.energizestw.org.uk
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