SPORTS
N E W S L E T T E R
Issue 1: Term 1 2017-18
Welcome to the first edition of FOBISIA’s quarterly sports news bulletin - the FOBISIA Sports Newsletter! The purpose of this newsletter is to keep you informed of what’s going on within the FOBISIA organisation. We hope to share action research from Member Schools, details of CPD opportunities and keep you abreast of competition dates and details as we head through a busy year of sport. It’s important to outline that this newsletter is a collaborative effort and it is this collaboration between the FOBISIA HoPE Executive and our 57 Member Schools, that will determine how informative and relevant it is for all our members. Member Schools are welcome and very much encouraged to contribute to each edition to share relevant news and good practice. For further details and how and to make a contribution to this publication, please please email me at lkeens@britishschoolmanila.org, or complete the Google Form here.
Heads of PE (HoPE) Conference Harrow International School Bangkok September 2018
MORE INFO
As an Executive Committee we are pleased to share with you our newly created FOBISIA Sport Vision and Aims. These have been ratified by FOBISIA Heads of School, and will underpin our work through the year. We hope you enjoy this new initiative and find it useful in your pedagogy, planning and practice. I would welcome any feedback you have to allow us to keep improving with each edition. Please email your coments to katrina.george@fobisia.org. Lewis Keens Director of Sport, British School Manila Chair, FOBISIA HoPE Executive Harrie Thomson Sports CPD MORE INFO Michael Preston Sport Handbooks MORE INFO Kwok Chow Invitationals MORE INFO
MORE INFO Andrew Tatam Primary Sport MORE INFO Philip Husband Secondary Sport MORE INFO Katrina George FOBISIA Events Coordinator & Sports Newsletter Editor katrina.george@fobisia.org
•
FOBISIA Sport Vision & Aims Vision:
FOBISIA Sport promotes collaborative practice between Member Schools to provide and enhance opportunities for children to participate, develop and perform in sport and activities with an emphasis on improving leadership skills, creating friendships and having fun.
Aims:
To work towards our vision FOBISIA Sport will: • Identify and champion areas of best practice across member schools • Regularly encourage schools to reflect on their practice and identify areas to improve and areas of strengths within their curriculum and programmes • Identify ways member schools can support each other to improve best practice • Offer CPD opportunities and guidance to support schools in improving provision and quality of programmes • Develop collaboration between schools, fostering a multicultural, educational professional learning environment • Share and carry out relevant research to allow schools to be on the cutting edge of educational and coaching initiatives • Facilitate fun and friendly sport tournaments and competitions to allow development and performance of students and encourage an understanding of global citizenship • Develop links between schools and official partners
• :
HoPE News & Updates Sport CPD with Harrie Thomson
Upcoming FOBISIA Jaws in January 2018 include: Secondary PE JAWS: Jerudong International School, Brunei Primary PE JAWS: The Alice Smith School, KL If you have ideas for CPD, please complete the following form to assist us on arranging courses: FOBISIA Sport CPD Form
Primary Sport with Andrew Tatam
Estimated numbers for the FOBISIA Primary Friendly Games are due, please send your completed reply sheet to Katrina at FOBISIA and Andrea at SCA, if you have not done so already. If you have any queries, please contact Katrina on katrina.george@ fobisia.org.
Secondary Sport with Philip Husband
National Conference for Directors of Sport UK
All U15 Friendly Games have now taken place and feedback has been received and collated. Congratulations to all competing Member Schools!
Please click below for more info...
Please click below for more info...
Notable International Courses:
MORE INFO
Sport Handbooks with Michael Preston
The FOBISIA Sports Handbook and the FOBISIA Secondary Friendly Games Handbook have been updated. The FOBISIA Primary Friendly Games Handbook will be sent out in January 2018. Please click below for more info... MORE INFO
Invitationals with Kwok Chow Upcoming Invitationals include:
Swimming: Bangkok Patana School - Cindy (ciad@ patana.ac.th) Gymnastics: Harrow International School Bangkok and The British School Manila - Lewis (lkeens@ britishschoolmanila.org) Climbing: Bangkok Patana School - Cindy (ciad@ patana.ac.th) Golf: Shrewsbury International School - Paul (paul.r@shrewsbury.ac.th) Squash: Kolej Tuanku Ja’afar - Les (lesfrost@ktj.edu.my)
MORE INFO
Sport Coordination with Katrina George Watch this space...
Teaching Tactics BIS Learning Skills by Philip Husband
BIS HCMC, as with most international schools, has an Aide Memoire and an ethos of what teachers and students should be aspiring to portray in lessons. Ultimately, to shape the sort of person or learner that the school wish the student to be by the time they leave the school.
Primary PE Selection by Andrew Tatam
Welcome to the first edition of the FOBISIA Sports Newsletter. I am going to kick-start with an example of how we pick our teams for FOBISIA at Bangkok Patana School. I began my FOBISIA journey 13 years ago at the most venerable ABC International School in Vietnam where my selection policy will resonate with many smaller school readers. I selected my team from PE lessons and then went down the list from parents’ indifference to those who could afford to attend. Having moved to Bangkok Patana School and a “big” school, selection has remained a prickly subject and one that continues to evolve year on year. Here is a basic schedule that we currently follow with a 4 Block ECA programme that has recently changed to a dual 2.30 to 3.30pm followed by a 3.30 to 4.30pm ECA (Extra Curricular Activities) programme. Our Primary PE philosophy is “Sport for all, striving for excellence” which we try to live up to, in welcoming all to our ECAs, where possible. Our selection policy for trying out is as follows, but in general number terms, we range from 10 to 30 (Y5 Boys) trying out for any particular team and age range. ECA Block 1 = No FOBISIA requirements
The school, and even more so the PE department, didn’t want this ethos to simply be included in the school prospectus, churned out each year during new parent’s introductory evenings and displayed on classroom walls and not used or referred to. If we have one, let’s use it to the benefit of ourselves and the students. Therefore, over time, the BIS Learning Skills Lotus was developed and refined and are now practically used in lessons so that students are actively taught and learn important life skills that should be demonstrated by the model BIS student. For the full article, please click below for more info... MORE INFO
ECA Block 2 (beginning mid-November) = Monday football 3.30 to 4.30pm (joining after Primary performance i.e. Shrek this year, where relevant) and Tuesday Tee ball from 2.30pm until 4.30pm are compulsory. We hold a non-Tiger Shark FOBISIA swim session on a Wednesday and a Y4 to 6 athletics ECA on a Thursday, which are both optional. For the full article, please click below for more info... MORE INFO
If you are interested in sharing articles on your sports teaching tactics and experiences, please email please please email me at lkeens@britishschoolmanila.org; or complete the Google Form here.