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Summer Term Update Primary Physical Education & Sport
The Marches Academy Trust to take part in national MAT pilot. The Marches Academy Trust are excited to be taking part in a national pilot with the Well Schools, run by the Youth Sport Trust. Well Schools aims to help improve education outcomes by placing wellbeing at its very heart to support school staff, senior leaders and young people. It isn't a programme, quality mark or intervention; it's all of us coming together to drive change, share challenges and solutions and help find support. What is a Well School? A Well School places just as much emphasis on wellbeing as it does on academic performance. It understands that children and young people are more effective learners when they are happy and well and that they must take care of their staff and their pupils wellbeing to create a culture that allows everyone to reach their potential.
ZeroBounds CPD
During the Summer Term, we were delighted to welcome London based organisation ZeroBounds to Shropshire. Nicky, CEO trained staff members from across our schools on their equipment and programme. Tilstock CE Primary School and The Grange Primary School have introduced the programme so far.
Staff Wellbeing After the majority of our primary physical education team passing their recent qualifications and apprenticeships, they were treated to a staff wellbeing day at Love2Stay in Shrewsbury. Activities included canoeing, paddle boarding and outdoor swimming.
KS2 SEND Festival KS2 pupils from The Grange Primary School took part in a SEND Festival at Shrewsbury Town Football Club. The children had the opportunity to explore the football stadium alongside their football activities.
Bowling Competition
In June we held a SEND Primary Bowling Competition in partnership with Panathlon Challenge at Shrewsbury Bowling Alley. It was fantastic to see some of our primary schools involved (Longlands, Grange and Oakmeadow CE) but also schools outside of our Trust getting involved in our sports programmes too!
Barclays Girls' Football School Partnership The Marches Academy Trust are delighted that our application to become the Shrewsbury Strategic Lead of the the FA Girls’ Football School Partnership – supported by Barclays, has been accepted and we have been invited to join the girls football network from September 2022. The FA’s focus is to help girls become more physically active with improved well-being, increased physical literacy of five to eight year-olds and help all girls develop the confidence and competence to play football at school and in a community setting.
Primary Physical Education Awards 2022 On Tuesday 5th July saw our Marches Academy Trust primary schools come together for the Trust’s Primary PE and School Sports Awards. The celebration took place at Shrewsbury School and had a star-studded line up of guest attendees in gold Commonwealth Games medallist Nicky Hunt, who gave an inspirational talk to the audience and Ryan Jervis OBE, who was our fabulous host for the evening. This was a brilliant opportunity for all the Trust primary schools to come together and celebrate the successes of our pupils, staff and the forward steps as schools we have all taken to further improve our PE and sports provision this year. A huge congratulations to all!
Read the Game Longlands Primary School, Oakmeadow CE Primary School and Lower Heath CE Primary School have all been working with Coach Neil from Shrewsbury Town Football Club on their cross curriculum programme. The children have even had the chance to meet Lenny the Lion!
Bikeability Workshops Over the past term, we have seen all our primary schools take part in bikeability workshops funded by Learn Cycle Shropshire. In total this term, we have seen over 200 pupils take part in the qualifications.
Healthy Schools Rating Success! We are delighted that The Grange Primary School, Tilstock CE Primary School and Longlands Primary School have all recently received confirmation from the Department for Education that they have been awarded the Gold Healthy Schools Rating following their recent work with the Active Lives Survey team. The Healthy Schools Rating Scheme is a voluntary scheme for schools that recognises and encourages their contribution to supporting pupils’ health and wellbeing.
Success! During the Summer Term, we have seen our primary schools win over 12 competitions. These have included rounders, football, swimming and tri golf. Our schools have taken part in a record 42 competitions this term.
Commonwealth Games Event Key Stage 2 pupils and staff at Oakmeadow CE Primary School loved their procession as part of their Commonwealth Games Celebration Day! It was wonderful to welcome grandparents on site to join in the walk!
School Games Success! We are pleased to share that Longlands Primary School, Tilstock CE Primary School and Lower Heath CE Primary School have all achieved the School Games Mark Award for the 2021/22 to 2022/23 academic year! The School Games Mark is a Government-led award scheme facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust to reward and recognise school’s engagement (provision and uptake) in the School Games against a national benchmark and to celebrate keeping young people active, and we are delighted to have been recognised for our success! Longlands Primary School: Platinum Mark Tilstock CE Primary School: Gold Mark Lower Heath CE Primary School: Gold Mark Grange Primary School: TBC Oakmeadow CE Primary School: TBC